LaRoe named District MVP

By Sandy Anderberg

Clarendon High School’s Zack LaRoe was named the Most Valuable Player by participating district coaches for the 2015 All-District Team. The District named Freshman Kade Hunsaker Pitcher of the Year as well. Also named to the First Team All-District was Bryce Hatley, catcher; Caleb Cobb, infield; Josh Cobb, utility player; and Izzy Osburn, outfield. Chance Lockhart was named to the second team at first base, Charles Mason was named to the outfield, and Nick Shadle was named to the second team as utility player. Honorable mentions went out to Ray Jaramillo and Andy Davis.

The Broncos made it to the Regional quarterfinals round where they were taken out by West Texas High. The Broncos lost game one 1-6 in eight innings.

“We started off good by scoring the first batter of the game, but were unable to do anything after that,” head coach Brad Elam said. “I thought Zack LaRoe pitched well for seven innings. Any time you give up one run in seven innings, you should win the game.”

The Broncos came back to fight hard in the second game, but were defeated by one run at 6-7.

“(This) game was back and forth until the end,” Elam said. “I thought we did a good job of staying with them. When we got behind, we could have quit, but didn’t. We had our chances in both games. I thought minus a few plays in the series, our defense played well. Hitting, we just weren’t consistent enough. Chance Lockhart came in again with the bases loaded and gave us six strong innings of work. At the plate, Joshua Cobb was three for three with two doubles.”