Thursday, March 15, 2007 | 1:39 PM

An undeserved finish

What happened to the Canton Chiefs?

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s is what happened.

After wrapping up conference tournament and district championships, the Canton Chiefs varsity basketball team found itself grasping for answers. Nothing worked right against the powerful Orchard Lake St. Mary’s crew during a regional semifinal at Troy High School on Wednesday night. The Eaglets won the bout, 65-31.

Canton opened up the scoring with a promising bucket by junior Neil Sharma. He led the team with 14. The Chiefs must have missed payday because they couldn’t buy a basket the rest of the way. St. Mary’s was up, 24-6, after one period of play and, 48-10, at the half.

Most of the second half was a running clock once the Eaglets amassed a 40-point lead at 5:15 of the third quarter. Both sides sent in bench players to finish the fourth.

It was a much undeserved ending for a team that deserved so much more.

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