PLAINVIEW — Monterey coach Jill Schneider and her players knew the situation before their Class 4A bidistrict game with Amarillo even started.
“Nobody expected us to win except our locker room,” Schneider said. “And I’m not sure how much we believed it until we got started.”
What Monterey started and completed Tuesday night was the upset of the early Class 4A girls playoffs knocking off Amarillo 57-51 before 300 fans at Hutcherson Center.
Amarillo High had beaten Monterey by 14 points in a December game in Amarillo and at one point led the Lady Plainsmen 40-15.
District 4-4A No. 3 seed Monterey (17-15) will meet the winner of El Paso Austin and El Paso Hanks in area.
District 3-4A No. 2 seed Amarillo High ends its season at 24-8.
Monterey won because its man-to-man defense never let the Lady Sandies go on any significant runs in the tightly contested game.
Monterey won because of clutch shooting down the stretch and 16 points each from Courtney Lawley and Karolyne McMillian.
The Lady Plainsmen took the lead for good with 1:07 to play when Sidnee Harrison made a 3-point goal from the top of the key for a 52-49 lead. Amarillo answered with a pair of Lexi O’Hair free throws cutting the lead to 52-51.
But the physical game with nine lead changes in the second half did not change leads again.
McMillian and Shawanika Harvey combined to go 5-of-6 from the line in the final 47.8 seconds to seal the upset.
Amarillo, led by O’Hair’s 18 points, missed twice on chances to take the lead in the final 45 seconds.
“I can’t even tell you how proud I am of this group,” Schneider said. “All we talked about is the game at Amarillo High, how they got us down 40-15 and how humiliating it was. The pressure was on them. They are a great team. But all we had to do is come in here and take our best shot and we did.”
CLASS 4A BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF
at Hutcherson Center, Plainview
MONTEREY 57, AMARILLO 51
MONTEREY — Landry 0 0-0 0, Sloan 3 0-0 7, Davis 2 1-2 7, LawlEy 7 0-0 16, Harrison 1 1-2 4, McMillian 4 8-10 16, Harvey 0 3-4 3, Norris 2 0-3 4. Totals 19 13-21 57.
AMARILLO — Carver 3 3-5 8, Hodge 0 0-0 0, Hightower 4 2-2 12, O’Hair 5 6-6 18, Sutterfield 1 0-0 2, Hoover 0 0-0 0, Beller 0 0-0 0, Betts 1 1-2 3, McDaniel 2 2-2 8, Hardin 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 14-17 51.
Monterey 10 15 10 22 — 57
Amarillo 11 12 12 16 — 51
3-point goals: Monterey 5 (Davis 2, Lawley 2, Sloan 1), Amarillo 4 (Hightower 2, McDaniel 2). Total fouls: Monterey 15, Amarillo 14. Fouled out: None. Records: Monterey 17-15, Amarillo 24-8.
■ Coronado 67
EP El Dorado 43
FORT STOCKTON — Elle Hendershot scored 18 points to lead No. 5 Coronado to a Class 5A bi-district round rout of El Paso El Dorado on Tuesday night.
The No. 5 Lady Mustangs, who moved improved their record to 33-1 this season, started slow and trailed, 9-7, at the end of the first quarter. But Coronado stepped on the gas and outscored El Dorado 41-15 during the next two periods to siege control.
Bailey Wipff scored 17 points for Coronado, with four of her five field goals coming from 3-point range. Suzzy Dimba added 10 points.
Lauren Newman was the only El Dorado scorer in double figures with 11 points.
Coronado moves to the area round, where it will face Arlington Martin at 6 p.m. Friday at Tuscola Jim Ned.
CORONADO 67, EL PASO EL DORADO 43
EL DORADO — Newman 5 1-5 11, Campa 2 1-6 5, Lopez 1 0-0 2, Fields 3 1-2 8, Caro 1 3-3 6, Cordova 1 2-2 4, Akomolafe 3 1-4 7. Totals 16 9-22 43.
