A youthful Canton baseball team battled through the 2026 season, taking a few on the chin while leaving a few winnable games on the field. Still, they nearly made districts despite their inexperience.

"Overall, it was a building year for us. We had a lot of underclassmen get time at the varsity level," said Canton coach Ben Rubert. "We will be bringing back most of our varsity lineup and welcoming in an eighth-grade class who had success at the junior high level. We had a big year out of Daniel Inman and Trapper Burr as freshmen."

The Warriors went 7-13 on the season as they opened up with a 4-0 win over Sayre.

They lost their next two - CV (11-1) and NEB (4-0) - before beating Williamson 4-0. That was followed by a couple of tough losses to Sullivan County (13-9) and Towanda (7-3).

They would go 2-1 over their next three after that, beating NPM (7-6) and Sayre (10-1) to sit at 4-5.

A late April 4-game losing streak would hit, though the played CV tough, falling 8-4, while taking Millville to the wire in a 9-8 loss.

They broke the streak with a 3-2 win over Bucktail.

Canton went 2-2 over their next four games, which included wins over Williamson (9-0) and Wyalusing (10-7) while falling to Muncy (5-2).

They ended the season with losses to Athens (13-3) and Troy (12-3).

Inman led the team at the plate with a .444 average to go with 18-RBI, while Bailey Gardner hit .436 with 13-RBI, a team high 19 runs scored, and nine doubles.

Burr batted .333 with 13 runs scored, five doubles, and 7-RBI, with Reed Taylor also hitting over .300 (.310) with 10-RBI and three doubles.

Inman soaked up most of the team's innings, going 43 1/3-innings with a 3.88 ERA and 53 strikeouts against 22 walks.

Ryland Wesneski tossed 22 2/3-innings with a team best 2.16 ERA as he had 20 strikeouts. Burr pitched 19 innings with 12 strikeouts and a 2.95 ERA.

While they say good-bye to seniors to Taylor, Luke Crawley, and Isaiah Colton they bring back their three best hitters and the majority of their pitching, setting them up for a better 2027 season.

"Hopefully, with some extra time on the field over the summer, we will look to improve in 2027," Rubert said.