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Broncos win Bi-district title
By Sandy Anderberg
Clarendon senior Harrison Howard took the mound in the Broncos’ Bi-District opener against West Texas in Amarillo at Palo Duro High last week and made easy work of the Comanches shutting them out 8-0.
Howard went wire to wire from the mound posting 16 strikeouts in the game. It took Howard 100 pitches in the seven innings which consisted of 63 pitches in the strike zone.
In their first at bat, Easton Frausto got on board first on a single to left field. Jared Musick grounded out before Levi Gates singled to left field and scored Howard. A quiet second inning led to one score and the Broncos were on top 3-0.
Another two runs were collected in the fourth when Howard slammed a triple that scored Mason Sims and Musick. The Broncos went wild in the fifth inning as they took advantage of several errors made by WT and left the inning with three more runs to get the win.
Along with his triple, Howard had one single, three RBIs, one run and a stolen base. Frausto had two singles, one RBI, one run, and one stolen base, while Levi Gates added a single, RBI, and one run. Bryce Williams and Mason Allred collected one run each and Allred had one RBI.
The big test came in the second game. With a game up in the best two out of three, the Broncos were in a good spot, but the Comanches were not finished and began the game full on. They were able to gain the early edge scoring two runs in the first inning on a double and a line drive single to center field. Musick got the call and was able to strike out the next two batters to end the inning.
A determined West Texas team went on to score two runs in the next inning, then proceeded to stop the Broncos after only four batters in the third.
It was the bottom of the fifth before the Broncos began to turn the game around in their favor. Allred, Williams, and Grant Haynes were hit by pitches to load the bases. Sims was able to slam a hit to the shortstop who turned a double play to pick off Williams at second. Allred was able to reach home plate to put another run on the board. With WT leading by five, things looked bleak for the Broncos. With a possible game three on their minds, the Broncos went to work to avoid a third game in the series.
In their next at bat, Gates’ single to right field advanced Musick and put a Frausto run on the board. With bases loaded, Haynes reached base on an error. With two outs and down to runs, the Broncos turned up the heat at the plate with a walk, a Shane Hagood single, and two more base on balls. Howard was able to send a hard-hit ground ball to left field that scored Hagood and Frausto to take the lead.
Gates then knocked down a single to center that scored Musick for the final run of the game. Frausto sealed the win from the mound with a WT ground-out, strike-out, a walk, and another ground out for the win.
The Broncos will play Sudan in the Area Round in Floydada Thursday, May 9, at 5 p.m. Game two will be held on Friday, May 10, with a game three immediately following if needed.
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Benson wins annual Jones 5K
Colton Benson and Katy Tubbs were the top winners during the 12th annual Chance Mark Jones Roar & Run 5K last Saturday, April 27, at the Donley County Courthouse.
More than seventy people registered for the event to help raise awareness of child abuse with about 40 actually running or walking the 5K.
Benson was the overall winner of the 5K with the best men’s time and finishing first in the 11-19 age group in 18 minutes, 11 seconds. Katy Tubbs was the first woman to cross the finish line with a time of 47:03 and taking second in the 20-29 age group.
Complete results of this year’s Chance Jones Roar & Run 5K race are as follows: Top Men’s Time – Benson, 18:11; Top Women’s Time – Tubbs, 47:03; 10 and under – first Monroe Newhouse 46:42, second Hadley Brown 50:54, and third Emarie Pratt 53:30; Ages 10-19 – first Benson 18:11, second Tristen Ybarra 18:12, and third Kutter O’Keefe 30:13; Ages 20-29 – first Henry Dushay 26:00, second Tubbs 47:03, and third Kenneth DeWeese 47:11; Ages 30-39 – first Ty Tubbs 29:53, second Brian Barboza 46:30, and third 47:10; Ages 40-49 – first Andrew Brown 30:10, second Melissa Mast 47:57, and third Chelsi Shadle 49:57; Ages 50-59 – first Cheryl Falke 48:24, second Kathy Goodwin 48:51, and third Kim Gossman 49:57; and Ages 60 and Up – first Nancy Kidd 48:04, second P.J. O’Keefe 52:24, and Shaun O’Keefe 1:02:26.
The race sponsored annually by the Clarendon Lions Club honors the life of four-year-old Chance Mark Jones, who died from abuse in 2011.
Proceeds from this year’s will help support the annual charitable activities of the Clarendon Lions Club, including eyeglasses for local school kids, Christmas food baskets for local families, scholarships, and hosting the area office of The Bridge – Children’s Advocacy Center.
Arts showcase to be held next week at Stocking’s
Les Beaux Arts Club Elementary Art & Pottery Showcase is scheduled to run Tuesday, May 5, through Sunday, May 12, at the Stocking Ice Cream Parlor.
The art showcase will honor Clarendon Elementary students, Clarendon Junior High pottery students, and local adult pottery students.
The elementary students participated in art classes that were offered by members of Les Beaux Arts Club as part of our community outreach program for the arts. Rebecca Chesser and Chriss Clifford developed the curriculum and taught the classes in each grade level. The students studied and created art inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, Claude Monet, M. C. Escher, Dale Chihuly and Peter H. Reynolds (author and illustrator of the children’s book “The Dot”). The art club members have all volunteered in various capacities to assist in the classroom, mount art works, set up the show, and many behind the scenes activities. The club is also gifting each student with a coupon good for one small scoop of ice cream to encourage students to attend the show and bring their families in to see their work.
This semester, CJH students were offered the opportunity to participate in the ACE (Art Cultivates Enlightenment) after school program at the pottery studio, which has been permanently set up in the upstairs classroom above the Old Gym.
This collaboration with Clarendon Independent School District and Les Beaux Arts Club is another part of the club’s community outreach program for the arts.
The pottery classes are taught by Chriss Clifford, Shandy Pearson, Kailee Lewis, and Annis Stavenhagen. The students have created finished pottery projects while learning the basics of hand building and glazing.
The two Adult Spring Session Pottery classes will also be showcasing their work. These pottery classes are also part of the Les Beaux Arts Club community outreach program for the arts.
These projects are all co-sponsored in part by the Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District, J&W Lumber, A Fine Feathered Nest, and the Clarendon Economic Development Corporation.
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