Canton High football

2011 Pequot Conference standings, news, results

2011 individual leaders

FINAL, 10 games

RUSHING Att-Yds TDs

Mullins 162-718 4

Daley 35-133 1

LaChance 35-110 1

Delos 30-85 0

Grillo

23-65 0

Scott 36-48 1

Brophy 11-35 1

Wood 2-8 0

Amoroso 3-7 0

Gumbs 5-4 0

Wilson 2-4 0

DeMarco 1 (-1) 0

C. Gavin 2-(-6) 0

PASSING C-Att-Int Yds TDs

Scott 33-96-10 548 6

Daley 12-22-3 84 2

Gumbs 2 4-0 68 1

C. Gavin 0-7-3 0 0

RECEIVING C-Yds TD

Gumbs 11-173 4

Wood 11-115 1

Powell 7-122 2

Wilson 4-119 2

C. Gavin 7-73 0

DeMarco 2-61 0

Grillo 3-25 0

Mullins 2-7 0

LaChance 1-5 0

POINTS

TDs PAT 2pt Pts

Mullins 4-0 0 0 24

Gumbs 0-4 0 0 24

WIlson 0-2 0 0 12

Powell 0-2 0 0 12

Wood 0-1 0 3 12

Daley 1-0 1 1 9

C. Gavin 0-0 0 4 8

Scott 1-0 0 0 6

LaChance 1-0 0 0 6

Brophy 1-0 0 0 6

FIELD GOALS: Daley 0-1

PATS: Daley 1-2

Return yardage: Kickoffs: Daley 28-441, Demarco 11-82, Brophy 4-39, Grillo 3-18, Wood 3-17, Gavin 1-minus 3, Delos 1-0; Punts: Daley 4-75

Punting: Delos 25-781 (31.2), C. Daley 9-310 (34.4), Grillo 1-31

Defense

Interceptions (2): Brophy 1-36, Powell 1-10

Fumble recovery (11): Grillo 3, Daley 3, Mullins 1 , Wilson 1, Amoroso 1, Powell 1, Lachance 1

Sacks (8): Mullins 1.5-20, Bonini 1.5-28, Murphy 1.5-30, Lachance 1-10, C. Daley 1-10, Delos 1-8, Wood 0.5-8

Blocked punt (1) Latvis

Blocked PAT (4) Latvis 2, Daley, Bonini

Blocked FG (1) Daley

Tackles: Daley 71 (43 tackles, 28 assists), E. Latvis 59 (46 tackles, 13 assists), Lachance 56 (43 tackles, 13 assists); Mullins 50 (32-18), Delos 41 (30-11), Wood 40 (25-15), Bonini 37 (22-15), Brophy 35 (25-10), Murphy 33 (23-10), DeMarco 24 (13-11), Scott 22 (11-11), Gumbs 20 (14-6), Amoroso 20 (9-11), Grillo 17 (10-7), Powell 16 (13-3), Durbois 15 (9-6), Parchen 10 (4-6), Permenter 8 (5-3), Trowers 7 (5-2), Toland 7 (4-3), C. Gavin 7 (7-0), N. Latvis 4 (3-1), Zukowski 2 (2-0), Houle 3 (3-0), Ward 1 (1-0), Wilson 1 (1-0), Lawlor 3 (3-0), Vandebogart 1 (1-0)

Granby 27, Canton 12

At Granby

Canton

6 6 0 0 -- 12

Granby

13 0 6 8 -- 27

First quarter

G: Kevin Mouning 25 pass from Zach Balboni (pass fails)

G: James Utso 6 run (Ian Downey kick)

C: Kyle Mullins 6 run (pass fails), 1:24

Second quarter

C: Sebastian Gumbs 22 pass from Eric Scott, 3:20

Third quarter

G: Stephen Blake 2 run (Balboni pass from Curt Fields)

Fourth quarter

G: Blake 3 run (kick blocked), 8:26

Individual statistics

RUSHING: Canton -- Mullins 17-109, Scott 3-7, Daley 4-0, Grillo 2-1, Amoroso 1-minus 1

