The six McPherson County Area small high schools will be well represented at the upcoming state cross country meets as 11 area runners and one team qualified at their regional runs.Canton/Galva (Faith McMannis/Jaycob Dieker), Elyria Christian (Laney Reiff/Joy Beck), Inman (Riley Roots/Tyler Martisko), Smoky Valley (Esther Clark/Hope Willems) and Moundridge (Haylee Jantz/Dan Kuder/Reid Graber) had individual qualifiers while the Moundridge boys will take the entire boys team.Laney Reiff of Elyria Christian won her Class 1A regional while Eshter Clark took second at her Class 3A regional.The Lady Teutons of Inman are still ranked number one in Class 2A heading into the state meet while Little River is the second seed of the Class 1A Division I as it looks to get it’s third straight state title.Here is a summary of all the six area schools and their events the past week:CANTON/GALVA EAGLES:FOOTBALL – The Eagles won their third game of the season against five losses on Friday as they scored an eight-point, 32-24 win on the road at Goessel.Playing without quarterback Jaxon Chrislip, Bransyn Speer filled in well, getting the Eagles on the board in the first half with a three-yard scoring run.Other Eagle scores came from an eight-yard run by Ethan Brozek, Camden found the end zone from six yards and Noah Collins tumbled in from three yards out for the game winning score.Dominating the ground game, the Eagles gained 268 yards in total offense with 191 coming from running the ball while making seven-of-nine fourth down opportunities.Speer ran for 55 yards on 16 carries, Noah Collins had 45 yards on 12 totes while Ty Herrera, Ethan Brozek and Camden Kruse each went over 20 yards with 29, 28 and 25, respectively.On defense, Goessel did gain 145 yards passing but the Canton/Galva defense held them to just 29 yards on the ground.
