Several Canton High athletes earned All-NCCC honors for their play this past winter but one athlete earned All-State honors and one athlete placed at the New England championships.
Junior Ruby Theberge, who became the eighth girl in school history to score more than 1,000 points, was named to the All-State team by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA).
Theberge scored a career-high 33 points in a single game in a win over Windsor Locks in December and scored 30 points in another game against Windsor Locks in February. She averaged a team-leading 16.5 points a game and sank 38 three-point shots.
Canton freshman wrestler Regan Murphy finished third at the State Open girls championships and finished fifth in New England, earning a spot on the medal stand.
Canton doesn’t have a stand-alone girls wrestling team but has several wrestlers that train all season long with the team and compete in girls-only tournaments and in some dual meets with the boys.
Sophomore Kayla Berning didn’t earn All-State honors in girls indoor track but she was third in the 600 meters at the State Open and took tenth at the New England championships in the 600.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Coach: Dan Goscinski
Record: 8-14, 5-6 NCCC
All-NCCC: Brayden Keefe
All-State: none
NCCC tournament: Lost to Granby, 71-65 in quarterfinals
CIAC state tournament: Lost to No. 12 Northwestern Regional, 63-46 in CIAC Division V first round
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Coach: Brian Medeiros
Record: 16-8, 7-4 NCCC (fourth)
All-NCCC: Ruby Theberge
All-State: Ruby Theberge
NCCC tournament: Lost to Granby, 57-55 in quarterfinals
CIAC state tournament: Lost to No. 1 Morgan, 66-39 in CIAC Division IV quarterfinal
Of note: League champion Coventry won the Division III title. … Canton beat Tolland in double OT in their tournament opener.
WRESTLING
Coach: Josh Bristol
Record: 17-6, 7-0 (NCCC champions)
All-NCCC: Kai Quintana-Wright, George Redford III, Kian Murphy, Tommy Johnson
All-State: None
NCCC tournament: Won NCCC Tournament with 199 points
CIAC state tournament: 7th in Class S with 129 points; 44th at State Open (22 points)
Of note: Canton won the NCCC championship for the second consecutive year.
GIRLS WRESTLING
Coach: Josh Bristol
Record: No dual meets
CIAC tournament: Tied 22nd place (36 points) at State Open; Tied 45th place (15 pts.) at New England championships.
Of note: Regan Murphy (145) finished third at the State Open and became first Canton girl to win a medal at the New England championships by finishing fifth
BOYS HOCKEY
Coach: Dave Harackiewicz
Record: 2-17-1, 0-11 CCC South
All-Conference: David Andrews (Canton)
All-State: none
CCC tournament: Did not qualify
CIAC state tournament: Lost to No. 3 Masuk in first round of Division III tournament.
Of note: Canton is part of the Newington co-op program with Berlin, Manchester, Cromwell. The was the seventh year of Canton’s participation in the co-op program and the first time in seven years that the squad had a losing record. The top 16 teams earned a spot in the Division III tournament with Newington being ranked No. 14.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Coach: Joe Gozzi
Record: 13-9, 5-5 CCC (tied third)
All-Conference: Lila Prayzner (Somers), Cecelia Estrada (Granby)
All-State: none
CCC tournament: Lost to East Catholic in CCC semifinals, 2-0
State tournament: Lost to No. 1 Darien, 8-0 in CT High School Girls Hockey Association quarterfinal
Of note: Canton is part of the Suffield High girls co-op ice hockey program. Other programs in the co-op are Ellington, E.O. Smith, Granby, Windsor, Somers, Housatonic, Manchester, Rocky HIll and NW Regional. It was the sixth year that Canton was part of the co-op. Prayzner was a second team All-State selection.
BOYS INDOOR TRACK
Coach: Keith Wilson and Devin Glasson
Record: No dual meet record
All-NCCC: none
All-State: none
NCCC tournament: 11th at NCCC championships (11 pts.)
CIAC state tournament: 31st in Class S (1 pt.); No score at State Open
Of note: Dylan Campbell was sixth in the 300 meters at the Class S meet.
GIRLS INDOOR TRACK
Coach: Keith Wilson and Devin Glasson
Record: No dual meet record
All-NCCC: Kayla Berning, Ally Chickos
All-State: none
NCCC tournament: 4th at NCCC championships (58 pts.)
CIAC state tournament: 9th in Class S (14 pts.), 21st at State Open (6 pts.)
Of note: Berning finished tenth in New England in the 600 meters with a time of 1:37.30. Berning took third at the State Open in the 600 meters and was second at the Class S championship meet. She was third in the 300 meters at the Class S meet.
BOYS SWIMMING
Coach: None
Of note: Freshman Andrew Dauphinais earned 11 points for Canton at Class S championship meet. Dauphinais, who trained this winter with the Granby/East Granby co-op team, finished 18th in the 100-yard breaststroke and 21st in the 200 individual medley. As a team, Canton was 23rd out of 23 teams with 11 points.
UNIFIED BASKETBALL
Coach: Mark LaPointe
Notable: No results were available
