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The Dayton Lady Broncos improved to 2-1 in district play on Friday afternoon with a 58-31 win at Cleveland. Dayton led 11-5 after a quarter of play before the Lady Indians came back and played even in the second period as both teams scored 14-points apiece, and the Lady Broncos had a 25- 19 halftime advantage. The second half was all Dayton as they won the third quarter 15-7 and then put Cleveland away with an 18-5 advantage in the final eight minutes. Kyra Keener led the Lady Broncos in scoring with a career-high 22 points. On Tuesday night, it was Dayton falling to Lake Creek 49-27. Jerrica Keener finished with 14 points, and Allie Davis added 7. The Lady Broncos travel to Waller on December 29.
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Needing a big spark offensively in the second half, the Dayton Broncos got that, and then some from Gilbert Sanchez as the senior scored all 20 of his points in the second half, and that would be enough to make Dayton a 60-55 overtime winner over the Cleveland Indians in the district opener for both teams on Friday night at the Broncos Gymnasium. Cleveland got a game-high 26 points from Antonio Wheeler. The Indians jumped out early on as a Wheeler steal and bucket made it 8-2. Dayton quickly came back and got back-to-back three-pointers by Donovan Orebo and Houston Gault to tie the score at 8-apiece. Tanner Boufford then got into the act and connected from downtown, and the Broncos led 11-8. Cleveland then went on a 12-5 run to move ahead 20-16 thanks to a three-pointer by Wheeler with 2:38 left in the second quarter. Dayton closed within 22-20 late in the first half with a trey by Boufford. The Indians would lead 24-22 at the break. Midway through the third period, Cleveland built a 30-25 before a three-pointer by Sanchez and a three-point play by Gault gave the Broncos the lead at 31-30. The Indians scored the final three points of the third quarter to take a 33-31 advantage heading into the fourth quarter of play. Both teams went back and forth in the fourth quarter, with Wheeler scoring on the inside to give his team a 36-35 advantage with 6:05 left. Cleveland then built a 46-38 lead before back-to-back treys by Sanchez with 1:49 left closed the gap to 46-44. With the Indians leading 52-49 with 3:1 seconds left, Sanchez was fouled while attempting a three-pointer and he went on to make all three free throws to send the game into overtime. In the extra time, it was Dayton outscoring the Indians 8-3 to win the game. A free throw by Landon Baldwin made it 58-55, then a pair of free throws by Braylen Cook made it a five-point and put the game away. Gault finished with 13 points while Boufford and Orebo each finished with 8-points apiece. The Broncos will travel to Anahuac on December 30 for a non-district game.
Read moreThe Liberty Panthers and Head Coach Joe Roberts are ready to hit the pitch again for the 2020-21 soccer season. Playing in district 22-4A, Liberty is once again projected to grab a playoff spot and make another post-season run under Roberts. After the Christmas Break, the Panthers will travel to Jasper on January 4 and then that weekend will play at the PN-G Tournament over three days. After a trip to Galveston to face Ball on January 12, Liberty will then take part at the Huffman Tournament that weekend. District play gets started on January 29 at East Chambers and then the Panthers return home on February 2 for Hamshire-Fannett. The regular season concludes on March 19 at Huffman.
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Things got more exciting than Dayton Head Coach Jed Garner asked for on Tuesday night against Huffman, but in the end it was a Anner Aparicio goal in the 77th minute with an assist from David Perez proved to be the game winner in a 4-3 win over the Falcons at Houston Methodist Field at Bronco Stadium in non-district soccer action. Huffman jumped in front in the first half to grab a 1-0 lead before Dayton came back with three straight goals to move ahead 3-1 at the break. Francisco Sanchez tied the score at 1-apiece and then Perez added two goals just before the half ended. The Falcons cut the Bronco lead in half at the 59th minute to make it a 3-2 game and then a minute later it was Alex is Rodriguez scoring on a penalty kick and the game was knotted at 3. Dayton had a nice chance at the 71st minute as a header by Bryan Martinez was just wide. Six minutes later, Aparicio would not miss for the winner. Martinez finished with two assists. The JV Broncos also were a 4-0 winner over Huffman. Dayton returns to action on November 30 as they travel to Huntsville.
