Canton JV Girls play well in Syracuse tourney

 On Thursday, Dec. 26 and Dec. 27, the Canton girls JV basketball team didn’t waste any time trying to burn off the Christmas cookies as they traveled to Syracuse to play in the 2019 Holiday Classic-Hoops for Hospital Basketball Tournament at Onondaga Community College.   In the opening round, the junior Bears faced a 5-0 Westhill team …

Lady Bears Varsity Basketball Splits at Weekend Tournament

After a disappointing loss on Thursday night, the Canton girls varsity basketball team bounced back to beat Owego Free Academy. Losing 50-28 to Westhill, the team felt this performance was far from satisfactory. On Friday, the girls came into the consolation game ready to comeback from possibly their worst performance of the season. On Thursday, …

Girls JV Basketball Wins Don Petty Memorial Christmas Tournament

The girls JV basketball team won their home tournament over the weekend, and placed three players on the all tournament team. 2019 Champions Canton Golden Bears ( L-R) Front: Wyatt Newman, Lindsey Filiatrault, Camryn Sipher, Olivia Sero, Courtney Peters Back; Hadley Alguire, Amelia Rodee, Mattie Porter, Phoebe Jaskowski, Ava Hoy, Kayla Larrabee, Alyssa Jacob All Tournament Team …

Girls Varsity Basketball Wins Don Petty Memorial Tournament

With wins over St. Lawrence Central and Peru, the Canton Varsity Girls Basketball team won their home tournament, the Petty Tournament. 82-44 the Bears beat the Larries in the first round of play. This match-up was a chance for Canton to fine tune their defenses and work on offensive sets. Canton also got the chance …

JV girls win Don Petty Tourney opener

The Canton JV girls basketball team squeaked by St. Lawrence Central on Friday night in the first round of the Don Petty Memorial Christmas Tournament.  The junior Bears once again started out slow in the first half and trailed 23-15 going into the break.  The Bears Cubs trailed the entire game until the 53 second mark when …

Girls Modified Basketball Undefeated

The Canton girl’s modified basketball team closed out the first part of their season undefeated.  The 7th and 8th grade teams, under first-year head coach Stevissa Nellenback, are both 3-0 heading into the holiday break.  Both teams beat Malone at home, and then topped Gouverneur and Salmon River on the road. The 7th grade team …

Gouverneur beats Canton JV girls

The JV girlsbBasketball team took the trip south down Route 11 to face off with the undefeated Gouverneur Wildcats.  The Cats took round one of the series and dominated the Bears by the score of 58-31.  Gouveneur started out strong with an 11-5 first quarter advantage and never looked back shooting the lights out from behind …

Varsity Girls Basketball moves up to 4-0

In their first road game of the season, the Canton varsity girls basketball team defeated the Gouverneur Wildcats 55-48 on Monday. Canton played relentless defense in the first half to gain an early advantage. The team used many different defensive sets and recorded countless steals. These steals turned into fast-break points, which accounted for the …

Varsity Girls Basketball Comeback for a Win

Canton’s girls varsity basketball team beat Saranac Central 46-38 on Saturday. The Golden Bears got off to a slow start and were down 12-0 in the first quarter, until Katie Chisholm scored a buzzer beater layup to end quarter one with the Bears trailing 12-2. After their worst quarter of the season, Canton started to …

Lady JV Bears Rally for win

Despite trailing the entire game until the 30 second mark in the fourth quarter and possibly setting a modern day basketball turnover record, the Canton JV Girls Basketball team survived and beat Saranac Central 45-42 at SUNY Canton on Saturday night.  With this win it pushes the Bears record to 2-1 on the season.   The junior Bears were …