Canyon football rallies to edge Castaic

CANYON COUNTRY – The Canyon football team came back from a 14-point second-half deficit Friday night to defeat Castaic 36-35 in the opening week of Foothill League play.

The Canyon offense had 233 total rushing yards in the game and quarterback Sebastian Martinez also had three touchdown passes in the game.

Castaic had a chance to tie the game with a little over two minutes left after scoring a touchdown but the point after kick was blocked by Canyon’s Joshua Cambaliza to secure the victory for the Cowboys.