Sports

The Canton High School tennis team put together a sterling effort during their most recent tournament appearance, winning both the varsity and JV team championships at the Edgewood Invitational Tennis Tournament March 31.

Individual results in the varsity division included:

AJ Henderson and Shaylee Watson winning first overall in mixed doubles, Ashley Wood and Maddie Welty winning first overall in girls doubles, Sammy Watson and Riley Nicks winning first overall in boys doubles and Jillian Fry winning first overall in girls singles.

Additionally, Ashley Riffe finished in third place overall in girls singles.

The Canton Eagles had a golden opportunity in front of them March 31, getting a chance to both tighten their grip on a potential playoff spot while also making the road a little bit rougher for chief rival Van.

The Eagles took care of business on both fronts, adding to Van’s recent offensive struggles behind a strong outing from Johnnie Krawietz in a 3-1 win over the Vandals.

Van entered play against Canton in a strange pattern, having dueled both Brownsboro and Wills Point down to the wire only to fall short in both games.

In those two games, the Vandals and their respective opponents struggled to push across a single run at the plate in any of the first three innings.

Brownsboro broke Van's heart by scoring a combined seven runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, while the Tigers plated all of their runs in the top of the seventh to hand the Vandals their second consecutive shutout loss.

The Canton Girls Junior All Star basketball team, coached by Justin Huff, won their first tournament of the season with a thrilling one point victory over Brownsboro. Pictured bottom row, left to right is Lily Cervantes, Kara Pride, Darby Adcock, Kylee Norman, and Addie Bell; top row, left to right, L​​exi Etheridge, Kara Nixon, Dakota Thomason, Jayden Huff, Macy Claire Clayton and Allison Rickman.

The Canton tennis team continued throughout the homestretch of their 2017 spring season last week, making the trek to Corsicana for tournament play March 23.

Sophomore Shaylee Watson defeated Holton from Midlothian to capture first place in girls singles. On the boys side of the tournament, sophomore James Sterling won third place in boys singles.

Sophomore Ashley Wood and junior Maddie Welty advanced to the quarter finals in girls doubles. Riley Nicks and Charity Roberts also advanced to the semifinals in mixed doubles.

Freshman Olivia Norrell and Mason Wilson played well advancing to the winners side of the bracket before going down in a competitive match, 6-8. Blake Burns advanced to the quarter finals in boys singles.

The Canton golf team hosted its signature event, the annual CHS Invitational, March 20-21 at Van Zandt Country Club. Canton finished second in both the varsity boys and varsity girls divisions,

The varsity boys portion of the tournament, played March 20, included 22 participating schools from the region. Texarkana Pleasant Grove led the field with a team total 298, followed by Canton in second with a season-low score of 305 and Carthage in third with a 317.

Canton was led by senior Matthew Allen, who carded a season and career-low 72 to finish in second place as an individual medalist overall. Allen finished the back 9 holes of play with an incredible 4-under par.

Patrick Malouf finished with a 77 followed closely by Tristan Nelson and Logan Willeford, who each carding a 78 and Will Huddle finishing with an 87.

The Canton Eaglettes improved to 3-0 overall in District 13-4A play last week, getting multi-hit efforts from five different players in a 13-3 win over Emory Rains March 21.

Canton and Rains met for the first time this season

Rains got an early jump on the Eaglettes, scoring two runs in the home half of the first for a 2-0 lead.

The Lady Cat lead would be short-lived, however, with Canton scoring four runs in the top of the second to seize control of the contest.

The Eaglettes loaded the bases with a little help from Rains courtesy of a single by Baylee Sanders and two-hit-by-pitches.

Mattie Tullos proceeded cut the Eaglette deficit in half with an RBI single, and Reagan Busby delivered a sacrifice fly to tie the score at 2-2. With two outs in the inning, Gracie Chavez came through with a 2 RBI single to left for the eventual game-winning runs.

The Canton Eagles went a perfect two for two last week, getting a jump in District 13-4A play with wins over both the Emory Rains Wildcats and Mabank Panthers.

Canton began district play on the road against Rains, scoring two runs in the top of the sixth inning of a 5-4, come from behind win over the Wildcats.

The Eagles looked to be on their way to a big offensive night, scoring three times in the top of the first to take early command of the game on an RBI groundout by John Adams, an RBI double by Simon Miller and an RBI single from Cade Shaw.

Rains would proceed to get all their offense in the contest during the fourth and fifth innings, scoring four runs combined to take a 4-3 lead on the Eagles.

Canton bounced back quickly, drawing even on an RBI double from Simon Miller before taking the lead for good on a sacrifice fly from Johnnie Krawietz during the top of the sixth.

Sneaky Cleats 04-Pride, a 12U fast pitch select team based out of Canton brought home the gold this past weekend in their first spring tournament held at the Luck of the Irish FASA tournament held at Lear Park in Longview.

They went 7-1 in bracket play coming out on top against a very tough Turn Two team out of Houston, winning 4-2.

The Canton Eagle tennis team stayed in county over this year's Spring Break, traveling to Van March 17 to compete in the annual Jerry Slayton Invitational.

Canton's doubles teams enjoyed an excellent afternoon, taking home two second and two third place finishes at the event.

The mixed doubles team of AJ Henderson and Shaylee Watson finished second overall in their division, and the boys doubles team of Riley Nicks and Sammy Watson did the same in their division.

Bradley Shanks and Ivan Nelson finished in third place overall in boys doubles, and Maddie Welty and Ashley Wood finished in third place overall in girls doubles.

The Canton Eaglettes got off to a good start in their bid to make a trip to this year’s softball playoffs, registering wins over both Brownsboro and Wills Point to open District 13-4A play.

The Eaglettes began their week March 14, taking on the visiting Brownsboro Bearettes. A four-run outburst in the fourth inning would be a deciding factor as Canton secured a 7-2 win in the contest.

Canton struck first in the game, scoring two runs in the bottom of the second courtesy of two-out RBI doubles by Reagan Busby and Brooke Arnold.

The Eaglettes bounced back from allowing a run in the top of the fourth by plating four runs of their own to seize a 6-1 advantage.

Key plays in the inning included a two-run fielding error by the Brownsboro shortstop, followed by an RBI triple by Kylie Floyd and a subsequent passed ball that allowed Floyd to come home to score.