Broncos open season with win

By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Broncos hung up their football cleats and went straight to their basketball shoes as they rolled from one sport to the next with little practice. But they traveled to Tulia last week and brought home an impressive 57-46 win over the Hornets.

Senior Michael Randall led the way on the scoreboard and freshman Braxton Gribble pumped in 19 points that included four three-pointers. Randall hit seven of nine from the bonus line and grabbed 20 rebounds on both ends of the court. He also posted 11 steals, two assists, and one block. Gribble recorded three rebounds, five assists, and five steals while Kreed Robinson racked up five points including one three-pointer, five rebounds and two assists.

Caleb Herbert, Tyler Cavanaugh, and Heston Seay added two points each and together snatched eight rebounds, rive assists and two steals.

The Broncos played hard the first three quarters of the game, but could never get in a position where they were able to lead the Hornets. However; they were able to come alive in the last eight minutes and outscore their opponent 21-6 for the win.

As a team, the Broncos turned in 35 rebounds, 12 assists, and 18 steals.

Things did not go as well for the Broncos at Childress, which is a tough place to play. Trailing from the tip-off, the Broncos fell to the Bobcats 20-48.

Gribble and Robinson led the way with eight and four points respectively. As a team, the Broncos walked away with 32 rebounds and made one of 6 points from the bonus line.

The Bronco’s struggled to get anything to fall from both the two-point line and the three-point arc. Their two-point shooting percentage was low for the amount of the Bronco shooting talent on the court at only 27% and the three-point percentage was at 12 percent.

The Broncos will reset in practice this week and take on Happy at home on December 2 at 8:00 p.m. and play in the White Deer Tournament December 4-6.