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Girls
District 3-1A
Elida 64, Fort Sumner 41
Fort Sumner 6 10 10 15 — 41
Elida 15 19 15 15 — 64
Leading scorers — Fort Sumner, Sarah Stinnett 14, Bree Lucero 9. Elida, Nicole Jasso 19, Morgan McBride 14, Reavis Best 10, Margarita Ortiz 10. 3-pointers — Fort Sumner, Racheal Chavez 2. Elida, Jasso 3, Ortiz 2, Best 2.
Records — Fort Sumner 16-8, 5-3. Elida 19-7, 6-2.
Notes: Elida lead the district by a half-game over Dora, which finishes the regular-season Friday at Floyd. A win would force a playoff game for seeding in the district tournament. ... Fort Sumner can do not better than tie Dora for second, with the district seeding determined by a coin flip. ... Elida used a 13-0 run in the first quarter to take control of the game. Ortiz’ 3-pointer capped the run that put the Tigers up 18-6. Fort Sumner closed to 22-13 with the help of Stinnett’s three-points play, but Elida closed out the half with a 12-3 spurt highlighted by 3s by Jasso and Best.
Non-district
Portales 41, Texico 32
Portales 11 6 10 14 — 41
Texico 6 11 7 8 — 32
Leading scorers — Portales, Macy Mitchell 14, Gabby Garcia 10, Tara Johnson 9. Texico, Jaylyn Cooper 8, Katlin Luscombe 5, Victoria Richards 5, Amanda Bass 5. 3-pointers — Portales, Johnson. Texico, Bass, Jaryse Harris, Jordyn Cooper.
Records — Portales 14-10, Texico 19-6.
Junior varsity — Texico 35, Portales 28.
Notes: Garcia scored eight of her points in the second half as Portales beat Texico for the second time this season. ... Texico coach Ryan Autrey said his team allowed too many second shots. “We didn’t rebound in the second half,” Autrey said. “We let them get too many second and third shots.” He also said the Lady Wolverines had trouble with Portales’ half-court trap in the second half.
Texas
Class 1A playoffs
Area round
At Littlefield
Sundown 38, Farwell 32
Farwell 7 11 12 2 — 32
Sundown 10 14 9 5 — 38
Leading scorers — Farwell, Tiffani Jones 14, Keegan Langford 8. Sundown, Flowers 18, Hodge 10. 3-pointers — Farwell, Jones 3. Sundown, Hodge 2.
Records — Farwell 17-14, Sundown 22-7.
Notes: The Lady Blue trailed most of the way, but did pull into a 28-28 tie late in the third quarter. “We had a lot of blown opportunities,” Farwell coach Gary Cates said. “I was concerned about their press; we had 18 turnovers tonight, and not one of them came off the press.” … Sundown advances to an area round game against Wink.
Boys
District 3-1A
Elida 56, Fort Sumner 40
Fort Sumner 2 15 9 14 — 40
Elida 11 17 14 14 — 56
Leading scorers — Fort Sumner, Berry Stinnett 9. Elida, Gus Rodriguez 18, Kody Paiz 14, Ethan Jasso 10, Ryan Best 10. 3-pointers — Fort Sumner, Cameron Simmons. Elida, Rodriguez 2, Best 2, Jasso.
Records — Fort Sumner 15-9, 4-4. Elida 17-9, 3-5.
Junior varsity — Fort Sumner 51, Elida 46.
Notes: Rodriguez scored 14 of his points in the first half as Elida grabbed a 11-point lead. Barrett Williamson’s putback made it 34-23 midway through the third quarter, but Jasso hit a 3-pointer and Rodriguez added a pair of free throws as Elida pulled away. .. Fort Sumner trails Floyd by a half-game for third place in the district standings. Floyd hosts Dora on Friday. A Dora win would give Fort Sumner — which holds the tie-breaker edge over Floyd — the second seed in the district tournament. A Floyd win would drop Fort Sumner to third. Dora has already clinched the regular-season district title.
Non-district
Texico 36, Portales 33
Portales 5 7 14 7 — 33
Texico 10 13 7 6 — 36
Leading scorers — Portales, Shawn Carrasco 10, Billy Good 7. Texico, Seth Bailey 15, Lucas Walthers 9. 3-pointers — Portales, carrasco 2, Good. Texico, Bailey 2.
Records — Portales 16-8, Texico 23-2.
Junior varsity — Portales 56, Texico 44
Notes: Bailey’s three-point play with two minutes to go gave Texico the lead for good at 33-30. After Carrasco’s 3-pointer pulled Portales within 34-33, two free throws by Brett Anderson and one Jose Posada sealed the win ... Portales had its six-game win streak snapped. ... ‘We came out and executed real well in the first half,” Texico coach Rich Luscombe said. “We came out a little tentative in the third quarter and let them back in the game.”
Texas
District 2-2A
Floydada 69, Muleshoe 61, OT
Floydada 14 19 13 9 14 — 69
Muleshoe 9 13 17 16 6 — 61
Leading scorers — Floydada, Byron Smith 26, Aaron Flores 12, Joseph Segura 11. Muleshoe, Cooper Washington 19, Wes Wood 17. 3-pointers — Flores 3, Steve Cabellero 2, Segura, Titus Miller. Muleshoe, Wood 3, Nick Hurtado.
Records — Floydada 27-2 (9-1). Muleshoe 9-11 (4-6).
Junior varsity — Muleshoe 56, Floydada 43.
Notes: Wood drove the length of the floor for a layup that sent the game into overtime ... Cabellero and Flores each hit 3-of-4 free throws in overtime as the Whirlwinds avoided the upset. … The loss eliminated the Mules from postseason consideration.
