Amarillo High guard Chris Dees (23) goes up over a Randall defender for a bucket during a District 3-5A matchup Tuesday night at the AHS Activity Center. [Tom Carver/ Press Pass Sports]
Amarillo High impresses
Behind balanced scoring and excellent perimeter shooting, the Amarillo High Sandies dismantled Bell Street rival Randall 74-50 to remain perfect in District 3-5A at 5-0, improving to 15-8 overall.
AHS knocked down 13, 3-pointers in the victory, while placing four players in double-digits. Slade Simpson and Chris Dees led all scorers with 16 points each.
Solid nondistrict action
With a light night of district play, the Texas Panhandle saw some solid games in the nondistrict realm. Stratford edged a very good Panhandle team, 47-46, in the closing seconds, Tascosa picked up a nice road win at Lubbock Trinity, 65-48, and Childress stayed hot by downing Perryton, 51-41.
Tuesday’s top performer’s
Palo Duro’s Jelani Mohamed poured in 26 points leading the Dons to a lopsided win against Lubbock High, 68-34.
Gavin Boydston of Fort Elliott had a game-high 28 points as the Cougars topped Miami 60-42 in a District 1-1A tilt.
During Stratford’s thrilling 47-46 nondistict victory against Panhandle, senior Ty McBryde did his part for the Elks by scoring a game-high 18 points.
Boys Scoreboard
District 3-5A
Randall 13 20 34 50
Amarillo High 21 43 63 74
R— Aaron Ovalle 18, Jainen Thomas 10. AHS—Slade Simpson 16, Chris Dees 16, Brendan Hausen 10, Damonze Woods 10. Records: Randall 11-11, 3-3; AHS 15-8, 5-0.
Lubbock High 5 16 24 34
Palo Duro 19 34 60 68
LHS— Hunter 7. PD— Jelani Mohamed 26, Kaje Lee 14. Records: LHS 3-15, 0-5; 10-4, 4-1.
Coronado 9 30 40 56
Caprock 10 20 28 44
LC— Aidan Alvarez 20, Izaiah Kelley 7. C— Jaden Chavez 11, Marcos Barrientos 11. Records: Coronado Coronado 7-11, 1-4; Caprock 3-15, 1-5.
District 1-1A
F. Elliott 12 30 43 60
Miami 8 16 26 42
F— Boydston 28. Records: F. Elliott 6-10, 1-0; Miami 4-5, 1-1.
Darrouzett 5 10 22 30
Booker 14 19 32 47
B— I. Banuelos 21, A. Banuelos 13.
D— Bonilla 14 Records: Booker 6-12, 2-0; Darrouzett 8-6, 1-1.
District 2-1A
McLean 14 29 45 55
Lefors 7 13 25 38
M— Crockett 12, Reichman 10, Rainer 10. L— Braxton 18 Records: McLean 2-3, 1-0; Lefors 3-8, 0-2.
Claude 11 22 29 34
Shamrock 7 21 37 48
S— Wright 18, Patel 15. C— McLaughlin 11. Records: Shamrock 12-9, 1-1; Claude 7-6, 1-1.
Groom 8 26 41 47
Hedley 4 9 18 26
G— Kuehler 14, Lamb 11, Linquist 10. H— J. Booth 8 I. Booth 8 Records: Groom 8-0, 2-0; Hedley 11-6, 0-2.
District 3-1A
Happy 16 30 51 59
Channing 8 12 14 24
H— Coile 10, Wilhite 10. C— Noah Garcia 9 Records: Happy 9-13, 2-1; Channing 3-15, 0-2.
Nazareth 17 38 50 70
Adrian 3 10 14 25
N—Moore 17, Cleavinger 13. A— Birdsong 12, Garcia 6 Records: Nazareth 15-6, 3-0, Adrian 5-11, 0-2.
Texline 25 42 63 82
Wildorado 13 14 16 22
T— Espino 17. W— McCallister 8
Records: Texline 14-4, 3-0; Wildorado 4-13, 0-3.
Nondistrict
Tascosa 15 33 44 65
Trinity 6 21 38 48
LT— Ethan Duncan 20, Tru Buchanan 11. T—Donnie Sutton 17, Elijah Rodriguez 12, DK Alexander 11, Isaiah Johnson 11. Record: Tascosa 15-5.
Monterey 10 28 44 64
Hereford 16 23 32 51
M—  D. Johnson 15, A. Castillo 14. H— Kaleb Larra 14, Blake Walker 11, Parker Collins 11. Record: Monterey 11-10; Hereford 12-9.
Perryton 8 24 31 41
Childress 17 26 36 51
P— Brayden Klafka 12, Ryan Davis 11. C— Trent Mayden 17, Devron Sims 12, Matthew Cochran 11. Records: Perryton 10-10; Childress 13-4.
Panhandle  7 14 29 46
Stratford 11 20 30 47
P— Wes Jones 13, Landon Hack 13. S— Ty McBryde 18, Walker McBryde 14. Records: Panhandle 12-9; Stratford 2-2.
H. Park 10 31 46 56
Friona 7 15 22 29
HP— Hunter Nichols 13, James Harten 10. F—Jared Rejino, Bryan Chavira 7. Records: H. Park 13-6; Friona 3-10