Covington 26 – Minster 6

The defending Tri-County league champs whipped a game gang of Minster Wildcats before an estimated crowd of 1,800, the largest in Minster's short football history.

Featuring a trio of fast backs, some fine blocking and a good defensive line, the visitors scored 13 points in each the first and third periods to pick up their third consecutive win, all in league competition.

Covington recovered an early Minster fumble on the Minster 45. After a first down, Lin Wood raced 20 yards around end to the 15. After Wood bullied his way to the 8, Doug Diltz swept end to score. The kick was good.

After a poor Minster punt, Diltz moved the pigskin to the Minster 31 and Wood outran the Minster defenders to make it 13-0. The kick was wide.

Two long Covington touchdown runs, one of 57 yards by Wood and one of 60 yards by Sheffbuch, were called back because of penalties in the first canto.

Late in the second quarter Johnny Froning hit Tebbe on a 35-yard pass play to the Covington 11, but time ran out before the locals could score.

Covington took the second half kickoff and marched for a score in five plays. The biggest gain was Wood's 35-yard dash to the Minster 5 from where he scored on the next play. Wood also kicked the extra point to make it 20-0.

Covington's last tally came after Froning fumbled a punt on his own 19. After Tobias passed to Wood at the 1, Wood drove over tackle to score his third touchdown of the evening. The kick was wide.

The Wildcats picked up their only score early in the final session. Johnny Froning hit three straight passes to move the ball from the Minster 35 to the Covington 20. Froning then hit Huelskamp for the score. Seger's kick was blocked by Finfrock.

The defensive work of Froning was by far the outstanding feature of the contest. The long, lanky junior came up time and again from his defensive halfback post to stop plays with hard, jarring tackles.

Scoring by quarters:

Covington 13 0 13 0 — 26

Minster 0 0 0 6 — 6