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Bronco senior Zach Klein scores a touchdown running outside a defender.
CHEWELAH - A two-score, first-quarter deficit was too much for the Broncos to overcome Friday, Oct. 4, as they fell 21-14 to the Jenkins Cougars.
The Cougars opened scoring with a 21-yard pass from Noland Jeanneret to Miles Krausz for a first-quarter touchdown. The point-after failed, and Jenkins took a 6-0 lead.
Before the Broncos could put points on the board, a Lind-Ritzville/Sprague fumble was returned for a second TD by the Cougars. The hometown team added a 2-point conversion to take a 14-0 lead, which held through the end of the quarter.
In the quarter, Broncos senior Zach Klein scored on a 1-yard dive. Kicker Beau Fode added the extra point to narrow the margin to 14-7.
The score remained until the third-quarter, when senior running back Brody Boness broke loose on a 61-yard sprint to the endzone.
Fode added another PAT.
The quarter ended with the score tied at 14.
But the Cougars were not done scoring. And in the fourth quarter, Jeanneret hit Krausz for another TD, this time from 9 yards out. The PAT was good, and the Cougars held a 21-14 lead, and a 21-14 win.
Broncos quarterback Cameron Boness completed 3-of-14 passes for 66 yards and one interception.
Jeanneret was 10-of-24 for 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. Jeanneret also carried the ball 17 times for 31 yards.
On the ground for Lind-Ritzville, Brody Boness carried 18 times for 132 yards and a TD. Teammates Cole Rouleau carried one time for 15 yard and Carson Kubik 1 time for 9 yards.
Klein carried 4 times for 2 yards and a TD, while Cameron Boness carried 5 times for a single yard.
Fode also carried one time for yards.
Receiving for the Broncos, Fode had 1 reception for 34 yards. Boness also caught one pass for 28 yards and Kubik nabbed 1 pass for 4 yards.
Brody Boness led the Broncos defense with 12 tackles, led by Kubik with 4. Logging two tackles each are Brock Tracy, Jerod Harder and Hayes Hennings. Fode, Brix Curtis, Douglas Olson, Turner Slack and James Near all had one tackle.
Hennings had one interception and Rouleau had one fumble recovery.
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