THURSDAY AND FRIDAY’S QUICK HITS
Holy Cross Catholic Academy handles Kingdom Prep
The Holy Cross Catholic Academy Mustangs have picked up where they left off last season. On Thursday night, the Mustangs bullied Lubbock Kingdom Prep for a lopsided 72-25 victory.
HCCA is rolling so far through TAPPS District 1-2A, staying at a perfect 10-0 in TAPPS District 1-2A while moving to 18-8 on the season.
Swingman Willy Atak, one of Amarillo’s most underrated players, was a key cog in the win over Kingdom Prep, scoring 15 points. Teammate Kon Deng followed with 14.
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Dalhart edges Canadian in overtime
Dalhart bounced back from a tough loss at Bushland by getting a huge 56-50 overtime thrilling win at home against Canadian on Thursday night.
Dalhart led 50-48 before Canadian’s Jet Cervantes hit a shot to tie up, 50-50, with 2.6 to play in the fourth quarter, sending the contest to overtime. In overtime, Talon Garcia was clutch for the Golden Wolves, pouring in four of his game-high 27 points to help lead Dalhart to the win.
On top of Garcia’s outstanding 27-point performance, teammate Hunter Trusler added 10 points. Canadian’ Riggs Pennington had a team-high 16 points.
Dalhart is now 2-1 in District 1-3A and 19-4 overall. The Wildcats slip to 2-1 as well in the league and 11-6.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY’S TOP PERFORMERS
- Wellington’s Jimmy Cantu went off for a season-high 36 points as the Skyrockets blasted Highland Park 103-23.
- Behind Corbin Taylor’s 31 points, the Valley Patriots stayed perfect in district after beating up Guthrie 71-34.
- Bushland’s Jenner King had the hot-hand with 27 points that soared the Falcons past River Road 65-48.
- Bo Bradley and Rett Wann combined for 53 points during Texline’s 117-38 rout of Hartley. Bradley posted a game-high 27 points with Wann adding 26 points.
- Canyon’s Clayton Wilcox put together a great game, scoring 23 points, knocking down three, 3-pointers, to lift the Eagles past Hereford 80-41 on Friday.
- Raine Walsh made his return to Childress after transferring back from PHH Prep High School in Arizona. In his regular season debut, Walsh posted a game-high 23 points that pushed Childress towards a hard-earned 76-74 victory against Tulia.
- Palo Duro’s Cuda Clayton was the offensive weapon that the Dons needed, as Clayton tallied 22 points during a 61-39 win over Lubbock Coronado.
- Farwell worked hard down the stretch to pull away from Olton for a key 69-63 win Thursday night. Ruben Molina played his part for the Steers, going for a team-best 25 points. Despite the loss, Olton’s Sebastian Sparkman finished with a game-high 27.
- Spearman earned a huge District 1-2A win by defeating Stratford 63-48 on Thursday night. Hudson Swan made sure that happened with 16 points.
- Wheeler is keeping in the playoff mix thanks to Israel Andrade’s 14 points that guided the Mustangs to a 56-46 home victory against Clarendon.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY’S FINAL SCORES
District 2-6A
Frenship 44, Odessa High 39
Odessa Permian 51, Midland Legacy 48
San Angelo Central 53, Midland High 44
District 3-5A
Lubbock-Cooper 65, Plainview 52
Palo Duro 61, Lubbock Coronado 39
Lubbock Monterey 82, Lubbock High 46
Amarillo High 72, Caprock 34
District 4-4A
West Plains 64, Pampa 46
Canyon 80, Hereford 41
Dumas 71, Dumas 40
Borger at Randall, postponed
District 5-4A
Lubbock-Cooper Liberty 62, Levelland 31
Snyder 67, Frenship Memorial 34
San Angelo Lake View 67, Big Spring 33
District 1-3A
Dalhart 56, Canadian 50 (OT)
Childress 76, Tulia 74
Bushland 65, River Road 48
District 2-3A
Slaton 81, Dimmitt 45
Shallowater 65, Muleshoe 36
Idalou 57, Lubbock Roosevelt 55
District 1-2A
Spearman 63, Stratford 48
Gruver 73, Sanford-Fritch 23
Sunray 41, Vega 38
District 2-2A
Wheeler 56, Clarendon 46
Quanah 55, Memphis 42
Wellington 103, Highland Park 23
District 3-2A
Bovina 56, Lockney 47
Hale Center 73, Sudan 35
Farwell 69, Olton 63
District 4-2A
New Deal 61, Abernathy 58
Post 63, Floydada 56
New Home 84, Ralls 17
District 1-1A
Booker 75, Darrouzett 18
Fort Elliott 60, Miami 29
Follett at Kelton, 7:30 p.m. Monday
District 2-1A
White Deer 58, Groom 17
Claude 57, Hedley 37
Lefors at McLean, postponed
District 3-1A
Pringle-Morse 49, Wildorado 36
Boys Ranch 79, Adrian 21
Texline 117, Hartley 38
District 4-1A
Silverton 41, Kress 39
Nazareth 68, Lazbuddie 30
Happy 57, Springlake-Earth 53
District 8-1A
Valley 71, Guthrie 34
Motley County 52, Paducah 44
TAPPS District 1-2A
Christ the King 61, San Jacinto Christian Academy 38
Holy Cross Catholic Academy 73, Kingdom Prep 25
Southcrest Christian at Ascension Academy, postponed