MARCH 10, 2024 – COLUMBUS This weekend was a great experience for the five Buccaneer wrestlers who made it to state as seniors Chase Vanderhorst, Michael Hagan, Jericho Quinter and Carson Taylor earned state medals and sophomore Caleb Ryman wrestled extremely well in his second appearance at state.
On Thursday, January 11, 2024 the Covington wrestling program honored former Buccaneer wrestler Chris Nutter, who passed away on September 29, 2023 from cancer. Legendary coach Tom Barbee shared some memories of Chris from his wrestling days as a Buccaneer wrestler and presented some artwork of Chris to his two sisters, Becky and Angel, and his three daughters, Skylynn, Lacie Jane, and Krista.
MARCH 2, 2024 – TROY The Covington Buccaneers had a great weekend at the district tournament as five wrestlers qualified for state and the Buccs finished fourth out of 55 teams with 106.5 points.
FEBRUARY 24, 2024 – COVINGTON The Covington wrestling team had a great performance on Saturday at the Division III Sectional Tournament by finishing runner-up with 177 team points and qualifying eight wrestlers to next week’s district tournament.
FEBRUARY 17, 2024 – CASSTOWN Covington finished in 2nd place out of 7 teams at the Three Rivers Conference (TRC) meet on Saturday. Miami East won the event, while Bethel placed third and Milton-Union fourth. Ten of Covington’s thirteen competing wrestlers earned medals by placing in the top-three of the event.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 – COLDWATER Covington travelled to Coldwater to face the host Cavaliers and Milton-Union on Tuesday night and came away winners in both duals to finish the dual-meet portion of their season with a 12-4 overall record. The Buccs opened with a 70-9 victory over Milton-Union, followed by a 55-21 victory over Coldwater.
FEBRUARY 3, 2024 – CASSTOWN The Covington Buccaneers competed in the OHSWCA Duals on Saturday at Miami East and finished 1-1 as a team with a 46-36 win over Preble Shawnee and then a 48-26 loss to Miami East.