Canton girls top Old Lyme to earn first semifinal berth in 16 years

Canton’s Emily Briggs had a career-high 27 points in the Class S quarterfinal win over Old Lyme Monday night.

CANTON, March 9 – Sophomore Emily Briggs had a team-high 27 points including a three-pointer and 14 rebounds to help lead the top-ranked Canton High girls basketball team into the Class S semifinals with a 63-52 victory over No. 8 Old Lyme Monday.

The Warriors (21-4) advance to the semifinals for the first time since 1999 and for just the sixth time in their history. Canton will face No. 5 Notre Dame-Fairfield (20-5) on Friday at a neutral location.

Maggie Treacy had 17 points and pair of three-point shots while Jacquie Grabowski added seven points. For Old Lyme, Abby Stone led the way with 28 points and three 3-point field goals.

Canton took control early and led by six after one period, 17-11. They extended the lead to 12 points at halftime, 31-19. Briggs’ 27 points was one shy of her career high of 28 that she had against East Lyme in January.

The last appearance in the championship game for Canton was in 1999.

Our friends at the Canton Compass snapped some photos from the quarterfinal victory.

Canton 63, Old Lyme 52
At Canton
Old Lyme (52): Abby Stone 8-9-28, Catie Quaratella 1-4-7, Julia Strycharz 3-0-6, Keelin Hurtt 0-2-2, Maddie Zrenda 1-0-2, Hannah Payner 0-0-0, Mary Cate Devlin 2-1-5, Lauren Quaratella 1-0-2. Totals 16-16-52
Canton (63): Katie Walker 1-1-3, Jacquie Grabowski 3-1-7, Emily Briggs 11-4-27, Maggie Treacy 6-3-17, Gabby Rose 2-2-6, Emma Charron 0-0-0, Belle Magna 0-1-1, Abbe Skinner 0-0-0, Leah Eisenbrenner 0-0-0, Carly Atkinson 1-0-2, Shannon Downey 0-0-0, Katie Markowski 0-0-0. Totals 24-12-63
Old Lyme (17-6)     11   8  13  20  — 52
Canton (21-3)        17  16  18  12  — 63
Three-point goals: Stone (O) 3, C. Quartatella (O), Briggs (C), Treacy (C) 2