Sports

The 2014-2015 Bronco cheerleaders attended NCA Cheer Camp June 16-19 at the T-Bar M resort in New Braunfels.

The girls had a fantastic time learning new material for the coming year, and Captain Abby Johnson, a senior, received a nomination for All-American, and the Bronco mascot, sophomore Sarah Williams, won an award for “Mascot Unity.”

As a group, the ladies earned a Superior rating on their competition performance and received a bid for Nationals. On Saturday, August 23, the cheerleaders will be hosting “Little Miss Cheer Camp” for students in Kindergarten – Grade 6. Put this date on your calendar and more information will be provided at school registration.

 

By Sandy Anderberg

The Greenbelt Junior Golf Association held a tournament at the CCC on June 9 with 46 junior golfers from kindergarten to high school in attendance.

Golfers from Clarendon, Roaring Springs, Childress, Memphis, Shamrock, Quanah and Wellington are part of the Association and will host tournaments this summer for the golfers. Clarendon was the first tournament of the season and the next one will be held in Quanah on Monday, June 16.

In the high school division, Kade and Bryce Parker competed and finished second and third place. Local fourth grader Madison Smith finished second in the 4th-5th grade division with a score of 33 for five holes. Carl Thornton turned in a score of 35 in the 4th-5th grade boys division and tied with Kason Mathews from Quanah. After the chip off, Thornton finished in third place. In the K-3rd grade boys division Isaiah Jaloma from Quanah took the top spot with a score of 19 for four holes. Cash Hightower from Childress was second, Drew Glass from McLean was third and Micah Armstrong was fourth with a 26. K-3rd girls: Hannah Gaylor, Childress, was first with a 23, Laila Taylor, Childress, second with a 26, Colee Cox, Childress, third with a 26, and Maggie Cook, Memphis, fourth with a 28. In the fourth and fifth grade boys division, Gaitlin Goad, Wheeler, was first with a 27, Gavin Arnold, Spur, second with a 34, Thornton 3rd, and Mathews 4th. Jayda Jameson from Childress was first in the girl’s division with a 33, Smith was 2nd, and Savannah Raloe from Childress was third with a 35.

More information about the Greenbelt Junior Golf Association can be found on the Greenbelt Golf Association Facebook page.

Eighteen three person teams competed in the Three Person Scramble last weekend and the threesome of Savard, McWhorter, and Chick turned in the top score of 119 for the 36-hole event to take first place in the Championship flight.

Majors, Majors, and Vance finished second in the Championship flight at 121 and the team of Conrad, Berends, and Berends took third with a score of 122.

Kyle Hatch, Leigh Ann Ward, and Bland took the top spot in the first flight with a score of 130. Steve Gray, Gene Rogers, and Kevin Roberson finished second at 132 and Mark Ward, Hatch, and Kenna Johnson came in third with a 133.

The second flight winner was the team of Jr. Rodriguez, Jesse Lincycomb, and Joel Horn with a 132. The teams of Tom Stauder, George Leathers, and Gail Leathers tied for second and third with Barker, Paronto, and Snelgrooes with a 136.

Kevin Wood won the longest putt on number nine at a distance of 11’6″ and Delbert McWhorter was closest to the pin on number fifteen at 6’9″. Tom Stauder won the weekly men’s game with a 78, while shooting under his age of 80 years old. Don Hinton won low net with a 66. Gail Leathers won low gross on Thursday with an 85 and Gayle Rogers won low net with a handicapped score of 70.

The Friday night scramble was won by Kevin Roberson, Gayle Roberson, Gene Rogers, and Gayle Rogers at three under par. The other two teams came in at two under.

There will be a Night Scramble June 14 with the first nine holes being played in the light of the day and the final nine holes being played in the dark with special light-up equipment. You may call the Pro Shop to enter.

By Sandy Anderberg

Several Broncos and Lady Broncos were honored for their hard work in this 2013-2014 school year at the spring sports banquet last month and many traditional awards were handed out.

Recognized for their hard work all year, four Broncos and five Lady Broncos were awarded the most-coveted awards offered to athletes. Chance McAnear was named Outstanding Bronco, and Taylor Gaines and Taylor DeGrate shared the Outstanding Lady Bronco award. The Clyde Wilson Fighting Heart Award went to Tres Hommel, and the Lady Bronco Fighting Heart Award was given to Abby Johnson.

The Bronco football offensive players of the year were Chance McAnear and Charles Mason. Dustin Crump, Tres Hommel, and Zach Watson were named the Defensive Players of the Year.

The Lady Bronco basketball Offensive Players of the Year is Ryann Starnes and Taylor DeGrate, and the Defensive Players are Taylor Gaines and Deborah Howard.

The Bronco basketball Offensive Player of the year is Chance McAnear and Charles Mason was named as the defensive player.

