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By: Chris Manning | PIAA District IV | September 6, 2025
Canton fell 56-22 to Athens during NTL football action.
The Wildcats led 28-0 after the first quarter when Canton’s Owen Moore hit Monte Whitehead for a 20-yard touchdown strike. Alexis McRoberts's kick cut it to 28-7.
Athens scored 24 straight going into the fourth quarter after that. Moore hit Whitehead for a 40-yard strike in the fourth with McRoberts adding the point after.
Late in the fourth Moore ran it in from 4-yards out, then found Garren Rathbun for the 2-point conversion for the 56-22 final.
Moore went 5-for-13 for 86-yards with two touchdowns and one interception while Whitehead had three catches for 62-yards and the two scores.
Moore carried the ball nine times for 22-yards and a score to lead the ground attack, as Brayden Tucker had seven carries for 21-yards.