The Bishop Broncos Boys Varsity Boys Basketball team is kicking off their season in Hawthorne Nevada where they will be participating in the Serpent Classic and playing 5 games starting Thursday night into Saturday evening.
This was the first game where the Broncos were able to have a full roster now that the football season has ended and they came out on top taking down the Sparks Railroaders by a score of 53-43.
Leading the way in scoring tonight was Senior Brady Kalk with 13 points. Richie Talavera had 10 points, Chris Charley with 8 points, Dom Dondero had 7 points, Jakobe Dondero had 6 points, Devaun Mitchell with 5 points, Elijah Reynolds with 3 points and Emory Dondero with 1 point. Charlie Lewis, Carlos Sualez, Angel Zamora, and Brad Rottner went scoreless but put in some good minutes, chipping in with good defense and hustle to help the Broncos get their first win of the season.
in day 2 of the Serpent Classic in Hawthorne Nevada. Their first game of the day was against the Smith Valley Bulldogs. The Broncos were down at the half 24-29 but played a much better second half and outscored the Bulldogs 30-21 and got a hard fought win 54-50. The Broncos leading scorer was Sophomore Dom Dondero with 12 points, followed by Senior Brady Kalk with 10. Emory Dondero and Chris Charley both had 8 points, Carlos Sualez and Richie Talavera both had 4 points and Elijah Reynolds chipped in with 2 points.
The Broncos had a 1 game wait and went up against the Yerington Lions for last game of the day. The Broncos came out a little slow to begin the game not being able to find their rhythm. But that didn’t last long and they were able to turn it on and really get going with a good run to end the first half with the lead of 27-19. Second half started the same way. A little slow but again got it going and pulled away from the Lions with our great defense and execution on offense and ended the game with a 50-35 win.
The boys played a really good game but for coach weaver the difference was Junior Carlos Sualez. He came off the bench and had a huge game leading scoring with 17 and I don’t have an official number for rebounds but my guess is he had 8 rebounds at the least and just played an overall great game and the rest of the boys followed his lead. Sualez led scoring with 17 followed by Emory Dondero with 13, Chris Charley had 7 points, Dom Dondero with 5, Richie Talavera with 4 Jakobe Dondero and Brady Kalk both with 2 points and Elijah Reynolds with 1 point.
The Broncos are 3-0 so far and will play Saturday against Excel Christian out of Sparks Nevada and close out the weekend against a good looking South Tahoe Vikings team.
The Bishop Broncos Varsity Basketball team went 1-1 on the last day of the Serpent Classic in Hawthorne NV, In game 1 they played Excel Christian out of Sparks NV. Bishop started a little slow but got it going halfway through the first half. Thu ended the first half up 32-17. The Broncos played a good second half and were able to get everyone off the bench in for some good minutes. They finished the game with a 57-29 win. They were led in scoring by Junior Emory Dondero with 15 points followed by brother Dom Dondero with 13. Elijah Reynolds had 6 points, Devaun Mitchell, Jakobe Dondero and Carlos Sualez all had 4 points, Richie Talaver, Bradley Rottner, and Brady Kalk had 3 points and Chris Charley chipped in with 2 points.
In game 2 the Broncos played a South Tahoe Vikings team. It was a hard fought battle but the Broncos came up short with a score of w48-35. Broncos were led in scoring by Junior Emory Dondero with 11 points followed by Senior Elijah Reynolds with 7 points, Dom Dondero had 6 points, Jakobe Dondero and Chris Charley both had 4 points and Richie Talavera with 3 points.
The Broncos had a good weekend finishing 4-1 overall for the Serpent Classic and overall it was a really successful weekend. The Broncos start league play Tuesday afternoon at home against Kern Valley.
