Bushland celebrates after downing Spearman 45-41 in a District 1-3A showdown at Spearman on Friday night. [Ernie Bowen/ For Press Pass Sports]
Tascosa clinches playoff berth
The Tascosa Rebels are headed to the postseason after getting a thrilling 58-55 overtime win at Randall on Friday during a District 3-5A clash.
Tascosa rebounds after missing the playoffs a year ago, running its record to 13-14 overall and 5-4 in district. Randall isn’t eliminated from playoff contention sitting at 16-16, 3-6. The Rebels were led by Ashraf Barsham’s 25 points. Randall sophomore sensation KJ Thomas did make history despite the loss. Thomas knocked down his 118th 3-pointer on the year in a 29 point effort. Thomas sets the new school-record set by Keenan Hooker in 2000-2001.
Bushland is in district driver’s seat
Bushland gained a measure of revenge from its lone district loss going up to Spearman and coming away with a 45-41 victory.
The Falcons clinch a share of the District 1-3A title, improving to 8-1 in league play. Bushland (15-9) can clinch the outright championship by beating Dalhart on Tuesday. Cole Purcell tallied 13 points in the win. Spearman falls to 18-6, 7-2.
Friday’s top performers
The Dumas duo of Cristian Kelso and Johnny Reynaga accounted for 50 of the Demons 78 points in a 78-74 win at Pampa. Kelso and Reynaga each scored 25 a piece.
Shamrock’s Justin Moon poured in 30 points to help the Irish past Memphis 81-34.
Joshua Booth kept the in a first-place tie with Valley in District 2-1A by dropping in 29 during the Owls 63-47 win at White Deer.
Girls seeding game action
The High School Girls playoffs officially start Monday, however, a handful of seeding games took place Friday night. Childress avenged a loss to Abernathy on Tuesday, downing the Lady Lopes 39-23 to secure the third spot out of District 2-3A. Muleshoe beat Littlefield 35-32 to secure second in District 3-3A, Memphis outscored Wheeler 49-39 in a play-in game for the final postseason berth from District 2-2A, and Hartley took third place in District 3-1A by defeating Wildorado, 61-42. Look for the playoff pairings coming Sunday on presspasssports.com.
Boys District scores
District 3-5A
Amarillo High 14 35 59 66
Palo Duro 19 27 41 53
AHS— Brendan Hausen 23, Cade Hornecker 13, Xa Landry-Britton 10. PD— Audi Luckey 13, Kadden Price 11. Records: Amarillo High 27-6, 9-0; Palo Duro 23-5, 7-2.
Tascosa 13 25 38 47 58
Randall 13 30 38 47 55
T— Barsham 25, Sledge 12. R— Thomas 29. Records: Tascosa 13-14, 5-4; Randall 16-16; 3-6.
Plainview 20 34 45 66
Caprock 11 27 42 52
P— Lawson 30, Ellis 12, Riddley 12. C— Alain Nziza 18. Records: Plainview 14-19, 3-6; Caprock 9-21, 0-9.
District 4-4A
Hereford 2 14 25 30
Canyon 10 30 49 63
H— Lucas 8. C— Kemper Jones 19, Chris Bryant 9. Records: Hereford 14-14, 4-5; Canyon 24-5, 9-0.
Dumas 20 34 55 78
Pampa 23 44 60 74
D— Cristian Kelso 25, Johnny Reynaga 25, Issac Ortiz 10. P— Huston Skinner 22, Chris St. Cyr 17. Records: Dumas 24-5, 6-3; Pampa 16-12, 1-8.
Perryton 11 24 36 56
Borger 16 27 38 49
P— Pshigoda 20, Rigdon 18. B— Martinez 17, Holsey 9. Records: Perryton 11-16, 3-6; Borger 14-18, 4-5.
District 1-3A
Bushland 8 17 33 45
Spearman 1 12 27 41
B— Purcell 13. S— Pipkin 16, Davis 9, Garnett 9. Records: Bushland 15-9, 8-1; Spearman 18-6, 7-2.
Highland Park 5 11 20 34
River Road 19 44 62 80
HP— Deardorff 18, Torres 11. RR— Jordan Malone 23, Carson Coleman 8, Brandon Velarde 8, Alex Warren 8. Records: Highland Park 4-23, 0-9; River Road 11-12, 5-4.
Canadian 8 25 36 38
Dalhart 11 21 32 36
C— Cavalier 11, Valuenzula 9. D— Read 11, Trujillo 9. Records: Canadian 7-16, 3-6; Dalhart 8-20, 4-5.
District 2-3A
Childress 24 44 58 70
Roosevelt 17 26 34 51
C— Lamont Nickelberry 29, Avery Jalomo 10. R— Zach Murphy 10. Records: Childress 13-14, 7-4; Lubbock Roosevelt 0-15, 0-11.
