The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team advanced to the south sectional playoffs last week — the furthest the squad has gone in team history — before being eliminated with two losses in three games. Canton lost to Brockton 6-0, beat Easton 16-6 (the first-place team from District 9 North), and was ousted again […]
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team continued its Cinderella summer, knocking off Foxboro 3-0 in the District 6 playoffs last week to advance to the south sectional tournament for the first time in team history. Canton was one of only five teams in the 18-team district to reach the double-elimination tournament, and while […]
By virtue of a 4-2 win over Weymouth in the Cranberry Baseball League playoffs last week, the Canton A’s have clinched a spot in the Stan Musial North Atlantic Regional Tournament, which gets underway today, August 1, in Wallingford, Connecticut. The A’s are one of two teams from the CBL that are headed to the […]
With an undermanned squad and several players playing out of position and many volunteering to pitch, the Canton American Legion Post 24 team made it into the playoffs, earning the fourth spot in District 6 East. Canton now moves on to play Foxboro, the second-place team in District 6 West, in the best-of-three opening round. […]
The Canton A’s have made it to the Cranberry League playoffs after finishing third in the standings with a 15-9 record. The A’s were due to face second-place Weymouth on Tuesday night, with the winner moving on to face either No. 1 Braintree or No. 4 Easton in the championship game on Thursday, July 25, […]
Led by the superlative pitching of Jake Fishman and the hustle and hitting of Drew Blake, Steve Mullaney and Matt Schaffer, the Canton American Legion baseball team snapped a three-game losing skid with a 7-1 win over Stoughton Sunday night. The win evens Canton’s record at 9-9 and gives the team a two-point lead in […]
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team is back in the thick of the playoff hunt after taking three out of four last week behind excellent pitching, aggressive baserunning, outstanding defense, and power hitting. The 3-1 week propelled the team into the fifth and final playoff spot in District 6 East with a 7-6 […]
Trevor Boyce, a standout baseball player going back to his days in the Canton Little League program, has etched his name into Babson College history following a spectacular senior season at the plate and especially in the field. After leading all Babson outfielders with 113 putouts, a career-high five assists, and a perfect 1.000 fielding […]
After playing .500 baseball through the first 14 games of the season, the Canton A’s put together a four-game winning streak last week with two wins apiece against Easton and Kingston to improve their record to 11-7. The A’s now find themselves in second place in the Cranberry League at the halfway point of the […]
Two 15-year-old players from Canton helped propel the American Legion Post 24 baseball team to its second win in five games as Canton beat Cohasset 4-2. CHS freshman Kevin Powers threw a complete game, allowing just four hits and no earned runs, and catcher Rob Carmody of Thayer Academy did a great job behind the […]
