For a second straight week, Canadian didn’t get the result it was looking for.
The Wildcats suffered a second straight loss to kick off the 2022 season—this time falling in a 37-36 overtime heartbreaker to a very strong Elk City, Oklahoma, squad last Friday night.
The Canadian Wildcat junior varsity took their A-game on the road last Thursday to Highland Park’s Hornet Stadium, where they delivered a 51-0 shellacking to the Plainview Bulldogs.
That game was as close as it was ever going to get when the opening buzzer sounded.
The Wildcats left nothing in doubt, posting 44 points in the first two quarters, and punctuating that with their final score in the third.
The going was tough last Thursday for the CMS eighth-grade Wildcats in their season debut.
In the first of a two-week doubleheader against the Perryton Rangers, the Cats were defeated in a 6-40 final at Ranger Stadium.
Bridger Burrus led the team’s offense, with 171 yards rushing and 8 yards receiving, and delivered the game’s only Wildcat TD on a 16-yard pass to Jet Cervantes. Burrus completed 10-of-16 passes for 66 yards.
It was their first outing of the season, and a lopsided one. The seventh-grade Wildcats aced their opener on the road versus the Perryton Rangers 34-6.
Junior Football League Wildcats split wins with Wheeler
Canadian’s Junior League Wildcats shared wins with Wheeler in football games played here last Saturday. The third- and fourth-grade Cats won their match 28-6, while the fifth- and sixth-graders were held scoreless in a 0-20 loss. Both teams will get another crack at it this Saturday in back-to-back games at Memphis, starting at 3 pm and 5 pm.
It was another strong showing for both the Canadian boys’ and girls’ varsity cross-country teams at the Wolf Creek Classic in Perryton last Saturday.
Canadian’s Lady Cats came in second place with 67 points, right behind Hooker, Oklahoma’s runners (52 points), who were the defending Class 2A state champions a year ago.
It was a brutal week for Wildcat football. The Canadian Wildcat JV was bushwhacked by the Bushland Falcons, who swept into town Thursday night with their talons sharpened.
