Broncos swept at Webb
Boyd’s high school basketball teams traveled to Webb Thursday night, as the Feet made a clean sweep on their home floor. In the girls game a big second quarter by the Lady Feet helped them to a 49-28 victory over the Lady Broncos.
In the boys game the Broncos trailed by 15 at the end of the third period, but scored 24 points in the final period only to fall three points short when the buzzer sounded, losing 57-54.
The Lady Broncos and Lady Feet were tied 7-7 after one quarter of play. But Webb took advantage of several turnovers in the second period by Boyd to rack up 18 points in the period, while holding Boyd to seven for a 25-14 lead at the break.
A slow start by both teams in the third period resulted in a low scoring quarter as Boyd posted six points and Webb hit for just eight, but still held a 33-20 lead by the end of the third.
In the final period Webb’s defense along with poor shooting by the Lady Broncos resulted in just eight points for Boyd. The Lady Feet continued to stay hot from the floor hitting for 16 points in the period to secure the victory.
For the Lady Broncos, Emily Newby led with 10 points, Jennifer Laxton followed with eight, Lydia Powell had four, Tabitha King hit for three, Courtney Hard added two and Leah Walker had one point.
Leading the way for the Lady Feet was Elizabeth Windham with 15 points and Jessica Miller added 12 points.
In the boys’ game Webb exploded for 21 points in the opening period, while the Broncos had trouble finding the basket with just eight points in the period.
Boyd bounced back in the second period, out-scoring Webb 15-11, but trailed 32-23 at the break.
Third period action saw Webb once again run the floor to out-score the Broncos 13-7 to build a 45-30 lead by the end of the period.
The Broncos had to send the Feet to the foul line in the final period and the strategy almost worked. Webb missed 17 shots from the line as Boyd closed the gap scoring 24 points in the final period, but came up three points short as time ran off the clock.
For the Broncos, Dillion Childers led with 15 points, Matthew Hancock hit for 11, Tyler Hillis added 10, Dustin Curtis had nine, James Dunlap added six and Adam White had three points.
Leading the charge for Webb was Matt Davis with 16 points, David Windham had 11 and Will Smith had eight.
The Broncos were scheduled to take on Friendship Christian on the road Saturday and will travel to Monterey on Monday.