H.S. football roundup: Canyon soars over Borger

Canyon used a balanced attack to open the new season with a dominating 44-7 victory over Borger.

The Eagles were led by senior quarterback Cade McCallie, who completed 11 of 17 passes for 157 yards and two touchdowns. McCallie also added 40 yards on the ground, including a 17-yard touchdown in the final quarter.

The balanced attack from Canyon amassed a total of 138 yards on the ground and 164 yards through the air for 302 total yards.

Borger ammassed 318 yards, with 251 yards through the air.

Both teams battled penalties as Borger totaled 120 yards worth on 17 penalties and Canyon collected 14 flags for 136 yards.

The key to Canyon's win was tracking down five turnovers, including three interceptions to move to 1-0 on the young season.

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Canyon147815-44

C-Nathan Spencer 4 run (Ryan Guevara kick)

C-Spencer 1 run (Guevara kick)

B-Kendrick Freeman 3 run (Miguel Rangel kick)

C-Isaac Garland 9 pass from Cade McCallie (Guevar kick)

C-Dakota Puga 22 pass from McCallie (Spencer run)

C-Spencer 2 run (Garland pass from McCallie)

C-McCallie 17 run (Guevara kick)

BorgerCanyon

First Downs1315

Rushing Yards67138

Passing Yards251164

Total Yards318302

C-A-I26-41-312-19-0

Punts-Avg.5-276-39

Fumbles-Lost2-20-0

Penalties-Yards17-12014-136

Dalhart46

Sanford-Fritch7

Dalhart racked up 468 yards, including 423 on the ground, en route to a lopsided home win Friday over Sanford-Fritch.

The Golden Wolves (1-0) passed for 98 yards on three completions, while the Eagles (0-1) rushed for 196 yards.

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Dalhart7121314-46

Scoring summary unavailable.

Sanford-FritchDalhart

First DownsN/AN/A

Rushing Yards196423

Passing Yards098

Total Yards191468

C-A-I0-4-13-9-0

Punts-Avg.4-32.252-39.5

Fumbles-Lost6-23-0

Penalties-YardsN/A-5N/A-53

Spearman41

Shamrock0

Beau Brown ran for four touchdowns and Baird Tanner rushed for 161 yards Friday, leading Spearman to a win over host Shamrock.

The Lynx (1-0) held the Irish (0-1) to 154 total yards in the Zero Week shutout. Spearman's offense piled up 442 yards of total offense, including 231 combined rushing yards from Brown and Tanner.

Leon Smith led Shamrock with 45 rushing yards on 12 carries.

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Shamrock0000-0

SP-Baird Tanner 40 rush (Jackson Clay kick good)

SP-Beau Brown 5 rush (Clay kick)

SP-Brown 1 rush (kick failed)

SP-Brown 23 rush (Clay kick)

SP-Brown 7 rush (Clay kick)

SP-Clay 9 rush (Clay kick)

SpearmanShamrock

First Downs159

Rushing Yards31399

Passing Yards12955

Total Yards442154

C-A-IN/AN/A

Punts-Avg.06-28

Fumbles-Lost1-14-2

Penalties-Yards8-705-35

Stratford31

Sunray 12

Fernando Jacquez scored on a short run and Gerardo Romero added two TD runs in the opening half to take Stratford to a commanding halftime lead as the Elks rolled to a solid road win over Sunray in the season opener for both teams.

Jacquez got the Elks on the scoreboard in the first period when he scored from 4 yards out, and Romero added TD runs of 11 and 8 yards in the second quarter to stake them to a 24-6 lead at halftime.

Mario Lechuga threw touchdown passes of 40 yards to Daniel Hernandez in the second quarter and 9 yards to Carlos Herrera in the third period for Sunray's only points.

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Sunray0660-12

ST-Fernando Jacquez 4 run (Jesus Tarango kick).

ST-Gerardo Romero 11 run (Tarango kick).

SUN-Daniel Hernandez 40 pass from Mario Lechuga (kick failed).

ST-Safety.

ST-Romero 8 run (Trevor Melton pass from Jack McBryde).

SUN-Carlos Herrera 9 pass from Lechuga (run failed).

ST-Jiovani Romero 1 run (Tarango kick).

SunrayStratford

First Downs1220

Rushing Yards141221

Passing Yards11937

Total Yards260258

C-A-I12-27-14-9-0

Punts-Avg.4-293-43

Fumbles-Lost0-03-1

Penalties-Yards10-776-55

Childress14

Wellington0

For the first time since 2010, the Wellington Skyrockets have lost a regular-season contest.

The Skyrockets came out on the losing end of a defensive slugfest with Childress, snapping the fourth-longest regular-season winning streak in Class 2A at 34 games.

The key play of the game came in the fourth quarter when Childress quarterback Bryce Bowman connected with Kaden Keys on a 90-yard pass for the first scoring play of the game.

Austin Gonzales would later add a five-yard touchdown to give the Bobcats the 14-0 lead.

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C-Kaden Keys 90 pass from Bryce Bowman (Jessie Romero kick)

C-Austin Gonzales 5 run (Romero kick)

ChildressWellington

First Downs813

Rushing Yards39124

Passing Yards12394

Total Yards162218

C-A-I7-12-213-24-1

Punts-Avg.N/AN/A

Fumbles-Lost0-01-0

Penalties-Yards13-859-90

Highland Park29

Vega26

Robert Reyes threw three touchdowns, including two to Timothy Thornton, to lead Highland Park in a home win Friday over Vega.

Thornton totaled 184 yards receiving on four catches for the Hornets (1-0), while Malik Jackson rushed for 70 yards.

Alex Peredes helped turn the game for HP with a fourth-quarter fumble return to bring the score to 22-13.

