MONDAY AND TUESDAY’S BI-DISTRICT QUICK HITS
Clarendon gets by Vega in opening round
The Clarendon Lady Broncos have picked up where they left off last year, opening the UIL playoffs with a 52-41 win over Vega in a Class 2A Division II bi-district game Monday night at the Amarillo High Activity Center.
The Lady Broncos (22-11) are now getting a big test against New Home in the area round, which is set for 6 p.m. Thursday at Floydada High School. The Lady Leopards (24-10) ran past Bovina 57-16 on Monday.
Clarendon was able to a fast start, going up 12-3 in the first quarter and then took a 23-13 lead into halftime. The second half was more of the same, as the Lady Broncos led 38-28 after three on the way to the win.
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Senior post Kate Shaw was strong inside, scoring a team-high 16 points for Clarendon. Teammates Kenidee Hayes and Gracie Ellis both added 10.
Despite the loss Vega (22-9) standout Khloe Griffitt had a game-high 17 points.
Perryton gets first playoff win in five years
The Perryton Rangerettes ran with the momentum of winning a seeding game against West Plains last week by taking down Fort Stockton 58-41 in a UIL Class 4A Division II bi-district matchup Monday night at Lubbock-Cooper High School.
The win is the first playoff victory for Perryton since 2021. The Rangerettes (14-21) now await the Hart Science Academy-Clint winner in the area round.
Payton Schilling, Mallee Vela and Brooklyn Kile paced Perryton in the win over Fort Stockton. Schilling finished with a team-best 19 points, as Vela added 12 and Kile dropped in 11.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY’S TOP PERFORMERS
- Frenship advanced to the area round of the playoffs for the 11th straight year after beating El Paso Eastwood 71-61 on Monday in a Class 6A Division II bi-district clash. Jada Jackson and Addisyn Bollinger did the damage, combining for 51 points for the Lady Tigers. Jackson made 11 field goals on her way to a game-high 26 points while Bollinger added 25 points behind an impressive seven, 3-pointers.
- Claude’s Briar Behrens was a mismatch in a 64-28 win against Booker during a bi-district clash Monday. Behrens bullied Booker, finishing the night with 33 points. Behrens drained four, 3-pointers, went 7-of-9 from the free-throw line, on top of seven steals and six boards.
- Texline’s Jada Clay was on fire, knocking down five, 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 30 points in the Lady Tornadoes 67-23 win over Silverton.
- Tayleeh Meander went off for 27 points to lift the Palo Duro Lady Dons to a 46-35 win over District 4-5A champion, Abilene Wylie, in the Class 5A Division II bi-district round.
- Tascosa cruised to a 103-28 bi-district victory against Abilene Cooper on Monday thanks to Nic’Kiyah Fisher’s 19 points.
- Preslie Wall of Idalou dropped in 17 points as the Lady Wildcats rolled past Childress in the bi-district round 63-34.
- Wellington’s Brynlee Proffit dominated the entire night, going for a game-high 25 points in a 63-31 thumping of Stratford in a bi-district contest.
- Emme Easterwood of Abernathy went for a team-best 16 points in a lopsided 75-44 victory against Olton in the opening round Monday.
- Payton Merkel made quite the playoff debut for Gruver, pouring in 23 points as the Lady Hounds took down Wheeler 69-37.
- Groom’s Taylor Ritter posted 22 points to lead the Lady Tigers to a 47-34 Class 1A bi-district win against Fort Elliott.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY’S BI-DISTRICT SCORES
Class 6A
Division II
Frenship 71, El Paso Eastwood 61
Class 5A
Division I
Tascosa 103, Abilene Cooper 28
Wichita Falls Legacy 45, Amarillo High 43
Division II
Monterey 68, Wichita Falls Memorial 24
Palo Duro 46, Abilene Wylie 35
Class 4A
Division I
Canyon 67, Andrews 27
Seminole 56, Hereford 35
Lubbock Estacado 48, Brownwood 46
Frenship Memorial 58, Stephenville 31
Division II
Randall 36, Midland Greenwood 19
Perryton 58, Fort Stockton 41
Brock 64, Levelland 35
Lubbock-Cooper Liberty 42, Glen Rose 29
Class 3A
Division I
Bushland 60, Littlefield 58
Shallowater 57, Dalhart 34
Division II
Canadian 45, Slaton 44
Idalou 63, Childress 34
Class 2A
Division I
Wellington 63, Stratford 31
Panhandle 69, Spearman 35
New Deal 53, Hale Center 49
Abernathy 75, Olton 44
Division II
Gruver 69, Wheeler 37
Clarendon 52, Vega 41
Farwell 60, Floydada 13
New Home 57, Bovina 16
Class 1A
Division I
Miami 34, Shamrock 33
Claude 64, Booker 28
Hartley 32, Happy 26
Kress 61, Boys Ranch 23
Valley 53, Crosbyton 32
Division II
Groom 47, Fort Elliott 34
White Deer 52, Follett 36
Texline 67, Silverton 23
Nazareth 74, Wildorado 22
TAPPS Class 2A
Area round
First Baptist Academy 32, San Jacinto Christian Academy 28