By Sandy Anderberg
The 2015 Clarendon Bronco basketball team finished second to Wellington in District 2A this season at 8-2. The Broncos cleaned up in Wheeler last week to solidify their playoff position. They slammed the Mustangs, 72-38.
Wheeler never had a chance as the Broncos stormed the court in the opening quarter and totally dominated every part of the game. Their huge scoring second quarter sealed the win as they put up 23 points to only 13 for their opponent. The second half of the game was much the same as the Broncos rode out the momentum from the first half of play.
“We came out and played really well on both ends of the floor,” coach Brandt Lockhart said.
“I thought we moved the ball well and did a good job getting offensive rebounds. I was pleased with our effort.”
Cedrick McCampbell, Junior Ceniceros, Colt Wood, and Chance Lockhart all finished in double figures for the night. Lockhart posted another double double adding 10 rebounds. McCampbell helped with six rebounds and Wood and Bryce Grahn had six and four assists on the night. Charles Mason nabbed three steals and Riley Shadle had three.
Scoring: McCampbell 15, Ceniceros 13, Wood 11, Lockhart 10, Shadle 8, Chesson Sims 7, Grahn 4, and Mason 4.
On Saturday, the Broncos played a warm-up game at Randall High Playoff Preview against Groom and defeated them 69-41. The Broncos took control early and held a 24-point lead at the break. Senior Charles Mason lit up the court with 15 points to lead the Broncos on the scoreboard.
Grahn grabbed eight rebounds, and Ceniceros had seven. Grahn also had six assists, and Lockhart had four. Ceniceros had three steals, and Grahn helped with two.
“We had a really good second quarter,” Lockhart said. “We were able to get turnovers and turn them into easy points.”
The Broncos played Gruver Tuesday night in a Bi-District game at Caprock High School in Amarillo. Clarendon came up short in that game, 50-56.
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