Broncos improve to 10-1

Thursday night the Boyd Broncos? seventh- and eighth-grade basketball team traveled to DeKalb West, where Boyd was looking to improve on its 9-1 record. Tied at the half, the Broncos pulled away to edge DeKalb 39-32 and moved to 10-1 on the season.

The Broncos jumped out to an early lead and by the end of the first period held a 14-6 advantage. Logan Walker, Aaron Taylor and J.T. Morgan hit for four points each in the period.

DeKalb bounced back in the second period, out-scoring the Broncos 16-8 with the help of seven points from Jacob Waggoner, for a 22-22 game at the break.

The Broncos defense turned things around in the third period and held DeKalb West to just three points. Boyd?s Walker, Logan McCormack and Grayson Woods who nailed a 3-pointer put the Broncos back on top 29-25 by the end of the period.

In the final period the Broncos secured the victory from the charity stripe hitting 6-of-15. Kaleb Tilton and Morgan added a basket each. Boyd hit for 10 in the period, while DeKalb added seven.

For the Broncos, Morgan hit for 10 points. Walker had nine, Taylor had six, Woods had five,Tilton hit for four, Conner Dixon and McCormack had two points each and Brody Fernandez added one point.

Waggoner led DeKalb with 16 points on the night. Sonny Young had nine, Nick Henry added four, Matt Cain hit for two and Cody Griffin added one point.