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Fresh off of its first district championship in school history in 2019, the Dayton Broncos and Head Coach Jed Garner are ready for the upcoming season. The home opener is December 15 against the Huffman Falcons, and then on Friday afternoon, it will be a battle of Class 5-A ranked teams as Texas City comes to town. Dayton will play in Huntsville on December 30 in a round-robin one-day event that also features Huntsville, College Park, and Tomball Memorial. The Broncos will play in the PN-G Tournament on January 7-9 and then travel to Crosby for a match-up with the Cougars on January 12. The Dayton Invitational then takes place from January 14-16. District play will get started on January 26 as New Caney Porter comes to town. The regular season concludes on March 12 at home against New Caney.
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The Tarkington Longhorns landed 16 players on the 10-3A-DI All-District Team. Head Coach Zach Bass saw quarterback Trae Deck and linebacker Phileo Petty named to the first-team list. Making the second team for Tarkington was running back Jaydon Harris, wide receiver Garrett Lott, utility player Bryce Ellington, and kicker Ivan Rodriguez. Rounding out the honorable mention teams are Rakan Devito, Blake Ellington, Nate Carley, Tyler Bennett, Cameron Iterisano, Chase Anderson, Bradley Sanders, Dee Brandon, Chase Denton, and Andrew King.
Read moreThe Liberty Lady Panthers built an eightpoint lead late in the fourth quarter before holding off a Livingston rally late to grab a 45-42 win over the Lady Lions to open district play on Tuesday night. Liberty led 12-7 after a quarter of play before Livingston won the second quarter 12-10 to cut the deficit to 22-19 at the break. The Lady Panthers then opened a six-point lead after three quarters of play to stay ahead 31-25 at the end of three quarters. Liberty then extended the lead to eightpoints before Livingston had a last-second flurry to cut the deficit to 44-42 before a Lady Panthers free throw with under two-seconds left clinched the win. Madyson Goudeau led the way with 15 points. Drelyn Willis added 13 points while Reese Evans chipped in with 7 points.
Read moreThe Dayton Broncos play in District 12-5A-DII and the playoff representatives of the district had a good opening weekend as three of the four teams collected wins against District 11-5A-DII. The Crosby Cougars won in convincing fashion at home against Willowridge 66-0 while the Nederland Bulldogs shutout Houston Sterling 37-0 also at home on Thursday night. The Port Neches-Groves Indians played against state-ranked Fort Bend Marshall and played tough but fell 21-14 as Indians quarterback Blake Bost had both touchdown runs. On Friday night at Galena Park ISD Stadium it was the Barbers Hill Eagles having their way with the Yellow Jackets 51-14. Barbers Hill quarterback Brent Holdren had three touchdown passes and added another on the ground as the Eagles led 44-6 after three quarters. All three teams will move on to the Area Championships as Crosby will face Texarkana next Friday night at SFA in Nacogdoches while Barbers Hill plays the Huntsville Hornets on Friday night at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Shenandoah while Nederland plays on Saturday afternoon against Longview Pine Tree in Nacogdoches.
Read moreThe Dayton Lady Broncos opened district play at home on Friday night with a nice 58-51 win over the Porter Lady Spartans. Three Dayton players finished in double figures, with Jerrica Keener leading the way with 20 points. Amber Kelly added 14, while Kyra Keener chipped in with 10 points. The JV team fell to Porter 51-32 while the freshman also fell to the Lady Spartans 47-17. The Lady Broncos are now 5-4 on the season and 1-0 in district play. Dayton will visit Cleveland on Friday night.
Read moreThe Hardin Hornets had a split on the week as on Tuesday night as they lost on a buzzer-beater at Deweyville 45-44. Hardin led 22-15 at the half but saw Deweyville outscore the Hornets 10-4 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 26-25, heading into the final quarter of play. The final eight minutes was very low scoring, but it was a three-pointer by the Pirates at the end that landed them the win. Colby Barrett led the way with 13 points and 9 rebounds, while Landen Taylor added 10 points and Carson Williams chipped in with 10 points and 6 boards. Hardin then got back on their winning ways at home on Friday night with a nice 63-51 victory over Warren. After both teams were deadlocked at 14-apiece after the first quarter of play, the Hornets opened up a 33-23 halftime advantage after winning the second quarter 19-9. Hardin continued to open the lead after a 15-9 third quarter and led by 16 heading into the fourth period. Taylor led the Hornets in scoring with 20 points with four three-pointers. Williams added 17 points and hauled in 15 rebounds, while Caden Elmore added 8 points and 12 rebounds. Hardin is now 6-3 on the season and will start district play on Friday at home against Trinity.
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The Tarkington Longhorns have a very disciplined and senior oriented team and on Tuesday night at home in non-district action against Liberty, it paid off as Tarkington knocked off the Panthers 44-31. The Longhorns grabbed an early 6-2 lead thanks to a three-pointer by Braden Bostwick with an assist from Blake Ellington. The Panthers closed within 6-4 on a pull-up jumper by Marco Garcia with 2:55 left in the first quarter. Down 9-4, Liberty’s Patrick Flowers connected from downtown and the deficit was down to 9-7. Early in the second period, Tarkington upped the lead to 14-9 thanks to a trey by Trae Deck. The Longhorns lead moved to 17-9 as post Carlos Preciado scored and was fouled for a threepoint play the old fashioned way. The Panthers answered with a Kaden Nolan triple to make it a 17-12 game. Deck then converted a three-point play opportunity, and the lead was back to 24-15 at the half. Early in the third period, the Longhorns extended their lead to double digits with Blake Ellington grabbing an offensive rebound and scoring and then a steal and bucket by Bryce Ellington to make it a 30-19 advantage with 4:47 left in the third quarter which also forced a Liberty timeout. Down 33-19, Flowers connected on a three-pointer to get the Panthers within 33- 22. Back came Tarkington with Preciado scoring on a three-point play to make it 36-24. The Longhorns led 43-26 after three quarters of play. The fourth quarter was very low scoring and featured only six-points combined. Nolan nailed a three-pointer to get Liberty within 44-31 but that would be the final score as neither team scored the rest of the way. Preciado scored 11 points to lead Tarkington in scoring while Deck finished with 10. Blake Ellington chipped in with 7. The Panthers were led by Nolan with 8 points and Flowers and Devin Fregia each finished with 6 points apiece. Liberty will host Huffman on Friday while the Longhorns welcome in New Waverly.
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The Dayton Lady Broncos soccer team will hit the pitch for real on January 2 to kick off the 2021 season at home against Liberty with a noon start. Dayton has a scrimmage against La Porte on December 18 at home. The Lady Broncos will stay at home for a Highway 90 contest with the Crosby Lady Cougars on January 5. That weekend, Dayton will play at the La Porte Tournament. District play will start on January 26 in New Caney at Porter high school. The regular season will end on March 12 at New Caney. The Lady Broncos are coached by Ronnie Simicek.
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