Despite some frustrating turn of events, the Covington Buccaneers improved on last year's effort in the CCC Tournament.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 - VERSAILLES
It wasn't the result Covington coach Bill Wise was looking for, but it was a significant improvement over last year as the Buccs placed seventh at the Cross County Conference tournament on Wednesday.

"The results are a bit lower than we had hoped but not being able to count our 2 man's score didn't help," said Wise. "Eric Beckstedt was having a bad day, as he developed a wicked hook."

Beckstedt also made a procedural error that ended up getting him disqualified.

"With even an average score, Beckstedt would have qualified for all-league," Wise explained. "But the league rules state that you must finish the tournament. We are going to chalk this up as a learning experience and move on."

The Buccs did receive a big day from Clark Manson, who tallied a 77.

"Clark Manson had a real nice day," Wise said. "He shot a 77 and ended up finishing 3rd in the Player-Of-The-Year race. He had the third best average of the 15 all-league golfers."

With the regular season out of the way, Covington looks to see more improvement in sectional play at Beechwood on Monday.

"There are a lot of good teams and it will be difficult to qualify to districts as a team," said Wise. "Hopefully we can at least have an individual make it out (of sectionals)."

TEAM SCORES:
Tri-Village - 329
Franklin-Monroe - 331
Arcanum - 345
Miami East - 345
National Trail - 352
Twin Valley South - 352
Covington - 354
Ansonia - 367
Bethel - 374
Tri-County North - 376
Mississinawa Valley - 379

Covington Scores:
Clark Manson - 77
Andrew Tobias - 89
Martin Leistner - 93
Tyler Rench - 95
Devan Selanders - 105
Eric Beckstedt - DQ

Final league standings:
1) Franklin Monroe
2) Miami East
3) Arcanum
4) Tri-Village
5) Twin Valley South
6) Covington
7) National Trail
8) Ansonia
9) Bethel
10) Tri-County North
11) Mississinawa Valley