CORONADO — Villarreal 1 0-0 2, Blakenship 0 0-0 0, Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, Wipff 5 3-6 17, Bradley 0 0-0 0, Thompson 1 1-2 3, Hopper 2 2-2 6, Gonzales 1 3-4 6, L. Dimba 1 3-4 5, S. Dimba 5 0-0 10, Hendershot 8 2-3 18. Totals 24 14-21 67.
El Dorado 9 10 5 19 — 43
Coronado 7 23 18 19 — 67
3-point goals: El Dorado 2 (Fields 1, Caro 1); Coronado 5 (Wipff 4, Gonzales 1). Total fouls: El Dorado 21, Coronado 18. Fouled out: El Dorado, Fields. Coronado, Hopper. Technical fouls: None. Record: Coronado 33-1.
■ Plainview 54, Randall 41
DIMMITT — Karli Wheeler scored 17 points, Bailey Davis added 13 and No. 21 Plainview put away Randall in a Class 4A bi-district playoff.
Meredith McDonough added 10 for Plainview (26-8),
Although Plainview (26-8) never routed Randall (18-14), the Lady Raiders only briefly threatened after falling behind by double digits late in the first half.
Plainview opened the second quarter with a 9-0 run to take control of the game. Davis was a major factor in the quarter for the Lady Bulldogs, as she scored eight points while Randall scored only three in the quarter.
The closest the Lady Raiders got was six points in the third quarter, when Kameron Johnston, who scored a game-high 20 points, converted a three-point play to make it 26-20.
PLAINVIEW 54, RANDALL 41
RANDALL — Collins 1 0-0 2, Parr 2 0-0 4, Burney 2 0-0 4, Johnston 8 3-7 20, Mings 1 2-2 4, O’Neal 1 3-4 5, Johnston 1 0-0 2, Hicks 0 0-0 0, Cross 0 0-1 0. Totals 16 8-13 41.
PLAINVIEW — Reynolds 3 0-0 7, McDonough 2 5-6 10, Wheeler 4 7-10 17, Bennett 1 1-2 3, Davis 5 3-5 13, Ramirez 1 0-0 2, De La Garza 1 0-0 2, Hearn 0 0-0 0, Hardage 0 0-0 0, Ball 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 16-23 54.
Randall 10 3 8 20 — 41
Plainview 10 14 8 22 — 54
3-point goals: Randall 1 (K. Johnston), Plainview 4 (Wheeler 2, Reynolds, McDonough). Total fouls: Randall 20, Plainview 15. Fouled out: Davis. Records: Randall 18-14, Plainview 26-8.
■ Canyon 41, Frenship 24
DIMMITT — Madison Parker, who’s averaged in double figures most of the season, had a game-high 12 points and No. 15 Canyon beat Frenship in a Class 4A bi-district playoff game. Kylee Murgel, who’s emerged lately, had 10.
A little over a week ago, there might have been some doubt’s about Canyon’s ability to remain among the state’s elite. The Lady Eagles lost three district games and finished third in District 3-4A.
But they beat 3-4A champion Palo Duro 49-44 a week ago, and appeared to have carried some momentum into the postseason, scoring 13 points in a row against Frenship.
Canyon (27-6) will face El Paso Chapin on Friday in the area round.
Allison Rohrer scored seven points for Frenship, which finished 17-15.
Leading 6-4 in the first quarter, the Lady Eagles went on a 13-0 run to go up 19-4 and Frenship never threatened.
Senior Kyndal Davis, Canyon’s leading scorer, didn’t score a point in the first half and the Lady Eagles still led 23-6 at the break.
Murgel had six points in the third quarter, a period in which Frenship didn’t score a point. That enabled Canyon to empty the bench in the fourth quarter, using all 15 players.
