Broncos dominate Greyhounds

By Sandy Anderberg

The Greyhounds never had a chance in the Broncos’ total domination of their game Friday night in Gruver. The Broncos outplayed the Hounds in every aspect of the game and came home with a 36-0 shutout. Clarendon has had a great start going 4-0 thus far and are on track for many more wins in their season.

Gruver was out of sync all night and only posted 77 total yards in the game. The Broncos racked up 392 in the lopsided game. The Broncos’ ground game was on fire as they had 296 yards rushing.

Offensively, Keandre Cortez scored three times on runs of seven and 22, and ran back one interception. Damarjae Cortez, at the quarterback position, was throwing right on the money according to head coach Gary Jack. He also had two passes dropped that were potential TD’s.

“It was a good game for us,” Jack said. “We really dominated from the beginning and things were going good for us.”

After Cortez scored the first touchdown, Bryce Grahn threw a strike to D. Cortez for the two-point bonus. On the other four touchdowns, Clay Koetting kicked the extra points. The Broncos’ other scores came when Andy Davis grabbed a pass from D. Cortez that was right on target and Daquawne Oliver earned the last six when he ran it in from five yards out. “We have four running backs plus our quarterbacks who all run the ball,” Jack said.

“Our rushing yards are spread out, so that other teams cannot concentrate on just one runner. Our O-line was great, also.”

Defensively, the Broncos were unstoppable. Oliver and Nick Shadle each had eight tackles and a sack. Oliver also caused a fumble and Shadle recovered one. Caton Grahn had seven tackles and a sack and Taylon Knorpp and Seth Greer each had a sack. Davis helped with five tackles in the game. The Cortez brothers and B. Grahn each had an interception for the Broncos.

Jack said they will begin to prepare for Homecoming next weekend.

“We will have Booker for homecoming,” Jack said. “We are pretty healthy right now and the kids are playing well. We are looking to go 5-0 after next week’s game.”

The Broncos will host Booker next Friday night, Sept. 23, for the Homecoming game, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Bronco Stadium.