It was a back and forth game with Canton taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning that held until CV tied it up when Hunter Simonds walked and eventually scored on an error off the bat of Nick West.

Canton retook the lead with a run in the bottom of the 3rd before CV plated a pair of runs .. by Larsen Swimley and Loagan Stickler .. in the 4th inning to take a 3-2 lead that lasted until the 6th. Carter Ackley reached on an error for CV in the 6th and scored on a Simonds single to put the Indians up 4-2, but Canton tied it up in the bottom half of the 6th.

It stayed that way until the ninth when Canton’s Mason Harold led off with a hit and CV reliever Levi Stahli recorded two outs before intentional walking Holden Ward and a single by Hudson Ward loaded the bases.

That set up Bailey Gardner’s first pitch single that scored Cohen Landis to seal the win.

Jordan Vargeson started on the mound for CV and went 2 2/3 innings while allowing one run on two hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Stahli took the loss, going 6 innings and giving up four runs on three hits and three walks with two K’s. 

Swimley had a pair of base hits and scored a run for CV, while Carsyn Kemp had an RBI single, Simonds had a hit, an RBI and scored a run and Stickler and Ackley each scored once. 

Cowanesque Valley falls to 0-2 on the season with the loss. They’re scheduled to return to action Wednesday against Northern Potter.