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Canadian Middle School eighth-graders Flint Hill and Chaynee Slavin each qualified for the Junior High National Finals Rodeo, which will be held June 20-26, in Des Moines, Iowa. Hill rides for Team Texas.

The Canadian Wildcat football team earned high praise for a tremendous season during the 63rd Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame banquet Sunday at the Amarillo Civic Center. The Wildcats won the Leslie and Nard Cazzell “Big Play” Memorial Award for Josh Culwell’s game-winning 52-yard touchdown pass to Reagan Cochran with 28 seconds left to beat Franklin 35-34 for the Class 3A Division II state championship at Arlington’s AT&T Stadium in December.

The Canadian Wildcat and Lady Cat basketball programs recently completed another successful summer of basketball camps over the past couple of weeks. Canadian girls’ basketball Head Coach Aaron Marks held the Lady Cats’ camp May 24-26, while the boys’ basketball camp, led by Wildcat Basketball Head Coach Brandon Wall, was held on June 1-3.

Recent Canadian High School graduates Reagan Cochran, left, Colton Cooper, Ethan Jackson, and Twister Kelton represented the state championship Wildcat football program one final time as a part of the West team at the XXXIII K101 Classic Bowl in Woodward, Oklahoma, on Saturday. The East squad won 26-8. Cooper recovered a fumble in the game, and Cochran was honored with a $2,000 scholarship. PHOTO PROVIDED

The Canadian Lady Cat and Wildcat junior varsity and varsity coaches wasted little time getting their teams back into action, by hosting team camps over the last two Fridays and scheduling round robin play with visiting teams from Pampa, Borger, and Gruver. Canadian boys head basketball coach Brandon Wall told sportswriter Kale Steed he enjoyed seeing his teams hit the court again. “We didn’t get to do this last year,” Wall said, “so it really gave us a chance to work on ourselves and improve. Right now, with this time we have playing in these camps gives us a chance to improve on our weaknesses.” Shown in photos above are Samantha Krehbiel, Berkleigh Beedy, Jake Krehbiel and Julian Dominguez. PHOTOS BY ALAN HALE

The PGA of America announced last week that priority access to tickets for the 2022 PGA Championship—to be played at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from May 16-22, 2022—will be released to those who purchased tickets to the just-completed KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship beginning Monday, June 14. For those who registered for the 2022 PGA Championship, remaining tickets will be released beginning Monday, June 21. Those interested in attending the first PGA Championship to be played at Southern Hills since 2007—when Tiger Woods captured the Wanamaker Trophy for the fourth time—can still register at www.pgachampionship.com/attend/2022/tickets through June 20. For more information about the PGA Championship, visit PGAChampionship.com.

Tennis Camp begins June 14 An evening tennis camp is planned at Canadian High School from Tuesday-Thursday, June 14-16, for students entering grades 2nd-9th next year. Camps will be held from 6:30-7:45 pm for students entering grades 2nd-5th, and from 8-9:15 pm for those entering grades 6th-9th.

Canadian High School was well represented during the K101 Classic Bowl girls’ All-Star basketball game at Boomer Gym in Woodward, Oklahoma, on Tuesday night. Lady Cat Basketball Head Coach Aaron Marks and recent Lady Cat graduate Jasmyn Moreno helped lead the White team to a 48-30 win against the Red squad.