26 choir members earn all-district honors

After 26 choir students earned chairs at All-District auditions at Pampa High School Oct. 1, they will prepare for All-Region Choir auditions Nov. 5 in Dumas.

Competitors sang cuts from three pieces of music to audition for All-District. Students who earned All-District chairs will perform three more pieces of music for All-Region auditions, in addition to a sight-reading audition.

“Canyon represented very well at All-District,” assistant choir director Kelli Harter said, who is new to the faculty this year.

Senior Hayden Williams earned sixth chair in Bass 2 and will advance to All-Region auditions.

“I’m going to practice three hours a day,” Williams said. “I’m proud of everyone else.”

Four Canyon students earned first chair in their respective sections: seniors Jenci Jones in Soprano 1, Hannah Forman in Soprano 2, Chandess Yerby in Alto 1 and Trey Glenn in Tenor 2.

“We probably had the best district results that we’ve ever had here at Canyon,” choir director Brandon Farren said. “We placed 26 out of 30, which is the highest percentage of any school that auditioned. This is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our students.”

Volleyball team starts district play

The varsity volleyball team has finished all pre-district matches and has a winning record of 15-10. They lost to Pampa in a challenging match that lasted for five sets with scores of 18-25, 25-22, 25-22, 17-25 and 11-15. In a state-wide TGCA poll, Canyon is ranked no.13 in the 4A division. Their first district match will be at 3 p.m. against Caprock Saturday.

 The JV volleyball team beat Pampa in a short match with scores of 25-9 and 25-17. They took 3^rdplace in the Dumas tournament on Sept. 3. Their first district match will be at Caprock at 2 p.m.

 The freshmen team annihilated Pampa in two short sets with scores of 25-11 and 25-9. They placed third in the Canyon tournament  Labor Day weekend. Their first district match will be at Caprock Saturday at 1 p.m.

Lady Eagles advance to bi-district

For the second consecutive year, the volleyball team beat out Pampa and claim a final spot in the playoffs.

The Lady Eagles won four games against the Lady Harvesters to advance to the region I-4A bi-district round. 

The girls won 16-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-13.

The Lady Eagle’s improved to a 23-10 record.

The team will play Abilene Cooper (23-13) in the bi-district round at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Levelland High.