AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) -Amarillo High basketball was back in the spotlight with a doubleheader against Lubbock Monterey, with the Lady Sandies and Lady Plainsmen taking the court first.
Lady Sandies fall in competitive game
In the second half of the girls game, Kamryn Soukup brought the ball down and found Tyler Held in the corner for a three-pointer that fell in.
The Lady Sandies swung the ball around the perimeter and it ended with Soukup on the wing, where she drained an open three-pointer.
Ella Brown drove into the paint and fed it to Kensleigh Payne on the block. Payne got it over her defender and finished the point off the glass.
Brown shifted it to Held, who quickly sent it over to Soukup for another three-pointer.
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The Lady Sandies put up a good fight, but the Lady Plainsmen won 68-55.
Boys earn district victory
Next up were the boys. Rex Reimer on the wing dished it down low to Jax Richards, who took a few dribbles, spun away from the defense and put it right in the hoop for the first point of the game.
Reimer got a breakaway steal and made a nice behind-the-back pass that found Bilal Ismail right on the block for two points.
Clay Cameron pump-faked and threw it to the opposite wing to Ismail, who gave it up to Richards in the low post. Richards dribbled into the paint and hit a floater for the Sandies.
Cameron found Nolan Barney in the corner. Barney drove baseline and instantly connected with Reimer as he slipped to the basket for a layup.
The Sandies took the district win 49-36.
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