2012 LSG Team Preview — Canadian Wildcats

By Michael Wright
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Updated: August 13, 2012

2012 LSG Texas High School Football Team Preview — Canadian Wildcats

Team: Canadian Wildcats (1-2A Division II)

Colors: Black/Gold

Stadium: Wildcat Stadium (Opened: 1975)

Enrollment: 205 -- Smallest in the district out of 5 schools

2012 Schedule:
Amarillo River Road
@ Stratford
Perryton
Abernathy
@ Bushland
@ Pampa
@ Sanford-Fritch **
Spearman **
@ Amarillo Boys Ranch **
Amarillo Highland Park **

Coach: Chris Koetting (2 years) 21-5 at Canadian; 21-5 all-time coaching record

Returning Lettermen: 15

Returning Starters: Offense: 4 Defense: 4

Key Players:
* WR JR Boston Hudson 503 yards 11 TDs receiving 1st Team All-District
* LB SOPH Andrew Ezzell 123 tackles
* DB Marcos Trevino
* QB JR Ben Arbuckle
* WR JR Braiden Galla
* RB/LB Chris Marquez 79 tackles
* LB Matt Thomasy
* DL Johnny Swires
* DL Tucker Brown
* DL Bo Dickinson

Notes:
* Their 8 wins last year was the least since 2006

Mike Says: The Wildcats are moving back up to Class 2A for the first time in 4 years. The bad thing for 2A is that the last time the Wildcats where in this classification they won the state championship beating Elysian Fields in the Division II 2007 championship. They enjoyed their stay in 1A also going 46-8. With all of that success, they are set for another great season. They will be young with only 8 starters coming back but they will be strong at linebacker and wide receiver. Look for them to go 9-1 or 10-0 in the regular season and fight Cisco for the regional championship.

Chris Says: I love me some Canadian Wildcats football. There, got that out of my system. 🙂 Canadian climbs back up to Class 2A and it really shouldn't matter. When 8 wins is your down year, you are a pretty solid program. Sure, they have a lot of youngsters moving up with some big shoes to fill, but that is what Canadian football is about - stepping up and turning it on. The Wildcats should win their district and could very well be alive four rounds deep in the playoffs.

Last Years Record: 8-4 overall 3-1 District

2011 Games:
vs Amarillo River Road (0-10) (W 48-13)
at Meade, KS (L 18-24)
at Perryton (4-7) (L 32-33)
at Sanford-Fritch (6-6) (W 44-6)
vs Clayton, NM (W 67-7)
vs Panhandle (8-3) (W 48-34)
at Sunray (10-1)* (OT) (L 14-20)
vs Stinnett West Texas (7-4)* (W 48-14)
at Stratford (4-5)* (W 27-17)
vs Boys Ranch (5-5)* (W 42-8)

Playoffs: Division I Area
vs Clarendon (5-6) (at Pampa) (W 48-20) Bi-District
vs Albany (11-1) (at Lub Cooper) (L 27-56) Area

History:
* Ranks #10 in the 2012 LSG Team Of The Decade Rankings
* Ranks #6 in Class 2A All-Time Winning %
* 10 year winning streak
* 15 year non-losing streak
* 7-3 vs. Stratford since 1996
* 12-4 vs. Stinnett West Texas since 1994
* 7-1 vs. Sunray since 1996
* 6-0 vs. Amarillo River Road since 2002
* All-Time Playoff Record 38-22
* 34-11 Playoff Record since 1998
* All-Time Record: 493-357-27 67.75% 877 games
* Playoff History: (24) 1950,1951,1972,1986,1988,1989,1992,1993,1994,1995,1997
1998,1999,2000,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011

Bi-District -- 1950, 1951, 1972, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1997
Area -- 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2011
Regionals -- 1992, 2002
Quarterfinals -- 2003
Semifinals -- 1998, 1999, 2004, 2010
Runner Up -- 2009
State Champions -- 2007, 2008

Championship History: (3) 2-1
2007 2A Division II Canadian 40, Elysian Fields 25
2008 1A Division I Canadian 38, Mart 7
2009 1A Division I Goldthwaite 29, Canadian 25

Last 5 year record: 61-9

Last 10 year record: 113-21

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