Lady Eagles grab post season spot, still reign undefeated

February 2, 2012 • Cortlyn Dees, Sports Editor  
Filed under Girls Basketball, Sports

The Lady Eagles basketball team clenched a spot in post season play last Tuesday with a 46-34 win over the Randall Lady Raiders. They increased their undefeated district record to 13-0. They faced Caprock last Friday and came away with a 44-32 win over the Lady Longhorns. Continuing their winning streak,... Read more »

Lady Eagles dominate Herd, prepare for Raiders

January 24, 2012  
Filed under Girls Basketball, Sports

Coming from a victory against the Lady Dons Jan. 17, the Lady Eagles once again defeated Hereford 81-41 in their eighth consecutive win of the district season. The Eagles’ perfect season seems to have caused other teams to scare and make purposeful fouls against some of Canyon’s core players.... Read more »

Lady Eagles defeat Hereford

December 20, 2011 • Elizabeth Gilliland, Staff reporter  
Filed under Girls Basketball, Sports

The Lady Eagles defeated Hereford Tuesday night 64-32 in  their second consecutive district win after defeating Palo Duro Dec. 9, 49-46. “District this year is going to be very tough,” head coach Joe Lombard said. “Many teams will play aggressive, and it’s going to be a dogfight.” Lombard... Read more »

Lombard wins national coaching award

May 23, 2011 • Trevor Ferril, Copy Editor  
Filed under Girls Basketball, Sports

To top off a season ending with the 4A State Championship and a No. 18 national ranking, MaxPreps awarded girls’ basketball coach Joe Lombard the National Girls’ Athletics Coach of the Year. MaxPreps is a CBS Sports branch focused on high school athletics around the country which nominates coaches... Read more »

Girls take state title to end perfect season

March 11, 2011 • Jason Ray, Sports Editor  
Filed under Girls Basketball, Sports

All Coach Joe Lombard wanted for his 58th birthday was a gold medal. And he got it, along with his 15th state championship and his 1100th win to top off a 38-0 season, the third undefeated season in school history for the girls basketball team. The team had high-scoring games until the semi-finals game... Read more »

Girls basketball team plays for state title

March 4, 2011 • Jason Ray, Sports Editor  
Filed under Girls Basketball

The girls basketball team remains undefeated and moves on to the UIL State Basketball Tournament in Austin, Texas March 3-5. The basketball team escaped with a win in overtime against district opponent Plainview Feb. 26.  The Eagles had a tough game with a score of 16-16 at halftime.  The Bulldogs... Read more »

Girls continue undefeated streak

January 28, 2011 • Jason Ray, Sports Editor  
Filed under Girls Basketball

The Lady Eagles pulled away with another win over Randall with a score of 40-26 Canyon. Canyon stormed Randall in the first half without breaking a sweat. Seniors Ashton Pedigo and Courtney Erwin worked down low with several rebounds off of missed baskets. Both teams worked the free throw line due to... Read more »

Girls basketball ranked No. 1 in state, No. 6 in nation

January 26, 2011 • Jason Ray, Sports Editor  
Filed under Girls Basketball

The Lady Eagles prepare for playoffs, ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 6 in the nation according to the computer generated Maxpreps Freeman ranking system. The Canyon girls have dominated the competition in the regular season with Randall being the closest to upsetting the Eagles, staying within 11... Read more »

Girls basketball holds number 1 district seed

February 17, 2010 • Shelbie Belott, Associate Editor  
Filed under Girls Basketball, Sports

The girls basketball team continues to be the district leader after clinching the number one seed for district 3-4A playoffs with a 63-8 win over Pampa Feb. 9. Tuesday’s game against Pampa was the girls last home game. “It’s kind of sad because us senior girls have been playing together since... Read more »