GREENVILLE – The Covington Buccaneers opened their 2022 seasons by participating in the Greenville Invitational on Thursday at Title Creek and nerves affected their overall performance.

The Buccs hit the course with a significant amount of golfers who returned with plenty of experience, but the end result for the Buccaneers in the season opener wasn’t what was expected.

The Buccaneers finished in 11th with a team tally of 393 strokes.

“We are better than this,” said Covington coach Bill Wise. “But, this is probably the toughest course we play. I think there were a lot of first tee jitters.”

Bryson Hite and Same Grabmen led the Buccaneers with 96 strokes and Cameron Haines had 100 strokes, while both Connor Humphrey and Hunter Ray carded scores of 101 and Matthew Dieperink tallied a 103.

COVINGTON SCORES:
Bryson Hite – 96
Sam Grabeman – 96
Cameron Haines – 100
Connor Humphrey – 101
Hunter Ray – 101
Matthew Dieperink – 103
TEAM SCORE = 393

TEAM SCORES:
Indian Hills – 298
Vandalia Butler – 331
Tipp City – 339
Russia – 340
Troy – 344
Northwestern – 356
Beavercreek – 360
Northmont – 366
Stebbins – 373
Piqua – 386
Covington – 393
Sidney – 398
Greenville – 404
Wayne – 461