District basketball picked up Friday night with the 3-5A boys getting underway to join the girls’ action. Take a look at busy evening across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains that included Amarillo High hosting Plainview and Tascosa playing Lubbock High.
District 3-5A Boys
Amarillo High handles Plainview
Amarillo High opened District 3-5A in a strong way by getting a 73-50 win against Plainview on Friday night at the AHS Activity Center.
The Sandies have started the year at 12-3, and are now 1-0 in league action. Plainview falls to 4-8 on the season and 0-1.
AHS got off to a fast pace in the win over the Bulldogs taking a 22-12 lead after one. The Sandies never slowed down going up 41-24 at the break.
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Junior Jaxson Richards was one of four Sandies to finish in double figures. Richards was on his game most of the night, knocking down six free-throws in the first quarter to find a rhythm, then hit a pair of 3-pointers along with way to pour in a team-high 21 points. Hud Shaffer complimented Richards with 17 points, getting nine of those in the second half, and Bilal Ismail added 14.
Tascosa, Monterey and Cooper all get wins
Tascosa, Lubbock Monterey and Lubbock-Cooper all came away with wins to open 3-5A on Friday night.
The Rebels defended home court in a 75-41 thumping of Lubbock High at home Friday. Tascosa is now 1-0 in district and 10-3 overall. LHS falls to 0-1 in the league and 3-9.
Ben Kenney paced the Rebels with 19 points. Teammate Ty Collins added 14 with teammates LaDarius Godbolt and Demarcus Gilmore each chipping in 13.
Lubbock Monterey pulled away from Caprock at home to open 3-5A with a 79-48 victory. The victory puts the Plainsman at 1-0 in district and 11-3 on the year. Caprock slips to 3-8 overall and 0-1.
Elijah Smothers and Sam Arrington combined for 51 points against the Longhorns. Smothers scored a game-high thanks to an impressive 31 points, as Arrington followed with 21.
Lubbock-Cooper was able to get district started with a 54-42 win at Lubbock Coronado on Friday night. That puts the Pirates at 6-7 on the season and 1-0 in 3-5A. The Mustangs drop to 2-9 overall and 0-1.
District 3-5A Girls
Amarillo High stays unbeaten in district
It was another night at the office for Amarillo High, as the Lady Sandies cruised to a 62-31 home win against Plainview.
The Lady Sandies stay atop the district race at 3-0 while moving to 15-3 on the year. Plainview falls to 10-6, 0-3.
AHS guard Tyler Held had a huge night. Held hat the hot-hand scoring a game-high 26 points, including 11 in the second quarter to pace the Lady Sandies. Teammate Kensleigh Payne added 10 points to get into double-digits and Kam Soukup added eight.
Tascosa, Monterey, Coronado get victories
Tascosa, Lubbock Monterey took care of business while Lubbock Coronado used a huge fourth quarter to down Lubbock-Cooper.
Tascosa wasted no time jumping all over Lubbock High in a complete 91-7 decimation. The Lady Rebels keep up with Amarillo High at 3-0 in District 3-5A, and are now 15-1 overall.
Alex Carter registered a game-high 21 points with Analia Humphrey scoring 15 to put the charge in Tascosa. Nic’Kiyah Fisher tallied 14 and Devaeh Johnson chipped in 11.
Monterey ran past Caprock 75-36 on Friday. The Lady Plainsman have now won two in a row since a district-opening loss to Coronado. With the victory, Monterey improves to 2-1 in the league and 12-5 overall.
Ari Johnson finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds for a double-double. Ambrosia Cole scored a game-best 24 points.
Coronado used a huge fourth quarter to take down Lubbock-Cooper 65-48. Coronado (5-12) has been off to a strong district at 2-1. Cooper (8-6) is now 0-2 to open district.
Friday’s district scores
Girls scores
District 2-3A
Slaton 66, Friona 42
Idalou 92, Lubbock Talkington 13
Lubbock Roosevelt 38, Dimmitt 31
Littlefield 47, Muleshoe 22
District 2-1A
White Deer 63, Groom 33
McLean 50, Lefors 22
District 4-1A
Nazareth 85, Springlake-Earth 28
Kress 29, Happy 25
Lazbuddie 47, Hart 42
Boys scores
District 2-1A
White Deer 60, Groom 31
McLean 74, Lefors 28
Claude 63, Hedley 41