By Sandy Anderberg
The Clarendon Broncos competed in the Canadian Basketball Tournament over the holidays and brought home a second place finish. Their only loss came from the host team in the championship game.
In the first round of the tournament, the Broncos took on Cashion, Oklahoma and easily defeated them, 56-36. The Broncos led throughout the game, and the Wildcats were not able to stop them offensively. Seniors Cedrick McCampbell and Charles Mason finished in double figures with 12 and 11 points respectively. McCampbell also had two steals. Bryce Grahn put in nine points, adding 10 rebounds, four assists, and three steals, and Colt Wood added eight points and three assists. Riley Shadle had seven points, Chesson Sims helped with four, Chance Lockhart had three, and Taylon Knorpp put in two. Lockhart also had seven rebounds and two steals.
The Broncos met up against White Deer in the next game and severely demolished them, 74-30. The Broncos led from the tip off and never looked back, while the Bucks were clearly outmatched. Grahn finished the game with a double-double that included 16 points and thirteen steals. He also added five assists. Junior Ceniceros led the Broncos on the scoreboard with 17 and Lockhart put in 15. Lockhart added five rebounds and four steals. Mason and Sims each had six points, Marshal Johnson and Knorpp put in five, and Shadle and McCampbell helped with two each. Knorpp grabbed seven rebounds, McCampbell had four steals, and Wood had five assists.
The two wins put the Broncos in the championship game and the final score was 49-60. The Wildcats led after the first quarter of play, but the Broncos fought back to lead by four points at the break. But the Broncos struggled somewhat in the second half and could never get anything started. McCampbell finished with 15, Grahn had 11, and Ceniceros and Lockhart put in 10 points each. Colt Wood helped with three points and Lockhart posted a double-double. He pulled down 10 rebounds, and Grahn added seven. Lockhart had three assists, Grahn and Shadle had two, and Grahn had three steals.
“I thought we played really well during the tournament,” Brandt Lockhart said. “We played really well against Canadian, which is a pre-season top ranked team. We just have to get better at the little things before we enter district play. I was very pleased with our effort.”
On Friday the Broncos traveled to Fritch and posted a 54-46 win. The Broncos trailed by six points in the first half of play, but got things rolling on their side of the court in the second half of play. “We did shoot the ball well,” Lockhart said. “I was proud of the way we finished the game. We played well in the third quarter.”
Grahn and McCampbell put in 10 each and Lockhart had nine. Ceniceros had eight, Mason and Wood put in six, and Knorpp added two. McCampbell had eight rebounds, three assists, and two steals, Ceniceros had five rebounds and five assists, Lockhart helped with five rebounds, three assists, and two steals, and Grahn had five rebounds and five steals.
The Broncos will take Ascension Academy Friday, January 13, at 7:30 p.m. The JV Broncos will play at 6:00 p.m.
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