Broncbusters blitz Gordon Fine Arts

Garden City, KS-Kody Kirk threw three touchdown passes, Fred Davis ran for another, and Garden City topped Gordon Fine Arts Academy, 47-0 Saturday afternoon at Broncbuster Stadium. With the win, Tom Minnick's team evened their mark at 2-2.  

The Broncbusters limited the Warriors to just 36 total yards including minus-18 on the ground. But lopsided numbers aside, this was not the cleanest of performances from Garden City. 

In a game against an overmatched opponent, the Broncbusters were careless at times. Early in the second quarter, Iowa Central trasnfer Zo'Marion Harper, who replaced starter Kody Kirk, inexplicably lost the football as he cocked his arm back. Sidney Pierre recovered for the Warriors in plus territory. Thankfully though, on the very next play, Terrell Elliott scooped up Taylan Shinault's fumble, and the Broncbusters had the ball back at the Gordon Fine Arts 39. 

Offensively, Garden City, which produced 443 total yards, had their moments. On the second play from scrimmage, Kirk found Geovanni Ribalta for a 47-yard gain down to the Warriors 5. On the ensuing play, Keyon Brown, who once committed to former Broncbuster linebacker and current University of Oklahoma Head Coach, Brent Venables out of high school, reeled in a five-yard touchdown pass, and the Broncbusters had a 7-0 advantage 60 seconds into the game.  

The Broncbusters made it 14-0 a little while later following BJ Blake's 33-yard punt return that set them up just outside the redzone. That's where former Garden City Buffalo Jerry Arteaga took over, totaling 22 yards on consecutive carries before blasting in on first-and-goal from the 3.  

But the home team was a bit sloppy in the second quarter. Kirk was sacked on fourth down at the Warriors' 16 before Harper's fumble on Garden City's ensuing possession gave the ball right back to Gordon Fine Arts. 

The Broncbusters were up 27-0 at half.  

Davis added an 87-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter before Harper hooked up with Keyshawn Buckley for a 39-yard score at the end of the period. Harper then capped the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.  

Kirk, who made his first collegiate start, finished 10-of-12 for 166 yards and three touchdowns for Garden City, which hosts Highland on Saturday. Davis carried the ball four times for 118, and Ribalta had three catches for 82 yards.