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Canton can’t erase deficits in two losses

CANTON, Jan. 25 — The Canton High boys basketball team (6-4, 4-2 NCCC) got behind twice last week and paid for it.
Canton scored just eight points in the second period and saw their fourth quarter rally fall short in a 57-51 loss on the road at Granby. Three days later, the Warriors managed to score just five points in the first quarter of a 53-51 loss to Ellington.

Against Granby, Andrew Crowley scored 16 points while Connor Smyth added 13. James Rosshirt scored 12 but a fourth quarter rally wasn’t enough. A 16-0 by the Bears in the second quarter put Canton in a deep hole.

In the Ellington game, Crowley tied a career-high with 32 points. Rosshirt added 10 but the rest of the team struggled to score, combining for just nine points. Still, Canton was close. The game was tied before Ellington’s Zack Graves sank a jumper with 18 seconds left to put the Knights ahead. Graves, who scored 50 in a game earlier this season, finished with 13 points.

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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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