By Sandy Anderberg
The Clarendon Broncos made quick work of the Lockney Longhorns Friday night on the Longhorn field. The Broncos stayed perfect in their season with their 51–6 win to go 6-0 overall and 1-0 in district play.
According to athletic director Gary Jack, there has not been a team go 6-0 since 1981.
Nick Shadle and Clay Koetting, both linebackers for the Broncos, and the entire defense put on a defensive show Friday night handing the Longhorns all they wanted. Shadle posted 20 tackles and four quarterback sacks, and Koetting had 18 tackles, one sack, and one recovered fumble.
“Nick and Clay had huge defensive games for us,” Jack said. “All of our defense played a great game and were swarming their offense. They played extremely well.”
Bear Smith had 10 tackles one sack and one caused turnover in the game. Justin Christopher had nine tackles and a sack and Daquawne Oliver racked up seven tackles. Andy Davis had four tackles and one sack, and Bryce Grahn had six tackles from his cornerback position.
The Lockney offense also had trouble throwing over the strong Bronco defense as Marshal Johnson jumped up and intercepted a pass and ran it in from 18 yards out for the touchdown.
While the defense held Lockney to only 173 total yards, the offense was busy as well and racked up 477 total yards in their win. Clint Franks put the Broncos on the scoreboard first when he took it in from 5 yards out.
Koetting ran in the two-point bonus. After Johnson’s interception and TD, Damarjae Cortez added the two-points to go up 16-0 after the first eight minutes.
Franks came back in the second quarter to run it in from eight yards out and Keandre Cortez posted a five-yard score with Koetting adding the kick on both scores. K. Cortez earned the lone TD in the third with Koetting adding the run for the bonus. Oliver got busy on the offensive side and added a touchdown from eight yards out in the final period to put the game away (Koetting kick). D. Cortez sealed the deal with a huge 93-yard run with the Koetting kick.
“Our offense did a good job,” Jack said. “We had 304 yards rushing and 173 passing. Damarjae had a big run for a touchdown and Andy Davis and Preston Elam caught some big passes for us. Our line did a great job blocking. We finally have all of our linemen back since the first game and they all played well. It was good to see everybody pretty healthy.”
The Broncos will host Crosbyton next Friday night and are fully expecting to go 7-0.
“We have Crosbyton this week,” Jack said. “They are playing well. It will be a challenge for us, but our kids are practicing hard and the coaching staff is doing a great job. It will be a big game for us.”
The Broncos’ game will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 14, in Bronco Stadium.
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