Broncos swept at home

The Boyd High School basketball teams had a rough time on their own floor Tuesday night against Van Buren County.

The Lady Broncos fell to the Eagelettes 68-34, while in the boys game Van Buren rolled to a 71-31 victory over the Broncos to sweep Boyd in District 9-A action.

In the first half of the girls? game the Lady Broncos kept things close. After one period of play Boyd trailed 16-13 and by the end of the first half the Eagelettes held a 27-21 advantage.

But things went downhill for the Lady Broncos in the second half. Van Buren came out in the third quarter and posted 29 points on the board, while the Lady Broncos managed just six. In the final period the Lady Broncos tried to make a late run, but still Boyd was out-scored 12-7 in the final period as Van Buren won by 34 points.

Virginia Prater put 13 points on the board for Boyd. Lyndsey King and Leah Walker had six points each. Courtney Hard had five, Jessica Hagar and Cassie Wanamaker added two points apiece.

For Van Buren County, Rachael Delon hit for 23 points to lead all scorers. Lauren Grissom added 19, Porsche McDonald had six, Courtney Howard and Caitlin Walker had four points each. Kendra Ballew, Shelby Bouldin, Martha Grissom, Bee Martin and Amanda Wittenburg had two points each.

? In the boys? game things got out of hand early as the Eagles jumped out to a 33-8 lead at the break. Van Buren scored 19 in the third, while holding Boyd to 10 points. In the final period the Broncos scored their most points of the game with 13, but the Eagles posted 19 points on the board and rolled to a 40-point victory.

For Boyd, Tyler Hillis had 13 points. Matt Davis had eight, Cole Stubblefield hit for six, Austin Young and Lucas Majors had two points each.

Darrin Baker led the Eagles with 10 points. Cotton Simmons and Justin Smith had nine points each. Aaron Thornton hit for eight, Cale Crain, Ethan Hillis and Matthew Rigsby added six points each. Craig Chandler had four, Alex Farris and Wesley Wheeler had three points apiece. Kevin Cunningham and Justin Smith added two points each.

Boyd is scheduled to travel to Cascade tonight with a 6 p.m. start time.