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Laurie Ezzell Brown | The Record Canadian’s Wildcat junior varsity owned a 7-0 lead over Randall at halftime of last Thursday’s contest, but watched it slip away in the second half and were unable to answer two Raider touchdowns in a 7-14 final. Following a scoreless first quarter, a 35-yard touchdown pass from Keelan Baileys to Camden Cook, followed by a Jose Valenzuela extra-point boot, lit up the scoreboard for the first and only time before halftime.

After a strong finish in non-district play, the No. 5-ranked Canadian Wildcats now turn their complete attention to the District 3-3A Division II half of their schedule.

Fresh off a bye week, the Canadian Wildcats will have one final non-district tune-up before starting district play next week at rival Childress. Two weeks removed from playing their best game of the season in a 56-14 pummeling of Perryton, the Wildcats will once again step up classifications in a major way Friday night, when they take on the Randall High School Raiders from Class 4A, Division I.

The Canadian Wildcat varsity and middle school cross-country teams made a splash Saturday morning by winning the Wheeler Invitational. The varsity boys finished first out of 11 teams to win the event.

CMS Wildcat football teams scored back-toback knockout punches against the Bushland Falcons last Thursday, and gave the hometown fans quite a show’. The seventh-grade Cats (3-0) got their licks in first.

Canadian’s Junior League Wildcats showed no mercy against their host team, the Clarendon Broncos, last Saturday. The 5/6 Cats posted a 36-10 win over Clarendon, while the 3/4 Cats shut their opponents out in a 30-0 victory.

This was the game the Canadian Wildcats and their fans have been waiting for. After frustrating back-to-back losses, the Wildcats hushed doubters by putting a complete game together in a blistering 56-14 Homecoming victory over Perryton last Friday at Wildcat Stadium.

Running at the Lubbock ISD Invitational is as close to a Region I preview as possible during the regular season. By that measure, the Canadian Lady Cat cross-country team put themselves on the map as serious contenders with a second-place team finish in the Class 3A Division on Saturday afternoon at Mae Simmons Park.