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By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Broncos played strong against the Sanford-Fritch Eagles last Friday after coming off a loss to Panhandle last week. The game went down to the wire with the Broncos coming up short at 24-28.

The first quarter of play saw the teams in a head-to-head battle with no score until the final two minutes of the game when senior Colton Caudle scored on a pick-six with 1:43 left in the opening quarter of play.

The extra point was good and gave the Broncos the early lead.
Fritch struck early in the second on a 25-yard pass for their first score of the game. The Broncos were in a good position to make the stop, but the QB scrambled and threw a strike to his receiver just steps outside the endzone.

The Broncos stormed back and added eight more to the scoreboard in the second quarter, but Fritch answered with a touchdown of their own right before the half.

The teams hit a stalemate in the third until the final seconds of the quarter when the Broncos went back on top by 10 going into the final period. The Eagles were able to put 14 points on the board in the last eight minutes and were able to hold the Broncos to only eight to get the four-point win.

Senior lineman Dalton Coles suffered a concussion during the game. Both teams prayed together for his recovery following the game. He is home and doing well but is out for at least two weeks as he recovers.

The Broncos will face off against Highland Park in their first home game of the season on Friday, September 13, at 7:00 p.m. in Bronco Stadium.

By Sandy Anderberg

The Broncos and Lady Broncos competed in the Lubbock Invitational Cross-Country Meet last weekend at Mae Simmons Park and ran very respectable times in their divisions.

The Lady Broncos’ team finished seventh with an overall time of 1:11:10.9 spread out between five runners. They were just under two minutes from the first-place team of Sundown whose team finished with a total team time of 1:09:18.1.

Madi Benson topped the Lady Bronco field with an eighth-place finish and a time of 13:16.7 out of 196 runners. Freshman Addy Havens was 13th at 13:33.9, and Elliot Frausto was 24th with a time of 14:01.6.

Gracie Ellis ran the two-mile course in a time of 14:14.7 and 32nd place, and Lexi Phillips finished in 108th place with a time of 16:04.1.

On the men’s side, Bryce Williams ran the three-mile course in a time of 18:10.4 for seventh place, and Trysten Ybarra ran eighth with a time of 18:23.2 out of 177 division 2A runners.

The Broncos and Lady Broncos will run September 14 in the Badger Run at John Stiff Park or the Groom Invitational at ‘The Cross’. The junior high Colts and Lady Colts will run in Groom.

By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Broncos fought hard against a good Panhandle team last Friday night but were defeated 64-0.

Game stats were not available by press time. The Broncos have been practicing hard under their second year under Coach Aaron Wampler at the helm and knew their pre-District schedule would be tough. They are rebuilding their team after losing several key players last year and are determined to be a contender in the District race.

The Broncos will travel to Sanford-Fritch Friday night, September 6, to take on the Eagles at 7:00.

Hedley CISD last week announced Coach Allen Grant will be the school’s new athletic director.

Grant was born in Levelland and raised in Amarillo, and has been married for years to Lindsey Grant. The couple have a daughter going to Texas Tech University and a six-year-old son.

Grant says he has been coaching for nine years starting at Westover Park (now known as West Plains Junior High) and has also worked at San Jacinto Christian Academy, Tulia ISD, Amarillo Highland Park ISD, and Groom ISD.

“I am looking forward to meeting everyone and ready to get started on establishing a successful program at Hedley ISD,” Grant said.

By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Broncos claimed the Area Championship with big wins over Sudan last week in Floydada. The 18-1-2 Broncos defeated the Hornets 11-10 and 9-2.

The Broncos will take on Ropes in the Regional Quarter Final game in Plainview on Thursday, May 16, at 4:00 p.m. Game two will be played thirty minutes after game one and game three will be played on Friday, May 17, at 11:00 a.m. if needed.
Game one against the Sudan Hornets kept the Bronco fans on edge and it went down to the wire. After a back-and-forth contest, the Broncos earned the win in the ninth inning when seniors Easton Frausto and Harrison Howard went to work.

Frausto connected with a huge double that brought Howard to the plate knowing he had to bring him home. With two outs on the board, Frausto worked to put himself in scoring position at third base. Howard knocked one down the third base line and Frausto was able to get to Homeplate for the score and the win. Overall, the Broncos posted 10 hits in the game and committed four errors.

Howard was on the mound for five innings and Frausto went in for the final four innings. Both pitchers faced 23 batters. Howard allowed one hit, four runs, two walks, and struck out nine. Frausto posted five strikeouts and allowed eight hits, six runs, and three walks.

The Broncos made big hits all game long and earned four stolen bases. Bryce Williams had two singles and two RBIs in the game as did Howard plus a stolen base. Jared Musick posted a single, triple, an RBI, four runs, and one stolen base. Musick was on his game defensively as well and racked up 14 put-outs in the game. Frausto finished with a single, a double, two runs and one solen base, while Levi Gates had a single and one run. Mason Allred had a single, one run, and one stolen base and Shane Hagood helped with one stolen base.

The game two win came a little easier for the Broncos. They had nine runs, nine hits, and committed three errors. Musick got the call and threw for six innings striking out nine. Mason Sims pitched the last inning and had one strike out.

The Hornets earned the first score of the game in the second inning on an error in the field, but the Broncos were able to put two runs on the board in the third. After a Frausto single with one out, Howard knocked down a huge triple to score Frausto. The Broncos were able to get Gates and Allred on base due to Sudan’s back-to-back errors. Bryce Williams was able to put some wood on the ball and get Howard home for a run.

A crucial fourth inning gave the Broncos the advantage they were looking for going up by five runs. Heston Seay slammed a single that brought Sims home and Frausto connected with a triple that scored Seay. Hits from Howard and Allred allowed one more run before the end of the inning. The Hornets scored two runs in the fifth, but the Broncos ran away with it in their next at bat and put two more runs on the board and went three and out against Sudan’s batters in the sixth to secure the win. With Sims on base, Seay reached base on an error that allowed Sims to take third base and score on the next batter for the final run of the game.