Football Preview: Canton Eagles vs. Sunnyvale
The Canton Eagles will head out to face off against Sunnyvale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Canton is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Last Friday, Canton earned a 14-7 win over Ford. The 14-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Sunnyvale had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Tigers 49-10. Given Sunnyvale's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 214th, while Wills Point is ranked 613th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sunnyvale found their leader in sophomore Cayson Maupin, who threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown. Those 354 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Maupin. 116 of Maupin's passing yards were hauled in by Drew Gardner, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Maupin was just one part of a punishing run game: Sunnyvale was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Sunnyvale's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Canton, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
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