Canadian Middle School sixthgrader, Mark Haygood garnered two top awards at the 4th Annual National Junior Hereford Association’s (NJHA) Fed Steer Shootout contest, Oct. 22, in Kansas City. He was awarded Champion Commercial Individual and Reserve Champion Commercial Individual. Mark is the son of Lee and Jacqui Haygood of Indian Mound Ranch in Canadian.

Megan Ann Reed has completed her studies at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, and is graduating this month with her BSN/RN degree. While at WTAMU, she was a member of Delta Zeta and the WTAMU Nurses Association, and was an honor inductee into the National Society of Leadership and Success. The year 2020 is a very special one for nurses worldwide, due to the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale (The Lady with the Lamp). Due to current circumstances the pinning ceremony and graduation ceremony were required to be virtual. Megan graduated from Canadian High School in 2016 and is the daughter of James and Janet Reed, and the granddaughter of Jim and Marge Hoobler, all of Canadian.

ARLINGTON–The setting couldn’t have been more perfect. Inside the cathedral housing those Texas legend Dallas Cowboys, the Canadian Wildcats signed their names in permanent ink to Texas Panhandle football history.

The Canadian Wildcats made an emphatic statement last Friday night: Absolutely nothing will keep them from playing for a Class 3A Division II state championship. In one of the more anticipated state semifinals in Texas, the Wildcats whipped rival Gunter in every phase of the contest, engineering a convincing 33-6 win at Anthony Field Wildcats Stadium in Abilene last Friday.