Amarillo High’s Brendan Hausen (15) and Cade Hornecker celebrate during a 69-48 District 3-5A win at rival Tascosa on Friday night. [Tom Carver/ Press Pass Sports]
District 3-5A playoff scenario
The regular season wasn’t enough for the final two playoff to be determined in District 3-5A on Friday night.
Tascosa, Palo Duro and Plainview all took the floor at 4-5 in district bidding for a chance at the final two playoff spots from the district.
The Bulldogs (11-15, 5-5) took care of business by downing Palo Duro at home, 80-64, clinching the third spot behind second place Randall (21-3, 8-2).
The Dons (16-6, 4-6) loss put them in a fourth place tie with Tascosa (7-18, 4-6) for the final playoff spot. The Rebels didn’t get off to a good start Friday, falling to district champion Amarillo High 69-48. Palo Duro and Tascosa are tentatively set to meet in a play-in game at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Amarillo High. If the Dons can win they’ll qualify for the postseason for a 20th straight year.
District 1-2A is a mess
District 1-2A is having to sort itself out after a three-way tie for second place between Stratford, Sanford-Fritch and Sunray. All three teams finished the district race at 4-4.
After a coin flip to decide a district playoff, it was decided that Sunray will play Sanford-Fritch at 3 p.m. Saturday at West Texas High in Stinnett. The winner of that game will go on to face Stratford on Monday night, back in Stinnett for second place. The loser between Sunray and Fritch will be the No. 4-seed.
Friday’s top performers
Borger’s Gabriel Campoya scored a game-high 26 points leading the Bulldogs to their first district win by beating rival Pampa 67-52.
Bushland’s Scotty Hendricks, Brody Sutterfield and Nathan Welch combined for 52 points in a 73-52 win at Dalhart. Hendricks poured in 20, followed by Sutterfield’s 19 points and Welch’s 18. The Falcons are the outright District 1-3A champions at 10-0.
Hedley is one of the top feel good story’s of the Texas High School Basketball season. The Owls are playoff bound in Class 1A, and playing with a ton of confidence after upsetting Valley 49-44 on Friday. Sophomore Josh Booth scored a game-best 26 points in the victory against the Patriots.
District 3-5A
Amarillo High 15 33 51 69
Tascosa 9 18 29 48
AHS— Brendan Hausen 20, Cade Hornecker 14, Xa Landry-Britten 11. T— Tony Collins 13, Izaiah Mendoza 10. Records: Amarillo High 19-3, 9-1. Tascosa 7-18, 4-6.
Palo Duro 16 30 47 64
Plainview 16 38 60 80
PD— Kadden Price 18, Audi Luckey 17, Jelani Mohamed 10, Paetyn Walker 10. Pl— Martinez 26, Lawson 19, Lusk 13. Records: Palo Duro 16-6, 4-6. Plainview 11-15, 5-5.
Caprock 12 24 31 52
Randall 20 43 63 93
C— Nzinga 21. R— Ovalle 20, Omeire 19, Bessent 13, Okechukwu Heider 12. Records: Caprock 7-13, 0-10; Randall 21-3, 8-2.
District 4-4A
Perryton 11 17 26 35
Canyon 15 25 34 46
P— Cervantes 12. C— Joe Shaw 16, Kemper Jones 12. Records: Perryton 8-11, 5-5; Canyon 17-7, 10-0.
Hereford 20 41 57 72
Dumas 11 25 33 42
H— Walker 24, Larra 15. D— Kelso 12, Reynaga 11. Records: Hereford 19-6, 7-3; Dumas 16-9, 5-5.
Pampa 8 23 37 52
Borger 10 31 50 67
P—Floyd 11, Nichols 11. B— Campoya 26, Gilman 18. Records: Pampa 8-13, 2-8; Borger 5-18, 1-9.
District 1-3A
Bushland 18 32 53 73
Dalhart 12 25 42 52
B— Hendricks 20, Sutterfield 19, Welch 18. D— Moore 18, Trujillo 17. Records: Bushland 18-4, 10-0; Dalhart 11-13, 5-5.
River Road 5 19 23 32
Spearman 10 23 46 63
RR— Malone 12. S— Wilkerson 23, Klafka 12. Records: River Road 5-14, 1-9; Spearman 14-5, 7-3.
Highland Park 11 26 43 55
Canadian 25 41 63 74
RR— Jerry Toe 19, Cade Seaman 12. C— Twister Kelton 23, Joshua Culwell 16. Records: River Road: 5-14, 1-9; Canadian 7-6, 6-4.
District 2-3A
Childress 15 34 46 66
Tulia 13 28 47 60
C— Devron Sims 16, Josh Tucker 14, Aiden Allen 13. T— Skyvonn White 22, Alan Garcia 13, Tavon Coleman 12, Trevon McCaslin 10. Records: Childress 13-6, 8-4; Tulia 9-11, 5-7.
Idalou 12 28 32 46
Abernathy 17 36 46 62
I— Tulls 23. A— Houston 17, Reyes 13.
Records: Idalou 5-14, 2-10. Abernathy 18-6, 10-2.
Shallowater 76. Lub. Roosevelt 55
District 1-2A
WT High 2 10 19 32
Stratford 16 30 46 53
WT— Harvey 12. S— Trever Bell 19. Records: WT High 4-12, 0-8; Stratford 8-10, 4-4.
S. Fritch 15 32 40 63
Sunray 18 34 47 67
SF— Cunningham 28. S— Espino 15, Hermosillo 11. Records: S. Fritch 10-9, 4-4; Sunray 14-9, 4-4.
District 3-2A
Farwell 18 30 50 69
Vega 5 20 26 29
F— Leefe Actkinson 11, Grayson Waldrop 11. V— Grawunder 10. Records: Farwell 24-3, 6-2; Vega 5-12, 2-6.
Bovina 11 20 27 39
Olton 12 29 47 68
B— Mata 17. O— Santillan 11. Records: Bovina 8-7, 3-5; Olton 23-1, 8-0.
District 1-1A
Follett 6 13 20 27
Booker 8 19 31 40
F— Humbert 7. B— Herrera 11, Banuelos 10. Records: Follett 6-8, 5-7. Booker 13-9, 11-1.
Fort Elliott 24 32 45 60
McLean 15 31 40 58
F— Boydston 21, Goad 14. M— Carter 23, Reichman 12, Retana 10. Records: Fort Elliott 9-9, 7-5. McLean 6-11, 4-8.
District 2-1A
Hedley 13 25 28 40 49
Valley 18 21 35 40 44
H— Booth 26. V— Standlee 18. Records: Valley 17-8, 9-1. Hedley 15-4, 8-2.
Groom 7 33 51 72
Claude 4 11 35 43
G— Lamb 25, S. Kuehler 17. C— Deeds 18, Ryan 11. Records: Groom 9-6, 7-3; Claude 0–17, 0-10.
White Deer 11 18 27 41
Silverton 14 27 34 43
W— Warminski 16, Freeman 10. S— Francis 13.
Records: White Deer 4-18, 3-7. Silverton 9-12, 3-7.
District 3-1A
Thursday’s Play-in game
Wildorado 4 11 15 23
Happy 4 6 9 13
W— Luke Mason 10. H— Arik Coile 7. Records: Wildorado 19-7; Happy 10-9.
