PIQUA – The Covington Buccaneers hosted the annual Dan Kendig Memorial golf tournament on Wednesday at Echo Hills and put together a solid showing by taking fourth place with a team score of 347.

Russia won the tournament with a score of 311, while Fort Loramie finished runner-up with 312 strokes and Troy came in third with 319 strokes.

Individually for the Buccs, Matthew Dieperink had a huge day by carding 82 to lead Covington. Sam Grabeman and Bryson Hite both scored an 88, while Hunter Ray tallied 89 strokes. Cameron Haines and Connor Humphrey rounded out the scoring with 94 and 101 strokes respectively.

The performance Covington put forth was a dramatic improvement of the 393 team score turned in during the season opener on August 4th.

COVINGTON SCORES:
Matthew Dieperink – 82
Same Grabeman – 88
Bryson Hite – 88
Hunter Ray – 89
Cameron Haines – 94
Connor Humphrey – 101

TEAM RESULTS:
Russia – 311
Fort Loramie – 312
Troy – 319
Covington – 347
Versailles – 361
Milton-Union – 369
Miami East – 369
Lehman – 379
Troy Christian – 376
Bethel – 378
Fairlawn – 380
Piqua – 380
Greenville – 400
Riverside – 418