Eagles close in on playoff berth with 43-2 win

Dallas Roosevelt has seemingly been a magic tonic for fellow District 6-4 teams this season, having allowed opponents to score their biggest wins of the season, by margin of victory, in each of the past two games entering play against Canton. 

In the district opener Oct. 7, a struggling Wills Point offense that had scored 20 points in a game just once this entire season lit up the scoreboard for 20 points in both the first and second quarters of a 53-8 rout of the Mustangs.

Dallas Lincoln followed a similar blueprint to success just a week later, pulling ahead 50-0 at halftime in what would turn into a 64-0 drubbing of Roosevelt.

Canton took its turn at the plate Oct. 21 by bouncing back from only their second defeat all season, a 32-29 district loss at the hands of the Wills Point Tigers, by hammering Roosevelt 43-2 and extending the Mustang woes by another week.

The Eagles were in control throughout the night against Roosevelt, narrowly missing out on a shutout bid by allowing points on a blocked PAT return a for a two-point conversion by the Mustangs.

Running back Dylan Cox played a starring role in the Canton effort, needing just eight carries to total 171 rushing yards and three touchdowns against the overmatched Mustang defense.

Mitchell Gebauer totaled seven carries for 53 yards and a touchdown in the contest, and Eagle quarterback Hunter Moore chipped in nine carries for an additional 62 yards. 

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