Happy survives Springlake-Earth in OT thrillerÂ
CJ Moore knocked down a three-pointer with nine seconds remaining in overtime to lift Happy to a thrilling 69-68 victory over Springlake-Earth during an exciting District 3-1A clash in Earth on Friday night.
This game was close throughout with the contest tied 26-26 at half, Happy leading by four points after three quarters, then heading to overtime tied, 57-57. In overtime, Earth had taken a 68-66 lead in overtime by JJ Jaramillo with 20 seconds to play. However, the Cowboys came back down the floor and Moore was open in the right corner to hit the game-winning three-point basket.
Moore led the Cowboys with 22 points on the night followed by Brance Ferguson’s 18. The loss spoiled a huge night from Jaramillo who poured in a game-high 40 points for the Wolverines.
Happy improves to 7-12 on the year and 2-0 in district. Earth drops to 8-7, 0-2.
District 1-3A looks to be funÂ
If what we saw from the opening night of play, District 1-3A looks like it’s going to be a battle night in and night out.
Dalhart, Bushland and Canadian all came away with wins on Friday but none of those victories were easy. The Golden Wolves played in front of a packed house at Spearman and were able to come away with a 45-42 road win.
Kyler Read, Talon Garcia and Maddix Blanco had big nights for the Golden Wolves. Read scored a team-high 13 points with Garcia adding 12 and Blanco chipping in with 11.
Bushland had its hands full with upset-minded River Road at home sneaking away with a 52-47 win. The Wildcats never went away knocking down big shots, however, the Falcons were able to hold off River Road in the end.
Bushland’s Brody Baker and Noam Krause scored 12 points each to lead the Falcons. River Road’s Lui Aguilera finished with a game-high 24 points.
Canadian was the only team to get a double-digit victory to open league play beating Tulia 60-44 at home on Friday.
The Wildcats jumped on the Hornets for a 25-10 halftime lead and never looked back. Riggs Pennington was the catalyst for the victory scoring 17 points for Canadian. Teammate Cooper Powell added 15 points.
Shallowater downs Childress
In the first of two meetings between two of the top Class 3A teams in Region I, the Shallowater Mustangs defended their home court by taking care of Childress 81-58 on Friday night.
The Mustangs are off to a great start to the year moving to 18-2 overall and taking the outright lead in District 2-3A at 4-0. Childress falls to 17-6, 3-1.
The Bobcats were hanging around in the first half trailing 39-28 at halftime, but in the second half Shallowater turned it up extending the advantage to 63-32 at the end of three to put the game out of reach.
Hayden Buckley led the Mustangs dropping in 23 points followed by Cooper Lusk with 20. Aiden Allen did have a game-high for the Bobcats.
Friday’s top performers
Led by former Palo Duro and University of Oklahoma great Austin Johnson as head coach, Ascension Academy is off to a perfect 14-0 start to the season and 3-0 in TAPPS District 1-2A. The No. 10-ranked Cardinals kept that unblemished mark thanks to a pair of wins over Abilene Christian on Friday and Saturday. Freshman Jaxon Richards is a main reason for the success. In a 63-62 win on Friday over Abilene Christian, Richards scored a game-high 23 points. During Saturday’s 68-60 victory, Richards went off for 30 points combining for 53 points in the two games.
Devin Baccas scored 16 points that helped the Randall Raiders put away Perryton 88-44 on Friday. The Raiders (20-3) remain perfect in District 4-4A at 5-0.
Cade Bullard and Ayden Rodriguez of West Plains combined for 43 points during the Wolves 95-28 win over Borger in a District 4-4A matchup on Friday. Bullard scored a game-high 22 followed by Rodriguez’s 21.
Caden Armes of Gruver was impressive during the Greyhounds 40-30 victory over rival Stratford scoring a game-high 16 points.
Miami is off to a tremendous start and kept that momentum rolling during a 78-22 win over Kelton on Friday. Luke Wheeler poured in a game-high 22 with Breken Early chipping in 14 and Haiden Thompson adding 13.
Cade Athey and Danner Price were a dynamic duo that led Sanford-Fritch to a 67-44 win over Booker. Athey scored a team-high 22 points with Price putting up 18.
Friday’s district scores
District 3-5A
Palo Duro 68, Tascosa 35
Plainview 48, Caprock 43
District 4-4A
Randall 88, Perryton 44
West Plains 95, Borger 28
Canyon 41, Hereford 26
Dumas 63, Pampa 46
District 1-3A
Dalhart 45, Spearman 42
Bushland 52, River Road 47
Canadian 60, Tulia 44
District 2-3A
Shallowater 81, Childress 58
Lub-Cooper Liberty 70, Slaton 52
Abernathy 63, Lubbock Roosevelt 60
District 3-3A
Littlefield 53, Muleshoe 42
Lamesa 64, Friona 37
Brownfield 67, Denver City 47
District 1-2A
Gruver 40, Stratford 30
Sanford-Fritch 67, Booker 44
West Texas High 55, Sunray 31
District 2-2A
Clarendon 94, Memphis 36
Wellington 59, Wheeler 44
Quanah 69, Shamrock 25
District 3-2A
Farwell 71, Highland Park 17
Vega 45, Panhandle 38
Bovina 60, Boys Ranch 30
District 1-1A
Miami 78, Lefors 22
McLean 39, Kelton 34
Follett 74, Darrouzett 25
District 2-1A
Valley 45, Silverton 37
Groom 44, White Deer 41
Claude 58, Hedley 31
District 3-1A
Texline 96, Pringle-Morse 16
Adrian 70, Hartley 41
Wildorado 96, Channing 5
District 4-1A
Nazareth 81, Kress 39
Happy 69, Springlake-Earth 68, OT
Hart 83, Lazbuddie 23
TAPPS
District 1-2A
Friday’s game
Ascension Academy 63, Abilene Christian 62
Saturday’s game
Ascension Academy 68, Abilene Christian 60