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By Sandy Anderberg
The Bronco football team did everything right last Friday night in Tulia and defeated the Hornets 44-21.
Senior running back Lyric Smith finished with 166 total yards and found the endzone twice for the Broncos. Smith had two catches from quarterback Harrison Howard for 52 yards and carried the ball 14 times for 99 yards rushing.
The Broncos scored first in with just under 10:00 left in the opening quarter and again before the Hornets put seven points on the board. Tulia would find the endzone two more times to take a 12-21 lead in the second quarter. The next four scores belonged to the Broncos as they were able to score at will in the second half as the Broncos line did their job to open the field for the runners and receivers.
Howard put up another set of good stats in his time at the QB position finishing the game with 247 total yards and was 10 of 14 passing with one interception. His longest strike was to Colton Caudle for 53 yards. Caudle had a stellar night on the field with two receiving touchdowns. Mason Sims had four catches for 41 yards, and Easton Frausto grabbed a 48-yard pass for six. Shane Hagood ran the ball 11 times from the backfield for 62 yards. His longest was a 17-yard run.
Smith took a turn under center and had one completion for 15 yards. Kyler Bell also took a turn at the QB spot.
No defensive stats were available at press time.
The Broncos will have a week to rest up before they begin their six-team district schedule on October 6 at home against the Wheeler Mustangs beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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Benson runs third in Lubbock XC Meet
By Sandy Anderberg
Clarendon High School sophomore Madi Benson ran a great cross country race in Lubbock at Mae Simmons Park last weekend.
Benson’s time of 13:05.1 for the two-mile course put her just under 20 seconds behind the first-place finisher. According to coach Korey Conkin, Benson led the field for the first mile and a half of the race. She and fellow athlete Tandie Cummins both received a medal for their efforts in leading the Lady Bronco team to a fourth-place finish in the meet. Cummins ran 12th with a finishing time of 13:41.9.
Gracie Ellis ran 34th in the field of 141 competitors with a time of 14:19.7, and Berkley Moore ran 36th at 14:32.3. Presley Smith was 53rd with a 15:00.8, Kenidee Hayes was 58th at 15:10.9, and Kennadie Cummins ran the course in a time of 16:08.7 finishing in 93rd place.
Bronco junior Bryce Williams had a great race as well and ran a personal best on the Lubbock course with a time of 18:42.2 for 13th place and a medal. Williams was two minutes off the first-place pace in a field of 127 runners. Tanner Cavanaugh also ran and ended the race with a time of 25:33.9.
The Broncos, Lady Broncos, and junior high Lady Colts will participate in the Greenbelt Gallop on October 3 at Greenbelt Lake.
Tennessee team wins 2023 chuckwagon cookoff
The Camp Cookie wagon team from Germantown, Tennessee, claimed the championship of the Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff last Saturday, September 23, beating out 11 other teams.
Competing in the Saints’ Roost Museum’s 28th annual cookoff, Camp Cookie placed first in Overall Cooking and first in Beans, Meats, and Desserts as well as second in Bread to win the title of best Overall Wagon & Cooking.
The Shadow Peak Chuckwagon from Weatherford, Texas., placed first in Wagon & Camp this year in its first appearance at the Clarendon cookoff.
The 16th annual Junior Cookoff the day before the big event drew nine contestants, who were paired with experienced wagon teams to prepare potatoes for the cooks’ dinner Friday night. First was Elika Wilson cooking with Honey Do Spoiler, second was Jase Conway cooking with D Bar B Wagon, and third was Teagan Chesser cooking with Camp Cookie. The Jake Tolbert Memorial Award, a Dutch oven, was presented to Wilson by Vince Smith Solano Wagon Co.
Other junior participants were Kassie Askew from Clarendon, cooking with Crosstimber; Asa Bains from Clarendon, 2M
Chuckwagon; August Pearson from Clarendon, cooking with Shadow Peak; Noah Pearson from Clarendon, cooking with Double Nichols; Elliott Robertson from Clarendon, cooking with Cocklebur Camp; and Henry Robertson from Clarendon, cooking with Wild Cow Ranch
The Junior Cookoff is sponsored each year by the American Chuckwagon Association.
The trade show was held throughout the day Saturday, and live entertainment was provided.
Competing wagons served a menu of chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, biscuits, beans, and cobbler. Wagons came from as far as Tennessee and Colorado to attend this year’s cookoff.
Prizes totaling $3,250 were paid out to the winners. Complete results were:
Overall Wagon & Cooking: 1) Camp Cookie.
Overall Cooking: 1) Camp Cookie., 2) Wild Cow Ranch of Fritch., 3) Double Nichols of Amarillo, and 4) D Bar B Chuckwagon of Childress.
Best Wagon & Camp: 1) Shadow Peak, 2) J Bar D Ranch of Amarillo, 3) Crosstimber Ranch of Mustang, Okla., and 4) Wild Cow.
Best Meat: 1) Camp Cookie, 2) D-B, 3) Double Nichols, and 4) Wild Cow.
Best Beans: 1) Camp Cookie, 2) Honey-Do Spoiler of Pampa, 3) Crosstimber, and 4) Solano Wagon Co. of Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Best Potatoes: 1) J Bar D, 2) D Bar B, 3) Wild Cow, and 4) Double Nichols.
Best Bread: 1) Shadow Peak, 2) Camp Cookie, 3) Double Nichols, and 4) Crosstimber.
Best Dessert: 1) Camp Cookie, 2) D Bar B, 3) Wild Cow, and 4) J Bar D.
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Broncos beat Smyer, 64-26
The Clarendon Broncos breezed by Smyer 64-26 in their first win of the season last Friday night before a huge Homecoming crowd. The Broncos racked up over 550 offensive yards and found the endzone 12 times.
Senior running back Lyric Smith’s highlight of the night was a 72-yard kickoff return for six from the Broncos’ 28-yard line. Smith counted for 284 yards on the night with 19 carries for 226 yards in addition to 58yards in the air. He also grabbed five tackles on the defensive side.
Quarterback Harrison Howard was 13 of 20 passing for 226 yards and four strikes. Along with Smith, Howard hit Mason Sims for a 35-yard touchdown and found Easton Frausto and Grant Haynes in the air to account for another two scores. The Bronco offensive line did a good job of opening holes in the Smyer defense to allow the Broncos to rack up 325 yards rushing.
Defensively, the Broncos stopped the Bobcats from gaining any advantage on the field moving the ball. Colton Benson led the team with 13 tackles and Frausto finished with 11. Anthony Ceniceros and Dalton Coles added 10 tackles each. Sims posted five tackles and Haynes finished with four. Heston Seay and Ranger Drenth were in on three tackles each, Kaleb Mays had two, and Hayden Moore, Braylon Rice, Michael Randall had one each.
The Broncos are looking for their second win September 22 at Tulia and preparing for their District opener against Wheeler on October 6.
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