Canadian hurt itself by making costly special teams’ mistakes while not executing in the red zone. Abernathy made the Wildcats pay with a 37-26 regional semifinal win last Friday afternoon at Dick Bivins Stadium.

That means, there will be a new state champion in UIL Class 3A Division II in 2021. Canadian was one of six defending UIL state champions to fall over Thanksgiving weekend. Aledo, Argyle, …