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Girls soccer team expects to continue success

CANTON, Sept. 7 — The Canton High girls soccer team (9-7-3, 7-6-3 NCCC) lost just two seniors and one starter from last year’s team that advanced to the Class S quarterfinals before falling to Old Saybrook. Canton scored a school-record 41 goals last season, led by All-State senior Morgan Smith.

“We expect to continue what we started last year,” coach Kevin McKenna said. “We made a good run.”

Smith, fullback Stephanie Hurd and All-NCCC midfielder Allie Coutu (5 goals) are the team’s three captains.

“The kids are friends off the field and that creates good team chemistry,” McKenna said. “They play hard for each other and they play well together.”

One of the smallest schools in the NCCC, Canton will be hard pressed to contend for a league championship with the depth of teams such as Class L finalist Avon, Class M champion Suffield and Somers. But McKenna is optimistic that this can be a good season for the Warriors, who were in most games a year ago.

The goal is to earn enough points to play in the CIAC Class S tournament against similar-sized schools.

McKenna will be coaching the team for the fifth season. He was a co-coach with Tom Peterson a year ago but Peterson stepped away to continue his studies in art at the Rhode Island School of Design. McKenna previously coached the squad for three years from 2003-05.

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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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