Stories written by Mike Berger
After opening the season with five consecutive road matches, CHS head coach Jim Spillane and his young golfers are looking forward to the next group of matches at home at the Blue Hill Country Club. Fortunately for the Bulldogs, they get to return home on a winning note after an exciting 199-202 victory over Oliver […]
Sep 30 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger

The final score was 21-0 in favor of King Philip, but the Canton High football team more than held its own against a very formidable and undefeated Warrior team in Canton’s home opener Friday night. The stands were filled with hundreds of spectators, including many CHS seniors commemorating Senior Week and nearly all of the […]
Sep 30 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger
The CHS boys’ cross country team is off to a 2-0 start after a convincing 19-38 win over Sharon last week. Canton captured the top three spots as well as sixth, seventh, 10th, and 11th. The time gap between the first seven runners was an impressive 1:48. Canton senior co-captain Jimmy Paschal won the race […]
Sep 30 2010 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
After six months of intense negotiations and 17 drafts, selectmen finally have a 30-page agreement with Napleton and Canton Development Properties whereby Napleton will spend about $350,000 on needed repairs to the Reservoir Pond dam. What’s more, Napleton has agreed to donate the entire 300-acre pond property to the town of Canton — a gift […]
Sep 23 2010 | Posted in
News,
Town Government | By
Mike Berger
Two returned interceptions and two muffed kickoff returns resulted in 28 points that were too much for the CHS football team to overcome, as they lost to Quincy 41-14 last Thursday afternoon at Quincy’s Veterans Stadium. The Bulldogs (0-2) hope to get on the winning track in their first home game tomorrow night at 7 […]
Sep 23 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger
With a fairly young roster, CHS golf coach Jim Spillane has said he needs his veterans to come through this season, which — following a season-opening loss to Sharon — they did in a 166-183 win against Stoughton at the Easton Country Club. With par on the nine-hole course a 36, Canton’s two seniors, Glen […]
Sep 23 2010 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger

The scores were the same, but the CHS boys’ cross country team was the winner in a 24-31 meet against Foxboro, while the girls lost to their Warrior counterparts by the same margin in the first dual meet of the year. “Being on our home course, we went into the meet expecting to be very […]
Sep 23 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger
The CHS football team did not perform well in its first game of the season, as Weston’s Wildcats dominated the Bulldogs 35-7 Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats raced to a 28-0 halftime lead, while Canton’s only touchdown came late in the fourth quarter when Anthony LaRose scored on a five-yard run on a drive set up […]
Sep 16 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger
The Canton High boys’ cross country team finished third in a nine-team competition, with four of the top 40 runners in the 3.1-mile Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Cross Country Invitational race, held at Oak Bluffs on September 11. Senior Jimmy Paschal finished sixth overall and was Canton’s top runner, finishing in 17:11.52 — seconds […]
Sep 16 2010 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
The CHS girls’ cross country team started the season with a seventh-place finish in the Hockomock League Jamboree, followed by a fifth-place finish out of 12 teams in the Martha’s Vineyard Invitational. Sophomore Kelsey Sayers was Canton’s top runner at the Vineyard meet, as she finished 15th out of 100 runners to earn a medal. […]
Sep 16 2010 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger