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Roundup: Hoop team closes in on tournament bid

CANTON, Feb. 1 — With a 68-49 win over Bolton on Friday night, the the Canton High boys basketball team moved within two victories of qualifying for the Class S tournament for the seventh straight year and extending the school record for consecutive state tournament berths.

Prior to 2005, the longest run of qualifying for the Class S tournament for Canton was four straight years (1980-83 and 1925-28).

Canton’s Pat Sullivan had a career-high 22 points, including seven 3-point shots, to lead the Warriors (6-7, 3-6 NCCC) against Bolton. Mike Pepin added 17. Earlier in the week, Pepin had 18 points, Colin Gurry scored 13 and Sullivan added 12 but the Warriors came up short in a 68-56 loss to Coventry.

WRESTLING: The Warriors (5-18, 0-5 NCCC) won one of five matches last week. They dropped a 51-21 decision to Stafford in a NCCC meet. Brian Fitzpatrick (130) had a nice overtime win but four forfeits didn’t help Canton.

At the John Williams Duals at Rockville High on Saturday, Canton finished seventh. The Warriors lost to Windham High, 58-10, Avon, 60-18 and host Rockville, 30-29. Canton beat the Junior Varsity All-Stars, a collection of junior varsity wrestlers from the seven varsity teams to replace a team that failed to appear, by a score of 51-18.

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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 New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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