Fresh off a much-needed bye week, the Canadian Wildcats shift their attention to the district portion of their schedule when the No. 5-ranked Cats open league play against Spearman at 7 pm Friday night at Lynx Stadium.

TO CANADIAN ISD VOTERS In both Hemphill and Lipscomb counties: Canadian ISD will also conduct a special school board election on Nov. 2 to fill the unexpired term of Landon Landry, who resigned last month.

City of Canadian crews were working at the corner of Main and 6th streets Wednesday morning on a damaged valve that is slowly leaking, forming pools of water at crossing intersections on the north side of Main Street. Director of Public Works Tommy Wyatt said they have not shut down any water lines, yet, and are trying to avoid any issues that might cause a backflow of water into the lines.

The Canadian Wildcats managed to block the memory of the previous week’s gut-wrenching loss to Bushland with a stellar offensive showing during a 51-28 victory against rival Perryton on Friday at Ranger Stadium.