Wellington outlasts Stratford in overtime

In one of the better matchups to open the UIL playoffs Monday night, Wellington was able to hold off District 1-2A champion Stratford getting a hard fought 69-66 overtime win in a Class 2A Division I bi-district matchup at the McNeely Fieldhouse in Pampa.

The Lady Skyrockets move to 23-9 overall on the year and will now face New Deal (22-13) in the regional quarterfinals at a time and place to be determined. Stratford ends a great season at 27-5 overall.

Wellington and the Lady Elks battled back-and-forth throughout with the game heading to overtime tied 58-58. In overtime, the Lady Skyrockets were able to pull away outscoring Stratford 11-7.

Balanced scored highlighted Wellington’s win. Eryn Torrez finished with a team-high 14 points with Taytum Kane, Ceighley Killian and Brynlee Proffitt all adding 11. Stratford’s Madison Braden had a game-high 19 despite the loss.

Slaton stuns Canadian in OT thriller

In a game that saw major momentum swings in the second half, the Slaton Tigerettes left the Canadian Lady Cats stunned thanks to a buzzer beating 3-pointer to pull off the upset 41-38 during a UIL Class 3A Division II bi-district clash at the Leslie Broadhurst Gym on the campus of Randall High School on Monday night.

Slaton took a slight 16-15 advantage into halftime and then seized momentum with a 12-4 run in the third quarter to go up 30-22 entering the fourth quarter. The Lady Cats didn’t back down going on an 11-0 run to go up 33-30 with 30 seconds to play. However, Slaton’s Adrianna Gonzales started her heroics hitting a game-tying 3-pointer just inside 20 seconds sending the game to overtime.

In overtime, Gonzales pulled off a thrilling 3-point shot at the buzzer to give the Tigerettes a remarkable 41-38 victory.

Slaton is now 17-10 overall while Canadian, which was once 30-0, lost three out of its last four down the stretch ending the year at 31-3.

Gonzales led Slaton with 10 points while Canadian’s Elyse Beck scored a game-high 16.

Monday’s top performers

Valley’s Trinity Schlueter picked up where she left off during last year’s postseason. The senior post was unstoppable against Crosbyton to open the playoffs Monday scoring a game-high 31 points.

Tryssa Dowd posted a game-high 22 leading the Tascosa Lady Rebels to a commanding 64-28 win against Wichita Falls Legacy in the Class 5A Division I bi-district round.

Kammi Maddox’s 21 points was a big boost to lift Dalhart past Littlefield 44-43 in the Class 3A Division I bi-district round.

McLean’s Kasidy Russell was hard to stop scoring 25 points followed by teammate Hailo Moon’s 15 in the Lady Tigers 51-28 pouncing of Kelton.

Panhandle made an early playoff statement dismantling Spearman 67-25 in a Class 2A Division I bi-district clash. The Ettes shot it well the entire game with Riley Segura and Evan Shadid each leading the team with 14 points apiece.

Farwell is off on the right foot after handling Floydada 71-29. Makylee Baldwin scored 13 of her game-high 21 points in the first quarter.

Randall sharpshooter Sadie Sanchez tallied a game-best 18 points during the Lady Raiders blowout win against Fort Stockton 69-23.

Amarillo High rolled to a 69-27 win over Abilene High in a Class 5A Division I bi-district matchup. Ca’Nia Mitchell poured in a game-high 16 points followed by Bella Edward’s 14.

Jaylee Moss was lights out going for a game-best 21 points as the Canyon Lady Eagles soared past Andrews 73-18.

Clarendon knocked off Gruver in the Class 2A Division II bi-district round thanks to the help of Kate Shaw and Hayden Elam. Shaw scored a game-high 16 points with Elam chipping in nine.

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Monday’s bi-district scores

Class 5A
Division I

Tascosa 64, Wichita Falls Legacy 28
Amarillo High 69, Abilene High 27

Division II

Lubbock Monterey 83, Wichita Falls Memorial 26
Plainview 45, Abilene Wylie 36

Class 4A
Division I

Canyon 73, Andrews 18
Seminole 63, West Plains 39

Division II

Randall 69, Fort Stockton 23

Class 3A
Division I

Shallowater 62, Bushland 43
Dalhart 44, Littlefield 43

Division II

Slaton 41, Canadian 38, OT
Idalou 55, Childress 42

Class 2A
Division I

Panhandle 67, Spearman 25
Abernathy 77, Hale Center 41
Wellington 69, Stratford 66, OT
New Deal 61, Olton 57, OT

Division II

Clarendon 46, Gruver 24
New Home 94, Sudan 34
Farwell 71, Floydada 29

Class 1A
Division I

Kress 44, Wildorado 29
Claude 45, Follett 24
Happy 49, Hartley 43
Valley 72, Crosbyton 31

Division II

Texline 51, Silverton 19
McLean 51, Kelton 28
Nazareth 67, Pringle-Morse 29
Sands 42, Anton 21
Guthrie 46, Lorenzo 37

Tuesday’s games

Class 4A
Division II

Pampa (11-22) vs. Midland Greenwood (23-9), 6:30 p.m. Lubbock High School 

Class 2A
Division II

Vega (21-7) vs. Quanah (20-10), 7 p.m. Hutcherson Center, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview

Class 1A
Division I

Booker (12-15) vs. Shamrock (17-10), 6:15 p.m. Miami High School

Division II

Fort Elliott (12-11) vs. White Deer (19-12), 6:30 p.m. Canadian High School