Bronchos roll to 61-0 win over Hondo

GRADY – Senior Deakin Ragland returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, and the rout was on as Grady overwhelmed Hondo 61-0 in 6-man play on Saturday afternoon.

The Bronchos (3-1) led 40-0 at the quarter and ended the contest against the Eagles (0-3) at halftime on the 50-point rule with three more touchdowns in the second stanza.

Sophomore Zander Ciancio threw for three scores and caught a pass for another. His TD tosses, all in the opening segment, covered 32 yards to sophomore Caden Croy, 14 yards to senior Chevy Dixon and 15 yards to sophomore Hays Rush, while he caught an 8-yard scoring pass from Croy in the second canto.

Sophomore Noah Stanfield had TD runs of 51 and 5 yards in the opening quarter, while in the second period sophomore Cason Jackson recovered a fumble in the end zone and Ragland connected with Rush on a 21-yard touchdown strike.