Shallowater 62, Abernathy 50
Idalou 61, Slaton 49
District 3-3A
Brownfield 12 23 41 50
Friona 8 23 27 36
B— Mason 17, Martinez 11. F— Kaden Jeter 10, Jose Luis Saucedo 8. Records: Brownfield 11-16, 8-3; Friona 11-18, 0-12.
Muleshoe 38, Denver City 31
Lamesa 59, Littlefield 54
District 1-2A
Stratford 11 24 36 51
WT High 3 23 28 37
S— Anastacio Ibarra 13, Bryce Braden 10
WT— Hamby 13, Romero 10. Records: Stratford 11-3, 7-1; WT High 6-19, 0-8.
Sunray 8 17 29 40
S-Fritch 12 25 32 50
Sun—Davis 10. SF— Watson 20, Price 8. Records: Sunray 13-11, 2-6; Sanford-Fritch 23-9, 4-4.
District 2-2A
Panhandle 3 7 22 27
Clarendon 22 43 67 86
P— Hack 17. C— Penigar 19, Harper 19, Davis 16, D’Costa 15. Records: Panhandle 11-18, 5-4; Clarendon 21-2, 9-0.
Wellington 14 27 42 47
Wheeler 2 14 29 36
Wel— Tarver 9, Nation 9. Whe— Nathan Rowley 13, Levi Ashurst 9. Records: Wellington 15-10, 6-3; Wheeler 11-14, 3-6.
Memphis 5 14 24 31
Shamrock 18 37 57 75
S— Justin Moon 30, Braxton Allen 14, Sean Wright 13. M— Acevedo 9. Records: Memphis 2-26, 0-9; Shamrock 14-11, 4-5.
District 3-2A
Olton 6 29 42 58
Farwell 13 25 41 54
O— Martinez 13, Soliz 10. F— Corey Stancell 15. Records: Olton 27-3, 7-0; Farwell 23-6, 5-2.
Vega 19 38 37 57
Boys Ranch 11 22 30 35
V— Ryan Grawunder 19, Joaquin Segovia 10. Records: Vega 13-13, 4-3; Boys Ranch 5-15, 1-7.
District 1-1A
Darrouzett 8 15 26 44
Miami 20 40 54 64
D— Zubia 14, Garrison 13, Calleros 10. M— Gonzales 14, Thompson 10, Wheeler 10.
Records: Darrouzett 4-15, 3-8; Miami 11-13, 8-4.
Lefors 4 9 15 18
Follett 24 43 54 64
F—Watson 23, Barton 10. Records: Lefors 0-12, 0-11; Follett 15-7, 9-2.
Fort Elliott 7 19 24 33
Booker 16 28 40 54
F— Dickey 10. B— Banuelos 19, Chisum 12, Ramirez 10. Records: Fort Elliott 6-13, 4-7; Booker 19-8, 10-1.
District 2-1A
Hedley 22 34 46 63
White Deer 5 25 34 47
H— Booth 29, Bond 17, Alston 14. Records: Hedley 17-6, 7-2; White Deer 5-25, 2-7.
Groom 9 19 29 45
Silverton 7 16 39 53
G— Shuck 19, Wood 11. S— Cox 18, Francis 11.
Records: Groom 12-8, 5-4; Silverton 11-11, 6-3.
Claude 3 8 14 26
Valley 20 39 61 75
C— Ensey 12. V— Standlee 14, Pigg 13, Bowles 10. Records: Claude 4-22, 0-9; Valley 17-6, 7-2.
District 3-1A
Wildorado 3 6 11 15
Nazareth 13 30 40 47
W— Cleavinger 6. N— Schulte 12, Heitschmidt 11. Records: Wildorado 24-6, 8-4; Nazareth 20-11, 10-2.
Adrian 50, Hartley 39
Girls seeding game scores
District 2-3A
Third place game
Childress 5 17 25 39
Abernathy 5 9 13 23
C— Lomax 17, Carroll 10. A— Theil 7, Sandoval 6. Records: Childress 18-15; Abernathy 16-16.
District 3-3A
Second place game
Muleshoe 35, Littlefield 32
District 2-2A
Play-in game
Wheeler 6 20 30 39
Memphis 16 26 37 49
M— Graham 13, Smith 11. Records: Wheeler 12-18; Memphis 10-19.
District 3-1A
Third place game
Hartley 61, Wildorado 42
TAPPS 1-3A
Thursday’s game
San Jacinto 15 20 40 56
Temple Christian 3 10 17 18
SJCA— Lane 13, Brabham 10. TC— Rodriguez 6, Delotto 4.
Friday’s game
San Jacinto 23 31 42 55
Calvary Christian: 0 6 11 14
SJCA— Lane 18, Brabham 11. C— Fazi 4, St Marie 3. Records: San Jacinto 19-7, 5-1; Calvary 2-13, 0-8.