Sandy Anderberg

The Lady Broncos flexed their muscles in the Miami Tournament last week and brought home the Championship after winning four games. Overall, the ladies shot just over 60 percent from the free throw line and hit 26 three-pointers for the tournament.

The Lady Broncos easily got by Miami in the first game defeating them 51-30. The ladies played solid offense and clean defense as Miami struggled to get much going. The Lady Bronco defense only committed five fouls in the entire game, which help give them the edge they needed. Finley Cunningham led the way with five three-pointers for 15 points, and Aubrey Weatherton put eight points that included going four for four from the bonus line. Makenna Shadle and Hayden Elam put in seven points each and Jayde Gribble helped with six. Courtlyn Conkin and Madie Smith each added three points.

Highland Park was the ladies’ next draw in the tournament, and they walked off the court with a 43-31 win. A huge second quarter aided the Lady Broncos in their win. Smith led the way with 14 and Shadle had nine. Elam put in eight and Cunningham had six. Conkin, Gribble, and Weatherton helped with two points apiece.

They faced off against McLean in the third round and breezed their way to a 59-25 win. Another huge offensive effort in the second half sealed the win for Clarendon. Cunningham had a big game with 26 and Smith added 16. Shadle had six, Tandie Cummins put in five, and Conkin, Gribble, and Kennadie Cummins put in two points each.

The win over the Lady Tigers put the Lady Broncos in the championship game against Miami and they were never contested in the game winning 60-29. An early offensive surge in the opening minutes of the game gave the Lady Broncos the momentum they needed to get the easy win. Smith finished with 15 and Shadle added 13. Cunningham had nine and Gribble helped with eight. Weatherton put in five, Elam had four and Conkin, T. Cummins, and Gracie Clark added two points each.

Earlier in the week, the Lady Broncos earned an overtime win over Valley at 55-51.
The Lady Broncos held a fairly good lead in the opening minutes of the game, but Valley was able to take advantage of mistakes and missed free throws and close the gap at the break. The Lady Patriots were able to turn a four-point deficit after the third quarter and tie the game at 50 all at the end of regulation. But the Lady Broncos stayed the course and played stronger in the final three-minute period to get the win.

Weatherton put in 17 points and Smith added 13. Cunningham also finished in double figures with 12. Shadle added six, Elam had four, and Gribble put in three.

The Lady Broncos will participate in the White Deer Tournament December 9.

The Broncos took control of the game early and never looked back in their 43-6 win over Sunray last week in Bushland to claim the Bi-District Championship.

The win keeps Clarendon alive in the playoffs and put them in the Area Round against Wink on Thursday, November 18. The Broncos have only had one pre-district loss this season and they are looking to add another trophy to their season accomplishments.

According to head coach Clint Conkin, the football team played great against the struggling Sunray team last week in the Bi-District round. Senior quarterback Brock Hatley had a good night guiding the team to the win. Hatley passed for 50 yards in the game hitting four out of 12 passes. He also carried the ball four times for 25 yards. Junior Jmaury Davis tore the field up with 141 yards on 12 carries, saw the end zone once, and had two receptions from Hatley for six yards.

Senior Jordan Herndon was unstoppable running the ball and averaged over 10 yards a carry for 137 yards. Herndon felt at home in Sunray’s end zone as he scored five touchdowns and had one reception for 33 yards. Lyric Smith played a great game from the backfield on three carries for 78 yards. The Broncos racked up 377 total yards in the game.

“We had several guys making great plays on defense,” Conkin said.

Colton Benson and Easton Frausto led the way with seven tackles each and Jordan Evans and Davis grabbed five tackles apiece. They were also in Sunray’s QB’s face all night with Evans getting three sacks and Davis grabbing one. Hatley had five tackles as well and sacked the quarterback once.

Josiah Howard had four tackles and grabbed an interception, and Anthony Ceniceros had one tackle and one interception.

The Broncos will play Wink on Thursday, November 18 at Lowery Field in Lubbock at 7:00 p.m.

Clarendon senior Madie Smith has been running solid for the Lady Broncos and topped the field in the Greenbelt Gallop held last week at Greenbelt Lake.

Smith’s time for the 2-mile race was 15:11.

Gracie Wilkins was not far behind and finished in third place with a 16:06, and Avery Sawyer was sixth at 16:29. All three runners received a medal for their efforts. The team finished with 45 points, which was three points ahead of 2nd place Claude. Maudi Buckhaults was 11th at 17:41, and Laney Rummel was 24th at 20:21.

Bryce Williams placed high in the field once again for the Broncos with a time of 19:09 for the 3-mile course and Jaxan McAnear was right behind him at 20:37.

The Lady Colts ran to another team win at the Greenbelt Gallop last week and won by a huge amount of 22 points compared to 66 for the 2nd-place Claude Mustangs.

Gracie Ellis led the way with a second-place finish at 15:23 and Madi Benson was third with a time of 16:18. Kenidee Hayes ran the course in a time of 16:24 for fourth and Elliot Frausto was sixth at 16:26. Berkley Moore was seventh at 16:32 and Presley Smith had a time of 16:44 for eighth place.

Kinley McClelland was 11th at 17:41, Lilly Robinson was 13th at 18:18, Anna Balogh was 16th at 18:47, Whitney Williams was 17th at 19:28, Trystan Brown 20th at 20:02, Kinslee Hatley 21st at 20:06, Kashlyn Conkin 24th at 20:46, Mary Jo Dushay 26th at 21:02, Cambree Smith 28th at 21:15, and Jayla Woodard 35th at 23:30.

Kaleb Mays ran for the Colts and finished sixth with a time of 16:22 and Tanner Cavanaugh was 12th with a time of 18:51.