Broncos bounced at Van Buren

The Boyd High School basketball teams traveled to Van Buren County Friday night for a District 9-A matchup. Van Buren took the sweep at home as the Lady Eagles dropped the Lady Broncos 74-58 and in boys action the Eagles rolled to a 69-32 win.

In the girls? game Van Buren scored in double digits in all four quarters. Van Buren put 21 points on the board in the first, while the Lady Broncos had just eight points. Van Buren had 22 in the second, but the Lady Broncos scored 18 and still trailed at the half 43-26. The Lady Broncos put six points on the board in the third and tried to rally in the fourth with 26 points. But the Lady Eagles added 16 in the third and 15 in the fourth to secure the victory.

For the Lady Broncos, Leah Walker had 22 points. Lyndsey King had 13 and Virginia Prater added 12. Courtney Hard had five, Da Rae Wells four and Cassie Wanamaker added two points.

Lauren Grissom hit for 23 points for Van Buren, including five 3-pointers. Porsche McDonald had 14, Shelby Bouldin added 11, Courtney Howard added eight, Rachel Delon had six, Catlin Walker had four, Kendra Ballew added three, Martha Grissom and Bee Martin had two points each and Amanda Wittenburg added one point.

In the boys? game the Broncos? struggles on offense continued as Boyd trailed at the half 42-20. Boyd scored two points in the third, while Van Buren hit for 12. The Eagles put 15 points on the board in the final period, while Boyd hit for 10.

For the Broncos, Tyler Hillis had nine points, Lance Chandler added seven, Mitchell Young had six, John Davis and Cole Stubblefield had three points each and Lucas Hartman and Lucas Majors added two points apiece.

Craig Chandler hit for 14 points as Darrin Baker and Cale Crain added 12 points each to lead Van Buren County.

The Broncos and Lady Broncos will be back at home on Tuesday to take on Cascade.