Fort Sumner's Racheal Chavez scores during the first period of the Vixens' 35-33 win over Melrose on Tuesday at the FSHS Gym.

Michael Mares of Fort Sumner is fouled from behind by Kole Tatum of Melrose during the Foxes' 66-45 win over the Buffaloes in District 3-1A action Tuesday at FSHS. Mares made the layup, but missed the free throw on the play.

Girls
District 3-1A
Fort Sumner 35, Melrose 33
Melrose 6 13 6 8 — 33
Fort Sumner 14 4 5 12 — 35
Leading scorers — Melrose, Shelby McElroy 18, Jordan Beard 6. Fort Sumner, Racheal Chavez 19, Courtney Kyle 6. 3-pointers — Melrose, McElroy, Annie Shaw. Fort Sumner, Chavez 2.
Records — Melrose 5-18 (0-6), Fort Sumner 15-8 (4-2).
Junior varsity — Fort Sumner 27, Melrose 23.
Notes: Fort Sumner finished the game on a 10-5 run to avoid the upset. Chavez’ 3-pointer and two FTs and Bree Lucero’s jumper gave Fort Sumner in the lead for good at 34-30 with 19 seconds to go. … McElroy chunked in a 3-pointer with five seconds left before Chavez answered by making 1-of-2 FTs.

Non-district
Dora 62, Eunice 50
Dora 18 6 17 21 — 62
Eunice 8 13 10 19 — 50
Leading scorers — Dora, Kelli Merrick 22, Tearney O’Connor 12, Kendra Merrick 11. Eunice, Pascl Morgan 24, Jennie Pearson 17. 3-pointers — Dora, O’Connor 4, Molly McAlister. Eunice, Morgan 2.
Records — Dora 18-3, Eunice 5-11.
Notes: Dora has won 13 of its last 15 games.

Texas
District 2-2A
Muleshoe 34, Friona 31
Muleshoe 6 10 9 9 — 34
Friona 2 9 9 11 — 31
Leading scorers — Muleshoe, Sarah Johnson 13, Morgan Smith 6. Friona, Regan Anthony 10, Stephanie Aguirre 10. 3-pointers — Muleshoe, Johnson 3. Friona, Aguirre 2, Anthony, Sasha Estrada.
Records — Muleshoe 19-12 (5-5), Friona 15-14 (5-5).
Junior varsity — Muleshoe 45, Friona 34.
Notes: The win and a Childress loss gave the Lady Mules’ the district’s third and final playoff spot ... Muleshoe finished tied for third in the district with Friona, but won the tiebreaker with a pair of wins over the Squaws. ... After the Squaws pulled to within 30-29 with under a minute to play, Johnson feed Gabby Agundis for a layup behind the Friona’s full-court press. Gizzell Vasquez sealed the win with a pair of FTs. ... Muleshoe is making its 11th playoff appearance in 12 years, but its first under second-year coach Val Acree. Muleshoe plays District 1-2A runnerup Spearman next week in bi-district play.

District 5-1A
Farwell 69, Bovina 36
Farwell 20 14 24 11 — 69
Bovina 9 12 7 8 — 36
Leading scorers — Farwell, Tiffani Jones 26, Keegan Langford 13. Bovina, Yoselin Rueda 11, Myra Gomez 8. 3-pointers — Farwell, Jones 6, Langford. Bovina, Gomez 2, Yesenia Guevara.
Records — Farwell 16-13 (7-3), Bovina 15-13 (2-8).
Junior varsity — Farwell 49, Bovina 19.
Notes: Farwell finished district in a tie for second with Springlake-Earth. The teams meet at 8 p.m. (CST) Friday at Sudan to determine postseason seeding as the top three teams from each district qualify for the playoffs. ... Jones and Langford each scored nine points in the third quarter when the Lady Blue broke the game wide open.

Boys
District 3-1A
Fort Sumner 66, Melrose 45
Melrose 10 4 15 16 — 45
Fort Sumner 18 20 12 16 — 66
Leading scorers — Melrose, Clint Barnard 12, Kendal Mudgett 7. Fort Sumner, Berry Stinnett 18, Christian Pettigrew 13, Zach Kenyon 12. 3-pointers — Melrose, Lane Draper. Fort Sumner, Pettigrew 3, Cameron Simmons.
Records — Melrose 9-13 (1-5), Fort Sumner 15-6 (4-2).
Junior varsity — Fort Sumner 57, Melrose 55.
Notes: Fort Sumner used three big runs to put away the Buffaloes .... Pettigrew hit a pair of 3-pointers as the Foxes bolted to a 16-4 lead. ... Stinnett scored six points and Michael Mares added four in a 14-0 run that pushed the Foxes lead to 34-11 late in the first half. ... Kenyon scored six points in an 11-2 midway through the fourth quarter.

Dora 12 22 18 17 — 69
Eunice 16 11 12 15 — 54
Leading scorers — Dora, Lathan Lieb 29, Jeremy Butler 21, Kyler Smith 10, Josh Moore 9. Eunice, Blake Smith 19, Casey Rodriguez 13. 3-pointers — Dora, Butler 3, Lieb 2, Smith. Eunice, Rodriguez , Ulises Lozano.
Records: Dora 19-5, Eunice 5-16.
Notes: Dora has won nine straight games and 16 of its last 19.

Texas
District 5-1A
Bovina 83, Farwell 76
Farwell 20 22 17 17 — 76
Bovina 20 16 20 27 — 83
Leading scorers — Farwell, Landry Actkinson 22, Bo Mitchell 17, Mason Coburn 15. Bovina, Jesus Rocha 38, Oscar Rodriguez 10, Gael Vela 10. 3-pointers — Farwell, Actkinson 4, Coburn 3. Bovina, Rocha.
Records — Farwell 14-13 (6-3), Bovina 12-15 (3-6).
Junior varsity — Bovina 38, Farwell 35.
Notes: Rocha scored 10 of his season-high 38 points in Bovina’s fourth quarter rally. The Mustangs converted 9-of-12 FTs in the final period. ... Farwell finishes district play Friday at Olton. The teams are tied for second in 5-1A at 6-3.

District 2-2A
Friona 59, Muleshoe 43
Muleshoe 11 17 8 7 — 43
Friona 15 12 15 17 — 59
Leading scorers — Muleshoe, Dillon Gallman 12, Cooper Washington 11, Nathaniel Chavez 9. Friona, Matthew Stanberry 17, Joey Dickson 13, Rolando Castanon 13. 3-pointers — Muleshoe, Gallman 3, Chavez, Nick Hurtado. Friona, Castanon 3, Nick Ortiz 2, Caleb Moore.
Records — Muleshoe 9-9 (4-4), Friona 13-134 (2-6).
Junior varsity — Muleshoe 55, Friona 35.
Notes: The Chieftains dominated the second half, but Muleshoe was still within four points well into the fourth quarter. “We missed some layups and some wide-open 3s,” Mules coach Matt Mason said. … The Mules are tied with Dimmitt for the third and final playoff spot in the six-team district. They face the top two teams, both at Muleshoe, in their final two regular-season games.

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