Charles Mason, Caleb Cobb, and Montana Hysinger were named as the Track Athletes of the Year, and Abby Johnson and Sarah Luttrell were honored for the Lady Broncos. Johnson was also named the Cross-Country Athlete of the Year.

The Bronco Baseball Players of the Year are Chance McAnear and Caleb Cobb, and Lady Broncos Haley Ferguson, Savannah Topper, Camra Smith, and Skyler White were honored for softball. Zach Watson was the Golfer of the Year, and Chelsea Morris was named the Powerlifter of the Year.

By Sandy Anderberg

Three Clarendon High School athletes earned the right to compete in the State Track Meet in Austin last weekend, and they all represented their school and community well, finishing in the top ten of their events.

Charles Mason is the fifth best long jumper in the state as he went a distance of 21’5¼” on his second attempt. Track coach Johnny Nino had a lot of praise for the junior’s comeback.

“I was very proud of what he accomplished this year and what he did at the meet this past weekend,” Nino said. “He pulled his hamstring in the first meet of the year and didn’t jump again until district.”

Mason jumped over twenty-two feet earlier in the season that earned him the right to participate in the state meet.

Abby Johnson ran the 400-meter dash and finished seventh with a time of 1:01.74. The first place time was just over fifty-eight seconds. Johnson is also a junior and will be back to try again next year.

Senior Sarah Luttrell has proved herself as a great sprinter throughout her high school career and competed in the 100-meter dash a state. Luttrell finished a respectable eighth place in that event with a time of 12.85. The winning time posted was 11.51.

Both Lady Broncos had a stellar year running track and competed in several other races, including relays. Luttrell has been instrumental in the Lady Broncos’ success the last four years and will be greatly missed next year. Coach Alton Gaines realizes the impact both of these athletics have had on the track program.

“I’m so proud of these two young ladies,” Gaines said. “Just to be a part of the best nine in the state in your event in division 1A is big time.”

By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Broncos lost 4-6 to Hale Center in the opening round of the playoffs on their home field. Despite playing a great game, the Broncos could not get the edge they needed to get the win.

“I am very proud of our effort and season,” coach Brad Elam said. “We had lost to them 1-11 early in the year, so we knew they would be tough.”

The Broncos jumped out to the early lead over their opponent.

“We scored early and had a lead going into the fourth inning,” Elam said. “Caleb Cobb had a long single in the first to drive in Chance McAnear and Bryce Hatley scored on a passed ball for a 2-0 lead in the first.”

Hale Center was able to add a run in the third to cut the Bronco lead, but Charles Mason scored on an error to get the Broncos going again. After Hale Center scored four runs in the fourth and another in the fifth, Hatley scored again on another passed ball in the fifth to cut the lead to two.

“Clay Koetting was hit by a pitch and Mason hit a pitch deep to left that almost went over the fence that would have tied the score,” Elam said.

“Caleb Cobb threw three good innings and McAnear came on in relief and did another great job. Our defense played their best game in a while making many plays including a diving catch by Brandon Miller in center. On offense, McAnear and Hatley reached base three times each and scored three of the four runs.”

Cobb also added a single and an rbi in the game.

By Sandy Anderberg

The Lady Broncos’ softball season came to an early end as they faced off against Ralls in Plainview last week in a Bi-District game.

Head coach Gary Jack said even though the wind was blowing 25-35 miles per hour, the Lady Broncos played a very inspired game.

“Our season is over and it ended with an exciting Bi-District game with Ralls in Plainview,” Jack said. “The end result was a 10-18 loss in extra innings.”

The game began fast, according to Jack, with Ralls taking a 3-1 lead after the first inning. After a couple of mistakes by the Lady Broncos, Ralls increased that lead to seven in the second inning. But the Clarendon squad was not finished and came roaring back.

“Our girls battled back each inning, highlighted by Skyler White’s home run in the third inning,” Jack said. “We were able to tie it up in the fifth at seven all.”

Ralls came in the sixth and scored two runs to go up by two, but once again the Lady Broncos got back in the game by scoring two of their own. Ralls scored another in the seventh and after the Lady Broncos scored one to tie yet again, they had a chance to get the win, but left runners on first and third to go into extra innings.

“I used four different pitchers in the eighth inning, but we had trouble throwing strikes,” Jack said. “Ralls was able to score eight runs in that inning to take an 18-10 lead. We loaded the bases in our at bat with no outs but failed to score. The final score down not show how good a game it was. I was very proud of our girls battling back after falling behind. They could have rolled over, but fought back instead. I’m very proud of that.” The Lady Broncos finished the season at 15-5 overall and had a 9-3-district record and finished second in their district.

“It was a very fun and exciting season,” Jack said. “We continued to improve over the course of the season.”

By Sandy Anderberg

Cousins Sarah Luttrell and Abby Johnson are headed to the state track meet with recent accomplishments in the Regional Track Meet held in Levelland.

