Canton wrestler Chris Sullivan took home the gold for the second straight year at the 2012 Bay State Games. He knocked off two New England prep champions — John Anderson in the semifinals and Christian Vallis in the finals — to win the 126-pound weight class. A rising junior at Canton High School, Sullivan went […]
With a recent stretch of five consecutive victories, the Canton A’s have vaulted into position for the sixth and final playoff spot in the nine-team Cranberry League. A key doubleheader with Plymouth, which sits just a half-game back, will be held this Sunday at CHS and will likely decide who will earn the last playoff […]
With three losses last week, the Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team has fallen out of the District 6 playoff hunt. Canton lost to Medfield 8-4 at home and were defeated by Needham 18-3 and edged by Brookline 6-5 in two away games. As of Monday the team was in seventh place in the […]
With less than a week remaining in the regular season, the Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team needs to win all of its remaining five games and hope that fifth-place Medfield loses some games in order for Canton to seize the final playoff spot. As of Monday morning, July 9, Canton was tied with […]
This year’s July 4th Road Race proved to be unique and memorable in many ways. For the first time in recent memory, it rained heavily at the start of the race before clearing up midway through. Also, the five-mile adult race was decided by the stretch of a hand, and a 10-year-old Brockton girl became […]
With three wins last week to go along with improved hitting and pitching, the Canton A’s baseball team has put itself in a good position to make a run during the second half of the season. Now at the midpoint, the A’s are 6-8-1, good for seventh place in the nine-team Cranberry League. Last week […]
With half of the season still to be played, the Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team finds itself in seventh place at 5-7 and just two games out of the fifth and final playoff spot. Last week the Legion team endured a rough stretch, losing to Franklin 1-0, Norwood 5-0, and Needham 5-3. The […]
Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball historian, former head coach and general manager Bob “Brownie” Brown figures it was about 40 years ago that the team last beat Walpole. That’s why so many fans stood and applauded after Canton’s 4-2 victory at the Bird Middle School in Walpole Sunday evening. “Walpole is so rich in […]
The Canton A’s, a semi-pro baseball team that competes in the Cranberry League, had mixed results last week as the team beat South Shore 4-2 but fell twice to Middleboro in a Sunday doubleheader by scores of 5-1 and 8-5. The A’s are now 3-8-1 and in eighth place out of nine teams in the […]
Inconsistent hitting has plagued the Canton American Legion baseball team at the start of the season as the squad fell to 1-3 with a 1-0 loss to Norfolk Sunday afternoon at Canton High School. Earlier in the week, Canton fell to Needham 3-0 but won its first game of the season 3-1 against Franklin. Sunday’s […]
