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Yazoo City Canton

Indians

Tigers

The Canton (MS) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Yazoo City (MS) by a score of 21-14.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Yazoo City	-	-	-	-	14
Canton	-	-	-	-	21

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Game Stats

Yazoo City (24-25)

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Canton (24-25)

Canton

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	7	11	191	.636	27.3	2			146.8
7	Eric Gilkey III (Sr)	7	11	191	.636	27.3	2			146.8

Canton

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	29	139	4.8	9	1
1	Kevarsia Taylor (Sr)	2	11	5.5	8
2	Joseph Gray (Sr)	13	70	5.4
5	J. Sheilds (Jr)	6	18	3.0	9	1
7	Eric Gilkey III (Sr)	4	15	3.8	6
10	Ty Greenwood (Jr)	2	9	4.5	8
25	J. Johnson (Jr)	2	16	8.0	9

Canton

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	7	191	27.3	52	2
1	Kevarsia Taylor (Sr)	1	5	5.0	5
10	Ty Greenwood (Jr)	3	80	26.7	52	1
11	Jadarious Esco (Sr)	3	106	35.3	41	1

Canton

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	139	191	330
1	Kevarsia Taylor (Sr)	11	5	16
2	Joseph Gray (Sr)	70		70
5	J. Sheilds (Jr)	18		18
7	Eric Gilkey III (Sr)	15		15
10	Ty Greenwood (Jr)	9	80	89
11	Jadarious Esco (Sr)		106	106
25	J. Johnson (Jr)	16		16

Canton

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	139	191	191	330
1	Kevarsia Taylor (Sr)	11		5	16
2	Joseph Gray (Sr)	70			70
5	J. Sheilds (Jr)	18			18
7	Eric Gilkey III (Sr)	15	191		206
10	Ty Greenwood (Jr)	9		80	89
11	Jadarious Esco (Sr)			106	106
25	J. Johnson (Jr)	16			16

Canton

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	18	18
5	J. Sheilds (Jr)	1	6	6
10	Ty Greenwood (Jr)	1	6	6
11	Jadarious Esco (Sr)	1	6	6

Canton

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	2	3
5	J. Sheilds (Jr)	1		1
10	Ty Greenwood (Jr)		1	1
11	Jadarious Esco (Sr)		1	1

Game Story

Mississippi High School Football - Yazoo City can't hold off Canton

October 18, 2024: Canton, MS 39046

The Canton Tigers got by the visiting Yazoo City Indians football team by a score of 21-14 in Friday's league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers play the Greenville Hornets (Greenville, MS) in a 5A Region 2 challenge, on Friday, October 25. Canton will attempt to improve on its 5-2 season record. The Hornets go into the challenge with a 1-6 record after their 33-8 league loss to Cleveland Central (Cleveland, MS).

The Indians (3-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Holmes County Central (Lexington, MS). The Jaguars go into the 5A Region 2 challenge with a 5-2 record. In their last challenge, Holmes County Central nipped Gentry (Indianola, MS), 57-0, in a league challenge.

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Final

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Yazoo City @ Canton Football Game Info

Fri., Oct. 18, 2024 @ 7p

The Canton (MS) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Yazoo City (MS) by a score of 21-14.

Rankings & Records

Yazoo City (24-25)

MS	Class
133	19

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-7	2-3	4-1	0-6	.364	.400	218	277

Canton (24-25)

MS	Class
41	7

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-4	3-2	4-1	4-2	0-1	.667	.600	366	232

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Yazoo City	6.0	0	0	0	19.8
Canton	5.3	12.7	8.0	5.2	30.5

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Team Stat Comparison

Yazoo City		Canton
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	144.0
-	Passing Yards Per Game	136.7
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	159.0
-	Total Yards Per Game	280.7
-	Points Per Game	24.5

Team Leaders

Yazoo City		Canton	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#2 Joseph Gray54.9	20.4
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#7 Eric Gilkey III147.9	51.0
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	#8 Jayden Cration67.2	17.4
-	Total Yards Per Game	#7 Eric Gilkey III190.2	36.6
-	Points Per Game	#8 Jayden Cration8.7	2.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Yazoo City	2-2		Canton	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
10/11/24	Gentry	Yazoo City	(W) 48-12	11/1/24	Gentry	Canton	(W) 48-6
10/25/24	Holmes County Central	Yazoo City	(L) 46-20	11/7/24	Canton	Holmes County Central	(L) 44-33
11/1/24	Greenville	Yazoo City	(W) 24-18	10/25/24	Canton	Greenville	(W) 40-6
11/7/24	Yazoo City	Cleveland Central	(L) 41-12	10/11/24	Canton	Cleveland Central	(L) 14-12
				11/22/24	Canton	Cleveland Central	(L) 27-26

Record Breakdown

Yazoo City (24-25)		Canton (24-25)
4-7	Overall	8-4
2-3	League	3-2
2-3	Non-League	4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-2	Common Opponent	2-3
4-1	Home	4-1
0-6	Away	4-2
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
4-7	In-State	8-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0