Eagles roll to victory against Elida

CLOVIS – Other than a few too many mechanical errors, Clovis Christian boys coach Trent McKay allowed that his team did all right in Friday night's 88-56 triumph over Elida at the Eagles' new on-campus gym.

Seniors Carter Teune (29) and Noah Gershon (25) combined for nearly two-thirds of the points as CCS (12-3) improved to 2-0 in its new digs.

"The boys played well tonight – other than the turnovers," McKay said. "We did what we had to, but it was a little sloppy. We finally shot the ball a little better."

Indeed, the Eagles shot it well with 10 3-pointers, six of them coming from Gershon. It was their highest-scoring game of the season, surpassing their total in an earlier 77-63 victory over the Tigers (4-9) at Elida.

Senior O.B. Blanco also reached double digits for CCS with 11 points as nine Eagles scored. Elida, which got 12 points each from senior Jose Jimenez and sophomore Hardy Fraze, stayed within four points through the opening stanza before Clovis Christian scored 25 points in each of then next two frames to build its advantage to 29.

In other area boys games on Friday night:

Melrose 72, Alamo Navajo 35 – Freshman Jaxon Odom posted a personal-best 16 points to lead four Buffaloes in double figures in the semifinals of Reserve's Mountaineer Invitational. They were to face District 6-1A rival Logan in Saturday's title tilt.

Alamo Navajo (12-4) got 15 points from freshman Scotty Guerro.

Farwell 44, Amarillo Highland Park 34 – At Amarillo, the Steers had to work pretty hard for a road win over the Hornets (11-10) in the District 3-2A opener for both squads.

Farwell (16-4) extended its winning streak to nine games behind 15 points from senior Alec Actkinson and 12 from senior Adrian Nunez. Highland Park was paced by sophomore Zack McClung's 10 points.

Grady 66, Wagon Mound 33 – Junior Zane Rush scored 18 of his 20 points and sophomore Deakin Ragland had 12 of his 14 in the first half for the Broncos (5-6), who led 20-3 at the quarter and by 29 points at the intermission.

Freshmen Eugene Armillo with 13 points and Cali Brown with two 3-pointers and 12 points paced the Trojans (2-8).

Bovina 43, Boys Ranch 39 – The Mustangs opened District 3-2A action with a narrow win at home over the Roughriders.

Senior Ceasar Amaya netted 16 points and junior Miguel Lopez 13 for Bovina (13-8 overall), which had dropped its last two after winning six in a row. Six-foot-4 senior Grant Blackwell was a one-man wrecking crew for Boys Ranch (8-9) with 30 points.

Lovington 58, Texico 47 – The Wolverines erased most of a 15-point, first-quarter deficit at Lovington, but couldn't make it all the way back.

Junior Julian Arroyo led all scorers with 23 points for the Wildcats (9-7) while junor Demarcus Thompson tossed in 13. For Texico (10-6), junior Cade Figg posted 16 points and senior Jahvon Askew had 10.

In a District 3-3A matchup at Brownfield, the host Cubs (10-10, 4-1) scored the first eight points of the third period and went on to a 46-36 win over Muleshoe (6-8, 1-3).