EAGLES DOMINATE FOR 56-8 WIN

McMannis, Ediger, Witte Lead Stats

By Staff

CANTON – Friday evening the Canton/Galva football team took another big step toward a run to an 8-Man Division II state championship by dominating Colony/Crest at home in scoring a 56-8 win.

Now 8-1 on the season, the Eagles will next battle with Frankfort at home on Friday, November 3 for a regional championship. Frankfort is 7-2 on the season after shutting out Beloit St. John’s/Tipton Catholic on Thursday, 60-0.

The story of the game on Friday was senior Eagle Lane McMannis as he ran for 168 yards and scored four touchdowns on just nine carries plus catching a pair of passes for 19 yards and a score. McMannis also returned an opening kickoff back for a score for the fourth time this season while recording 6.5 tackles on defense.

Eagle quarterback Jaden Ediger completed just five of twelve passes for 65 yards and a pair of interceptions but also connected for a pair of touchdowns to McMannis and Kustom Schamp. Ediger accounted for two of the three Canton/Galva interceptions with Wyatt Collins accounting for the other.

After McMannis ran the opening kickoff back for a score, Colony/Crest had their one long drive which resulted in a touchdown pass and two-point conversion, giving them a brief 8-6 lead over the Eagles before McMannis scored twice and Schamp scored once in the first quarter to push Canton/Galva out to a commanding 28-8 lead.

After Ediger sprinted 44 yards for a score to give the Eagles a 36-8 halftime lead, McMannis ran for three scores in the third quarter to put the game away with the final 48-point, 56-8 win.

Leyton Witte and Wyatt Collins combined for 22.5 tackles in leading the Eagle defense to hold Colony/Crest to just 160 yards on 51 offensive snaps while Canton/Galva picked up a total of 346 yards on offense with only 31 plays.

CANTON/GALVA EAGLE FOOTBALL hosting Colony/Crest in 8-Man Division II Regionals

SCORING > Colony/Crest = 8-0-0-0 = 8; EAGLES = 28-8-20-0 = 56.

1st Quarter >

EAGLES > Lane McMannis on a 77-yard kickoff return (Conversion Failed) 0-6

Colony/Crest > Scored on a 17-yard pass play (Ran for 2-Point Conversion) 8-6

EAGLES > McMannis scored on a 19-yard pass from Jaden Ediger (Conversion Failed) 8-12

EAGLES > Kustom Schamp on a 15-yard pass from Ediger (Ediger ran for 2-Point Conversion) 8-20

EAGLES > McManis on a 35 -yard run (McMannis ran for 2-Point Conversion) 8-28

2nd Quarter >

EAGLES > Ediger on a 44-yard run (Leyton Witte ran for 2-Point Conversion) 8-36

3rd Quarter >

EAGLES > McMannis on a 37-yard run (McMannis ran for 2-Point Conversion) 8-44

EAGLES > McMannis on a 58-yard run (Conversion Failed) 8-50

EAGLES > McMannis on a 17-yard run (No Conversion Tried) 8-56

4th Quarter >

No Scoring due to point rule.

TEAM STATS > C/C EAGLES

1st Downs > 8 13

Plays/Yards > 51/160 31/346

Passing Yards > 85 65

Rushing Yards > 33/75 19/281

3rd Downs/Made > 12/2 9/4

Fumbles Lost > 0 0

Interceptions > 3 2

Penalties/Yards > 7/43 4/22

EAGLE INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS >

Passing (comp/atts/yds/td/int) > Jaden Ediger – 5/12/65/2/2.

Rushing (atts/yds/td) > Lane McMannis – 9/168/4; Jaden Ediger – 5/102/1; Leyton Witte – 4/11/0; Wyatt Collins – 1/0/0.

Receiving (rec/yds/td) > Lane McMannis – 2/19/1; Wyatt Collins – 1/16/0; Kustom Schamp – 1/15/1; Leyton Witte – 1/15/0.

Defense (Tackles) > Leyton Witte – 12.5; Wyatt Collins – 10.0; Lane McMannis – 6.5; Dylan Cherry – 4.0; Noah Collins – 3.5; Isom Marston – 2.5; Kustom Schamp – 1.0; Jaxon Chrislip – 1.0; Jory Ratzlaff – 1.0; Jayden Barnett – 1.0.

Interceptions > Jaden Ediger – 2; Wyatt Collins – 1.

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