Canadian grounds Bushland

The Canadian Wildcats continue to be the surprise team that’s ventured through District 1-3A unscathed so far through the early going. On Friday night, the Wildcats kept their winning ways going by going on the road and grounding the Bushland Falcons 58-47 at the Falcons Gym.

Upstart Canadian is now alone in first place of 1-3A at 3-0 and 8-3 overall. The Falcons fall to 2-1 and 13-8.

A fast start was the result for the Wildcat win as Canadian built a 31-18 lead by halftime and never looked back. Riggs Pennington and Connor Miller each went for 16 points while Camren Cavalier finished with 13.

Nazareth beats Happy 

In a first round battle of the top two teams from District 4-1A, Nazareth defended its home court by taking down Happy 51-39 on Friday night.

The Swifts stay hot moving to 10-11 overall but more importantly 4-0 in the district. The Cowboys drop to 3-1 in the league and 8-13 overall.

Nazareth was able to break open the game in the fourth quarter. Leading 36-32 after three, the Swifts outscored the Cowboys 18-7 in the final frame. Cayden High scored 14 points for Nazareth followed by Kayle Roger’s 10.

Friday’s top performers

Amarillo High’s Zach Brown scored 15 points in a 69-34 rout of Plainview.

Canyon’s Kelson Jones scored 10 of his team-high 18 points in the first quarter that soared the Eagles past Perryton 59-27 on the road.

KJ Thomas of Randall lit up Pampa for 31 points in a 91-62 road win on Friday night.

River Road’s Jaelun Nelson put together a double-double effort with 12 points and 10 boards as the Wildcats beat Dalhart at home 41-34.

Gruver’s Briggs Satterfield had a 22-point night as the Greyhounds defeated Sanford-Fritch 64-55.

Panhandle’s Wes Kuehler poured in 23 points as the Panthers rolled Bovina 69-38.

Follett’s Maddox Miller dropped in 24 points in a 69-17 win over Lefors.

The trio of Logan Mason, Braddek Darnell and Hunter Corman all went for 20 plus points during Wildorado’s 80-42 victory against Pringle-Morse. Mason led the Mustangs with 28 as Darnell put up 22 and Corman chipped in with 20.

Friday’s district scores

District 3-5A

Palo Duro 68, Caprock 36
Amarillo High 69, Plainview 34

District 4-4A

Canyon 59, Perryton 27
West Plains 64, Dumas 36
Hereford 64, Borger 39
Randall 91, Pampa 62

District 1-3A

Canadian 58, Bushland 47
Spearman 42, Tulia 23
River Road 41, Dalhart 34

District 2-3A

Childress 62, Lubbock-Cooper Liberty 50
Shallowater 89, Idalou 44
Lubbock Roosevelt 57, Slaton 55

District 3-3A

Lamesa 52, Denver City 45
Littlefield 81, Dimmitt 44
Muleshoe 58, Friona 46

District 1-2A

Stratford 49, Sunray 35
Gruver 64, Sanford-Fritch 55
West Texas High 48, Booker 33

District 2-2A

Wellington 45, Clarendon 39
Wheeler 37, Quanah 35
Memphis 56, Shamrock 30

District 3-2A

Farwell 50, Vega 38
Highland Park 58, Boys Ranch 52
Panhandle 69, Bovina 38

District 1-1A

Miami 61, Kelton 16
Fort Elliott 67, McLean 33
Follett 69, Lefors 17

District 2-1A

White Deer 65, Hedley 34
Silverton 63, Claude 37
Groom 24, Valley 22

District 3-1A

Wildorado 80, Pringle-Morse 42
Adrian 85, Channing 11
Texline 79, Hartley 15

District 4-1A

Nazareth 54, Happy 39
Hart 51, Kress 41
Springlake-Earth 60, Lazbuddie 37