Broncos claim district championship again

By Sandy Anderberg
The Clarendon Broncos are the District Champs yet again, going perfect at 8-0 in their District schedule and 14-5 overall.
Their last victim was the Kress Kangaroos on last Tuesday night at home. The Broncos started strong and only used five innings in their 14-4 win.

Clarendon got their bats going strong in the fourth inning, after putting three on the board in the opening inning, when they scored on an RBI single by Kade Hunsaker, an RBI double by Chance Lockhart, a two-run single by Clay Koetting and RBI single by Izzy Osburn. Caleb Cobb was in on the action in the first inning when he slammed an RBI double. Hunsaker posted a good game from the plate with five RBIs on just two hits.
Lockhart was on the mound for the duration and struck out 11 hitters. He allowed no earned runs, only four hits and no walks.
“Chance pitched a great game,” coach Brad Elam said. “We made a few too many mistakes in the field, but that is correctable. We hit the ball well. I am very proud of the way the kids have played in district.”
Earlier in the week, the Broncos only needed six innings to state their case against the Memphis Cyclones on the road Monday in another district match up. The Broncos scored six runs in the fourth inning that set the tone in their 15-2 win. They were able to add seven more in the final inning to seal their victory.
Kade Hunsaker was on the mound and threw 11 strikeouts and allowed no earned runs. Memphis did manage two hits and three walks over the five innings Hunsaker threw.
“It took us awhile to get going; but once we did, we were hard to stop,” Elam said. “I thought we hit the ball well, and Kade pitched a good game.”
The Broncos really got thing rolling in the fourth when Cobb hit a two-run single and Charles Mason slammed a two-run triple to add six runs to the board. Osburn and Koetting connected in the sixth with an RBI single each and Zack LaRoe made good on an RBI double.
Before the scoring ended in that inning, Caleb Cobb turned up the heat with a two-run homer. Overall, the Broncos racked up 14 hits from eight hitters, 13 RBIs and 13 scored runs.
The Broncos will play at home on Tuesday, April 28, against Nazareth beginning at 4:00 p.m. to wrap up their regular season.