Tascosa dominates Palo Duro
Tascosa’s girls guaranteed themselves sole possession of the 2-5A lead through at least next Tuesday, as they dominated in the second half to rout Palo Duro 91-45.
The Lady Rebels (20-4, 3-0) only trailed briefly by a point in the first quarter and dominated after that. They built their lead to as many as 19 in the second quarter, as Palo Duro (14-12, 0-2) was unable to get any closer than 13 the rest of the way.
The third quarter was a harbinger of even rougher times for the Lady Dons, as Tascosa outscored them 25-8 to take a 66-34 lead and make the outcome a formality. Niz’kiyah Fisher and Avery Carter both had eight points in the third quarter for Tascosa.
However, Tryssa Dowd led five Lady Rebels in double figures with 24 points. LaKenzee Dickson had 15, Carter added 14 and Fisher and Aniyah Brackens both had 13.
Erin Mims led Palo Duro with 11 points and Alana Davis and Aubri McClain both had 10.
Stratford takes down Gruver
It was a monumental night for the Stratford Lady Elks as they ended a long losing skid to the Gruver Lady Hounds getting a lopsided 42-18 win in Stratford on Friday night.
It’s Stratford’s first win over Gruver since 2018. It’s also Gruver’s first district loss since that same year.
The Lady Elks stay atop the District 1-2A standings with the win moving to 3-0 in district and 16-6 overall. Gruver, the state runner-up last season, falls to 2-1 in the league and 10-14 overall.
Addison Bell was superb in the victory for the Lady Elks scoring a game-high 12 points with teammate Makenzie Bell adding nine.
Valley gets past Silverton
In the first of two meetings between the top two teams out of District 2-1A, the No. 1-ranked Valley Lady Patriots held off a scrappy Silverton team at home to claim a key 55-47 win on Friday night.
The victory puts Valley (25-2) all alone in first place of the district at 3-0 while Silverton falls to 2-1 in the league and 15-4 overall.
The Lady Patriots put the game away with a huge third quarter. After a back-and-forth first two quarters where Valley led 29-26 at halftime, the Lady Patriots took control by outscoring the Lady Owls 15-3 in the third frame to go up 44-29.
Valley’s Reese Cruse scored a team-high 18 points followed by Anna Ferrel’s 15. Maddie Francis led Silverton with 17.
Friday’s top performers
Bushland’s Brooklyn Boyett poured in a career-high 34 points to lead the Lady Falcons to a 52-40 home victory against River Road.
Miami’s Mercedes Ewing didn’t miss leading the Lady Warriors past Lefors 59-27. Ewing shot lights out in the victory putting up a game-high 33 points.
Randall’s Sadie Sanchez and Kennah Thomas each went for 22 points during the Lady Raiders 80-48 win over Perryton at home on Friday. Sanchez also added eight assists. The Lady Raiders (20-6) stay unbeaten in District 4-4A at 6-0.
Spearman’s Braylen Lusby and Vanelli Delgado combined for 25 points to lift the Lynxettes to a 48-22 win over Dalhart. Lusby scored a team-high 13 followed by Delgado’s 12. The Lynxettes improve to 18-4 overall and 3-0 in District 1-3A.
Brooklyn Birkenfeld of Nazareth had a big night going for 26 points during the Swiftettes 67-11 blowout win over Kress.
Clarendon stayed hot by dismantling Memphis 73-9 on Friday night. Berkley Moore was a big reason why scoring a game-high 20 points to push the Lady Broncos (24-1) to a perfect 3-0 mark in District 2-2A.
The McLean duo of Kasidy Russell and Anayah Salinas combined for 52 points as the Lady Tigers rolled over Kelton 74-20. Both Russell and Salinas tallied 26 points apiece.
Panhandle standout Avery Cathey continued her great season with a 21-point outing to push the Ettes past Vega on the road 58-50.
Friday’s district scores
District 3-5A
Tascosa 91, Palo Duro 45
Plainview 63, Caprock 35
District 4-4A
Randall 80, Perryton 48
Canyon 49, Hereford 24
West Plains 68, Borger 36
Pampa 49, Dumas 24
District 1-3A
Spearman 48, Dalhart 22
Bushland 52, River Road 40
Canadian 53, Tulia 25
District 2-3A
Shallowater 70, Childress 17
Lub-Cooper Liberty 49, Slaton 36
Abernathy 71, Lubbock Roosevelt 23
District 3-3A
Littlefield 64, Muleshoe 31
Lamesa 77, Friona 18
Denver City 42, Brownfield 37
District 1-2A
Stratford 42, Gruver 18
Sanford-Fritch 50, Booker 25
Sunray 43, West Texas High 33
District 2-2A
Clarendon 73, Memphis 9
Wellington 54, Wheeler 18
Quanah 51, Shamrock 30
District 3-2A
Farwell 78, Highland Park 11
Panhandle 58, Vega 50
Boys Ranch 63, Bovina 18
District 1-1A
McLean 74, Kelton 20
Miami 59, Lefors 27
District 2-1A
Valley 55, Silverton 47
White Deer 34, Groom 12
Claude 71, Hedley 8
District 3-1A
Texline 61, Pringle-Morse 31
Hartley 47, Adrian 26
Wildorado 91, Channing 8
District 4-1A
Nazareth 67, Kress 11
Happy 53, Springlake-Earth 37
Hart 64, Lazbuddie 51