The Westmoreland Eagles football team looked as if they were going to fly away with a win Friday night over the Cannon County Lions. The Eagles jumped out to a 28-0 lead within a minute into the second quarter. Cannon County would finally score on a passing touchdown from quarterback Ryan Jordan to reciever Cody Petro on one of his two touchdowns to trail 28-6. Westmoreland would score another 13 unanswered points. The Eagles were on another drive at the 15 trying to punch it in when the Lions’ Sean Owen would pick up a fumble and return it 80 yards for a touchdown with three minutes left before halftime. Westmoreland would score one more time before Cannon started a scoring onslaught that would pull them as close as 18 points. The Eagles ended up with the win 62-36 as they gained 576 yards. Both teams combined almost reached 1000 yards of total offense. Quarterback Ryan Jordan was 22 or 37 for 337 yards and 4 TD’s while only throwing one interception. Justin Tobin caught two of those touchdown passes.Hawk Love ran one in from a yard out in the loss. The Lions will be back at home still looking for their first win when they host York Institute next Friday night.
