The Broncos (8-3) earned the Bi-District trophy with a huge win over the Gruver Greyhounds last Friday in Amarillo’s Dick Bivins Stadium.
The 47-20 win put them well on the road to mid-December playoff games. The Broncos will play Ralls in the Area round on November 18 in Tulia at 7:00 p.m.
Once again, senior Jmaury Davis took control of the Broncos’ running game and left Gruver stunned as to how to stop him. Davis accumulated 276 yards on 15 carries and turned his efforts into four touchdowns. He was also responsible for the first score of the game, which is something the team is accustomed to, taking it in from 48 yards out on the second play of the game.
“That’s always our plan,” coach Clint Conkin said. “Jmaury does a great job and runs the ball hard every time. The kids feed off him when he gets going early.”
Davis struck again early in the second quarter on a 59-yard run that gave the Broncos a 20-6 halftime lead. Also playing solid as usual was Lyric Smith who had 10 carries for 56 yards and a touchdown, and Wilson Ward who went 37 yards on six carries. Harrison Howard was back at the helm after an ankle injury and hit Smith, his favorite receiver, three times for 93 yards and two scores.
As strong as they were offensively, the Broncos played spot-on defense and handled Gruver somewhat easily on allowing them 20 points. The defensive line succeeded in holding the Greyhounds when they needed to and made stops when they needed to.
Smith played solid and finished with 13 tackles and one interception and Mason Sims posted eight tackles and two interceptions. Colton Benson and Jared Musick had eight tackles each, and Anthony Ceniceros grabbed seven tackles.
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