VERSAILLES – The Covington Buccaneers traveled to Versailles on Tuesday for a head-to-head dual and suffered a 60-8 loss to a very good Tigers wrestling team.

The competition against Versailles is always very tough as the Tigers are traditionally one of the best dual teams in the state. It also provides the Buccaneers an opportunity to find out what each wrestler on the team can focus on to make progression throughout the rest of the regular season to set themselves up for possible success in the post-season tournaments.

Covington had 18 points surrendered due to three weight classes without wrestlers and two varsity starters were out of the lineup due to injuries. Throughout the entire evening, the Buccaneers were only able to capture two victories, but some of the losses were exciting matches that were closed out in the final seconds.

Buccaneer senior Caleb Ryman recorded a 17-2 technical fall victory in the 157 pound weight class over Conall Miller and junior Jonny Miller pulled out a 7-4 victory over Samuel DeLand. The tight matches that ended with defeats were a 9-4 loss by Henry Skaggs at 126 pounds, an 8-7 loss by Trenton Havenar at 215 pounds and a defeat suffered by A.J. Reyes when he tried to make a critical move late in the match to capture the win. Plus, Diego Lopez was in contention for a potential victory until a five-point move in the final seconds by his opponent led to a 11-4 loss.

The Buccaneers have a week to work on improvement before hosting two duals on January 21 against Sidney and Springfield.

VARSITY DUAL MATCHES:
106 lbs – Covington forfeit (0-6 team score)
113 lbs – Covington forfeit (0-12) 
120 lbs – Eddie Deaton (Covington) loss 21-5 tech fall toTrent Huber (Versailles) – (0-17) 
126 lbs – Henry Skaggs (Covington) loss 9-4 decision to Reece Magoteaux (Versailles) – (0-20) 
132 lbs – Jonny Miller (Covington) win 7-4 decision over Samuel DeLand (Versailles) – (3-20)
138 lbs – Weston Roth (Covington) loss 20-5 tech fall to Cole Brewer (Versailles) – (3-25)
144 lbs – Gavin Brown (Covington) loss :58 fall to Isaac Brown (Versailles) – (3-31)
150 lbs – Liam Geeding (Covington) loss 3:33 fall to Brandt Patton (Versailles) – (3-37)
157 lbs – Caleb Ryman (Covington) won 17-2 tech fall over Conall Miller (Versailles) – (8-37)
165 lbs – Day’Lynn Garrett (Covington) loss 17-2 tech fall to Landon Knapke (Versailles) – (8-42)
175 lbs – Diego Lopez (Covington) loss 11-4 decision to Sam Schmitmeyer (Versailles) – (8-45)
190 lbs – A.J. Reyes (Covington) loss 7:16 pin to Corbin Johns (Versailles) – (8-51)
215 lbs – Trenton Havenar (Covington) loss 8-7 decision to Ben Kaiser (Versailles) – (8-54)
285 lbs – Covington forfeit (8-60)

EXTRA MATCHES: 
165 lbs – Day’Lynn Garrett (Covington) loss 19-11 decision to Sam Stammen (Versailles)
132 lbs – Wyatt Kerber (Covington) loss 1:40 fall to Leo Gehret (Versailles)
144 lbs – Grayson Feight (Covington) loss 16-0 tech fall to Carter Francis (Versailles)
144 lbs – Caiden Walter (Covington) loss :45 fall :45 to Colton Patton (Versailles)
157 lbs – Colton Townsend (Covington) loss 1:31 fall to Reed Grilliot (Versailles)