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Canton Falls In Class S Girls Basketball Finals
The Warriors led early, but dropped a 52-45 decision to Trinity Catholic Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena.
UNCASVILLE, CT — Senior Iyanna Lops did it all for Trinity Catholic in Saturday's Class S girls basketball championship game against Canton. She scored 22 points, hauled down seven rebounds and blocked five shots - all by the end of the third quarter.
She wound up with 26 points and fittingly blocked a Warrior shot in the final 10 seconds, leading the Crusaders to a 52-45 win for the program's first state title since 2006, and fourth overall.
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Canton jumped out to an eight-point lead late in the first quarter, but a 10-point run, paced by a pair of 3-point shots by Lops, pushed the Crusaders in front. After Canton tied it, Trinity Catholic embarked on a nine-point surge, seven by Lops, to assume the lead for good.
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Caitlyn Scott scored in double figures for Trinity Catholic, netting 12 points to go along with six assists. Kiera Fenske contributed six rebounds before fouling out with 3:17 to play.
Abigail Charron led Canton with 15 points, and Paige Brown added 10. Allison Celmer had nine rebounds.
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