AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) -Amarillo High basketball was back in the spotlight with a doubleheader against Lubbock Monterey, with the Lady Sandies and Lady Plainsmen taking the court first.<\/p>\n
Lady Sandies fall in competitive game<\/p>\n
In the second half of the girls game, Kamryn Soukup brought the ball down and found Tyler Held in the corner for a three-pointer that fell in.<\/p>\n
The Lady Sandies swung the ball around the perimeter and it ended with Soukup on the wing, where she drained an open three-pointer.<\/p>\n
Ella Brown drove into the paint and fed it to Kensleigh Payne on the block. Payne got it over her defender and finished the point off the glass.<\/p>\n
Brown shifted it to Held, who quickly sent it over to Soukup for another three-pointer.<\/p>\n
The Lady Sandies put up a good fight, but the Lady Plainsmen won 68-55.<\/p>\n
Boys earn district victory<\/p>\n
Next up were the boys. Rex Reimer on the wing dished it down low to Jax Richards, who took a few dribbles, spun away from the defense and put it right in the hoop for the first point of the game.<\/p>\n
Reimer got a breakaway steal and made a nice behind-the-back pass that found Bilal Ismail right on the block for two points.<\/p>\n
Clay Cameron pump-faked and threw it to the opposite wing to Ismail, who gave it up to Richards in the low post. Richards dribbled into the paint and hit a floater for the Sandies.<\/p>\n
Cameron found Nolan Barney in the corner. Barney drove baseline and instantly connected with Reimer as he slipped to the basket for a layup.<\/p>\n
The Sandies took the district win 49-36.<\/p>\n
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