HP led 29-19 before the Longhorns (0-1) scored in the fourth quarter on a 61-yard run by Justin Joyce, who led Vega with 116 rushing yards on 12 carries.

The Longhorns' Parker Bain rushed for 130 yards and scored on a 3-yard pass from Joyce.

Vega60713-26

Highland Park78014-29

V-Chauncey Sieber 5 run (pass failed).

HP-Timothy Thornton 80 pass from Robert Reyes (Danny Gonzales kick).

HP-Thornton 69 pass from Reyes (Isaac Martinez from Reyes).

V-Justin Joyce 1 run (Trevor Dukes kick).

HP-Alex Peredes 86 fumble return (Gonzales kick)

V-Parker Bain 3 pass from Joyce (kick failed)

HP-Martinez 19 pass from Reyes (Gonzales kick)

V-Joyce 61 run (Dukes kick).

VegaHP

First Downs2812

Rushing Yards274105

Passing Yards201276

Total Yards475381

C-A-I15-28-015-25-0

Punts-Avg.0-02-36

Fumbles-Lost2-11-1

Penalties-Yards13-8511-115

Pampa63

River Road13

The Pampa Harvesters aired the ball out in a fifty-point victory over River Road.

Quarterback Tyler Hooper threw for 507 yards and seven touchdowns. Jayson Thomas caught the ball five times for 183 yards and two touchdowns, and Derek Norris added seven catches for 74 yards and two scores.

Bryce Parker carried the ball just twice for 115 yards and one touchdown as Pampa won their first game under head coach Greg Poyner.

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Pampa1472121-63

Scoring summary and stats were unavailable.

Perryton48

Dumas42 (OT)

Kolby Hall's 3-yard run in overtime spoiled a superb comeback by Dumas as host Perryton edged the Demons in the season opener for both teams.

Perryton led 27-7 at halftime and was in front by a 34-21 margin after three quarters. Dumas, however, scored three unanswered TDs in the final period as Mason Blackwell ran 7, 22 and 24 yards to put his team in front by a 42-34 margin.

The Rangers answered back as substitute quarterback Hadley Allred threw a 18-yard TD pass to Hall with 3:55 remaining and then tossed a 2-point conversion pass to Trent Ottinger to force the overtime.

Perryton scored on its first possession in OT on Hall's run then its defense stopped the Demons' bid to extend the game.

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Perryton1314786-48

P-Kolby Hall 59 run (kick failed).

P-Justin Ventura 8 run (Luis Torres kick).

P-Houston Vela 8 pass from Ventura (kick failed).

P-Carlos Escarsega 1 run (Ragan Watson pass from Ventura).

D-Cedrick Pena 22 pass from Kyler McCoy (Alex Arzola kick).

D-Mason Blackwell 61 run (Arzola kick).

P-Trent Ottinger 9 pass from Hadley Allred (Torres kick).

D-Blackwell 7 run (Arzola kick).

D-Blackwell 22 run (Arzola kick).

D-Blackwell 24 run (Arzola kick).

P-Hall 18 pass from Allred (Ottinger pass from Allred).

P-Hall 3 run (kick failed).

DumasPerryton

First Downs2023

Rushing Yards30996

Passing Yards93320

Total Yards402416

C-A-I7-15-026-36-1

Punts-Avg.N/AN/A

Fumbles-LostN/AN/A

Penalties-YardsN/AN/A

Gruver35

West Texas7

Dax Haight threw two touchdown passes to Carson Williams while Dakota Lopez scored on a pair of short runs to lead host Gruver past West Texas High in the season opener for both teams.

The Greyhounds rolled up 439 yards total offense, while their defense held the Comanches to 104 yards total offense, including just 3 rushing yards on 16 attempts.

The teams combined to throw 64 passes and were flagged a combined 30 times for 265 yards as Gruver was penalized 18 times for 165 yards and WT 12 times for 100 yards.

Haight completed 11 of 19 passes for 211 yards and the two TDs while Jacob Collier rushed for 142 yards on just seven carries. Williams caught seven passes for 178 yards and the two TDs as well as kicking five extra points.

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G-Blake Wills 9 run (Carson Williams kick).

G-Williams 26 pass from Dax Haight (Williams kick).

WT-Emililo Hernandez 5 pass from Tanner Thompson (Joenghwan Lim kick).

G-Williams 20 pass from Haight (Williams kick).

G-Dakota Lopez 6 run (Williams kick).

G-Lopez 1 run (Williams kick).

WT HighGruver

First Downs513

Rushing Yards3214

Passing Yards101225

Total Yards104439

C-A-I13-42-113-22-2

Punts-Avg.7-255-33

Fumbles-Lost1-12-2

Penalties-Yards12-10018-165

Booker35

Amarillo High JV13

Booker opened up the season with a victory over the Amarillo High JV. Hunter Lile led the way, completing 25 of 34 passes for 371 yards and four touchdowns. Lile added 72 yards on the ground.

Jared Reagan was the leading receiver, catching 12 passes for 234 yards and one touchdown.

After his 12 catches, Reagan is just 15 receptions away from the state's all-time record.

Amarillo JV7006-13

Booker72170-35

A-Brian Julsciss 2 run (Knilton kick)

B-Tristian Guzman 5 pass from Hunter Lile (Juan Flores kick)

B-Israel Silva 38 pass from Lile (Flores)

B-Angel Ramirez 4 run (Flores kick)

B-Reagan 56 pass from Lile (Flores kick)

B-Ramirez 3 pass from Lile (Flores kick)

A-Julciss 4 run (kick failed)

AmarilloBooker

First Downs1823

Rushing Yards23179

Passing Yards103371

Total Yards334450

C-A-I25-34-06-11-0

Punts-Avg.3-46.72-28.6

Fumbles-Lost4-11-0

Penalties-Yards7-8011-103