Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
LUBBOCK – Farwell’s girls continued their trend of getting off to fast starts in the Lubbock Caprock Classic, breezing past Muenster 55-28 in Saturday’s championship game of the United Supermarkets bracket.
The tournament had three boys and three girls brackets, and featured 119 teams.
Junior Landri Richey, who scored 50 points in a pair of wins on Friday, again led the Lady Blue (18-3) with 16 points. Juniors Makylee Baldwin and Bella Jaime followed with nine points each as numerous players scored for Farwell.
The Lady Blue, ranked fifth in Texas Class 2A by MaxPreps, got out to a 14-5 lead at the quarter, then outscored the Lady Hornets 30-16 in the second half to win going away. Muenster (17-5) came into the week ranked 20th in 2A.
Senior Brooke Tyler scored 10 points to lead Muenster, which came into the contest on a nine-game winning streak.
In boys action on Saturday:
Bovina 42, Amarillo River Road 34 – The Mustangs bounced back from a semifinal loss to Wheeler on Friday, claiming third place in the Groom Holiday Invitational with a win over the Wildcats.
Bovina (7-11), winning for the seventh time in nine games, trailed by a point at halftime before outscoring River Road 23-14 over the final two stanzas. Senior Miguel Lopez led the Mustangs with 15 points, while senior Daniel Herrera and 6-foot-4 freshman Eric Solis each posted eight tallies.
For River Road (8-9), junior Dadrian Wallace had 16 points.
