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CJH teams place at district track meet
The chilly, windy day at the District Track Meet did not hinder the Colts and Lady Colts in their effort to compete well in the final meet of the season.
The 7th and 8th grade Lady Colts each finished second to Panhandle while the 8th grade Colts took third place and the 7th grade Colts finished sixth.
Eighth grade and long distance runner Bryce Williams topped the field in 800m, 1200m, and 2400m runs. Kaleb Mays, Madi Benson, Kimbrasia Ballard, Kennadie Cummins, Hayden Elam, and Anthony Brown all finished with at least one first-place finish in the meet.
The relays all made a good showing with the 7th grade Lady Colts earning first place in the 800m relay. Running the relay was Madi Benson, Presley Smith, Elliot Frausto, and Kyndall Osburn with a time of 2:03.70.
7th grade Lady Colts Relays: 800m 1st 2:03.70 – Benson, Smith, Frausto, and Osburn
Mile relay: 3rd 5:17.44 – Osburn Frausto, Smith, Dushay.
8th grade Lady Colts Relays: 400m 2nd 58.27 – T. Cummins, K. Cummins, Ballard, and Elam.
800m relay 4th 2:16.08 – Wann, K. Cummins, Coles, T. Cummins.
8th grade Colts Relays: 400m 3rd 55.45 – Grant Haynes, Sims, Coles, Allred.
800m 2nd 1:59.39 – Haynes, Caudle, Allred, Sims.
Mile 3rd 4:30.15 – Brown, Sims, Haynes, Kaleb Bolin.
7th grade Lady Colts Results: Madi Benson 100m 2nd 13.37, 200m 1st 28.01, long jump 2nd 14’4 ½”, pole vault 1st6’; Mary Jo Dushay 100m 10th 15.55, 200m 13th 33.42; Kyndall Osburn 400m 3rd 1:11.26, long jump 6th 13’9 ½”, triple jump 2nd 28’5 ¼”; Presley Smith 3rd 800m 2:58.20, High Jump 2nd 4’3”; Elliot Frausto 1600m 2nd 6:49.18, triple jump 6th 25’8 ½” shot put 12th 19’8 ¼”; Trystan Brown 2400m 2nd 11:42.82; Kashlyn Conkin 100m hurdles 3rd 20.95, 300m hurdles 4th 1:03.43, triple jump 26’4”; Millie McAnear shot put 3rd 23’8”, discus 3rd 56’2”.
7th grade Colts Results: Kaleb Mays 5th 100m 13:05, 800m run 1st 2:44, 1600m 1st 6:10.12, triple jump 9th 26’7 ¾”; Tyler Cavanaugh 200m 14th 33.90; 100m 14th 15.89; Tanner Cavanaugh 200m 15th 35.05; Aiden Bordanaro 200m 16th 36.10, 100m 15th 16.40.
8th grade Colts Results: Anthony Brown 100m 5th 12.71, 400m 5th 1:02.73, high jump 1st 5’2”, pole vault 2nd 8’; Colton Caudle 200m 7th 27.09; Dalton Coles 100m 12th 14.55, 200m 13th 30.45, high jump 4th 4’8”; Mason Allred 200m 10th 28.88; Bryce Williams 800m 1st 2:38.01, 1600m 1st 5”54.03, 2400m 1st 9:07.22, long jump 10th 14’4”; Ben Estlack shot put 15th 19’10”; Jaythan Green shot put 16th 13’10”; Mason Sims high jump 3rd 4’8”.
