Warriors fall to Hornets, 66-44
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | December 21, 2019
The Canton Varsity Boys Basketball team dropped a 66-44 game at home against Wellsboro on Friday, December 20.
Wellsboro jumped out to a 15-9 lead after the first quarter then went on a 19-8 run in the second to build a 34-17 halftime lead.
Canton rallied in the third quarter and outscored the Hornets 21-13 to cut Wellsboro's lead to 9 points, 47-38. Wellsboro went on to ourscore Canton 19-6 over the final 8 minutes to claim the win.
Isaiah Niemczyk led Canton with 16 points and Caiden Williams dropped 10. Ben Knapp pitched in with 5 points, Cooper Kitchen and Zach Rentzel added 4 points each, Cameron Bellows scored 3 points, and Tyler Jannone scored 2 points.
Four Hornets scored in double figures on the evening, led by Joseph Grab with a game-high 20 points. Isaac Keane scored 12 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, Liam Manning scored 11 points, and Darryn Callahan finished with 10 points. Conner Adams had 8 points and Ty Morral rounded out the scoring with 5 points.
Adams also added 6 rebounds and Grab dished out 7 assists.
Wellsboro started out the evening edging Canton, 46-44 in the JV game. Niemczyk led Canton with 16 points and Ryan Sweet paced Wellsboro with 15.
The loss drops the Warriors to 3-3 (1-3 NTL Small School Division). The team is back in action this evening at Muncy.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
