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By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | January 26, 2020
The Canton Varsity Basketball teams scored a pair of wins against Cowanesque Valley over the weekend.
On Friday the Lady Warriors beat CV, 37-29. The 1st half was neck and neck as the both teams were tied at 9-all after the 1st quarter and CV led by 1 point, 15-14, at halftime. The 2nd half belonged to the Lady Warriors as they retook the lead with a 13-point 3rd quarter.
The Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Indians 23-14 during the 2nd half.
Elle Binford (14) and Courtney Weiskopff (13) led Canton on the evening in scoring while Reagan Kelley scored 6 points and Molly Ward added 4. Ward also added a team-high 22 rebounds and 3 steals, Binford had 6 steals and 3 rebounds, and Kelley grabbed 5 rebounds.
During the boys game on Saturday the Warriors won their 3rd straight game by defeating CV, 70-52. The Warriors scored an early 23 points in the 1st quarter then went on to outscore the Indians 47-41 over the final 3 quarters, including 36 points in the 2nd half.
Isaiah Niemczyk led all scorers with 27 points, Ben Knapp had 12, and Cooper Kitchen had 10. Zach Rentzel and Caiden Williams scored 8 points each, Reese Allen added 3, and Evan Landis rounded out the scoring with 2 points.
Seth Huyler led the Indians with 21 points.
The wins improve the Lady Warriors' record to 9-8 (6-6 NTL Small School Division) and the Warriors' record to 9-7 (5-6 NTL Small School Division).
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.