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It has been a very up and down stretch recently for the No. 6-ranked Canadian Lady Cat basketball team.

Once again, the Canadian Wildcats are playing football in the month of December.

The Thanksgiving break didn’t stop the No. 6-ranked Canadian Lady Cats from feasting on its opponents last week. Canadian started by avenging a year-old loss to Gruver, then going down to Wichita Falls and winning the Fantasy of Lights Tournament small-school division to cap a 5-0 performance.

For an unprecedented 11th straight year, the Canadian Wildcat football team will play on Thanksgiving weekend.

The junior varsity Lady Cats got a five-game workout in Amarillo tournament play last week and chalked up three victories.

Canadian opened the UIL Class 3A Division II playoffs looking like a team on a mission, absolutely destroying last year’s regional champion, Lubbock Roosevelt, 70-8, last Thursday at Happy State Bank Stadium in Canyon.

Former Canadian Wildcat Manny Ramsey recently wrapped up his very successful playing career at Fort Hays State last Saturday against Pittsburg State (Kansas). Ramsey’s team fell 35-14 to a very talented Pitt squad, and Ramsey’s final stat from that contest was a solo catch for 7 yards.

FRESHMAN LADY CATS On Saturday, Nov. 12, Coach Josh Mayhew’s ninth-grade Lady Cats defeated the Lefors varsity girls in a 24-18 game. Leading scorers were Sophia Mills and Addy Boyd, with 7 points each, and Sadie Kauk with 6.

Canadian ended the regular season by sending its seniors out in a big way thanks to a 77-0 rout of Dimmitt at Wildcat Stadium on Friday. The Wildcats end the regular season on a seven-game win streak, entering the postseason at 8-2 overall and the outright champions of District 3-3A Division II.

Laurie Ezzell Brown | The Record In their first game of the season here Tuesday, Canadian’s Lady Cat junior varsity basketball team lost a hard-fought 32-33 game to Tascosa’s Lady Rebels.