Broncos clobber Valley, Lockney

By Sandy Anderberg

The Bronco baseball team is taking care of business and beginning to rack up wins this season. Their latest wins came against Valley and Lockney last week.

This week, the Broncos will face off against Floydada on the road March 28 and Wellington at home April 1.

The team defeated Valley 20-2 with senior Mason Allred on the mound. Allred pitched four innings and allowed zero hits, two runs, six walks, and struck out eight hitters. He threw 41 strikes out of 88 pitches in his time on the mound. Braylon Rice stepped in as relief for one inning and allowed one hit and two runs, while striking out two hitters.

The Broncos performed well at the plate with Mason Sims and Shane Hagood both hitting the long shot. Sims slammed two nice homeruns in the game. His first came in the first inning that scored Klay Wilkins and his second was a solo HR that came in the third inning.

Hagood posted one single before his homerun that came in the third inning as well. Hagood finished with one single, homerun, RBI, and two runs and two stolen bases. Sims had three RBI and two runs to go with his to big hits.

The Broncos had their bats moving against the Patriots but also were speedy around the bases. The team posted 18 stolen bases against Valley with Dakotah Jameson leading the way with four, Colton Caudle stealing three and Kreed Robinson grabbing two. Wilkins had a single, a double, two RBI, two runs, and two stolen bases, while Hayden Moore racked up two runs, and one stolen base.

The Broncos hosted Lockney last Friday and had no problems getting the 20-16 win despite a slow start. The Broncos were tied at five all with the Longhorns after one full inning but went ahead for one inning. The teams shared the lead until the Broncos broke it open in the fifth a sixth innings.

Colton Caudle got the call to pitch and did a good job for just over three innings. Caudle had 90 pitches with no hits but allowed six runs and walked seven. He was able to strike out six hitters. Sims came into the game in relief for two innings and struck out six hitters. Rice went one inning and Moore cleaned it up in the sixth.