{"id":87113,"date":"2025-12-13T23:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/87113\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:03:07","slug":"texas-panhandle-and-south-plains-high-school-basketball-district-roundup-amarillo-high-sweeps-plainview-tascosa-cruises-by-lubbock-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/87113\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Panhandle and South Plains High School basketball district roundup \u2013 Amarillo High sweeps Plainview, Tascosa cruises by Lubbock High"},"content":{"rendered":"

District basketball picked up Friday night with the 3-5A boys getting underway to join the girls\u2019 action. Take a look at busy evening across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains that included Amarillo High hosting Plainview and Tascosa playing Lubbock High. <\/p>\n

Amarillo High opened District 3-5A in a strong way by getting a 73-50 win against Plainview on Friday night at the AHS Activity Center. <\/p>\n

The Sandies have started the year at 12-3, and are now 1-0 in league action. Plainview falls to 4-8 on the season and 0-1. <\/p>\n

AHS got off to a fast pace in the win over the Bulldogs taking a 22-12 lead after one. The Sandies never slowed down going up 41-24 at the break. <\/p>\n

\"\"Amarillo High\u2019s Hud Schaffer dribbles the ball up the court during a District 3-5A game at home against Plainview on Friday. [Roy Wheeler\/ Press Pass Sports]<\/p>\n

Junior Jaxson Richards was one of four Sandies to finish in double figures. Richards was on his game most of the night, knocking down six free-throws in the first quarter to find a rhythm, then hit a pair of 3-pointers along with way to pour in a team-high 21 points. Hud Shaffer complimented Richards with 17 points, getting nine of those in the second half, and Bilal Ismail added 14.<\/p>\n

Tascosa, Lubbock Monterey and Lubbock-Cooper all came away with wins to open 3-5A on Friday night. <\/p>\n

The Rebels defended home court in a 75-41 thumping of Lubbock High at home Friday. Tascosa is now 1-0 in district and 10-3 overall. LHS falls to 0-1 in the league and 3-9. <\/p>\n

Ben Kenney paced the Rebels with 19 points. Teammate Ty Collins added 14 with teammates LaDarius Godbolt and Demarcus Gilmore each chipping in 13. <\/p>\n

Lubbock Monterey pulled away from Caprock at home to open 3-5A with a 79-48 victory. The victory puts the Plainsman at 1-0 in district and 11-3 on the year. Caprock slips to 3-8 overall and 0-1. <\/p>\n

Elijah Smothers and Sam Arrington combined for 51 points against the Longhorns. Smothers scored a game-high thanks to an impressive 31 points, as Arrington followed with 21. <\/p>\n

Lubbock-Cooper was able to get district started with a 54-42 win at Lubbock Coronado on Friday night. That puts the Pirates at 6-7 on the season and 1-0 in 3-5A. The Mustangs drop to 2-9 overall and 0-1. <\/p>\n

\"\"Amarillo High\u2019s Tyler Held fires a jumper over Plainview\u2019s Aubrey Rogers during a District 3-5A game at home Friday. [Roy Wheeler\/ Press Pass Sports]<\/p>\n

Amarillo High stays unbeaten in district<\/p>\n

It was another night at the office for Amarillo High, as the Lady Sandies cruised to a 62-31 home win against Plainview.<\/p>\n

The Lady Sandies stay atop the district race at 3-0 while moving to 15-3 on the year. Plainview falls to 10-6, 0-3. <\/p>\n

AHS guard Tyler Held had a huge night. Held hat the hot-hand scoring a game-high 26 points, including 11 in the second quarter to pace the Lady Sandies. Teammate Kensleigh Payne added 10 points to get into double-digits and Kam Soukup added eight. <\/p>\n

Tascosa, Monterey, Coronado get victories<\/p>\n

Tascosa, Lubbock Monterey took care of business while Lubbock Coronado used a huge fourth quarter to down Lubbock-Cooper.<\/p>\n

Tascosa wasted no time jumping all over Lubbock High in a complete 91-7 decimation. The Lady Rebels keep up with Amarillo High at 3-0 in District 3-5A, and are now 15-1 overall. <\/p>\n

Alex Carter registered a game-high 21 points with Analia Humphrey scoring 15 to put the charge in Tascosa. Nic\u2019Kiyah Fisher tallied 14 and Devaeh Johnson chipped in 11.<\/p>\n

Monterey ran past Caprock 75-36 on Friday. The Lady Plainsman have now won two in a row since a district-opening loss to Coronado. With the victory, Monterey improves to 2-1 in the league and 12-5 overall. <\/p>\n

Ari Johnson finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds for a double-double. Ambrosia Cole scored a game-best 24 points. <\/p>\n

Coronado used a huge fourth quarter to take down Lubbock-Cooper 65-48. Coronado (5-12) has been off to a strong district at 2-1. Cooper (8-6) is now 0-2 to open district. <\/p>\n

District 2-3A<\/p>\n

Slaton 66, Friona 42
Idalou 92, Lubbock Talkington 13
Lubbock Roosevelt 38, Dimmitt 31
Littlefield 47, Muleshoe 22<\/p>\n

District 2-1A<\/p>\n

White Deer 63, Groom 33
McLean 50, Lefors 22<\/p>\n

District 4-1A<\/p>\n

Nazareth 85, Springlake-Earth 28
Kress 29, Happy 25
Lazbuddie 47, Hart 42<\/p>\n

District 2-1A<\/p>\n

White Deer 60, Groom 31
McLean 74, Lefors 28
Claude 63, Hedley 41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"District basketball picked up Friday night with the 3-5A boys getting underway to join the girls\u2019 action. Take…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-87113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}