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Colton Cooper, a 6-foot-1, 190- senior, is in his second season of being a two-way starter as an offensive and defensive lineman for the Wildcats. Cooper played and started in all 15 games for a Canadian team that was 14-1 last year, advancing to the Class 3A Division II state semifinals.

The No. 2-ranked Canadian Wildcats didn’t miss a beat from a year ago, coming out in midseason form thanks to an explosive offensive performance in their 77-26 beating of West Texas High Friday night at Wildcat Stadium.

The Canadian Wildcat varsity and junior varsity boys competed in their first crosscountry meet of the 2020 season at Borger last Saturday. Senior Rylun Clark led Canadian’s debut outing, finishing the 3-mile course in 17:58 to claim 10th-place overall.

Weekend Bucks and Does Tourney attracts 25 teams Twenty-five teams competed in last weekend’s Bucks and Does tournament at the Canadian Golf Course. Winners of the Championship Flight were the first-place team of RJ and Deb Vandygriff, with 132; second-place Price Barton and Debbie Holtsclaw with 136; and third-place Mack and Janet Leach with 138.

The 3rd Annual Golf Tournament for the Mona Jennings Freeman Memorial Scholarship was held on Aug. 8 at Pampa Country Club. The weather was quite nice, a little windy for a golfer’s preference, but you could not tell it by the team scores.

Steve Forrest of Canadian Sports Network reports this week that he and Russell “The Voice of the Wildcats” Gadbois are planning to livestream this year’s Canadian Wildcat football games on Facebook Live.

Canadian barrel racer Tamara Reinhardt and her horse, Yessir Imareddie, will compete next month in the elite RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo, which has been moved from its original venue in Kissimmee, Florida, to Greeley, Colorado

The Canadian Record is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Kale Steed, of presspasssports.com, to cover Wildcat football this year. Kale’s first assignment with The Record will be to help produce next week’s Pigskin Preview edition, which will be out on newsstands, Thursday, Aug.

PHOTOGRAPHER ALAN HALE CAUGHT THIS PHOTO OF THE FIRST DAY OF FOOTBALL WORKOUTS IN WILDCAT STADIUM LAST WEEK.

A LONE CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.