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Football frenzy hits Randall County
Football frenzy kicks off this week as Canyon ISD teams prepare for to hit the gridiron for preseason scrimmages. Canyon, Randall and West Plains will showcase their freshmen, junior varsity and varsity football teams to fans with scrimmages across the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains. Canyon, under the leadership of fourth-year head coach Todd Winfrey, travels to Borger on Thursday night for three scrimmages. The freshmen and junior varsity will get under way at 5 p.m. and the varsity will follow at 6 p.m. Coming into the 2024 season, the Eagles are favored to compete for the District 2-4A Division I title. The Eagles welcome back 32 lettermen with eight offensive starters and six defensive starters.
Canyon ISD spikes into volleyball openers facing tough opponents
If you're going to be one of the last four standing in November playing for that state title, then you have to go through the gauntlet of facing tough competition. For many years, the road to the Class 4A state volleyball championship has gone through the Texas Panhandle with Randall most recently being in a class of their own. Under new leadership in first-year head coach Karli Morrison, the Lady Raiders are embracing the start of the 2024 season with reaching state as their ultimate goal. Morrison inherits a strong senior group - led by four-time starting setter Sidney Soria who has committed to playing for North Texas in 2025 and outside hitter Layla Romero. Soria and Romero are expected to take over the leadership roles following the graduation of Jordyn Gove, who was an integral asset to the Lady Raiders and now competes for the Valparaiso in Indiana.
City leaders set probable tax rate
A lot of action was taken during the City of Canyon Commission meeting Monday night in a short period of time. The agenda covered everything from the 2024-25 tax rate to tax exemption for daycare facilities and the lights for the West Texas A&M University water tower. Beau Boyer, City of Canyon Budget & Purchasing Director, spoke to commissioners Monday and brought them a proposed tax rate of 0.41011 which will be published and then voted on at the August 15 meeting. In a work session held previously, Commissioners decided to move programs for Myra Park extension and the Lumberyard to capital operations in order to use that money for new Police Department headquarters. City Commissioners voted to approve the proposal, but Commissioner Paul Lyons voted against the rate, saying he believed it was too high.
Dog bites Canyon man walking at SE Park
Ed Yates, who operates Auto Max Carwash in Canyon, voiced his concern for more animal control after he was bitten by dog inside Southeast Park. During a recent City of Canyon Comission meeting, Yates said he was at Southeast Park in June, enjoying his daily walk around 7:15 a.m., when he saw a lady with a dog on the southside of the lake. Yates noted that he just kept walking, and that he had seen the dog before and felt like it was dangerous. Yates said that he then heard the lady scream and saw the dog running toward him. The dog lunged at Yates' face and then knocked him down. "The only way I could protect myself was to put my elbow in the dog's mouth," Yates said. "I finally got away and called the Canyon Police Department and filed a report with the CPD, then went to the hospital."
What did you do this summer?
So what did you do this summer? Canyon ISD students had a wide range of answers to that question. The four Williams children flew with their family to Alaska to see more family. They spent six weeks there in Naknek and Anchorage. A highlight of their trip was time spent on a commercial fishing boat. They watched as large nets were sent out and various salmon were hauled in. Braylon Williams, a seventh grader at Randall Junior High School, explained the process and said they brought in 11,000 pounds in one net. His relative said this was the worst fishing year for 51 years, but the boys didn't care.
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