By Sandy Anderberg
The Clarendon Broncos used their home field advantage and a great-scoring fourth quarter to stop the Gruver Greyhounds in their 21-7 win in Bronco Stadium last Friday night. Quarterback Bryce Hatley and receiver Junior Ceniceros teamed up twice to put points on the board and send Gruver
packing. Keandre Cortez added another six from fourteen yards out, and Clay Koetting kicked three bonus points for the Broncos. The Broncos racked up 338 total yards with 178 of those coming on their ground attack. The win moved the Broncos to 2-2 on the season.
“This was a good game for us,” head coach Gary Jack said. “It was tied 7-7 going into the fourth quarter and we dominated. We were able to score twice, and it was a good win.”
The Broncos have a couple of injured players and even though they were out, other players stepped up and did a good job for the team.
“We’ve had a couple of players hurt on our offensive line, but others filled in and played well,” Jack said. “Seth Greer, Cooper Bilbrey, Justin Christopher, Nick Shadle, Jack Moore, Isaac Dunham, and Chesson Sims did a solid job for us opening holes and providing protection.”
With that protection, Hatley was able to complete eight for seventeen passes for 160 yards in the air.
“We passed the ball better than we have all year,” Jack said. “And our receivers made some good catches. Jr. Ceniceros caught two touchdown passes and had other catches, too. Bryce Grahn caught a pass from a trick play early in the game that got us going. Also, Andy Davis did a good job catching the ball.”
He also noted that Caleb Cobb, Keandre Cortez, and Hatley did a good job running the ball.
Jack gave credit to the defensive side as well.
“These guys played a solid game for us,” Jack said. “Chesson Sims had one interception, one sack, and four tackles, Clay Koetting had one sack and 11 tackles, Davis had five tackles, Riley Shadle had seven tackles, Hatley had six tackles, three sacks, and a fumble recovery, Clint Franks had eight tackles and three sacks, Cobb had 13 tackles, and Nick Shadle had eight tackles and two sacks.”
The win was good for the Broncos and Jack knows it will give them momentum going into District play in a couple of weeks.
“This was something we needed from both sides of the ball,” Jack said. “It was a good overall win. We will keep getting better, get our linemen healthy, and be ready for Homecoming against Booker.”
The Broncos will take on Booker Friday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. with queen coronation at 7:15 in Bronco Stadium.
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