Canton Lions Football and Cheerleading

The Canton Lions football teams downed the Westland Meteors in our 2007 Homecoming games. This was another important divisional sweep for the Lions, moving all our teams records to 4-0. 

The Varsity came from behind to beat the Westland Meteors.  The Meteors got on the board first but the Lions came roaring back with 19 unanswered points to take a 19-7 halftime lead.  The Meteors scored first in the second half but the Lions answered with two touchdowns of their own.  The Meteors scored late to make the final score 35-21.  Marcus Houston tallied four touchdowns while Kevin Buford had a touchdown and two interceptions.  William Askew kicked two extra points, caused a fumble and had four tackles in the Meteor backfield.  Also turning in a strong performance was Michael Boes, Clay Behrman, and Nick Weber.      

The JV squad continued their winning ways by overpowering the Westland Meteors 35-0. The scoring on offense displayed a balanced attack, with rushing touchdowns scored by Malcolm Hollingsworth, Jamarl Eiland, Collin Hall, and Tyler Searls. In addition, the Lions went to the air with a touchdown pass from Quarterback Devin Slominski to Tightend Scott Gring. Lucas Bunting added (two) PAT kicks, and Westen Price contributed an extra point run. Defensively, standouts were Luke Denzer (forced fumble), Jamarl Eiland (fumble recovery), Kenny Arnold, Westen Price, Nathan Emminger (sack), Evan Thomas (interception), Daniel Tidwell, and Daniel Jipping (caused fumble).

The Freshmen improved their record with an impressive 39-13 victory over the Westland Meteors. The Lions defense was dominant while forcing 5 fumbles and recovering 3 including one for a Touchdown by Chuckie Turfe. The offense was led on the ground by excellent blocking from Eric Daniels, Alex Petrarca, James Bolding, Jacob Blaylock and Mason Robichaud. The running attack was paced by Daniel Kilgore, Allante' Wheeler, Cordell Gibson and Damarcus Kaigler. Shane Raymond, Austin Fisher, Forrest Hall, and Jake Stropes also played stand out defensive games for the Lions.

The Jr. Freshman had a strong defensive, hard hitting effort lead by Jacob Miller, Steven Thomas, Kyle Amick, Ethan Balogh, and Connor Danaher.  The Lions defense allowed very few plays of positive yardage by the Meteors throughout the game.   The offense had a strong effort lead by the blocking of Mason Kopchia, Jeffrey Johnson, and Noah Brown while opening big holes for the Lions running backs.