8th grade Lady Colts Results: Kimbrasia Ballard 100m 1st 13.76, 200m 2nd 29.94, long jump 1st 14’5”; Shelbi Coles 100m 11th 15.22, 200m 11th 34.54, shot put 12th 20’; Erin Wagner 400m 7th 1:22.16, 800m 5th 3:25.62; Kennadie Cummins 800m 1st 303.34, shot put 6th 25’3 ½”, triple jump 5th 28’1”; Tandie Cummins 1600m 2nd 6:50.15, high jump 3rd 4’, long jump 6th 12’6 ½”; Maloree Wann 1600m 5th 7:18.33, 2400m 2nd 11:31.06; Hayden Elam 100m hurdles 1st 19.42, 300m hurdles 1st 58.86, long jump 7th 12’3”, triple jump 2nd 30’5 ¼”.
HJH medals at district meet
Isaiah Torres was 1st 1600m and 2nd in 2400m. Javier Vallez was 3rd in 2400m; and Collin Alston was 4th in the 1600m, 1st in the 300m Hurdles, and 5th High Jump
For the girls, Megan Weatherread was 3rd in the 1600m, and Madison Moore was 4th in the same event.
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HHS students earn wins at UIL contest
Hedley High School students participated in in the district UIL competitions last week and was the spring champion.
HHS students competing included:
Calculator Applications: 1st place Team – Savanah Trent – 1st Place; Estaban Carreon – 3rd Place; and Madison Torres.
Current Events: Mya Edwards.
Copy Editing: Savanah Trent – 2nd Place.
Computer Science: 1st Place Team – Zach Wells – 2nd Place, Leandra Mestas – 3rd Place, Kadee McCleskey, and Jordan Upton.
Editorial Writing: Cara Lambert – 1st Place.
Feature Writing: Madison Torres.
Headline Writing: Cara Lambert – 1st Place.
Mathematics: Liam Branigan, Savanah Trent, and Lane Hinton.
Number Sense: 1st Place Team – Hayden Alston – 1st Place, Josh Booth – 3rd Place, Lane Hinton, and Liam Branigan.
Ready Writing: Cara Lamber – 1st Place and Savannah Trent – 2nd Place.
Social Studies: 1st Place Team – Leandra Mestas, Kadee McCleskey, Jordan Upton, and Mya Edwards.
Spelling and Vocabulary: Addison Burrell.
Journalism: 2nd Place Team – Cara Lambert, Savannah Trent, and Madison Torres.
Broncos blow by Valley
The Bronco baseball team outlasted the Valley Patriots at home last week and put together a great team effort in their 13-3 win. Junior Brock Hatley got the win pitching four innings while only allowing three hits and two runs with three strike outs.
Jared Musick came in for relief and threw two innings. Koyt Tucek set up the Broncos’ offensive run early in the game with a single that grounded out, but scored one run. After going scoreless in the next inning, the Broncos posted six more runs by the bottom of the fifth before adding six more in the final inning.
Clarendon’s scoring frenzy came from hits by Jodee Pigg, Tucek, Easton Frausto, and Musick for RBI’s. The Broncos racked up 10 stolen bases in the game with three of them coming from Jordan Herndon.
The Broncos will travel to Kress March 26 and play at 4:00 p.m. with JV to follow. The JV will play at River Road on March 27 at noon.
Lady Bronco softball results were not available at press time.
Donley County 4H team wins Houston horse judging
The Donley County 4-H Horse Judging Teams, coached by Robin Ellis, did very well when they competed at the Houston Livestock Show Horse Judging Contest on Thursday, March 18.
The team of Bryce Williams, Maloree Wann, Gracie Ellis, and Elliot Frausto won the contest. and the team of Whitney William, MaryJo Dushay. and Makynna Williams placed 11th overall.
Placing individually overall were Gracie 5th place, Elliot 8th place, Maloree 13th place, MaryJo 29th, Makynna 31st, Bryce 35th, and Whitney 36th. In the Reasons Class, finishing in the top ten were Bryce placing 1st and Gracie 2nd
Broncos win first state championship, beat Grapeland, 64-60
Whether or not you are a basketball fan, you have to be a Bronco fan after witnessing history being made on the Alamodome hardcourt in San Antonio last Saturday.
