By HockomockSports.com Staff
Canton senior Cam Sanchez has been selected as the HockomockSports.com Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, for March 14 through March 20. Sanchez is the 15th player chosen as Player of the Week for the 2020-21 school year and second in the fall II season.
Sanchez helped Canton rebound from a loss o North Attleboro, scoring all three of the Bulldogs’ touchdowns in a 26-6 win at Oliver Ames. He scored twice on offense and added an important kick-off return that put Canton in front for good. Two of his scores were by more than 80 yards.
“He can go at any time,” said first-year Canton coach Anthony Fallon following the Bulldogs’ win over OA. “Sometimes you’ve got to just keep tapping the rock and the rock will break. He’s our ‘tap the rock’ guy this year.”
OA took the lead in Friday night’s game, which was the first league meeting between the teams in four years, but on the ensuing kickoff Sanchez grabbed the ball at his own nine and went straight up the middle for a 91-yard score that immediately flipped momentum. OA’s lead lasted just 16 seconds.
After Canton stopped OA’s next drive inside the red zone, Canton faced third and six at its 12-yard-line. Sanchez took an option pitch, after an audible by quarterback Robert Botelho, and he raced up the OA sideline for an 88-yard score. In the fourth quarter, Sanchez put the game away with a 28-yard burst up the middle for his third touchdown. He finished with 166 yards on 14 carries.
The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision.
