With two dominant wins last week over Westwood and Norwood, the Canton High boys’ hockey team emerged victorious in the annual Metropolis Holiday Classic, a two-day tournament featuring the four teams that call Metropolis Rink their home. Held during school vacation week, the tournament doubles as a fundraiser for two local charities: the Scott Herr […]
Election lowlights, ATM fireworks, Canton ‘goes green’ Two-thousand-eleven proved to be yet another eventful year for local politics, although the same cannot be said for the annual town election, which ceased to matter back in February when not so much as a single candidate emerged to challenge any of the incumbents. It was the first […]
Led by seniors Olivia Murphy and Alana Pitts-Anaya, the Canton High girls’ basketball team turned in a respectable showing at the four-team Scituate Holiday Tournament, held last Wednesday and Thursday at Scituate High School. The Bulldogs finished 1-1 at the tournament, losing to Abington 65-53 in the opening round and then beating Belmont 53-46 the […]
Junior captain Nick O’Connor and the Canton High boys’ hockey team kicked off the new season with a bang last week, coming all the way back from a 3-1 deficit on the road to sneak past familiar foe Newburyport 4-3 at Graf Rink. The two teams have quite a history together, having squared off in […]
After opening the season with back-to-back victories over Davenport Division opponents, the Canton High girls’ basketball team suffered a minor setback against nonleague Norwood last week, falling 42-40 despite dominating the Mustangs for three full quarters. “We played three great quarters and in the fourth quarter we just couldn’t finish,” said head coach Caitlin Jamiel, […]
For the second time this season, the CHS girls’ hockey team played two periods of quality hockey against a tough opponent, but it still wasn’t enough as the Bulldogs fell to 0-2 at home and 1-2 overall after last Wednesday’s 7-2 loss to visiting Duxbury. It wasn’t exactly the result that the Bulldogs were expecting, […]
Amid widespread fears that there would be no music for Christmas following the sudden ouster of popular music director Greg Paré, leaders at St. Gerard Majella Parish in Canton have indicated that a new music program is indeed in the works and that music will still be a part of the upcoming holiday masses. The […]
The Canton High girls’ varsity basketball team kicked off a new season under new head coach Caitlin Jamiel on Friday with a 43-42 overtime victory over visiting Sharon in the CHS gymnasium. Twice the Bulldogs built a double-digit lead in the game, and twice the Eagles came roaring back, eventually tying it in the final […]
After opening the season with a home loss to Barnstable last Wednesday, the Canton High girls’ varsity ice hockey team responded in a big way Saturday at Dover-Sherborn, winning 10-2 to even its record at 1-1 overall. Senior assistant captain Haley Gaughan finished with a hat trick, giving her four already this season through two […]
Coming off a close loss to Mansfield to open the season, the CHS swim teams returned to the pool last Wednesday at Attleboro to claim convincing victories over the Bombardiers, including a 97-61 win for the girls and an 88-66 win for the boys. In addition to securing their first victory, several female swimmers also […]