PASSING: Canton -- Scott 3-9-1, 74; Gumbs 0-1-0

RECEIVING: Canton -- Gumbs 1-22, Wilson 1-30, Grillo 1-22

RETURNS: Grillo 3-125 (kickoffs), 2-18 (punts); DeMarco 1-0 (punts)

TACKLES: Murphy 10 tackles, 4 assists; Bonini 7-6, Daley 4-8, Lachance 7-1, Wood 5-5, Brophy 5-4, Dubois 6-1, Gumbs 6-1

SACKS: Murphy 1.5-30, Bonini 1.5-28; Wood 0.5-8; Mullins 1.5-20

FUM REC: Daley; INTERCEPTIONS: Powell 1-10

BLOCKED PAT: Bonini; BLOCKED FG: Daley

New head coach discusses how he will build program

CANTON, March 29 – You can sense the excitement in Paul Philippon’s voice. The long-time high school football coach is ready to begin teaching and building a winning football program at Canton High. Philippon met with players, parents and interested members of the Canton community in the high school auditorium in a meeting hosted by Friends of Canton Football, the parent-run booster club that funds the football and girls lacrosse programs at Canton High.

Collinsville Press, March 29: Philippon meets with parents, students, lays out his agenda

Philippon named as new coach at CHS

CANTON, March 2 – Paul Philippon, the former head coach at Bristol Eastern and a current assistant coach with Trinity College, has been named as the new head football coach at Canton High. Philippon replaces Roger Pearl, who resigned earlier this year after four seasons leading the Warriors.

Philippon coached Eastern for four years (2004-08) and posted a record of 31-19-2, winning two CCC South titles in 2007 and 2008. He was an assistant coach at Trinity last fall and has served on the coaching staffs at Glastonbury and Conard in West Hartford.

New leadership coming

Pearl and most of staff resigns

CANTON, Jan. 21 – There will be a new leadership with the Canton High football program next fall. Head coach Roger Pearl and most of his coaching staff have resigned. Assistant coaches Mark Amoroso and Dennis D’Angelo also stepped down. Dee Stephen, Canton’s new athletic director, is seeking applications for the head coaching position. Assistant coach Jose Santana did not resign.

Pearl led the Warriors for four seasons, posting an overall record of 11-30. A young Warrior team, consisting primarily of sophomores and juniors, failed to win a game this year, going 0-10. Canton was 3-7 in 2010 and 2-9 in 2008.

Canton’s best season under his leadership was in 2009 when the Warriors went 6-4 for its first winning season since 1958. After dropping their first three games, the Warriors won six straight games including scoring a school record 54 points in a win over Housatonic and gaining 586 yards of total offense in a win over Wolcott Tech. Six players earned All-Pequot Conference honors.

Under Pearl, 15 Canton players earned All-Pequot Conference honors and linebacker Nate Scott was the first football player in school history to earn All-State honors in 2010. Canton did win the Sportsmanship Award from the Hartford Board of Football Officials and Pearl has been selected to be part of the Connecticut coaching staff for this summer's Governor's Cup All-Star game against Rhode Island.

“I have no regrets and I wouldn’t have done anything different if I had to do it all again,” Pearl said. “I wish all of the players the best of luck in the future.”

Pearl and Amoroso are candidates for positions in another high school program that they declined to name at this time.

Latvis named to

All-Pequot squad

Senior linebacker Erik Latvis was the lone Canton player to earn All-Pequot Conference honors in recent balloting from league coaches although three players earned Honorable Mention recognition. Latvis played on both sides of the ball for the Warriors. Defensively, he blocked a punt and two extra points while leading the squad with 71 tackles (43 solo tackles, 28 assists). Latvis has been selected to tryout for the Connecticut All-Star football team that plays the Rhode Island All-Stars in June. Canton kicker Dan Delos, center Mike Amoroso and linebacker Kyle Murphy received Honorable Mention All-Pequot recognition.

Learn more about Latvis in a story from earlier this fall.

Collinsville Press, Oct. 26: Playing time isn't the issue anymore for Latvis with Warrior football team