Photos courtesy of Charla Shults
The Pampa Harvesters had a tough stretch of games where they took on Randall, Dumas, Canyon and West Plains. The Harvesters went 0-3 in the games against Canyon ISD schools. But the Harvesters are sitting in the fourth spot ahead of Borger, Perryton and Dumas.
“Definitely not the week we wanted, but we still ended up 4-3 in the first half of district to sit in fourth place,” Head Coach Braydon Barker said. “It is going to take seven to eight wins to get into the playoffs, so we just have to take care of business in the second half of district.”
The Harvesters fell to West Plains 64-46 on Friday in a game played earlier in the day due to inclement weather.
While Senior Conner Hall doesn’t see much playing time throughout the season. Barker noted that he is one of the team's best shooters.
Conner Hall
“Conner is one of the best shooters on our team,” Barker said. “He hasn't shot the ball as well as he would have liked this year, but he can get hot at any moment. Once he sees a shot or two go in, he can be a big weapon for us.”
The Harvesters lost to Canyon in a close 50-46 loss that actually saw Pampa lead 35-19 at half. “We had a great start to the game,” Barker said. “We were flying around on defense and taking care of the ball on offense. After we took a 14-point lead in the third quarter, we started turning the ball over which led to easy baskets for Canyon.”
Senior Trill Young is another Harvester that comes off the bench and had two points and a deflection in the contest.
“Trill is another one of our seniors that has been on varsity since his sophomore year,” Barker said.”He is our quickest player, so we like to get the ball in his hands to make plays. When he is in the game, our tempo really picks up.”
Trill Young
The Harvesters return to action on Tuesday when they start the next round of District play as they host Borger for Teacher Appreciation Night.
“Borger hasn't had a great year, but anything can happen in a Pampa/Borger game,” Barker said. “We can not go in to that game Tuesday and take them lightly. We are going to have to play with the same effort and intensity as we do against everyone else.”
Stat Round Up
Vs. Canyon
Senior Dalton Booth had 13 points, had 2 threes, went 1-2 in free throws, had four rebounds, two assists, one deflection, a steal and a block; Sophomore Talan Garcia had three assists and a steal; Senior Jose Alonzo had 23 points, hit five threes with three rebounds, two assists, two decflections and three steals; Senior Trill Young had three points, went 1-2 in free throws and had a rebound; Sophomore Aaron Martinez had a point off a free throws, one rebound, one assists and two deflections; Senior Parker Webb had four points with three rebounds and two deflections; Senior Tristan Bagwell had four rebounds and an assists; Senior Dase Scott had two points and two rebounds.
Vs. West Plains
Alonzo had 13 points, went 3-4 in free throws and had a rbeound and three streaks; Booth had 11 points, went 4-6 in free throws, with four rebounds, three assists, one deflection and five steals; Young had two points with one deflection; Martinez had nine points with seven rebounds and two steals; Senior Keegan Upton had two points with three rebounds and one deflection; Webb had nine points with five rebounds, one assist and two steals; Bagwell had four rebounds.
District Standings
Team District Record
West Plains 7-0
Randall 5-1 didn’t play v Borger Friday
Canyon 5-2
Pampa 4-3
Dumas 3-4
Perryton 2-5
Hereford 1-6 Borger 0-6 didn’t play v Randall Friday