20250210-Wellington-Stratford-GBBall-0019 | Press Pass Sports — Brynlee Proffitt of Wellington goes up for a bucket against Stratford during a UIL Class 2A Division I bi-district game Tuesday night at the McNeely Fieldhouse in Pampa. [Carter Pirtle/ Press Pass Sports]

In one of the better matchups to open the UIL playoffs Monday night, Wellington was able to hold off District 1-2A champion Stratford getting a hard fought 69-66 overtime win in a Class 2A Division I bi-district matchup at the McNeely Fieldhouse in Pampa.

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The Lady Skyrockets move to 23-9 overall on the year and will now face New Deal (22-13) in the regional quarterfinals at a time and place to be determined. Stratford ends a great season at 27-5 overall.

Wellington and the Lady Elks battled back-and-forth throughout with the game heading to overtime tied 58-58. In overtime, the Lady Skyrockets were able to pull away outscoring Stratford 11-7.

Balanced scored highlighted Wellington’s win. Eryn Torrez finished with a team-high 14 points with Taytum Kane, Ceighley Killian and Brynlee Proffitt all adding 11. Stratford’s Madison Braden had a game-high 19 despite the loss.

In a game that saw major momentum swings in the second half, the Slaton Tigerettes left the Canadian Lady Cats stunned thanks to a buzzer beating 3-pointer to pull off the upset 41-38 during a UIL Class 3A Division II bi-district clash at the Leslie Broadhurst Gym on the campus of Randall High School on Monday night.

Slaton took a slight 16-15 advantage into halftime and then seized momentum with a 12-4 run in the third quarter to go up 30-22 entering the fourth quarter. The Lady Cats didn’t back down going on an 11-0 run to go up 33-30 with 30 seconds to play. However, Slaton’s Adrianna Gonzales started her heroics hitting a game-tying 3-pointer just inside 20 seconds sending the game to overtime.

In overtime, Gonzales pulled off a thrilling 3-point shot at the buzzer to give the Tigerettes a remarkable 41-38 victory.

Slaton is now 17-10 overall while Canadian, which was once 30-0, lost three out of its last four down the stretch ending the year at 31-3.

Gonzales led Slaton with 10 points while Canadian’s Elyse Beck scored a game-high 16.

MY4A6639 | Press Pass Sports — Panhandle guard Riley Segura drives to the basket against Spearman during a Class 2A Division I bi-district game Monday in Dumas. [James Abel/ Press Pass Sports]

Valley’s Trinity Schlueter picked up where she left off during last year’s postseason. The senior post was unstoppable against Crosbyton to open the playoffs Monday scoring a game-high 31 points.

Tryssa Dowd posted a game-high 22 leading the Tascosa Lady Rebels to a commanding 64-28 win against Wichita Falls Legacy in the Class 5A Division I bi-district round.

Kammi Maddox’s 21 points was a big boost to lift Dalhart past Littlefield 44-43 in the Class 3A Division I bi-district round.

McLean’s Kasidy Russell was hard to stop scoring 25 points followed by teammate Hailo Moon’s 15 in the Lady Tigers 51-28 pouncing of Kelton.

Panhandle made an early playoff statement dismantling Spearman 67-25 in a Class 2A Division I bi-district clash. The Ettes shot it well the entire game with Riley Segura and Evan Shadid each leading the team with 14 points apiece.

Farwell is off on the right foot after handling Floydada 71-29. Makylee Baldwin scored 13 of her game-high 21 points in the first quarter.

Randall sharpshooter Sadie Sanchez tallied a game-best 18 points during the Lady Raiders blowout win against Fort Stockton 69-23.

Amarillo High rolled to a 69-27 win over Abilene High in a Class 5A Division I bi-district matchup. Ca’Nia Mitchell poured in a game-high 16 points followed by Bella Edward’s 14.

Jaylee Moss was lights out going for a game-best 21 points as the Canyon Lady Eagles soared past Andrews 73-18.

Clarendon knocked off Gruver in the Class 2A Division II bi-district round thanks to the help of Kate Shaw and Hayden Elam. Shaw scored a game-high 16 points with Elam chipping in nine.