Clarendon’s Sylvester Ballard (2) shoots a 3-pointer during a District 2-2A showdown at Panhandle on Friday night. [Trevor Fleeman/ Press Pass Sports]
Clarendon wins a classic
The No. 2-ranked Clarendon Broncos erased a 14-point lead on the road at Panhandle, and escaped with a come-from-behind 87-84 overtime thrilling win on Friday night at the Panthers Gym.
Clarendon trailed 49-35 midway through the third quarter, but were able to chip away cutting the lead to 78-75 with 16 seconds left in the game. That’s when Broncos guard Sylvester Ballard took a pass off the inbound in those closing seconds and banked in a 3-pointer off the glass with three seconds left tying the contest, 78-78, to force overtime. In overtime, Panhandle went up 84-82 with 30 seconds left when Dylan Segura made a floater in the lane. But on the other end, Jmaury Davis answered getting a bucket in the lane and was fouled with 15 seconds left. Davis made the free-throw giving Clarendon a lead, 85-84. The Broncos added a pair of free-throws with under 10 seconds, extending the lead 87-84. The Panthers had one final chance but a Segura 3-point attempt hit off the back of the iron as time expired.
Ballard was the difference for Clarendon going off for a career-high 37 points. Davis added 19.
Segura ended up with 24 for Panhandle, followed by Zion Mercer’s 23.
Clarendon (17-4 overall) clinches the outright District 2-2A title moving to 9-0. Panhandle falls to 15-5, 7-2.
Texline takes it to Naz
The second meeting in a heavily anticipated matchup between two of the best in Class 1A was much different than the first matchup a few weeks ago.
Texline avenged a 71-68 loss to the Swifts in a big way, going on the road and dominating Nazareth 72-52 on Friday night.
The Tornadoes opened the game up in the second quarter taking a commanding 39-22 lead into halftime. Nazareth never recovered, as Texline kept the momentum going through the third and fourth quarter. Junior forward William Luther was tough for the Swifts to stop scoring a game-high 30 points.
Texline (18-3 overall) pulls into a first place tie in the District 3-1A standings with the Swifts (18-9) at 10-1.
Friday’s top performers
Tascosa’s Javonte Gilbreath and BT Daniel combined for 32 points, scoring 16 a piece to lead the Rebels past Palo Duro 76-62. Tascosa went on a 16-0 run to end the game.
Sunray’s Wyatt McGaughy went for 15 points as the Bobcats earned a hard fought 58-56 home victory against Stratford. Despite the loss, Elks guard Trever Bell poured in a game-high 24.
Leo Nunez of Farwell tallied a game-best 27 points during the Steers 87-48 win at Bovina.
District 3-5A
Palo Duro 19 38 53 62
Tascosa 18 31 57 76
PD— Kadden Price 20, Jelani Mohamed 15. T—Javonte Gilbreath 16, BT Daniel 16, Patrick Edwards 10, Ashraf Barsham 10. Records: Palo Duro 15-5, 3-5. Tascosa 6-16, 4-4.
Amarillo High 14 41 54 60
Caprock 5 9 13 17
AHS— Brendan Hausen 11, Owen Boyett 10. C—Barrientes 8, Barnes 4. Records: Amarillo High 18-2, 8-0. Caprock 7-11, 0-8.
Plainview 19 39 55 72
Randall 14 41 59 90
P— Martinez 28, Hauk 20, Lusk 12. R— Thomas 29, Ovalle 21, Heider 14, Blackwell 11. Records: Randall 19-3, 6-2; Plainview 9-15, 3-5.
District 4-4A
Canyon 10 22 39 50
Pampa 9 11 29 40
C— Kemper Jones 20, Reid Rousser 13, Parker Cunningham 11. P— Floyd 12. Records: Canyon 15-7, 8-0; Pampa 8-11, 2-6.
Dumas 11 33 41 59
Borger 14 28 36 55
D— Chavez 15, Reynaga 13. B— Deon 22, Cameron 11. Records: Dumas 15-8, 4-4; Borger 4-17, 0-8.
Hereford, Perryton (Postponed)
District 1-3A
River Road 17 25 29 45
Bushland 15 37 47 69
RR— McCormick 27, Delgado 6. B— Welch 23, Sutterfield 13, Seales 12, Bradley 10. Records: River Road 4-13, 0-8; Bushland 16-4, 8-0.