Luttrell competed and qualified in the 100-meter dash and Johnson qualified in the 400-meter dash. Bronco Charles Mason earned a wildcard spot in the long jump and qualified for the state meet.

Luttrell and Johnson have been active all season and were successful in posting great times in their races. Mason sat out the first part of the season healing a hamstring injury and participated in only about four meets.

Luttrell competed in the 100, 200, long jump, and sprint relay. She finished second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.72 for a state trip and Johnson had a time of 1:01.77 in the 400-meter dash for second place and a trip to Austin. Mason recorded a jump of 22’7½” for third place and a wildcard. That card came through for him and he will jump at the state meet the second weekend of May.

The Lady Bronco sprint relay competed at the Regional meet and finished in seventh place with a time of 53.17 and was run by Amelia Weatherton Taylor Gaines, Taylor DeGrate, and Sarah Luttrell. Weatherton also competed in the 100-meter dash finishing with a time of 13.19. DeGrate gave it a good shot in the 100-meter hurdles and finished just two out of qualifying in fourth place with a time of 16.70.

Luttrell also long jumped at a distance of 16’7¾” for sixth place and Gaines finished fifteenth in that event with a distance of 15’0″. Luttrell and Johnson competed in the 200-meter dash and finished fifth and sixth with times of 27.71 and 27.89 respectively. Caleb Cobb made a great attempt in the 800-meter run finishing fifteenth with a time of 2:17.61.

Coach Alton Gaines was pleased with his athletes’ performance at the regional meet.

“It was an awesome effort by the girls,” Gaines said. “Each girl put themselves in a position to get one of the two top spots; we just came up a little short in some events. But we did get two girls that qualified for the State Meet. Sarah Luttrell and Abby Johnson did a great job. We are very proud and thankful to be their coaches.”

By Sandy Anderberg

With a huge 12-2 win over West Texas, the Broncos are headed to post-season play on Thursday of this week.

The game will be played at home on McClelland Field against Hale Center beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Coach Brad Elam knew his team had to win to participate in post-season play and felt they came into the game with WT focused to do just that.

“A win would put us in the playoff and the kids came focused and ended the game after five,” Elam said. “We had a 5-2 lead after the top of the fourth and had a big inning to break the game open. Bryce Hatley had a big game reaching base all four times including a big triple and Caleb Cobb had two hits and drove in two runs.”

Elam went on to say that Brandon Miller reached base all four times, had two rbi, scored two runs and stole two bases. Zack LaRoe had two runs scored and Keandre Cortez had a big two-out hit driving in two runs.

“Chance McAnear pitched another great game to pick up the win striking out nine,” Elam said.

On the Friday before, the Broncos suffered a disappointing loss to Follett on the road at 2-6. Elam said he played younger kids and they did not have enough hits despite playing fairly well.

“I was pleased by their effort and we had chances to win, but just didn’t hit enough,” Elam said. “We struck out too many times.”

However, Elam thought there was a positive in the loss.

“On the positive side, Chance Lockhart pitched a good game once he got warmed up striking out eight,” he said.

“Mikeal LaRoe made several plays at third base and on offense, after a Lockhart walk, Clay Koetting doubled him in in the first inning. McAnear scored in the third inning.”

The Broncos slammed Shamrock 15-6 last week, giving them a better look at post-season play.

According to Elam, the Broncos played five really good innings.

“We played a pretty good game until we made some mistakes in the sixth inning that cost us and allowed them to get back in the game,” Elam said.

“We jumped out in the lead with five in the first three innings sparked by Brandon Miller and Clay Koetting who reached base in the second and third innings, scoring four runs. We were able to score eight in the seventh to really pull away.”

Miller ended up with two hits, reached base four times, stole three bases and scored three runs. According to Elam, Chance McAnear also had a big day at the plate getting two hits and scoring three runs. Koetting had a monster day batting reaching base all five times, driving in two runs, and scoring four times.

“McAnear pitched a good game going five and two thirds innings,” Elam said. “Caleb Cobb came in and closed the game out.”

By Sandy Anderberg

The Lady Broncos finished their year at 15-4 overall and 9-3 in District for a second place finish in their district race.

Clarendon took on Ralls in the first game of the playoffs scheduled for April 30. Results will be printed in next week’s Enterprise.

In a warm-up game, the Lady Broncos played Fritch and, according to head coach Gary Jack, got the revenge they were looking for.

“We came out on top 10-9,” Jack said. “It was good to get to play in between district and the playoffs. We did ok revenging an early season loss to Fritch.

“They beat us in our first game with only two practices, but we did a little better this time.”

The Lady Broncos will have played Ralls by press time, but they have high hopes to move on in post-season play.

“We play Ralls in the Bi-District round this Tuesday,” Jack said. “This is the same Ralls team that beat us in the playoffs last year. They are always a very solid team.”