Sports

Everyone expected a tough, intense contest on Tuesday night, Feb. 11, when the Canadian Wildcats and Spearman Lynx faced off, and that’s exactly what they got.

Spectators at this week’s first Lady Wildcat softball scrimmage of 2020 were wrapped in blankets, scarves, gloves and warm hats, and the geese that flew overhead were pointed resolutely south. But Canadian’s softball team warmed up their bats and their throwing arms and toughed it out against Sunray, buoyed a beautiful new baseball field with just-finished artificial turf, and the same sense of mission that convinced Canadian ISD school officials to make softball an official UIL sport here. In photo at top, Ashleigh Rowden got the team’s first hit of the season, and scored the first run when teammate Yazmin Jara (at left) knocked one into left field to send Rowden home. Jara stole two bases, but failed to finish the circuit and was stranded at third when the Lady Cats struck out. Canadian will scrimmage Perryton at 1 pm this Saturday, Feb. 8, here at home, and have two more scrimmages tentatively planned for Monday or Tuesday, and Saturday, Feb. 15, but not locked in on the schedule. Their first official game of the season will start at 4 pm, Monday, Feb. 17, in Sunray.

Canadian vs. River Road (G)

The biennial University Interscholastic League reclassification and realignment for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years was released Monday, Feb. 3. The new alignments, established by enrollment figures submitted to the UIL by its member schools in October, will serve as the football, basketball, and volleyball districts for the next two school years.

On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Canadian Wildcat Grant McCook signed to play football with Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Grant is a senior at Canadian High School, and will graduate with the class of 2020.

Canadian Lady Cats vs. Bushland (G) Last Tuesday night, the Lady Cats thrashed the formerly undefeated Bushland Lady Falcons in a long-awaited rematch. The two teams have a history, and

The Lady Cats (19-7, 5-2) battled the Spearman Lynxettes (18-9, 6-1) in a pivotal victory on Tuesday, Jan. 21. It was one of their most intense performances of the year—a

CANADIAN VS RIVER ROAD (JV G) The JV Lady Cats and 9th-grade Lady Cats joined together due to the cancellation of the 9th-grade White Deer tournament, and many of them

CANADIAN VS TULIA (G) Last Saturday, Jan. 4, the Canadian Lady Cats overpowered the Tulia Hornets (4-14/2-1) at home in their second game of district play. Canadian played an aggressive

Overview In the annual Canadian Classic basketball tournament, held here last weekend, the Wildcats saw their first roundball action of the season and emerged with a loss and a win,