CANTON/GALVA RACES PAST NORWICH 68-14

Witte Runs for 175 yards, 3 scores!

By Staff

CANTON – It was a good night for the home crowd in Canton as the Canton/Galva football team raced past Norwich 68-14 on Friday evening.

With the win the Eagles are now 3-1 on the season and looking at a road trip to Fairfield on Friday, September 29. Fairfield has not won a game yet in the 2023 season and lost 52-6 on Friday to Central Christian.

The Eagles scored three times in the first quarter with Lane McMannis running for a pair of scores from twenty-one and three yards out before Leyton Witte rambled to the end zone from 68 yards to give Canton/Galva a commanding 24-0 first quarter advantage after making all three two-point conversions.

While Norwich did score twice in the second quarter, the Eagles put up 44 points on the board to score a single half, 68-14 win.

In the second quarter, Leyton Witte scored on runs of nine, seventy-four, and forty-six yards out and Lane McMannis scored twice from 37 yards out on a run and finished the scoring by taking a pass interception to the end zone. Kustom Schamp took a pass from Jaden Ediger and hustled 21 yards to paydirt as well.

Norwich had the ball offensively three times longer than Canton/Galva but only had 204 yards in offense on 44 snaps of the ball while the Eagles ran up 403 yards of offense on just 26 snaps, including 260 yards on the ground.

The Eagle defense, led by Lane McMannis with 8.5 tackles and Leyton Witte with 6.5, held Norwich to just 65 yards on 19 carries.

Offensively, Jaden Ediger quarterbacked the Canton/Galva offense and threw for 143 yards after completing seven-of-twelve passes. Leyton Witte rambled for 175 yards on just six totes of the ball and Lane McMannis ran for another 76 on seven carries. When you add in 76 yards in pass receptions, Witte accounted for 251 yards on nine touches.

CANTON/GALVA EAGLE FOOTBALL hosting Norwich

SCORING > Norwich = 0-14-0-0 = 14; EAGLES = 24-44-0-0 = 68

1st Quarter >

EAGLES = Lane McMannis on a 21-yard run (Wyatt Collins ran for 2-Point Conversion) 0-8

EAGLES = Lane McMannis on a 3-yard run (McMannis ran for 2-Point Conversion) 0-16

EAGLES = Leyton Witte on a 68-yard run (McMannis ran for 2-Point Conversion) 0-24

2nd Quarter >

EAGLES = Leyton Witte on a 9-yard run (Wittle pass from Jaden Ediger for 2-Point Conversion) 0-32

EAGLES = Leyton Witte on a 74-yard run (Ediger ran for 2-Point Conversion) 0-40

EAGLES = Lane McMannis on a 37-yard run (Noah Collins pass from Ediger for 2-Point Conversion) 0-48

Norwich = Scored on a 25-yard pass play (2-Point Conversion was Good) 8-48

EAGLES = Kustom Schamp on a 21-yard pass from Jaden Ediger (Witte ran for 2-Point Conversion) 8-56

Norwich = Scored on a 28-yard pass play (2-Point Conversion Failed) 14-56

EAGLES = Leyton Witte on a 46-yard pass from Jaden Ediger (2-Point Conversion Failed) 14-62

EAGLES = Lane McMannis on a 25-yard pass interception return (2-Point Conversion Failed) 14-68

3rd Quarter >

No Scoring.

4th Quarter >

No Scoring.

TEAM STATS > Norwich EAGLES

1st Downs > 9 15

Plays/Yards > 44/204 26/403

Passing Yards > 139 143

Rushing/Yards > 19/65 14/260

3rd Downs/Made > 9/1 2/2

Turnovers > 4 1

Fumbles Lost > 0 0

Interceptions > 4 1

Penalties/Yards > 4/34 4/47

Time of Possession > 18:38 6:10

EAGLES INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS >

Passing (comp/atts/yds/td/int) > Jaden Ediger = 7/12/143/2/1.

Rushing (atts/yds/td) > Leyton Witte = 6/175/3; Lane McMannis = 7/76/3; Jaden Ediger = 1/9/0. Team Totals > 14/260/6.

Receiving (rec/yds/td) > Leyton Witte = 3/76/1; Wyatt Collins = 1/22/0; Kustom Schamp = 1/21/1; Lane McMannis = 1/19/0; Noah Collins = 1/5/0. Team Totals = 7/143/2.

Defense (tackles) > Lane McMannis – 8.5; Leyton Witte – 6.5; Kustom Schamp – 3.0; Isom Martens – 2.5; Jory Ratzlaff – 2.0; Wyatt Collins – 2.0; Wyatt Henry – 2.0; Dylan Cherry – 1.5; Jayden Barnett – 1.0; Noah Collins – 1.0; Ty Herrera – 1.0.

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