By William / www.mcpherson-county-ks.com
WAKEFIELD – After having to reschedule their Friday evening games with Solomon, the Canton/Galva still made the trip to Wakefield to close out their pre-holiday schedule and brought home a staggering win by the Eagle boys and another struggle and loss for the Lady Eagles.
The Eagle boys scored a 40-point, 71-31, win over Wakefield while the Lady Eagles stumbled to a 21-point, 52-31 loss.
With the Eagle boys heading into the holiday break at 4-2 on the season while the Lady Eagles are still looking for their first win at 0-6, will now have a couple of weeks off for the holidays before returning to the competitive hardwood on Friday, January 7 on the road at Centre.
Summary of the two games:
EAGLE BOYS BURY WAKEFIELD
The Canton/Galva boys ran out to a 15-point, 23-8 lead by the end of the first quarter before closing out the half and entering the break holding a 22-point, 39-17 advantage on the scoreboard.
While playing a ton of reserves the Eagles still outscored Wakefield 32-14 in the final two quarters to gain the final 40-point, 71-31 victory.
Eagle head coach Larry O’Connor gave one, brief reflection on the game when he stated, “We were able to play all 20 guys on our roster tonight and overall, they played a nice up-tempo and aggressive defensive game.”
Of those 20 players that got time on the hardwood during the game, 13 put at least a point by their name in the scorebook with the Eagles being led by Christian Darrah and TJ Koehn with 10 points each while Tyson Struber, Jaden Ediger, and Garrett Maltbie each pitched in with eight.
CANTON/GALVA EAGLES at Wakefield
SCORING: 1 2 3 4 FINAL
EAGLES 23 16 21 11 71
Wakefield 8 9 10 4 31
TEAM STATS: EAGLES Wakefield
No Team Stats were Available.
CANTON/GALVA EAGLES INDIVIDUAL SCORING:
Scoring (71 Total Points): Christian Darrah – 10; TJ Koehn – 10; Tyson Struber – 8; Jaden Ediger – 8; Garrett Maltbie – 8; Lane McMannis – 7; Wyatt Collins – 6; Xavier Westbrook – 4; Eddy Reedy – 4; Noah Collins – 2; Preston Minson – 2; Cason Mastre – 1; Jory Ratzlaff – 1.
Three-Pointers Made (4): Jaden Ediger, Garrett Maltbie – 2.
Rebound Leaders: No Stats Available
Assist Leader: No Stats Available
Leader in Steals: No Stats Available
Leader in Blocked Shots: No Stats Available
LADY EAGLES LOSE BY 21
Despite playing one of their better games of the season, the Lady Eagles could not keep up with Wakefield early and suffered their sixth loss on the season.
Wakefield doubled up Canton/Galva, 14-7, in the first quarter before pushing their lead out to 14 by the halftime break.
Mimi Craig scored more than half of the Lady Eagle points as she had a game high of 18 points thanks to nailing four three-pointers.
CANTON/GALVA LADY EAGLES at Wakefield
SCORING: 1 2 3 4 FINAL
LADY EAGLES 7 10 9 5 31
Wakefield 14 17 10 11 52
TEAM STATS: LADY EAGLES Wakefield
No Team Stats were Available.
CANTON/GALVA LADY EAGLES INDIVIDUAL SCORING & STAT LEADERS:
Scoring (31 Total Points): Sage Toews – 18; Mimi Craig – 4; Red Craig – 3; Brecken Pearson – 2; Lili Espinoza – 2; Emma Krase – 2.
Three-Pointers Made (4): Sage Toews – 4.
Rebound Leaders: No Stats Available
Assist Leader: No Stats Available
Leader in Steals: No Stats Available
Leader in Blocked Shots: No Stats Available