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Bareback Riding 1st (tie)-Brazos Winters, 78, $359.36 and Clayton Hibler, 78, $359.36; 3rd-Matt Dockendof, 77, 179.68. Barrel Racing 1st-Madison Bean, 16.168, $970.46; 2nd- Skyla Peters, 16.240, $803.14; 3rd-Jane Fambro, 16.252, $635.82; 4th-Camree Slavin, 16.253, $468.50; 5th-Kiley Slavin, 16.257, $301.18; 6th-April Gomez, 16.272, $167.32.

Six Lady Cat softball players were recently honored as members of the 2022 1-3A Softball All-District team. Freshman infielder Lilly Bradford was the sole Lady Cat named to the first team. Second-team selections included three CHS juniors—pitcher Leah Moreno, and infielders Haeleigh Thompson and Jaime Salazar—as well as two freshmen, catcher Kenzie Flowers and outfielder Carlie Renfro. Bushland senior Jillian Howell was named MVP. River Road’s Carolyn Kovall, a freshman, was named Newcomer of the Year. Her teammate, freshman Ava Sharp, shared the honor of Co-Offensive Player of the Year with Bushland sophomore Abby Howell. Bushland senior Jaycee Adams was a unanimous pick for Defensive Player of the Year. PHOTOS BY ALAN HALE ALAN79014.SMUGMUG.COM

The 2022 high school and middle school football seasons are fast approaching, and now is the time to apply to become a Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO) football official. Individuals, including men and women from across the Texas Panhandle, interested in officiating are encouraged to apply and begin the education and other requirements to officiate. New Amarillo Chapter officials will have the opportunity to officiate games across the Texas Panhandle starting this season after completing organized preseason training. To apply, please visit TASO.org. New football officials will be paired with experienced officials to learn the NCAA football rules and officiating mechanics. It is a great way to be on the field, get exercise, learn officiating techniques, and work with other officials and outstanding youth in our region. If you are interested and want additional information, please visit amarefs.org. There will be a preseason rules clinic on Saturday, July 30, from 9 am to 3 pm, at the Region 16 Education Service Center, located at 5800 Bell St. in Amarillo. Individuals are encouraged to apply to be an official and register for the clinic.

Press Pass Sports founder Kale Steed—a Canadian native who also serves as a sportswriter for The Canadian Record—was honored last weekend as Texas Girls Coaches Association Sportswriter of the Year, Division I, during the 2022 Honor Awards Banquet, held Monday, July 11, in Arlington.

Canadian Rodeo Association will present the 134th Annual 4th of July Rodeo with evening performances on Friday and Saturday at 7 pm, Slack on Sunday at 6 pm, and the 4th of July event beginning at 2 pm on Monday. Admission will be $10, $5 for those 6-12, and kids under 5 are free.

Events include bareback riding, ranch bronc riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie-down calf roping, ladies breakaway and barrel racing, team roping, and mutton busting.

Thursday night scrambles winners Members of the winning team at last week’s Thursday night scrambles at the Canadian Golf Club were Evan Prater, Halie Helms, Conner King, Curt McPherson, Brian Gallagher, and Dale Schafer. They won with a collective 8-under-par.

Four Canadian riders will be contestants in the 2022 National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR), which will be held July 17- 23 in Gillette, Wyoming’s CAM-PLEX Event Center. Dessa Hext has qualified for nationals in both poles and barrels.

It was easily 100-plus degrees last Thursday afternoon—and much hotter on that artificial turf—when members and coaches of the Canadian Wildcat Junior Football League spread out on the field at Wildcat Stadium and started their strengthening and conditioning drills. The sidelines were littered with water bottles, which were frequently refilled, and drained, and refilled again.

Canadian’s Chaynee Slavin is now the world champion pole bender for Team Oklahoma, following her three performances at the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Perry, Georgia, last week. Slavin scored a combined 60.843 on her three pole runs, competing against 164 other riders.

In their second season of play, the Lady Cat Softball Club joined the Pampa Optimist Softball League and took first in the league with both the 10-and-under (10U) and 12-andunder (12U) teams. In lieu of a 12U bracket, the 12U team actually played up into the 14U bracket for the Optimists.