Broncos sweep pair of non-league road games, improve to 6-3

Staff report, The Ritzville Journal | Last updated Jan 02, 2020 9:43am0

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The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos demolished the Connell Eagles 66-26 in a road game on Dec. 28. The 40-point win was the largest margin of victory for LRS since Dec. 30, 2017.

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball team easily walked over 1A Connell 66-26 in a non-league contest on Saturday, Dec. 28.

The game actually started out close. With under two minutes left in the first quarter, LRS was only leading by two, 10-8. However, a steal and layup by Drew Kelly and a three pointer by Josh McClure helped the Broncos close out the quarter up 15-8. The Broncos never looked back.

LRS put the game away in the second quarter outscoring Connell 16-3. Connell's loan three came near the end of the quarter. Austin Thompson closed out the quarter with a buzzer beating three...