The State Championship was the first for a team sport in Clarendon and Coach Boston Hudson, at 25, might possibly be the youngest coach to win a State Championship.
“The guys did what I asked. They bought in (to our plan), and I think we did it the right way,” first year head basketball coach Hudson said about the Broncos’ 2A State basketball win.
All season, the Broncos had a goal to reach; the State Tournament and a Championship. Their goal came to fruition last Saturday morning as the strong and determined team took to the court. With fans in the ‘Dome, at the Mulkey Theater, and at home, the Broncos flexed their muscles and made their dream a reality by defeating a good Grapeland team 64-60.
The Broncos had only four losses this season. Their last loss came at the hands of the Canyon Eagles who are a solid 4A team with only one game before their District opener. That loss spurred on the Broncos who faced off against Gruver to begin a 12-0 run in regular season. Their post-season play was stellar as well as they worked their way through Fritch, Farwell, Floydada, Christoval, Wink, and Lipan before punching their ticket to the Championship game in San Antonio.
Early on in the Championship game, the Broncos stormed to a 18-12 lead behind a 10-3 run before ending the first quarter of play. The Broncos fell off somewhat in the second quarter but regained the momentum after the break. There were 11 lead changes in the game and four times the score was tied.
Both teams were cold from behind the arc shooting 16 three-pointers all together, but the one long ball that was all net belonged to Thompson at the third quarter buzzer from about six or seven steps behind the mark to get the Broncos to one point up.
“I thought Jordan (Herndon) was going to hold it, and I ran up there to shoot the ball and saw Jmaury (Davis) set me a screen and I shot it,” Thompson said. “We knew they were just as athletic as us. They had their #3 who played just like Jmaury, and he had a double-double at half time. Number 00 was back-to-back All-State and we knew #5 was going to be a handful.”
Thompson gave props to Jordan Herndon who took out the best players all year with his strong defense and was able to get the Grapeland player in foul trouble.
The Broncos were able to add three points to their one-point lead in the final eight minutes of play that had exaggerated ups and downs for both teams. With only 40 seconds to play, Grapeland turned the ball over, and Clarendon’s Lamarcus Peniger drove to the basket and was fouled. Peniger missed the first shot, but made the second putting the game at 60 all with 30 seconds remaining.
A player for Grapeland took the inbound ball and headed down court only to be picked by Peniger who made good on an easy layup to lead by two with 10 seconds to go.
“I was so excited on the steal, I almost jumped on the layup early,” Peniger said. “I thought I was going to get chased down, but it was exciting to make that shot and help my team.”
After a time out, Grapeland’s Johnny Lamb drove to the bucket, but Davis was there to take the charge giving his team the ball while fouling the Grapeland player out. Cayden D’Costa, who has been a bright spot on the team, then heaved the ball full court to Thompson who made the easy lay in. Grapeland had one more chance but could not convert giving the Broncos exactly what they went to San Antonio to do; come home with the gold.
The free-throw line was not a friend to either team. The Broncos only made 13 of 24 from the bonus line for 54 percent. However; the Sandies struggled to finish at 48 percent missing 15 out of 29 shots.
Seniors Donovan Thompson and Ethan Babcock have been solid all season and contributed to the Broncos’ great season at 25-4.
“I’m just so proud of them and I’m thankful for our seniors Ethan and Donovan,” Hudson said. “We will miss these guys, but what a way to go out for these two. I don’t think it could end any better than the way it did.”
Thompson would go on to win the MVP of Class 2A.
“We’re just excited and going to enjoy this and try to do it again next year,” Hudson said. “I’m going to take spring break and enjoy it and as soon as we get back start looking at things and figure out all the pieces of the puzzle for next year and try to do it all again.”
