Sports

A total of 19 seniors on the Canton Eagle varsity football team will always remember their final performance at Norris Birdwell Stadium Oct. 20 as they led their squad to an important 34-20 victory over the Brownsboro Bears in District 8-4A, Division 2, play.

State playoff hopes in Class 4A, Division 2, took a serious blow on Friday the 13th for the Canton Eagles as they lost a heartbreaking 28-21 decision to the Bullard Panthers in Bullard.

The Canton Eaglettes varsity volleyball team continued their strong district play with victories over Athens and Mabank. Against Athens Oct.

After falling to the top three teams so far in the District 8-4A, Division 2, standings, including a 50-0 home defeat Oct. 6 at the hands of the defending Class 4A, Division 2, state champion and current number-one ranked team in the state, the Carthage Bulldogs, Canton Eagle Head Football Coach...

Hoping to bounce back from their district-opening loss on Homecoming night against Center, the Canton Eagles traveled to Mal Fowler Field at Van’s Memorial Stadium Sept. 29 for a meeting against their Van Zandt County rival, the Van Vandals.

The Canton Eaglettes captured two important district volleyball matches last week as they outlasted Brownsboro and Van. In their match against Brownsboro on the road Sept.

The Running Eagles competed at the Ken Gaston Race at the Lake Invitational in Grand Prairie on Friday, Sept. 30.

The Canton Eaglettes’ golf team competed Sept. 26 at the Whitestone Invitational at the Whitestone Golf Club in Benbrook and came home in first place by 40 shots over several Dallas-Fort Worth schools including Stephenville, Abilene High and Benbrook.

Despite losing to the stateranked Center Rough Riders in their District 8-4A, Division 2, opener Sept. 22, 57-34, Canton Eagles Head Football Coach Heath Ragle found a number of positives for his team moving forward in district play.

The Canton ‘Running Eagles’ competed at the Eustace ‘Do It For Dom’ Cross-Country Invitational Sept. 23.