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Canadian’s own Chaynee Slavin and Tayln Wright staged outstanding performances at the Oklahoma Junior High State Rodeo Association finals held in Woodward on May 15-17.

Canadian High School’s Most Valuable Players and Players of the Year in every sport were also named during the annual Athletic Awards presentation on Thursday.

Despite a sports season that abruptly ended—halted by an opponent no one was really prepared for—Canadian High School celebrated its athletes in virtual style Thursday evening, with video-recorded presentations by the Wildcat and Lady Cat coaches.

Gracie Huntress, Canadian High School senior, signed with head coach Dewayne Mauldin to play golf for Oklahoma Panhandle State University last week. Her coach at CHS, Hayden Merket, said, “Gracie was a good player for us her sophomore and freshman year.

The Texas Girls Coaches Association announced its selections to the 2019-20 All-State basketball teams in six conferences this week. CHS Sophomore Mattie Boyd was one of 50 girls basketball players in Conference 3A to be named to the All-State team. Athletes are nominated by their member coaches.

Just as COVID-19 has disrupted other sporting events, several local rodeoers will qualified for state and national finals in their divisions, and are hoping those events will not be canceled.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has taken an unimaginable global toll—not only in the number of lives it has stolen, but in the way of life it has disrupted and the economic impact it has had.

Canadian High School seniors Cooper and Carsen Norris recently signed with the rodeo team in Vernon College to compete in breakaway roping.

Higgins senior Cora Watson signed her letter of intent to play basketball with Clarendon College on Wednesday, April 15. In her final season as a Lady Coyote, she proved that she is more than up to the task, averaging 21.4 points, 3.7 assists, and 4.4 steals per game.

Former Canadian Wildcat Cameron Copley was among 21 student-athletes named last week to the inaugural Lone Star Conference Athletic Performance All-Conference team. Cameron is one of the leaders of the Lubbock Christian University Chaps basketball team, despite the fact that he is only a sophomore.