CLASS 4A BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF
at Dimmitt HS
CANYON 41, FRENSHIP 24
CANYON — Jones 1 1-1 3, Murgel 4 2-3 10, Davis 3 1-2 7, Morgan 1 0-0 2, Parker 5 2-5 12, Cunyus 2 0-0 5, Bartley 1 0-0 2, Harris 0 0-0 0, Cordell 0 0-0 0, Byrd 0 0-0 0, DeGrate 0 0-0 0, Reed 0 0-0 0, Bartlett 0 0-0 0, Hiner 0 0-0 0, Olsen 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 6-11 41.
FRENSHIP — Kitten 2 0-0 4, Maddox 1 0-0 2, Barker 0 0-0 0, Rohrer 3 0-0 7, Sandercox 2 0-2 4, Higgins 1 1-1 3, Parker 0 0-0 0, Cooper 1 0-0 2, Pollard 0 0-0 0, Anthony 1 0-0 2, Pollard 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 1-3 24.
Canyon 11 12 11 7 — 41
Frenship 4 2 0 18 — 24
3-point goals: Canyon 1 (Cunyus 1), Frenship 1 (Rohrer 1). Total fouls: Canyon 7, Frenship 11. Fouled out: None. Records: Canyon 27-6, Frenship 17-15.
■ Smyer 71, Morton 31
LITTLEFIELD — Jordan Locke scored 32 points, and No. 11 Smyer got its playoff run going the right way with a rout of Morton in a Class 1A Division I bi-district playoff at Littlefield High School.
Kennedy Farr and Brogan Henley each added 12 points for the Lady Cats (28-6), who advance to face McCamey at 6:30 p.m. on Friday in Seminole.
CLASS 1A DIVISION I BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF
at Littlefield HS
SMYER 71, MORTON 31
Morton 4 3 6 18 — 31
Smyer 17 14 15 25 — 71
Leading scorers: Morton, Patton 9; Smyer, Locke 32, Farr 12, Henley 12. Records: Smyer 28-6.
■ Palo Duro 82
Hereford 47
PLAINVIEW — Sasha Watson and Halley Bates scored 20 and 13 points, respectively, as No. 10 Palo Duro blew out Hereford in a Class 4A bi-district playoff.
The Lady Dons scored the first 14 points of the game and made a 15-3 run to lead 45-18 at halftime. AJahn Harvey added 10 points for Palo Duro (24-7), which gets the Canutillo-El Paso Andress winner in the area round.
Hereford (14-17), making its first playoff appearance in nine years, got 33 points from Brianna Scott. Scott finished as Hereford’s career scoring leader with 2,207 points.
CLASS 4A BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF
at Hutcherson Center, Plainview
PALO DURO 82, HEREFORD 47
Hereford 10 8 19 20 — 47
Palo Duro 23 22 25 12 — 82
Leading scorers: Hereford, Scott 33; Palo Duro, Watson 20, Bates 13, Harvey 10. Records: Hereford 14-17, Palo Duro 24-7.
■ Spearman 67, Tulia 45
AMARILLO — Cynthia Mendoza scored a game-high 14 points, and Spearman jumped out to a big halftime lead en route to a victory over Tulia in a Class 2A bi-district playoff at the Tascosa Activity Center.
Markelya Hicks led Tulia, which ends its season at 24-8, with 10 points. Mattie Turner was next with nine.
Sadye Hanna added 12 for the Lynxettes (19-10), who advance to play Lamesa on Friday in Hereford. Kyla Walker added 11 points and Mabry Sutterfield 10 in the win.
CLASS 2A BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF
at Tascosa HS Activity Center, Amarillo
SPEARMAN 67, TULIA 45
Tulia 11 11 13 10 — 45
Spearman 17 18 10 22 — 67
Leading scorers: Tulia, Hicks 10, Turner 9; Spearman, Mendoza 14, Hanna 12, Walker 11, Sutterfield 10. Records: Tulia 24-8, Spearman 19-10.
