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Canton 3, Winchester 1

Print | Comments () Posted by Chris Forsberg, Boston.com Staff November 13, 2007 07:18 PM

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A few leftover notes from Canton's win as we await the start of tonight's Division 1 contest:

Winchester netminder Jess Pashos was phenomenal. She took what could have been a blowout and kept the Sachems in it for as long as she could. Pashos stopped a penalty stroke in the opening minutes and 12 shots overall in the first half as the Sachems took a 1-0 lead into the half.

But Canton's offense never stopped coming. According to Canton first-year coach Fior Griffin, this was only the second time all season her team trailed and you can see why. With no panic, the Bulldogs relentlessly attacked the net and it paid dividends three times in the second half.

Colleen Moriarty and Jessi Gould were immense. The duo had their hands in all three goals scored by Canton. Gould got her team on the board by sneaking a turn-around slider past Pashos, who got caught hugging the right post a bit too tightly.

Moriarty did a nice job holding the ball until Pashos committed on her first score. When Pashos slid to knock the ball away, Moriarty tucked the ball inside the right post for a 2-1 advantage with just under 16 minutes to play.

With Winchester pressing for the equalizer, Canton got in transition in the final moments and Gould sent a brilliant feed from the wing to a streaking Moriarty, who one-timed it home (flipping it up over Pashos) for the game-clincher.

Canton will now meet Quaboag, the team it beat in last year's state championship game.

Click the link at the top of this entry to see Canton's trio of second-half goals.

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The Division 1 game is just about set to get underway. We'll be back with more from this one in a bit.

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