Spearman 7 17 33 42
Canadian 14 24 33 40
S— Klafka 11, Wilkerson 11. C— Culwell 9, Anderson 9, Krehbiel 9. Records: Spearman 13-4, 6-2; Canadian 5-6, 4-4.
H. Park 7 21 34 48
Dalhart 3 25 46 60
HP— Toe 13, Reese 10. D— Moore 18, Beckner 16. Records: H. Park 7-12, 1-7; Dalhart 11-11, 5-3.
District 2-3A
Abernathy 14 26 46 57
Childress 9 19 37 53
A— Brendon Brown 14, Anthony White 14. C— Tucker 12, Sims 12. Records: Abernathy 17-5, 9-1. Childress 11-6, 6-4.
Slaton 10 24 34 49
Shallowater 22 54 66 85
Sl— Sachet 20, Whaley 15. Sh— Gillespie 12, Lusk 12. Records: Slaton 3-17, 1-10; Shallowater 17-3, 10-0.
Tulia 58, Lubbock Roosevelt 51
District 1-2A
Gruver 8 29 47 61
S. Fritch 11 22 35 48
G— Colton Millsap 12, Gus Gaillard 11. SF— Cunningham 22, Watson 12. Records: Gruver 11-10, 7-0; S. Fritch 10-7, 4-2.
Stratford 18 27 36 56
Sunray 16 33 43 58
Str— Trever Bell 24, Dru Jones 12. S— Wyatt McGaughy 15, Julian 13, Cutter 11. Records: Stratford 6-10, 2-4; Sunray 13-9, 3-4.
District 2-2A
Clarendon 20 29 51 78 87
Panhandle 17 35 54 78 84
C— Sylvester Ballard 37, Jmaury Davis 19, D. Thompson 18. P— Dylan Segura 24, Zion Mercer 23, Wes Jones 19, Landyn Hack 11. Records: Clarendon 17-4, 9-0; Panhandle 15-5, 7-2.
Wheeler 10 19 26 37
Wellington 16 26 39 50
Whe— Pickerdo 15, Rascon 11. Wel— Bryant Tarver 14, Jayden Castillo 11, Carson Tarver 10. Records: Wheeler 13-7, 5-4; Wellington 6-9, 3-6.
Shamrock 16 28 34 51
Memphis 11 14 26 46
S— Jernigan 17 Wright 17. M— Garcia 14 Morris 17. Records: Shamrock 11-9, 3-6; Memphis 0-9, 4-15.
District 3-2A
Farwell 24 47 74 87
Bovina 10 19 30 48
F— Leo Nunez 27, Jonathan Mora 13, Grayson Waldrop 11, Dustan Sides 10. B— Jose Mata 18, Fernando Martinez 12. Records: Farwell 23-2, 5-1; Bovina 8-6, 3-4.
Olton 70, Boys Ranch 44
District 1-1A
Follett 11 16 31 43
Miami 12 25 36 48
F— Franks 14, J Humbert 14. Records: Follett 6-6, 4-5. Miami 14-8, 10-1.
District 2-1A
Silverton 9 23 30 37
Valley 15 26 32 43
S— Estes 9. V— Hartman 11, Standlee 10.
Records: Silverton 9-10, 2-6. Valley 16-7, 8-0.
White Deer 10 20 34 45
Groom 22 40 54 70
W— Ketchum 14, Warminski 12. G— Lamb 22, Keulher 10, Boyd 10. Records: White Deer 4-16, 3-5. Groom 7-6, 5-3.
Hedley 83, Claude 16
District 3-1A
Hartley 2 8 10 20
Happy 12 27 35 40
Har— Jacob Drew 9, Jorge Chavira 9. Hap— Arik Coile 12, Tryce Johnson 10. Records: 3-8, 3-8. Happy 10-7, 7-5
Texline 20 39 55 72
Nazareth 13 22 37 52
T— Luther 30, Espino 15, Potter 14. N— Cleavinger 23, Betzen 14, Heiman 10. Records: Texline 18-3, 10-1. Nazareth 18-9, 10-1.