Thompson finished with 21, Davis had 13, and Sylvester Ballard helped with 12. Peniger put in eight, Herndon added six, and D’Costa finished with four. Davis had eight rebounds, Ballard grabbed seven and had two assists, Thompson had five rebounds and five assists, Peniger grabbed two offensive rebounds and had three assists, Herndon had five defensive rebounds with two assists, D’Costa had four rebounds and five assists, and Lyric Smith had one defensive rebound in the game.
The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches selected an All-Tournament team. Joining Thompson was Ballard and Davis.
This was the Broncos 5th trip to state. The Broncos previously made appearances in the final four in 1969 where they faced Friendswood; the championship game in 1970 where they took on Kennard; the final four in 2011 where they faced Tenaha; and the championship game in 2017 where they took on Muenster.
In addition to a large number of Bronco fans traveling to San Antonio, more than 200 packed the Mulkey Theatre to watch the game live on the big screen, breaking out into the Clarendon High School Song when the final buzzer sounded in San Antonio.
Tornadoes hit Clarendon, Greenbelt
Wreckage and debris were left in the paths of two tornadoes that struck Donley County Saturday evening, March 13, but no injuries have been reported.
Both tornadoes struck the City of Clarendon, and one moved on to Greenbelt Lake, ripping up travel trailers, mobile homes, docks, and other structures in the lease lots and marina area on the south side of the reservoir.
The National Weather Service in Amarillo initiall
y categorized both storms as EF-0 tornadoes but later upgraded the storm that hit the lake to an EF-2 with wind speeds of up to 120 mph.
NWS said at least seven tornadoes hit the Panhandle area Saturday evening as an upper level storm system moved northeast across the southern Rockies, and severe thunderstorms with tornadoes developed as wind shear, moisture, and instability increased just ahead of the upper level storm system.
“If the temperature had been five degrees warmer, it would have been a massive storm, according to the weather service,” Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said. “There was considerable damage, and they are finding stuff tore up at the lake that was not evident right after the storm.”
Clarendon Fire Chief Jeremy Powell said spotting the storms was difficult because the tornadoes were rain-wrapped.
“We had several areas of circulation, and we had at least a dozen spotters out watching,” Powell said.
The first tornado started near the JA Ranch Road at 5:42 p.m. just outside of Clarendon and moved across the edge of the city, moving near Maple Drive and then hitting the edge of the college campus, damaging the baseball scoreboard, before gathering strength and heading to the lake, Powell said.
The weather service said the tornado took on a wider path as it progressed towards Greenbelt Lake, where it damaged mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and boating facilities. Many trees were also snapped in the area.
The first tornado followed a path of about 13.2 miles and was as wide as 1200 yards and was on the ground for about 30 minutes before it dissipated north of the old liquor store by the golf course.
The storm missed the populated part of the City of Howardwick, but caused considerable damage on the southeast side of the lake.
“It hit what’s usually referred to as the A and B lots area, Old Marina Point, and Jetski Beach,” Powell said. “I’m estimating between 30 and 50 trailers or mobile homes were damaged, and one permanent residence was damaged. I’d guess about three-quarters of a million dollars in damage just at the lake alone.”
Powell said officials shut down entrances to the lake Saturday night because of the wreckage and the large number of downed power lines in the area. Sunday morning, people with property in that area were allowed to come inside.
As the first tornado still raged, a second tornado touched down at 5:51 in Clarendon, near Eighth and McLean streets, progressed to Bond Street and then moved north, destroying fences, damaging roofs, and breaking and uprooting trees along the way. The storm also hit the First Baptist Church before dissipating as it crossed US 287.
The second storm reached peak wind speeds of about 80 to 85 mph, followed a path 0.6 miles long, and was a maximum of 40 yards wide at one point. It lasted for about one minute, the weather service stated. It could have been a satellite to the larger tornado.
Several homes, trees, and sheds were damaged. Approximately 10 homes suffered shingle damage to roofs, while multiple trees were downed, the weather service reported.
Following the second storm, emergency personnel did a grid search of the area starting at Koogle Street and moving west to check on homes and damage, Powell said.
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