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Lady Cat Varsity The Lady Cat cross-country team had a great showing in Saturday’s Canadian Invitational, held at the Hemphill County Recreation Complex.

WILDCAT JUNIOR VARSITY In their hometown debut, Canadian’s junior varsity Wildcats rebounded from their previous week’s loss to Bushland with a 28-14 win over the Perryton Rangers. The Rangers got on the board first in the opening quarter with a 40-yard scoring run and PAT, and a 3-yard TD run.

Winners in last weekend’s Two Gals and a Gal Golf Scramble were announced this week. Topping the championship flight were the first-place team of Bob Daniel, Kym Daniel, and Steve West with a score of 123.

In a contest that was, by definition, a tale of two halves, Canadian uncharacteristically saw a 28-point halftime lead vanish in the blink of a second half that resulted in a heartbreaking 49-42 overtime loss to Bushland.

Canadian’s Lady Cat cross-country runners kicked off their season well, winning the Wellington meet on Saturday on the legs of first- and second-place finishers Konnar McClendon and Arionna Black.

Each year, the Canadian Education Foundation chooses a Canadian High School Honor Team to recognize during Homecoming. This year’s honor team was comprised of members of the 1975-76 football team, as well as their support team of coaches, cheerleaders, drum majors, and twirlers.

In a tough week for Canadian football, the seventh-grade Cats escaped with a 26-6 win over the Bushland Falcons who pulled off a three-game upset against the Wildcats last week.

Canadian avenged its only loss from last season, thanks to a second-half surge of 20 unanswered points that lifted the No. 2-ranked Wildcats past Iowa Park, 40-21, last Friday night at Wildcat Stadium.

The Wildcat cross-country teams competed in Borger on Saturday, in their first meet of the season.