Eagles set to start district play

The first half of Canton’s season was nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, with Eagle players, coaches and fans showing plenty of resolve to ride out an early wave of near misses.

In each of the first three weeks of the season, the Eagles managed to recover from mishaps to take fourth quarter leads against Grace Community, Mabank and Crandall in successive weeks. Despite Canton’s best efforts, all three teams managed to string together their best football down the stretch to hand the Eagles an 0-3 record heading into their Sept. 18 game against Spring Hill.

Not to be deterred by three tough losses, the Eagles managed to string together consecutive wins, dominating the Spring Hill Panthers 35-13, and then rallying from a 19-0 deficit against rival Wills Point to pull out a hard fought 28-27 win to improve to 2-3 on the season.

After enjoying their bye week Oct. 2, the Canton Eagles are scheduled to return to the gridiron Friday night for their first District 5-4A game of the season against Nevada Community.

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