No. 8 Sonora spoils homecoming

Harper quarterback Bryson Lake (20) scrambles to his left with a Sonora Bronco defender trying to bring him down. —Photo by Noel Stacey

Sports

CaryonSeptember 27, 2023

By Bryson Lake

Special to the Standard

The Harper Longhorns varsity football team lost to Class 2A Division I No. 8 Sonora last Friday, 53-22.

Homecoming in Harper

Week five for the Harper Longhorns was their homecoming after a road win against Center Point the week before. The Longhorns were ready to play a top 10 team in the Sonora Broncos.

After a 4-0 start, the Broncos were placed in the best of the best and the Longhorns had them on their Homecoming slate.

After all of the Homecoming festivit...

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