Sports

Wildcat tennis teams had a very busy travel week, participating in the Caprock Varsity Tennis Tournament last Friday, March 4; the Wellington Tournament on Monday, March 7; and the Amarillo Tournament on Tuesday, March 8.

Wildcat and Lady Cat golfers teed off their season with last week’s Canadian Invitational, which attracted players from 11 area schools. The Wildcat boys golf team warmed up the greens on Monday, Feb.

The CMS Wildcat seventh- and eighth-grade squads collected two team first places at Wellington’s Junior High Rocket Relays last Thursday. It was their first track and field event of the season, and the Cats made a strong showing.

FRENSHIP— Idalou’s strong defense, mixed in with an untimely cold shooting streak, doomed No. 1 Canadian in a 52-39 loss in the Region I-3A championship at a packed Tiger Pit on Saturday afternoon.

Tennis players from area schools descended on the Canadian High School tennis courts last Tuesday, Feb. 22, with rackets in hand, to take full advantage of sunny skies and relatively mild temperatures. By Wednesday morning, winter had returned, temperatures had dropped again, and bitter temperatures brought across-the-board cancellations of the week’s remaining spring sports events.

Canadian’s varsity Lady Cats fell behind early and couldn’t come back in an 11-1 loss to Childress here Tuesday. Childress scored on an error during Clarissa Gamboa’s at-bat and a single by Kaidie Hackler in the first inning.

Coach Tim Fletcher reported great success by the Lady Cat tennis team in the Amarillo Tennis Tournament held Tuesday, March 1. Abbi Voorhees won 3-of-3 matches, winning the championship 7-6, 6-4. The Lady Cat doubles teams finished first and second. Clara Pulliam and Karen Aragon won 4-of-4 matches to take the top spot, winning 6-7, 6-2, 10-1. Rita Osornio and Araceli Saldivar won 2-of- 3 matches to place second, finishing 7-9, 2-6, 1-10.

Canadian gained a measure of revenge they’ve waited a year for on Tuesday night, making a major statement in the process. The Lady Cats knocked off Shallowater 51-45 during a Class 3A regional quarterfinal showdown of state-ranked teams, in what was an electrifying atmosphere at Amarillo’s Caprock Activity Center.