Bushland stuns Brownfield
In one of the bigger surprises of the second round of the UIL playoffs, Bushland wasn’t ready to go home quite yet and it showed taking command of the game down the stretch and never looking back to stun No. 5-ranked Brownfield 59-51 during a Class 3A Division I regional quarterfinal matchup at the Rip Griffin Center on the campus of Lubbock Christian University on Friday night.
With the victory, Bushland was able to avenge and early season loss to the Cubs over the Christmas break.
The Falcons, the District 1-3A champions, improve to 17-11 overall on the year and are now set to meet up with Iowa Park (25-8) in the regional semifinals at a time and place to be determined. The Cubs season comes to a shocking end at 25-9.
Brownfield jumped out to a 10-6 first quarter lead but that’s as much momentum as the Cubs would sustain. The Falcons caught fire in the second quarter outscoring the Cubs 16-9 to go up 22-19 at the break. In the second half, Bushland’s defense started frustrating Brownfield as the offense made big shots to pull away.
Jenner King paced the Falcons with 16 points while teammate Jordan Mariscal – who hit a game-winning buzzer beater Tuesday to defeat Littlefield – capped of a tremendous week with 15 points.
Childress claws past Coahoma
Like district rival Bushland, Childress was able to survive and advanced holding off Coahoma 53-45 during a Class 3A Division II clash in Haskell on Friday night.
It was a tight contest throughout with the Bobcats leading 14-11 at the end of the first, 30-25 at the break and 37-33 after three. Down the stretch Childress was able to fend off the Bulldogs and seal the second-round win.
Raine Walsh provided the spark offensively with a team-best 19 points for Childress. Teammate Caleb Moore added 14.
The Bobcats (19-14) now move on to the regional semifinals for a date with Wichita Falls City View (15-11) at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Vernon.
Gruver handles Floydada
Through the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Gruver Greyhounds are proving why they were a Class 2A Division II favorite after looking very impressive during a 62-41 thumping of Floydada in a regional quarterfinal game Friday night in Bushland.
The Greyhounds (18-1) head on to the regional semifinals where they will battle Miles (19-7) at a time and place to be determined.
Gruver flexed its muscle against a very good Whirlwind team in the first half. The Greyhounds had hot shooting to start taking a 25-16 lead after one. After a slower second quarter where Gruver led 33-22 at the break, the pace picked back up as the Greyhounds pulled away in the third putting the game away up 50-33 after three quarters.
Briggs Satterfield led a balanced scoring attack with a team-high 14 points. Freshman Mason Lankford followed with 13 while Stephen Cowan added 12 and Brock Butler chipped in 11.
Thursday and Friday’s top performers
Valley’s Corbin Taylor was near unstoppable racking up 32 points as the Patriots cruised by Klondike 61-45.
Victor Juarez had a big scoring night pouring in 27 with 16 coming in the first half to propel Palo Duro past El Paso Andress 58-44. Juarez buried a total of five 3-pointers.
Behind Kaden Hooker’s 20 points, the West Plains Wolves advanced to the third round of the playoffs defeating El Paso Ysleta 58-53.
Texline’s Joe Clay scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half during Texline’s 64-26 victory over Follett.
Happy freshman J’Lond Ferguson was on fire hitting six 3-pointers on his way to scoring a game-high 21 points during the Cowboys 77-52 win against Miami.
Randall kept on rolling by dismantling El Paso Riverside 91-51 on Thursday night with Tayesen Combs registering a game-best 17 points.
Dalton Booth and Bryce Lynn combined for 24 points as Pampa pummeled Moutain View 74-48. Booth and Lynn each had 12 points.
Braddek Darnell did his part scoring a game-high 18 points that helped Wildorado hold off Booker 54-44.
Nazareth kept its momentum rolling knocking off McLean 46-41. Kayle Rogers played a huge role in the win for the Swifts posting 16 points.
Thursday and Friday’s Region I playoff scores
Class 5A
Division I
El Paso Chapin 48, Amarillo High 27
Denton High 58, Arlington Heights 51
Wichita Falls Legacy 67, El Paso High 52
Birdville 50, Mansfield Timberview 48
Division II
Palo Duro 58, El Paso Andress 44
Colleyville Heritage 58, Seguin 49
Canutillo 55, Lubbock-Cooper 44
Mansfield Summitt 37, Argyle 18
Class 4A
Division I
Seminole 45, San Elizario 40
Lubbock Estacado 82, Burkburnett 73
West Plains 58, El Paso Ysleta 53
Decatur 79, San Angelo Lake View 46
Division II
Pampa 74, Clint Mountain View 48
Krum 72, Glen Rose 41
Randall 91, El Paso Riverside 51
Brock 57, Eagle Mountain 42
Class 3A
Division I
Bushland 59, Brownfield 51
Iowa Park 55, Sweetwater 53
Presidio 46, Shallowater 43
Peaster 47, Jim Ned 27
Division II
Childress 53, Coahoma 45
Wichita Falls City View 72, Clyde 34
Slaton 69, Alpine 52
Holliday 43, Blanco 28
Class 2A
Division I
Olton 53, West Texas High 45, OT
Reagan County 41, Plains 38
Abernathy 49, Spearman 44
Ropes 64, Forsan 25
Division II
Gruver 62, Floydada 41
Miles 52, Whiteface 51
New Home 41, Quanah 39
Morton 58, Roscoe 50
Class 1A
Division I
Wildorado 54, Booker 44
Crosbyton 45, Borden County 39
Happy 77, Miami 52
Valley 61, Klondike 45
Division II
Texline 64, Follett 26
Lorenzo 77, Whitharral 75, OT
Nazareth 46, McLean 41
Loop 63, Petersburg 54
TAPPS Class 2A
Regional
Holy Cross Catholic Academy (29-3) vs. Victory Christian Academy (14-8), 1 p.m. Saturday, Childress High School