By Sandy Anderberg
The Lady Broncos have one hurdle left in their District schedule and they can do no less than Co-District Champions. A win over the Panhandle Pantherettes on Tuesday will give them the District Championship outright and a loss will put them in a tie with Panhandle. The first time they met in the Bronco Gymnasium, the Lady Broncos scored a big win to give the first half title over the field.
Friday night, the Lady Broncos earned a huge win over the White Deer Does at 58-27. The Lady Broncos had little trouble holding the Does off and opened a huge lead in the first quarter of play. White Deer had trouble matching up against the Lady Broncos’ aggressive defense and stalled out on the scoreboard. Ryann Starnes and Taylor DeGrate had 16 and 13 points to lead the Lady Broncos.
“It is always nice to get a win on your last home game,” head coach Molly Weatherred said. “It was an emotional night for our five seniors. I thought they all played a great game. We got ourselves in foul trouble a little, but we were able to get through the game.”
Also scoring: Taylor Gaines 8, Deborah Howard 8, Camra Smith 6, Phara Berry 4, and Haley Ferguson 3.
Last Tuesday, the Lady Broncos traveled to Vega and got a big win at 46-31. The ladies jumped out to the early lead and never looked back as they used a solid third quarter to seal the win over the Lady Longhorns.
Despite only shooting 60 percent from the bonus line, the Lady Broncos were able to execute offensively to defeat their opponent. DeGrate led the Lady Broncos on the scoreboard with 14 and Berry and Gaines each added 10.
“Vega is always a tough place to play,” Weatherred said. “I thought we played great defense holding Vega to 31 points. We struggled a little offensively, but had a couple of girls hit some big shots.”
Also scoring: Starnes 9, Howard 2, and Ferguson 1.
The Lady Broncos will begin post-season play next week.
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