Nine individuals were selected as members of the Class of 2026 Texas High School Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 9, in Waco. Among them were Canadian High School’s now-retired Head Coach and Athletic Director Chris Koetting.
Those honored during the induction ceremony held in the SWC Gallery of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame were:
CHS students Rene Osornio (senior) and Jasmine Avila (junior) qualified for the 3A UIL State Academic Meet in Austin after placing in the top three at their respective events at the region meet Saturday.
Avila took gold in Editorial Writing, and Osornio earned 2nd place in Feature Writing.
Other students who placed at the 3A Region 1 Academic UIL Meet were:
Emmanuel Jimenez: 4th News Writing
Agnes Adams Scholarship Fund
Jessa Bell $ 1,000
Avery Timmons $ 1,000
Ben R. & Nancy M Ezzell Memorial Scholarship
Ethan Gerhardt $ 500
Bob & Bettye Ward Scholarship
Canadian High School commencement ceremonies were conducted on Saturday, May 24, at Chris Koetting Field in Wildcat Stadium. Seventy-six members of the CHS Class of 2025 received their diplomas from trustees Rudy Godino, Jessica Cowden, Cody Culwell, Heath Mitchell, Bryan Bartlett, Tatum Pennington and Kent Sisco.
On June 21, 2024, 17-year-old Camden Ryan Cook of Canadian was arrested and charged with the June 9th aggravated assault causing bodily injury of Flint Wayne Hill, 17, a Hemphill County resident. Cook was one of three young men charged with the assault, which occurred late in the evening of June 8, on private property located on Marshall Drive.
Among his injuries, Hill sustained blowout fractures of the left eye socket, multiple fractures of the right socket and a broken nose.
“Canadian High School’s most honored award is the Liske Cup,” Superintendent Lynn Pulliam said, as he announced its recipient following the presentation of diplomas to 72 graduates of the Class of 2024 Saturday morning at Wildcat Stadium.
Next Saturday, May 11, Canadian High School alumnae (Class of 2020) Violeta and Jazmin Talavera will be among 1,500 students who will receive their diplomas in commencement ceremonies at West Texas A&M University.
The two sisters are both graduates of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. They have been hired at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, where Violeta will be work in NICU and Jazmin in Med-Surge.
CANYON — Student scholars for the 2024-2025 cohort of a prestigious West Texas A&M University program have been announced. Among those named to this year’s Rogers Lead WT cohort is Oscar Navarro, a sophomore accounting major from Canadian.
The Dyke and Terry Rogers Leadership Education and Development Program, or Rogers LEAD WT, was created in 2012 to challenge high-achieving students to further develop their leadership potential.
Canadian High School won the 3A District 1 UIL Academic Meet April 2 with a staggering 688 points, beating Bushland’s second place score of only 281 points. The top three individuals in each event and first place teams will advance to the Region 1 UIL Academic Meet April 26-27 in Abilene.
Here are the results for each team and individual placement.
Accounting
• 1st Place-Will Fry
• 3rd Place-Anderson Perkins
• 4th Place-Carlos Sanchez
Canadian High School Senior Karson Thompson placed third in the Regional power-lifting competition two weeks ago, and will compete in the 2024 Texas High School Powerlifting Association Finals this Saturday, March, 22 in Abilene. The event will be held at the Taylor County Expo Center, located at 1700 Hwy 36. Karson is the son of Michelle and Dee Thompson of Canadian.
