Canton's offensive firepower overpowered Livonia Franklin Tuesday night, 9-1, extending the Chiefs' unbeaten mark to 10 games.

  Canton is now 13-2-2 overall and 7-1-1 in the KLAA South Division. The Chiefs can clinch the division title with a victory at Churchill on Thursday.

  Seniors Brandon Laabs and Garren Carr excelled between the pipes for Canton as each played a half.

  The winners' goal scoring was well distributed among six players.

  Shean Krolicki got the ball rolling in the game's second minute when he accepted a pass from Dan Ovesea and chipped it over the keeper to make it 1-0.

  Eleven minutes later, Ovesea ripped home a header off a free kick from Bobby Budlong to double the Chiefs' lead.

  Budlong added to the Patriots' misery in the game's 28th minute when he took a through ball from Bryan Ren and beat the Pats' keeper to cap the first-half scoring.

  After an Ovesea net-finder made it 4-0 early in the second half, Phil Baciak struck in bang-bang fashion, scoring a pair of consecutive goals on assists from Krolicki and Ovesea.

  The hosts scored to cut their deficit to 6-1, but Garrett Derian-Toth (from Scott Piwowar) countered  five minutes later to help the Chiefs regain a six-goal lead.

  Piwowar then put the game away for scoring two goals, both of which were assisted by Ren.

  Piwowar's second goal at the 19-minute mark ended the game due to the MHSAA's eight-goal mercy rule.

Tyler Winningham wins a 50/50 ball against a Franklin forward Tuesday night. (photo courtesy of William Furgason)