2024-25 MHSAA 5A Boys Champions
Congrats to Coach BJ Townsend
and the
Canton Tigers
Region 2 #1 Canton Tigers finished the season 21-10. The Tigers won the third boys title in school history and completed the back-to-back attempt. They finished the season ranked #8 according to MaxPreps. Baby J and these seniors are leaving Canton with an unofficial record of 87-29. They finished with two state championships.
Key wins include:
MAIS 5A champs #16 Heritage Academy 49-37
#13 South Jones 68-58
5A runner up #21 Holmes County Central 77-29
5A runner up #21 Holmes County Central 53-35
Losses:
#18 Clinton 52-51
6A Elite 8 AL #21 Northridge 52-35
#19 Leake Central 71-61
7A champs #1 Germantown 68-51
6A champs #2 Ridgeland 63-46
7A runner up AL #4 Florence 62-49
7A runner up #9 Madison Central 67-64
5A runner up #21 Holmes County Central 55-46
#40 Yazoo City 71-70
6A runner up #10 Olive Branch 64-61
My record in the 5A boys playoffs:
5-3 1st round
4-0 quarterfinals
1-1 semifinals
1-0 championship
11-4 Combined record
Magnolia Hoops 