Broncos advance to face Gruver

The Clarendon Broncos were named the Area Champs in 2A Div II last week in Floydada at Tyler Stadium with a huge 56-14 blowout over the Seagraves Eagles.

Clarendon’s win put them in the Regional Quarter Final round going in with nine wins in a row after a tough pre-district schedule. The game will be played Friday, November 24, in Borger against the Gruver Greyhounds at 2:00 in the afternoon.

Once again, the Broncos were led by senior Lyric Smith who took over the quarterback duties mid-season after Harrison Howard suffered an injury. Smith was fourteen of nineteen passing for 251 yards and five passing touchdowns and one interception. Smith also carried the ball eleven times for 121 yards and three rushing touchdowns including a 45-yard romp through the defense for the Broncos’ fourth score of the game in the second quarter. Smith posted five tackles on defense and recovered a Seagraves fumble.

Mason Sims, Jaxan McAnear, and Quay Brown accounted for the other Bronco scores. Sims had seven catches for 132 yards and had three receiving TD’s. Sims’ longest catch from Smith was 69 yards. After their first score of the game, the Broncos worked it down to their own 15-yard line when Smith found McAnear for the second score of the game. Brown’s reception came in the third quarter to help put the Broncos up by 37 points.

Shane Hagood was on the receiving end of a Smith pass for 44 yards and he rushed for 28 yards for 62 total yards and Easton Frausto had three carries for 24 yards. The Broncos accumulated 414 total yards on offense.

Defensively, the Broncos were able to frustrate their opponent and hold them out of the endzone numerous times as they were only able to rack up 101 yards. Dalton Coles has intensified defensively since the season began. Coles led the way with nine tackles in the game and one forced fumble. Grant Haynes has played stronger with seven tackles on the night, and Jared Musick continues to play with consistency grabbing seven tackles and one QB sack. Anthony Ceniceros has stayed solid on the line and finished with four tackles, and McAnear and Ranger Drenth added three tackles each.
First year head coach Aaron Wampler feels the Broncos have worked really hard this season and has confidence they will continue.

“They’ve gotten more and more comfortable with what the offense is supposed to look like, what the defense is supposed to look like,” Wampler said. “Just the execution with that, finding ways to really expose what our opponents are trying to do to us and finding ways to get open offensively. They’ve worked really, really hard.”
Good luck in the Regional Quarter-final, Broncos!