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Broncos lose on senior night
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Friday night, the Boyd Broncos won three out of four quarters against the Providence Christian Academy Lions, but it was that one quarter they lost that ultimately decided the outcome.
After defeating the Lions by eight points in December, the Broncos fell to them on senior night by seven, 76-69.
The fourth quarter would be the highest scoring period for both teams as Boyd battled to erase a 13-point deficit and Providence did the same to try and protect it. With :52 left, Isaiah Blanton connected on a driving three-point play which brought the Broncos back to within six points, 69-63.
Then with :35 left, Tyler Judkins connected on two free throws to bring the Broncos to within five, 70-65. But despite their best efforts and outscoring the Lions by six in the final quarter, the 13-point deficit created before halftime proved to ultimately be too great for Boyd to overcome, as the final score would show 76-69.
The first frame looked good for the home team as senior Colin Stubblefield exploded for 13 of his game-high 23 points. His pull-up jumper was on fire as he connected for five two-point field goals and one three. Trey Cantrell connected on a three of his own and Tyler Beaty, getting a putback bucket, put the Broncos up, 19-13, going into the second quarter. Aside from key player Edgar Morales leaving the first quarter due to injury, all looked to be going well for the home team.
That is when Providence unleashed a ferocious Lion into the contest. Providence inserted new Oakland High School transfer Isaiah Eguaebor, who made his presence known immediately and for the entire second frame and scored 12 of his team-high 21 points.
Eguaebor’s ability to penetrate and finish through contact, as well as his ability to seemingly hit jumpers from anywhere on the court, caught the Broncos off guard and Providence would outscore the home team by 19 points in the quarter. The teams went into the locker rooms with the Lions up 42-29 and the Broncos needing to hit the reset button.
Coach Buddy Majors brought Boyd out for the second half refocused and ready to fight. The teams went toe-to-toe for most of the period and with :28 left in the third, Cantrell connected on another 3-pointer to tie the two teams for the period at 14 points each, but this still gave Providence 56-43 advantage going into the final eight minutes.
Even with this loss, Boyd maintains the top spot in its division of the MTAC with a 9-1 conference record, while Providence has two losses in conference. The Broncos were back on the road Tuesday night visiting Riverside Christian Academy. Results were unavailable at press time.
BRONCO SCORING – Colin Stubblefield 23, Tyler Beaty 14, Tyler Judkins 13, Isaiah Blanton 10, Trey Cantrell 9
LION TOP SCORERS - Eguaebor 21, David Shepard 17, Jake Johnson 14

WCHS softball blanks Warren East, baseball goes 1-3 through weekend
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Two days after steamrolling Shelbyville 20-0, the Warren County softball team carried its hot streak into the weekend with a Saturday matchup against Warren East (Ky.).

The Lady Pioneers continued to roll, taking down the visiting Lady Raiders 5-0.

The team posted nine hits over the course of the game, led by Lily Rains and Kyaira Sharpe with two each.

Addison Smith, Kaydence Wiser, Cortlyn Porter, Ceilee Gudat and Ali Young all followed with one hit each.

Porter had two of Warren County’s five RBI, with one each for Wiser, Sharpe and Young.

Gudat went the distance in the circle, striking out six and holding Warren East to four hits across all seven innings.

WCHS baseball loses three of four.

The Warren County High School baseball team was back in action Friday evening with a pair of games against Marion County and Heritage Christian (Ala.).

In their first game against Marion County, the Pioneers came up just short in an 8-7, 5.5-inning loss.

Sam Robinson led Warren County’s effort at the plate with two of the team’s seven hits. Tyler Adams, Ryder Gilispie, Woogs Bryan, Hayven Jones and Corban Felton each added one. Adams, Robinson, Jones and Jerren Harris each had one RBI for a team total of four.

Brady Swallows got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and three walks. Jaytton Baker followed for 1.1 innings and came off with five hits and three runs. Daylen Holguin wrapped it up with two strikeouts, two hits and one run over the last two innings.

The Pioneers had better luck in their nightcap against Heritage Christian, coming out on top 4-1 in five innings.

Warren County finished the game with eight hits, including two each for both Gilispie and Bryan. Felton, Jones, Baker and Evan Snapp followed with one hit each.

Bryan came away with two of the team’s three RBI, with Gilispie adding the third.

Jones pitched 4.2 innings and finished with six strikeouts, five hits, one run and six walks.

Gilispie came on to close out the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Pioneers were back at it Saturday with two more games against Sequatchie County and Whitwell, respectively.

Opening against Sequatchie County, Warren County gave up eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on the way to a 9-0, 6.5-inning shutout loss to begin the day.

The team was held to three hits, with one each for Felton, Bryan and Jones.

Keaton Rowe pitched 5.2 innings, striking out two and allowing six hits, eight runs and three walks. Isaac Smith added one strikeout, two hits and one run to close out the bottom of the sixth inning.

Warren County once again ran into scoring trouble against Whitwell, falling 6-1 in six innings to the Tigers.

Smith was credited with three of the team’s four hits, with Felton adding the fourth.

Robinson had the team’s lone RBI.

Braden Whinnery got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and one walk through 3.2 innings. Lealon Arnold came on in relief, finishing the top of the fourth inning with one hit and one run. Up next was Miguel Garcia, who additionally surrendered one hit and one run in the top of the fifth inning. Keagan Thompson closed it out, striking out one and adding one more hit over the remaining 1.2 innings.