Broncos roll past Lockney

Two hundred forty-six yards of rushing elevated the Bronco offense Friday night at home and allowed them to keep their winning streak alive at 6-0.

The 36-7 win over Lockney in Bronco Stadium was a great way to open their district season.

The Broncos’ running game has been stellar this season with several different Broncos running the ball. Daquawne Oliver is continuing to do what he has done all season, and that is rack up good yardage for the team. Friday night Oliver posted 126 yards from 12 carries, which ended in two touchdowns on runs of 45 and seven yards each.

Damarjae Cortez carried six times for 83 yards finding the end zone twice 18 and 10 yards out. Ryan McCleskey scored the other TD for the Broncos before halftime from five out. He carried the ball five times for 20 yards.

Bear Smith added four bonus kicks, and Cortez made good on a two-point conversion. Dalton Benson had three carried for five yards, Noab Elam had one carry for six yards, Collin Butler carried twice for seven yards, and Antwan Butler carried twice for two yards.
N. Elam was seven of 11 passing for 40 yards and hit Colt Wood twice for 20 yards. Nathan Shadle caught one pass for two yards, and Cortez reigned in three passes for 23 yards.

“Offensively, we had several guys carry the ball, and I thought we played really well,” head coach Clint Conkin said.

The Bronco defense never missed a beat against the Longhorns as they held them to on 193 total yards. One hundred twenty-three of those yards were in the air.

“I thought our kids played a great game Friday night,” Conkin said. “Our defense played awesome. We held Lockney to 70 total yards rushing and 123 passing. Dalton Benson and Damarjae Cortex both had an interception.”

Benson played solid and grabbed 10 tackles and had one sack while Wood had seven tackles. Cortez had four tackles as did Oliver, who also added a sack. Shadle hustled up four tackles and one sack, Justin Christopher had five tackles and one sack, and Andy Davis added four tackles and one sack.

The Broncos will put their perfect record on the line next Friday night when they travel to Crosbyton to take on the Chiefs. The second district match up begins at 7:00 p.m.