Farwell takes down Stratford
The Farwell Steers continue to prove themselves as legit contenders in Class 2A.
On Friday night, the Steers used a huge night from Ryder McElroy to stop Stratford 60-44 during a Class 2A area round clash at the Amarillo High Activity Center.
McElroy didn’t miss lighting up the Elks for a game-high 33 points behind six 3-pointers on the night. Teammate Hudson Agee chipped in with 10.
Stratford (10-11), which had a big win over Wellington in Tuesday’s bi-district round, stayed with Farwell in the first half trailing 34-33 at the break. The second half was a little different story. Farwell caught fire outscoring the Elks 18-4 in the third to take over the game.
The Steers (25-9) advance to play Floydada (26-8) in the regional quarterfinals at a time and place to be determined. The Whirlwinds beat Wheeler 85-76 on Friday.
District 4-4A makes another statement
District 4-4A is proving to be one of the toughest districts in all of the state.
For a second straight round, Randall, Canyon, West Plains and Hereford made it a clean sweep and they will now all play each other in Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal.
Randall went over the century mark for a third game in a row and the seventh time this season by pounding El Paso Riverside in the area round 101-30. KJ Thomas was on-point in this contest scoring a game-high 37 points.
Canyon cruised by El Paso Bowie 70-38 on Thursday with Jordan Webber pouring in 15 points followed by Kelson Jones with 13.
West Plains is in the third round for the first time in program history. The Wolves worked over Clint Mountain View 71-38. Wiley Killham tallied a game-high 11, and Hereford completed the sweep downing San Elizario 58-49 on Friday night behind Ty Duque’s 13 points.
A doubleheader is now set for Tuesday night in the regional quarterfinals at the First United Bank Center in Canyon.
Hereford (21-10) will take on Randall (31-3) at 6 p.m. followed by Canyon (21-10) battling rival West Plains (25-8) at 7:30 p.m.
Area round top performers
Childress standout Aiden Allen lit up Littlefield for 32 points during the Bobcats 61-58 win over Littlefield.
Canadian’s Riggs Pennington put together another solid playoff performance during the Wildcats 73-43 blowout of Alpine.
Alain Nziza and Eli Igiranez combined for 40 point during Palo Duro’s 85-36 rout of Canutillo on Friday. Both Nziza and Igiranez had 20 points each.
Amarillo High’s Zach Brown poured in a game-high 15 points to lead the Sandies past El Paso Ysleta 75-34.
Do-it-all star Lyric Smith lifted the Clarendon Broncos to the third round of the playoffs by posting 14 points during a 71-45 win against Hale Center.
Texline cruised past Valley 61-28 behind Hayden Alston’s game-high 20 points.
Wildorado whipped Silverton 65-32 with Hunter Corman having a huge night pouring in 21 points.
Kayle Rogers and Creed Hochstein brought Nazareth back from a nine-point deficit in the second half to down Follett 35-29 during Thursday’s area round. Rogers and Hochstein both finished with seven.
Area round scores
Amarillo High 75, El Paso Ysleta 34
Palo Duro 85, Canutillo 36
El Paso Chapin 68, Tascosa 55
Class 4A
Area
Randall 101, El Paso Riverside 30
Hereford 58, San Elizario 49
West Plains 71, Clint Mountain View 38
Canyon 70, El Paso Bowie 38
Class 3A
Area
Childress 61, Littlefield 58
Canadian 73, Alpine 43
Class 2A
Area
Floydada 85, Wheeler 76
Farwell 60, Stratford 44
Clarendon 71, Hale Center 45
Olton 49, Gruver 43
Class 1A
Area
Nazareth 35, Follett 29
Texline 68, Valley 29
Wildorado 65, Silverton 32
Miami 54, Springlake-Earth 42
