C/G LADY EAGLES ENTER HOLIDAY’S 3-3

By Staff    

          CANTON – The Canton/Galva girls basketball program enters the holiday break with an even 3 wins against 3 losses after splitting a pair of game this past week.

          After suffering a seven-point, 30-37, defeat at Marion on Tuesday, the Lady Eagles bounced back in a huge way with a 57-17 pounding of Centre on Friday.

          Now 3-3, the Canton/Galva girls will hit the competitive court again on Friday, January 2 hosting Cunningham before playing an Wakefield on Tuesday and then hosting Elyria Christian on Friday of the first full week of the 2026 side of the schedule.

          Here is a summary of the two games played:

TUESDAY, DEC. 16 –  at Marion

          At home against Marion on Tuesday, the Lady Eagles by four, 13-17 at the halftime break before falling behind by 10-points at 21-31 after three quarters of play. While the Lady Eagles did outscore Marion 9-6 in the final quarter of play, it was not enough to avoid a seven-point, 30-37 final loss.

          In head coach David Edigers reflections on the game he noted, “Tonight was a very tough loss. We did not play well on either end of the floor and gave up too many offensive rebounds. We just did not come ready to play and will learn from the loss and move on.”

          Faith McMannis and Trinity Espinoza led the offense for the Lady Eagles with 13 and 12 points, respectively, as only Mailia Hoppes and Emerson Hoppes scored in the game.              

SCORING: Lady Eagles lost 30-37.

Lady Eagles = 7-6-8-9 = 30; Marion = 8-9-14-6 = 37.

TEAM STATS:

Lady Eagles = 2FGs – 7; 3PTs – 5; FTs – 1/4.

Marion = 2FGs – 16; 3PTs – 0; FTs – 7/15.

LADY EAGLE INDIVIDUAL STATS:

Scoring (30) = Faith McMannis – 13; Trinity Espinoza – 12; Malia Hoppes – 3; Emerson Hoppes – 2; Jordyn Elliot, Mackinlee Hoppes, Brynn Kruse – 0.

3-Pointers Made (5) = McMannis, Espinoza – 2; Mal. Hoppes – 1.

FRIDAY, DEC. 19 – hosting Centre

          On Friday, the Lady Eagles flew out to a commanding, 22-point, 26-4 lead by the end of the first quarter before pushing the advantage to 35 points at 43-8 heading into the halftime break. After the break, Canton/Galva began playing the younger players while continuing the build the lead out to the final 40 point, 57-17 victory.

          “I was very pleased overall with this group tonight,” explained head coach David Ediger. “We were obviously the better team tonight as I thought the girls played pretty well and not sloppy with the team playing together on both ends of the floor.”

          The Lady Eagles found playing time for all 14 girls suited for the game with nine scoring at least two points.

          Coach Ediger continued with his post-game reflections by adding, “We got everyone in the game and got a look at a lot of younger players. We were able to mix the junior varsity with the varsity players a bit before letting the junior varsity girls play together. All of that is important when you are trying to develop players and get everyone better.”

Offensively, Trinity Espinoza drilled three of the teams eight three-pointers on her way to scoring 22 points while Faith McMannis and Malia Hoppes each hit a pair of three’s in scoring nine and eight points, respectively.

          Finishing his reflections on the game and team, coach Ediger said, “This was a good game to go into the break with as we will need to come back ready to play Friday after the break when we host a solid Cunningham team.”

SCORING: Lady Eagles won 57-17.

Lady Eagles = 26-17-7-7 = 57; Centre = 4-4-6-3 = 17.

TEAM STATS:

Lady Eagles = 2FGs – 13; 3PTs – 8; FTs – 7/13.

Centre = 2FGs – 7; 3PTs – 0; FTs – 3/6.

LADY EAGLE INDIVIDUAL STATS:

Scoring (57) = Trinity Espinoza – 22; Faith McMannis – 9; Malia Hoppes – 8; Angelica Espinoza – 5; Haven Oliver – 4; Makinlee Hoppes – 3; Emerson Hoppes, Charlee Moddelmog, Brynn Kruse – 2; Aaliyah Skipworth, Jordyn Elliot, Sophie Espinoza, Lindsey Mann, Lilly Dieker – 0.

3-Pointers Made (8) = Espinoza – 3; McMannis, Mal. Hoppes – 2; Ang. Elliot – 1.

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at macks.people.places@gmail.com)