With win, Canton earns bid to Class S and NCCC Tournaments

CANTON, Feb. 21 – The Canton High boys basketball team earned at least another two chances to play basketball with a 47-42 win over Shepaug Valley in the regular season finale Thursday night.

With the win, Canton (8-12) qualifies for the Class S basketball tournament and the NCCC Tournament, too. Canton will play at Suffield on Friday night at 7 p.m. in a first round NCCC contest. If the Warriors prevail, they will play in Avon on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the quarterfinals.

Canton won two of its final three games to earn a post-season bid. Patrick Sullivan scored 17 points while Cam Daley added 12 last night for the Warriors. On Saturday night, Canton outlasted East Granby, 57-53 for their seventh win of the season behind 18 from Sullivan and 14 from Daley.

Canton 47, Shepaug 42
At Canton
Shepaug (4-16): Spencer Ylagan 1 0 2, Griffin Ylagan 0 0 0, Chris Lowe 2 0 4, Peyton Kay 3 0 6, Lucas Guliano 2 0 5, Dylan McAward 5 5 18, Kellen Rikhoff 3 1 7. Totals: 16 6 42.
Canton (8-12): Riley Hoffman 1 2 4, Alex Daley 1 0 2, Jake Wood 3 0 6, Andrew Zukowski 1 1 3, Cam Daley 5 2 12, Cameron Lange 0 1 1, Patrick Sullivan 4 9 17, Tyler Lange 0 2 2. Totals: 15 17 47.
Shepaug      8 11 11 12 — 42
Canton       16 10 11 10 — 47
3-point goals: McAward (S) 3, Guliano (S)

NCCC Tournament
Boys Basketball
First round, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 22: East Windsor at Stafford; Canton at Suffield; East Granby at Somers

Quarterfinals
Saturday, Feb. 23: Coventry vs. Ellington, 1 p.m. at Granby; East Windsor/Stafford winner at Granby, 2:30 p.m.; Enfield vs. Canton/Suffield winner, 1 p.m. at Avon; Avon vs. East Granby/Somers winner, 2:30 p.m.

Semifinals
Tuesday, Feb. 26: At highest remaining seed, 5 and 7 p.m.

Championship
Thursday, Feb. 28: At highest remaining seed, 7 p.m.