Amarillo High’s Cade Hornecker throws down a dunk against Canyon in a nondistrict meeting in Canyon on Tuesday. [Ben Jenkins/ Press Pass Sports]
AHS rolls
The No. 5-ranked Amarillo High Sandies showed their strength cruising to a 66-41 win at Canyon on Tuesday. The Sandies improve to 10-2 overall with the victory, Canyon falls to 6-7.
Junior center Cade Hornecker paved the way for AHS with 14 points, followed by 14 from guard Chris Dees.
The Eagles were down 18 at half, however did cut the deficit to 10 by the end of the third. Senior Joe Shaw had a team-high 12 points to lead the Eagles.
Look out for Wildorado
Veteran state champion Andy Copley isn’t the only one who can coach in the family. Wildorado second-year head coach, and the oldest son of Andy, Connor Copley, is proving he has that magic touch. Connor’s Mustangs scored a thrilling, 56-53, overtime win against Hartley on Tuesday in a District 3-1A battle. With the victory Wildorado remains perfect in district at 4-0, and are an impressive 14-2 overall. Freshman standout Swayde Cleavinger poured in 25 points for the Mustangs in the win.
Tuesday’s top performers
Shamrock’s Sean Wright was on fire with 29 points during the Irish’s 71-53 victory against Hedley.
Texline’s William Luther scored 27 in Texline’s 91-32 win against Adrian.
Blake Walker of Hereford put up a game-high 23 as the Whitefaces took down Dalhart, 67-30.
District 2-3A
Childress 18 38 58 77
Idalou 9 18 24 42
C— Aiden Allen 16, Collin Bishop 15, Lamont Nickelberry 13, Camden Read 10. I— Stanton 12. Record: Childress 6-3, 1-1.
Lub. Roosevelt 3 14 16 34
Abernathy 4 19 29 46
R— Taylor 14, Cervantes 14. A— Houston 15, White 13. Records: Abernathy 10-4, 2-0.
District 3-3A
Muleshoe 21 32 42 49
Friona 4 15 27 42
M— Gardner 14, Davis 10. F— Bryan Chavira 14, Jared Rejino 9. Record: Friona 1-6, 0-3.
Littlefield 4 14 24 43
Dimmitt 11 26 38 55
D— Acqtavian Baty 19, CJ Willy 14. Record: Dimmitt 5-7, 2-0.
District 1-1A
Booker 63, Lefors 33
Miami 46, McLean 33
Fort Elliott 42, Darrouzett 39
District 3-1A
Hartley 10 27 35 49 53
Wildorado 12 20 34 49 56
H— Ellis 13, Chavira 13. W— Cleavinger 25, Martin 12. Records: Wildorado 14-2, 4-0
Adrian 4 9 25 32
Texline 28 57 81 91
A— Johnson 7. T— Willy Luther 27, Angel Herrera 17. Records: Texline10-2, 2-0
Nondistrict
Amarillo High 16 35 47 66
Canyon 8 19 37 41
AHS— Chris Dees 14, Cade Hornecker 13. C— Joe Shaw 12, Kemper Jones 8. Records: Amarillo High 10-2, Canyon 6-7.
Randall 24 42 66 84
Borger 11 22 34 44
R— Ovalle 21, Omeire 14, Thomas 14. B— Session 13, Jones 12. Record: Randall 13-1
Hereford 24 36 50 67
Dalhart 9 17 21 30
H— Blake Walker 23, Kaleb Larra 15. D— Will Moore 13. Record: Hereford 12-3.
Pampa 16 22 33 44
Canadian 13 23 31 37
P— Cason Floyd 16, Brandon Jimenez 13. C— Josh Culwell 10. Records: Pampa 5-5, Canadian 1-2.
Caprock 17 43 52 59
Bushland 11 29 44 55
Bushland— Sutterfield 23, Hendricks 11. C—Barnes 13, Nziza 11. Records: Bushland 8-4; Caprock 7-3.
Spearman 19 35 54 60
Silverton 6 9 15 19
Sp— Klafka 18, Garnett 11. Record: Spearman 5-2.
Hedley 7 16 38 53
Shamrock 13 32 50 71
S— Wright 29, Moon 10. Record: Shamrock 8-3.
Wellington 9 27 46 61
Claude 5 14 27 33
W— Jordan Nation 25, Bryant Tarver 15. C— Spencer 13, Conrad 10. Records: Wellington 3-3.