
West Plains holds off Canyon
West Plains was able to defend its homecourt and lock up second place in District 4-4A with a hard fought 47-40 win against CISD rival Canyon on Tuesday night.
The Wolves improve to 19-11 overall but more importantly 10-2 in district play. Canyon falls to 15-14 on the year and 6-6 in district a game back of Pampa for the final playoff spot with two games remaining.
Leading 25-22 at half, West Plains was able to stretch that lead in the third going up 39-32 and never looking back.
Post player Ethan Gilliam was clutch inside for the Wolves scoring a team-high 18 points. Guard Reid Macon followed with 14. The Eagles were led by Jordan Webber’s 16.

Tuesday’s top performersÂ
Holy Cross Catholic Academy standout Willy Atak was flat out unstoppable in a Mustangs 87-50 thumping of Christ the King Atak set a school-record with a eye-popping 50 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists.
Valley’s Kanyon Taylor and Evan Meyer combined for 52 points to help the Patriots down Guthrie 85-38. Taylor had a game-high 27 going 6-of-9 from beyond the arc to go with 11 rebounds and 11 blocks for a triple-double. Meyer complimented that effort going 4-of-6 from downtown.
Dalton Booth and Bryce Lynn had huge efforts that helped Pampa escape with a thrilling 64-62 double overtime win against Dumas on Tuesday night. Booth and Lynn both finished with 18 points.
Randall secured at least a share of the District 4-4A championship hustling past Hereford 90-78. Jaxon Toniolli poured in a team-high 27 points followed by Tayesen Combs 26 points. Despite the loss, Hereford’s Tyi Duque had a game-high 30.
Amarillo High cruised by Lubbock-Cooper 42-23 to claim the outright District 3-5A title. Zach Brown was in control of that effort for the Sandies tallying a team-high 19 points.
Victor Juarez was on fire leading Palo Duro to a 72-68 win. Juarez blitzed the Plainsman for 29 points knocking down a game-high five 3-pointers.
Spearman’s Hector Diaz celebrated a special milestone during the Lynx 65-40 victory against Sunray. Diaz posted a game-high 23 to go over 1,000 points for his career.
Groom handed McLean its first District 2-1A loss getting a huge 53-50 home win. Bryson Shuck did the damage for Groom scoring 20 points. Teammate Davis Babcock chipped in with 19.
Tuesday’s district scores
District 3-5AÂ
Amarillo High 42, Lubbock-Cooper 23
Tascosa 53, Lubbock Coronado 50
Lubbock High 55, Plainview 50
Palo Duro 72, Lubbock Monterey 68
District 4-4AÂ
West Plains 47, Canyon 40
Randall 90, Hereford 78
Pampa 64, Dumas 62, 2OT
Perryton 65, Borger 43
District 1-3AÂ
Canadian 35, Dalhart 28
Bushland 63, River Road 44
Childress 70, Tulia 65
District 2-3AÂ
Shallowater 60, Idalou 57
Littlefield 75, Dimmitt 26
Lubbock Roosevelt 65, Friona 39
Slaton 76, Muleshoe 36
District 1-2AÂ
Spearman 65, Sunray 40
West Texas High 62, Vega 36
Stratford 85, Sanford-Fritch 36
District 2-2A Â
Wellington 56, Quanah 51
Panhandle 66, Memphis 30
Wheeler 61, Highland Park 50
District 3-2A
Lockney 76, Bovina 41
Hale Center 83, Sudan 52
Olton 58, Farwell 55
District 1-1A
Fort Elliott 42, Miami 38
Booker 56, Darrouzett 21
Follett 52, Kelton 25
District 2-1A
Groom 53, McLean 50
White Deer 66, Hedley 20
Shamrock 54, Claude 47
District 3-1A
Pringle-Morse 74, Adrian 62
Wildorado 77, Boys Ranch 31
Texline 2, Channing 0, (forfeit)
District 4-1A
Happy 64, Silverton 44
Springlake-Earth 62, Hart 37
Nazareth 82, Kress 10
District 8-1AÂ
Valley 85, Guthrie 38
Motley County 70, Paducah 66
Patton Springs 30, Spur 20
TAPPS District 1-2A
Holy Cross Catholic Academy 87, Christ the King 50
Ascension Academy 70, Midland Holy Cross 58
Lubbock Kingdom Prep 50, San Jacinto Christian 31
Non-DistrictÂ
Texline 91, Logan, N.M. 58