FILE— Amarillo High’s Brendan Hausen, right, tries to get past a Randall defender Tuesday night. [Tom Carver/ Press Pass Sports]
District 3-5A recap
Amarillo High and Palo Duro each picked up wins to keep themselves atop the District 3-5A standings.
The Sandies throttled Lubbock High 64-13 to stay all alone in first place at 6-0 in 3-5A and 16-8 overall. The Dons earned an important road win at Lubbock Cooper 63-51 to break a second place tie, while staying a game back of AHS at 5-1 in the league and 11-4 overall.
Nazareth takes down Texline
In a battle of Top-10 teams in Class 1A, Nazareth got the better of Texline in the first of two District 3-1A meetings. The No. 10-ranked Swifts went up to No. 7 Texline, and came away with a 56-44 win. Nathaneal Van Djik and Kaden Cleavinger led the way by each scoring 13 points.
Friday’s top performers
Spearman’s Jack Wilkerson poured in 22 points during the Lynx 58-37 District 1-3A victory against Friona.
Canadian’s Grant McCook scored 17 points to keep the Wildcats unbeaten in District 1-3A with a 61-45 win at Dimmitt.
Fort Elliott’s Isaac York sank Kelton with a 25-point night as the Cougars won 54-48, moving to 2-0 in District 1-1A.
It was a thrilling birthday for McLean’s Ben Crockett. Known more for his play on the gridiron, the Tigers senior not only turned 18-years old Friday, but also scored a career-high 24 points during McLean’s 51-44 victory against Hedley.
Boys scoreboard
District 3-5A
Amarillo High 17 32 48 64
Lubbock High 2 4 5 13
AHS— Xa Landry-Brittin 14, Chris Dees 12. LHS— Mendez 6. Records: AHS 16-8, 6-0; LHS 3-16, 0-6.
Palo Duro 13 23 45 63
Cooper 14 21 38 51
PD— Kaje Lee 20, Jealani Mohamed 12, Thaddeus Udoh 12, Braedyn Harley 10. LC— Spears 15, Fiddler 11. Records: Palo Duro 11-4, 5-1; Cooper 13-9, 4-2.
Monterey 16 30 47 65
Randall 15 30 49 64
M— White 16, Valderas 11, Tipton 10
R— Thomas 20, Okechukwu Heider 17, Gutz 11. Records: Monterey 12-10, 4-2; Randall 11-12, 3-4.
District 1-3A
Canadian 15 27 47 61
Dimmitt 6 20 28 45
C— Grant McCook 17, Bill Koetting 12, Stephen Pulliam 11. D— Gabe Ontiveros 10. Records: Canadian 4-1, 3-0; Dimmitt 9-11, 1-2.
Bushland 20 33 43 48
Tulia 11 15 31 40
B— Jaylin Marshall 17, Skyler Jaco 14. T— Ramos 11. Records: 9-7, 3-0; Tulia 17-6, 1-2.
Friona 5 15 23 37
Spearman 8 26 41 58
F— Grado 13, Rejino 5. S— Wilkerson 22
Garnett 18. Records: Friona 3-11, 0-3.
District 1-1A
Higgins 2 2 15 19
Booker 22 42 65 81
B–– A. Banuelos 16, I. Banuelos 16, Avila 11, Sanchez 10. H–– Woods 8 Records: Booker 6-13, 3-0; Higgins 1-11, 0-3.
Fort Elliott 8 26 42 54
Kelton 14 29 38 48
F—York 25, Boydston 16.
Records: Fort Elliott 7-10, 2-0; Kelton 8-4, 1-2.
District 2-1A
Shamrock 13 30. 36 44
Groom 7 18 33 50
G–– Ward 14, Linquist 12, Lamb 10. S–– Wright 16 Records: Groom 9-0, 3-0; Shamrock 12-10, 1-2.
Hedley 7 11 22 44
McLean 12 25 38 51
M–– Crockett 24. A–– Upton 14, Harpe 10, Book 10 Records: McLean 3-3, 2-0; Hedley 11-7, 0-3.
White Deer 53, Claude 50
District 3-1A
Nazareth 11 25 36 56
Texline 12 18 26 44
N–– Van Dijk 13, Cleavinger 13, Dyer 10. T–– Lozano 8 Records: Nazareth 16-6, 4-0; Texline 14-5, 3-1.
Happy 10 20 32 38
Hartley 8 17 26 36
Hap–– Coile 11, Wilhite 9. Har–– Green 13 Records: Happy 10-13, 3-1; Hartley 12-8, 1-2.
Channing 19 31 48 56
Adrian 8 19 28 38
C–– T. Birdsong 18, L. Birdsong 16. A–– Read 22, Garman 6 Records: Channing 4-15, 1-2; Adrian 5-12, 0-3
TAPPS
Holy Cross 15 22 32 48
WF Christ Academy 7 9 19 23
HC— Carlos Ramos 13, Luke Rickwartz 13. Record: Holy Cross 9-3, 2-0.
Nondistrict
Hereford 13 25 32 50
Lubbock titans 10 17 31 46
H— Blake walker 17. LT— Will bruffey 14. Record: Hereford 13-10.
WF High 6 9 20 31
Childress 8 27 31 64
WF— Fenagle 13. C— Matthew Cochran 20, Devron Sims 17. Record: Childress 14-4.
Wheeler 7 15 32 43
Gruver 3 21 42 55
W— Brady Bailey 12, Edwin gaucin 11,
Gustavo Andrade 10. G— Conyers 18, Bo Butler 12, Hunter Haynes 12, Carter Armes 11. Record: Wheeler 13-6. Gruver 14-4.
Vega 11 22 36 46
Panhandle 5 12 22 36
V— B. Schroeder 13, C. Kirkland 9. P— Wes Jones 10, Landyn Hack 10. Records: Vega 15-5. Panhandle 12-10.