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The Liberty Lady Panthers rode a big first half to another district win on Tuesday night at home as Chase Sylvia’s Lady Panthers led by 13 at the break and then finished up with a 51-42 win over Hamshire-Fannett to stay perfect in district at 2-0. Drelyn Willis scored 9 of her team-high 14 points in the first half to lead the way. Willis got Liberty off to a quick start by nailing a three-pointer to give her team an 11-7 lead. Early in the second quarter, Madyson Goudeau connected from downtown off an assist from Olivia Moore, and the advantage was up to 18-10. Midway through the second quarter, it was Cheyenne Williams scoring on a three-point play to make it 23-12. Just before the end of the first half, Willis scored on the fast break, and the Lady Panthers enjoyed a 31-18 lead. The advantage ballooned to 35-18 early in the third period as Goudeau got a steal and scored at the other end. The Lady Longhorns then put together a 10-4 run the rest of the quarter to close within 39-28 after three periods. Liberty opened the fourth quarter with a Goudeau bucket thanks to an assist from Raeshell Elliot to make it 41-28 before Hamshire-Fannett got back-to-back three-pointers to cut the deficit to 41-34 with 3:46 left in the game. After a Lady Panthers timeout, the Lady Longhorns did not slow down and scored another four points, and things were even tighter at 41- 38. Leading 42-40, Willis scored on a drive to make it 44-40, and then a Moore bucket off the give and go from Kamryn Turner made it 46-40 with a minute remaining to put the game away. Goudeau added 13 for Liberty, while Moore chipped in with 8 points. Williams chipped in with 7 points. The Lady Panthers return to action on December 29 at home against Barbers Hill.
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Fresh off of its first district championship in school history in 2019, the Dayton Broncos and Head Coach Jed Garner are ready for the upcoming season. The home opener is December 15 against the Huffman Falcons, and then on Friday afternoon, it will be a battle of Class 5-A ranked teams as Texas City comes to town. Dayton will play in Huntsville on December 30 in a round-robin one-day event that also features Huntsville, College Park, and Tomball Memorial. The Broncos will play in the PN-G Tournament on January 7-9 and then travel to Crosby for a match-up with the Cougars on January 12. The Dayton Invitational then takes place from January 14-16. District play will get started on January 26 as New Caney Porter comes to town. The regular season concludes on March 12 at home against New Caney.
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The Tarkington Longhorns landed 16 players on the 10-3A-DI All-District Team. Head Coach Zach Bass saw quarterback Trae Deck and linebacker Phileo Petty named to the first-team list. Making the second team for Tarkington was running back Jaydon Harris, wide receiver Garrett Lott, utility player Bryce Ellington, and kicker Ivan Rodriguez. Rounding out the honorable mention teams are Rakan Devito, Blake Ellington, Nate Carley, Tyler Bennett, Cameron Iterisano, Chase Anderson, Bradley Sanders, Dee Brandon, Chase Denton, and Andrew King.
Read moreThe Liberty Lady Panthers built an eightpoint lead late in the fourth quarter before holding off a Livingston rally late to grab a 45-42 win over the Lady Lions to open district play on Tuesday night. Liberty led 12-7 after a quarter of play before Livingston won the second quarter 12-10 to cut the deficit to 22-19 at the break. The Lady Panthers then opened a six-point lead after three quarters of play to stay ahead 31-25 at the end of three quarters. Liberty then extended the lead to eightpoints before Livingston had a last-second flurry to cut the deficit to 44-42 before a Lady Panthers free throw with under two-seconds left clinched the win. Madyson Goudeau led the way with 15 points. Drelyn Willis added 13 points while Reese Evans chipped in with 7 points.
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