The Boyd Broncos went on the road all the way to McMinnville Civic Center on Tuesday to face the Lions of Covenant Academy. The Lions had prepared well to counter the size and speed of the Broncos and kept the game close, but in the end Boyd (14-2) took its second victory this season, 69-52, over Covenant.
Covenant enjoyed success early with razor sharp passing and constant movement away from the ball. This well-rehearsed orchestration led to the much smaller Lions being able to have free cuts to the basket.
For the first quarter, the Lions were able to score with the Broncos and were down 22-18. The slight Boyd lead was in big part due to Bronco senior Trey Cantrell going a perfect 3-3 from downtown and putting up 11 of his game-high 26 points in the first quarter.
Boyd’s defense improved in the second frame and would hold the Lions to only 8 points and stretch the Bronco lead to 37-26 going into the halftime break.
The third quarter belonged to Boyd’s Joelah Solomon and fellow big Jayden Reno. The two would combine for 13 points in the paint, while Tyler Beaty added another bucket of his own. Boyd held the Lions to 10 points in the quarter and took a comfortable 55-34 lead going into the fourth quarter.
With another quick trey from Cantrell and two more deep balls from Beaty within the first two minutes, both teams seized the opportunity to get younger players involved.
Boyd stays on the road and in conference this Friday to take on the Riverside Christian Academy Knights of Fayetteville.

Boyd Scoring:
Trey Cantrell 26, Tyler Beaty 15, Joelah Solomon 13, Jayden Reno 10, Dallas Green 2, Alden Lawrence 2, Joel Smith 1

Covenant Scoring:
Grant Peterson 16, Taylor Madewell 16, Samuel Wright 5, Will Cheek 4, Jackson Smith 3, Lance Curtis.