Sports

By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Broncos hosted the Wellington Skyrockets last Friday night and lost 48-6.

Despite only scoring one touchdown, the Broncos showed growth on the field. They were able to make several big stops in the game on defense and collected good yardage on offense.

The Skyrockets’ gained an early edge when they were able to capitalize on Bronco turnovers and scored two touchdowns in the first quarter of play.

The Broncos were able to connect on several good pass plays to move the ball down the field. The Broncos’ running game was much improved as well, and they were able to catch the defense off guard several times. Caleb Herbert and Kreed Robinson shared the duties under center, and both did a good job guiding the Broncos. Markael Anderson, Michael Randall, Jaden Guerra, and Parker Hanes hustled on offense with Anderson earning the lone Bronco touchdown with a big run. Braylon Rice and Tyler Cavanaugh made good catches.

Defensively, the Bronco line blocked well, and several Broncos made strong tackles. Heston Seay, Aiden Morris, Kaleb Mays, and Robinson played a solid game.

The Broncos will continue practicing hard this week and play another district game on the road to Shamrock on Friday, October 17, at 7:00 p.m.

By Sandy Anderberg

The Lady Bronco cross-country team is getting used to being at the top of the leaderboard this season.

The team, once again, demolished their opponents at the Wheeler Stampede last week and topped the field with big finishes in the two-mile race. They towered over second place Wellington by 24 points out of a field of 52 competitors.

Four of the Lady Bronco runners finished in the top 10 of the 3200m run and the other members did a great job. Emmarie Holland led the way with a fourth-place finish at a time of 13:40.20. Holland’s time was just under a minute behind the number one time.

Elliot Frausto was right behind Holland in sixth place with a time of 13:55.89. Addy Havens, who ran strong all last season, finished in a time of 13:56.10 for seventh place, and former State qualifier Madi Benson ran eighth at a solid time of 14:00.50.

Laken Smith ran 23rd with a time of 15:42.59, Lexi Phillips ran the race in a time of 15:52.71 for 25th place, and Mary Jo Dushay ran the distance in a time of 20:55.80 for 49th place.

Tristen Ybarra ran the 5,000-meter race in a time of 17:52.24 for fourth place and only trailed the top runner by 35 seconds. Aiden Burnam was ninth overall out of a field of 29 runners with a time of 22:08.25.

Linley Hogle ran the 3200-meter for the Lady Colts crossing the finish line at 15:17.32 in a field of 83 participants and Adleigh Moore finished 57th with a time of 18:44.79. Colton Henson finished fourth for the Colts with a time of 14:37.42 in a field of 30 runners.

All of the cross-country runners will compete in the District meet to be held in Wheeler on Wednesday, October 8.

Only the varsity runners have the opportunity to advance to the next level.

By Sandy Anderberg

The Lady Bronco cross-country team has been running well all season and their meet up with their first real competition in the Lubbock Invitational last weekend at Mae Simmons Park.

Former State qualifier Madi Benson ran a good race in the two-mile and finished fifth out of 173 runners. Benson led the way for the Lady Broncos eighth-place finish in a field of 34 teams. Steadily improving sophomore Addy Havens finished in 11th place with a respectable time of 13:26.5.

Emmarie Holland has been running strong and finished 23rd at 14:44.1, while Lexi Phillips ran the course in a time of 15:47.8, and Laken Smith posted a time of 16:47.4.

Tristen Ybarra was the lone runner for the Broncos and did a great job in the 5K finishing 38th out of 144 runners at a time of 19:56.4.

The Broncos and Lady Broncos along with the Clarendon Junior High Colts and Lady Colts will run October 1 in the Wheeler Stampede and compete at the district level in Wheeler at Tom Britt Memorial Park.

By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Junior High Colts made a bold statement against the Lockney Shorthorns at home last week in Bronco Stadium and earned a 34-18 win.

They will have a week to rest until their next game in Wellington on October 9 at 5:00pm.

Quarterback T.J. Smith gathered 315 all-purpose yards in the 16-point win and snatched all five touchdowns in the game. Even though Smith played strong, his defensive line helped throughout the game led by Kase Zongker who plays solid at the defensive tackle spot. Colton Madsen, who played the defensive end position with determination, also had a heavy-duty effort in the game. Zongker and Madsen worked together and had key sacks and tackles for losses in the game according to Coach Isaac Semans.

Despite trailing 14-18 at one point, the Colts pressed hard on the accelerator with fellow player Jaequan Weatherton on their minds. They were able to make up the ground they needed to take the lead with 20 unanswered points. And the touchdown that came late in the game capped off a gritty effort to put the game out of reach and defeat the Shorthorns.

“Coach Kelley and I are extremely happy with the progress we’ve made this year and the results we’ve gotten,” Semans said. “We wanted to dedicate this game to Jaequan Weatherton and knew we needed to get a victory. We couldn’t be more proud of how hard they work and how they’re growing as student athletes.”