By Sandy Anderberg
The Clarendon Broncos are not only winning football games, they are growing as football team as well, according to head coach Gary Jack.
With the senior leadership that the Broncos are providing and the depth of the underclassmen, the Broncos are a solid, confident team going into the last three games of their regular season. The 67-0 shutout of the Chieftains at home Friday night not only allowed them to remain perfect, but also gave a boost to the entire team and fans.
“It has been since 1981 that a team has had this kind of start,” Jack said. “We (the coaches) are so excited to see this. I have been a part of a lot of good teams, but this team is getting better and better as we go. Not many teams show as much improvement as this team has. We were expecting a pretty tight game, but we dominated them.”
Jack and the other Bronco coaches have reason to be excited. Not only did the team score 10 touchdowns against Crosbyton; they used seven different players to do it. After going scoreless in the first quarter, Damarjae Cortez ran it in from 40 yards out for the first Bronco score in the second eight minutes and Clay Koetting added the kick. Bear Smith earned the second TD on a 53-yard pass from Cortez with Koetting adding the kick.
The Broncos went on a scoring frenzy in the third quarter putting 40 more points on the board.
“We scored four times in the first half, but two were called back,” Jack said. “But, Clint Franks took the third quarter kickoff and ran it back to the seven-yard line and then Keandre Cortez scored. Our offensive line did a great job and our backs and receivers did, too. We were able to rack up 574 yards of offense and hold them to 141 yards.”
Daquawne Oliver turned a 14-yard run into six points for another score and Koetting caught a 41-yard pass for the next touchdown. D. Cortez passed to Bryce Grahn for the two-point bonus. Preston Elam scored twice on a 58 and 53 yard run and K. Cortez took it in from 29 yards out. Grahn then took it in from 62 yards out and Noab Elam made good on a two-yard run with Franks adding the bonus kick for the final Bronco score.
“So many guys did a great job,” Jack said. “And our younger players jumped right in there and did a great job, too. Everyone fell into place on both sides of the ball. Our younger guys that are going in are playing lights out as well. It’s fun for all of us.”
The Broncos will travel to Ralls Friday night and will take care of business to come home at 8-0.
“We don’t want any let downs,” Jack said. “We want to keep the streak going.”
The game will be at Ralls beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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