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After a rough start to their season, the seventh-grade Wildcats improved to 2-2 overall and an undefeated 2-0 district record last Thursday with their 22-0 shutout over the Highland Park Hornets. The Cats sent Highland Park packing on their first possession with a fourth-down stop at the 28-yard line.

Gary Anderson, 5-foot-10, 155-pound senior, has started in all five games for Canadian at wide receiver and defensive back this season. Anderson had a career-night last Friday in the Wildcats’ 81-6 district throttling of Highland Park.

Both the Lady Cat varsity and CMS crosscountry teams staked pieces of first place in the 3200-meter run at Saturday’s Guymon Invitational. Three CHS varsity girls medaled, while CMS runner Konnar McClendon claimed another first-place in a packed field.

Landon Smith, 5-foot-6, 140-pound senior, has played in all four games this season at running back and linebacker for the Wildcats. During Canadian’s 52-14 thumping of the Hugoton (Kansas) Eagles, Smith ran the ball five times for 19 yards including a touchdown.

The Canadian Wildcats reveled in the opportunity to play football again for the first time in 21 days, roughing up the Hugoton Eagles in a 52-14 blowout Friday night in Kansas. The No.

Easton Schafer, (at left), and Hollis Poe (#36) stop this Merritt, Oklahoma, player during last Saturday’s 3-4 grade football game here at Wildcat Stadium. The Cats won this contest 26-0, and emerged with a 3-1 record, with three games left in the season. Their championship tournament is set for October 31st in Sayre, Oklahoma. PHOTO BY NATE LEE

For the second time in three weeks, the Canadian Wildcats have seen a football game canceled due coronavirus issues. The latest snakebite was delivered Tuesday when unbeaten No.

Wildcat cross-country runner George Abraham led his field in the boys varsity 5K event on Saturday, completing the run in 18:22 for first place, ahead of teammates Rylun Clark (4th) and Ivan Robledo (9th), Jaxton Valenzuela (16th), Ethan Flowers (17th), and Cade Dunbar (19th), all of whom were in the top-20 and contributed to the Canadian team’s first-place. Anderson Perkins (24th), Lino Lugo (26th), and Eric Huntress (27th) finished the 3.2-mile run, which took place in 95-degree heat at Lubbock’s Mae Simmons Park.

In their second face-off this year, the Canadian Wildcat junior varsity fell again to the Bushland Falcons—this time in a decisive 23-39 loss. The Cats played really hard, said Coach Tim Fletcher, but were plagued by turnovers.

Morgan Brady has served as an assistant coach/defensive line coach on the Canadian staff for the past nine years. The 2000 Valley graduate played football and graduated from Oklahoma Panhandle State. Before coming to Canadian, the 38-year-old had assistant coaching stints in Florida, and at Wheeler and Randall High Schools.