The last time the Cannon County Lions High School Football team scored over 30 points in a game it was against Westmoreland in 2011 and unfortunately the Eagles posted 62 points for the win. The last time the Cannon County Lions scored 30 or more points in a win was in 2010 against Upperman. Friday night the Lions met Red Boiling Springs in Woodbury for the opportunity to go 2-2 for the first time since 2007. The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard first after recovering a Cannon County fumble at the Cannon 33. Two plays later, they cashed it in on a 37 yard touchdown run to go up 7-0. The Lions on their third possession of the game put together a five play drive with quarterback Josh Walkup powering it in from 6 yards out to tie the game at 7. The second quarter started with the Lions in great field position after recovering a Bulldog fumble at the Bulldog 19 yard line. Although the Lions couldn’t move the football in four downs they were benefitted by the strong kicking leg of Jake Walkup who nailed a 36 yard field goal to put the Lions out ahead for the rest of the game 10-7. The Lions would score on their next two possessions through the air as Josh Walkup found Qwentin McMackins for a 41 yard bomb to make it 17-7. Knowing they had a mismatch they went for it again on their next possession as McMackins hauled in a 46 yard pass on his fingertips to go up 24-7. The Lions continued their assault in the third quarter. Maintaining a ground game which ate up 9 minutes of the 12 minute quarter the Lions used Jake Walkup again this time to kick a 45 yard field goal to move the lead to 27-7. Red Boiling Springs would put together a lengthy drive of their own. 15 plays later scoring from the one yard line the Bulldogs cut the lead 27-14. With 2:21 left in the game running back Jaydon Coon took off for a 58 yard touchdown run for the final score of the game as Cannon County won 34-14. Lions offensively ran for 174 yards and passed for 105 for a total of 279 offensive yards. Josh Walkup was 6-11 for 105 yards two touchdowns and no interceptions. Coon was the leading ground gainer running 25 times for 137 yards. Cannon will take this victory to Jamestown Friday to meet the York Institute Dragons in a region contest.
