Palo Duro’s Nkundimama Nice pushes the ball up the floor for the Dons during a District 3-5A game against Randall on Friday at the PD Activity Center. [Ben Jenkins/ Press Pass Sports]
District 3-5A is underway
District 3-5A opened with some exciting action Friday night. Palo Duro held off Randall, 84-81, thanks to Nkundimama Nice, Audi Luckey, and Paetyn Walker combining for 53 points. KJ Thomas led Randall with 26.
Amarillo High and Tascosa both cruised in its respective openers. The No. 4-ranked Sandies got a combined 36 points from Villanova signee, Brendan Hausen, and UT Arlington signee, Damonze Woods, to best Plainview, 49-36. The Rebels used a 27 point night from Khalil Jackson, the son of Tascosa coach Steven Jackson, to can Caprock, 70-50.
District 4-4A should be good
Canyon established its dominance to open district play rolling over Dumas 63-41, however, the other two games showed fans what parity the district brings. Borger and Perryton each won thrillers to open league play Friday. Borger edged Hereford, 48-47, while Perryton erased a double-digit third quarter deficit to stun Pampa, 38-36. This could be a sign of things to come in the next few weeks.
Friday’s top performers
Jack Pipkin poured in 28 to lead Spearman over Highland Park 79-18.
Panhandle’s Landyn Hack racked up 27 points to help the Panthers to a 54-39 win at Memphis.
Gruver’s Colton Millsap continues his steady play going for 21 points as the Greyhounds knocked off Sunray, 58-40.
District 3-5A
Plainview 4 10 22 30
Amarillo High 11 26 39 49
P— Lawson 16. AHS— Brendan Hausen 18, Damonze Woods 18. Records: Plainview 11-14,
0-1; Amarillo High 20-6, 1-0.
Randall 22 39 53 81
Palo Duro 32 49 62 84
R— KJ Thomas 26, Cayden Sato 16, Isaiah Kirkman 15. PD— Luckey 18, Nice 18, Walker 17. Records: Randall 13-11, 0-1; Palo Duro 17-3, 1-0.
Tascosa 9 28 43 70
Caprock 8 20 28 50
T— Khalil Jackson 27, Ashraf Barsham 9. C— Alain Nziza 13, Yel Deeng 12. Records: Tascosa 9-10, 1-0; Caprock 9-13, 0-1.
District 4-4A
Canyon 18 36 46 63
Dumas 5 17 21 41
C— Kemper Jones 19, Chris Bryant 16, Parker Cunningham 14. D— Ortiz 11. Records: Canyon 16-5, 1-0; Dumas 18-3, 0-1.
Pampa 14 25 30 36
Perryton 8 15 19 38
Pam— Cason Floyd 23. Per— Julian Cervantes 19, Tad Pshigoda 8. Records: Pampa 15-5, 0-1; Perryton 9-10, 1-0.
Hereford 12 29 34 47
Borger 17 30 40 48
H— Aiden Arias 14, Noah Brown 10; B— Gage Martinez 25, Isaiah Fernandez 10. Records: Hereford 10-10, 0-1; Borger 11-13, 1-0.
District 1-3A
Bushland 16 24 39 53
Canadian 3 13 22 32
B— Cole Powell 15, Aiden Sawyer 13, Tate Butcher 10. C— Casen Cavalier 11, Kaden Carr 8.
Records: Bushland 7-8, 1-0; Canadian 4-11, 0-1.
H. Park 4 7 9 18
Spearman 24 45 53 79
HP— Deardorff 9. S— Pipkin 28, Lopez 13, Garnett 11. Records: Highland Park 4-15, 0-1; Spearman 12-4, 1-0.
R. Road 14 23 30 42
Dalhart 11 25 38 51
RR— Jordan Malone 19, Damontrae Marshall 11. D— Trujillo 21, Read 7. Records: River Road 6-9, 0-1; Dalhart 5-15, 1-0.
District 2-3A
Childress 7 13 21 39
Abernathy 20 18 29 48
A— Luke Houston 15, Malachi Reyes 12; C— Lamont Nickelberry 16. Records: Abernathy 10-4, 4-0; Childress 8-12, 2-2.
Roosevelt 10 21 28 39
Tulia 17 38 60 71
R— Cervantes 13, Cesares 13. T— McCaslin 24, Garcia 14. Records: Roosevelt 0-8, 0-4; Tulia 19-6, 3-2.
Shallowater 67, Slaton 41
District 3-3A
Brownfield 77, Friona 41
Lamesa 53, Littlefield 52
Denver City 44, Muleshoe 27
District 1-2A
Sunray 9 16 29 40
Gruver 21 36 49 58
S— Davis 10, Espino 9. G— Colton Millsap 21, Jefferson Weaver 15, Mason Gibson 12. Records: Sunray 12-6, 0-1; Gruver 17-6, 1-0.
S. Fritch 24 33 44 52
WT High 10 13 25 34
S-F— Joel Watson 14. WT— Nick Romero 14. Records: Sanford-Fritch 20-5, 1-0; WT High 6-13, 0-2.
District 2-2A
Panhandle 13 23 37 54
Memphis 11 23 30 39
P— Landyn Hack 27, Cuyler Mize 11. M— Victor Acevedo 20. Records: Panhandle 7-14, 1-0; Memphis 2-18, 0-1.
Wellington 13 21 28 36
Clarendon 19 38 54 71
W— Nation 13. C— Penigar 20, Davis 19. Records: Clarendon 14-2, 1-0; Wellington 9-8, 0-1.
Wheeler at Shamrock (postponed)
District 3-2A
Vega 13 29 39 58
Bovina 11 27 34 46
V— Ryan Grawunder 19, Creed Gilter 12. B— Granados 19, Lara 10. Records: Vega 10-10, 1-0; Bovina 3-11, 0-1.
Boys Ranch at Farwell (postponed)
District 1-1A
Fort Elliott 64, Lefors 35
Booker at McLean (postponed)
Miami at Follett (postponed)
District 2-1A
Groom 0 1 7 16
Valley 21 39 57 74
G— Schuck 7. V— Hartman 17, Edwards 17, Standlee 15. Records: Groom 7-5, 0-1; Valley 11-4, 1-0.
White Deer 13 30 34 44
Claude 4 17 23 31
W— Ketchum 19, Nava 8. C— Deeds 11.
Records: White Deer 4-18, 1-0; Claude 4-14, 0-1.
Hedley 56, Silverton 43
District 3-1A
Texline 35 58 83 107
Hartley 6 12 19 27
T— Drumm 14, Clay 14, Luther 13, Crisp 13, Sneller 12, Potter 11. H— Cervantes 11. Records: Texline 19-2, 5-0; Hartley 1-11, 0-5.
Happy 4 6 13 19
Nazareth 5 23 36 51
H— Holbrook 8. N— Gerber 21. Records: Nazareth 14-10, 4-1; Happy 6-6, 2-3.
Wildorado 2, Adrian 0 (Forfeit)