Broncos swept in 9-A action

The Boyd Christian high school basketball teams traveled to Unionville Tuesday night, with both teams falling to Community High School. The Lady Broncos, now 2-4 on the year, fell to the Viqueens 54-47. In the boys game the Broncos came up one point short as Community picked up the 51-50 victory.

The Broncos dropped a heartbreaker in District 9-A action to the Vikings. After one period of play the Broncos trailed by one, 14-13. In the second period Boyd and Community worked the boards with the Vikings getting the edge in the second quarter out scoring Boyd 13-10 for a 27-23 lead at the break.

Second half action saw the Broncos turn it up a notch on defense holding the Vikings to nine points, while Boyd posted 10 on the board.

In the final period the tempo of the game became fast pace as both teams ran the floor. Boyd out scored the Vikings 17-15, but time ran out on the visiting team as Community held on for the one point victory.

Tyler Hillis led the Broncos with 17 points. Mitchell Young added 13, Dustin Curtis had eight, Matthew Hancock hit for four, Benny Jones and Lucas Majors had three points each and Cameron Smith added two points.

The Vikings were led in scoring by Wilder Norris with 17 points and Josh Hull with 12.

In the girls game, Community jumped out to an early lead in the first period by hitting for 22 points. The Lady Broncos found the bottom of the net for 14 and trailed by eight by the end of the period.

In the second period the Lady Broncos turned things around and picked up the effort on defense. Turnovers and no second chance baskets resulted in six points for Community. Boyd however, still had things going on the offensive end of the court and connected for 11 points in the period to trail at the half 28-25.

In the third, the two teams matched baskets with the Lady Vikings putting 13 points on the board, while Boyd hit for 12 as the Lady Broncos still trailed by four.

The Lady Broncos made several runs in the fourth period, but had a hard time making up any ground. The Lady Vikings hit for 13 in the period, while Boyd posted 10 to fall by seven.

For the Lady Broncos, Amanda Prater led all scores with 20 points. Emily Newby hit for nine, Lyndsey King and Lydia Powell had six points each. Leah Walker hit for three and Alex Porter added one point.

The Lady Vikings had three players to score in double digits with Andriana Jones hitting for 16, Carley Daffern had 15 and Jessica Thompson added 11 to lead Community.

Boyd will be on the road on Friday to take on Eagleville at 6 p.m.