Sports

Eight junior high/middle schools competed at the Borger track meet on Thursday, March 5. The CMS 7th-grade girls and 8th-grade girls teams both took first place with 162 points and 137 points, respectively.

Last Friday evening, Feb. 29, the Canadian Wildcats (15-2) took on the Ballinger Bearcats (26-8) in Guthrie for the area championship.

Coming off of the first victory in the program’s history, the Canadian Lady Cat softball team headed down to Wichita Falls to participate in a tournament. They did much more than participate, however, dominating the field and winning five of six games with their only loss coming from Childress.

Canadian High School golfers competed Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Amarillo Invitational meet, held at the Ross Rogers Wild Horse Golf Course. The Lady Cat varsity improved on last week’s third-place showing at Burkburnett, claiming first-place overall among the seven-team competition.

The Canadian Tennis Tournament hosted 12 different schools from the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, in an event held—due to weather delays—at the Amarillo Tennis Center.

The CMS seventh-grade girls won the Wheeler track meet with 246 points. Spearman came in second with 115 points. The eighth-grade girls also took first with 190 points, with Wellington in second place with 174.5 points.

On Monday, Feb. 24, the Canadian Wildcats (14-2) took on the Brownfield Cubs (11-21) in a contest for the bi-district championship. The Wildcats put on a dominating performance for the majority of the game, but the Cubs had a late streak that brought them back into contention for the win.

CANADIAN VS. MEMPHIS, TUESDAY, FEB. 25

Canadian’s Lady Cat and Wildcat golf teams competed last Thursday in their first invitational golf meet of the season at Burkburnett’s River Creek Golf Course. The day was shortened to nine holes due to the cold weather.

Canadian’s 3rd- and 4th-grade boys basketball team beat the Shamrock A-Team 16-13 in last Saturday’s Shamrock Basketball Tournament to win the tournament.