Canton celebrated running and fitness Saturday morning with a record 750 runners participating in the sixth annual Canton Homecoming Road Race, hosted by Reebok and the Canton Association of Business and Industries. Race planners estimate that the event raised $52,000, with the proceeds benefiting many non-profit organizations, such as the Mass. Hospital School, the Clarke […]
St. Louis Blues executive vice president and general manager Doug Armstrong announced last week that the club has named Canton native Dan Brooks as an assistant coach for the Blues’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. Brooks begins his professional coaching career with the Rivermen after 14 seasons as an assistant coach at both […]
The Canton Junction softball team is giving Hannington’s all it can handle as the teams entered this week tied 2-2 in the Canton Men’s Softball League’s best-of-seven championship series. Games were scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, and the seventh and final game, if necessary, was scheduled for Thursday (tonight) at 6:15 p.m. at Devoll Field. […]
Precision Speed & Strength/KT’s edged American Legion 7-5 in the clinching game of the Canton Women’s Softball League Championships last week, marking the third consecutive season that KT’s has won the title. The win also gave KT’s a perfect season at 16-0. “This year we had a very special year,” KT’s head coach Christine Wadel […]
Amy Sasin, a Canton native who has achieved success playing and coaching at two of the most highly-regarded softball programs in the region, is the new head softball coach at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Sasin served as an assistant coach at Wheaton College in Norton for three seasons, assisting in all phases of the […]
Weather hampered the first few days of the Canton Men’s Softball League finals, but when the best-of-seven series got underway on Thursday, August 26, Canton Junction ran away with the first game 19-11, ending Hannington’s 23-game undefeated streak in the process. The series was due to continue Monday and Tuesday, and game four was scheduled […]
Weather permitting, undefeated Hannington’s will face Canton Junction in the best-of-seven series finals of the Canton Men’s Softball League this week. The series was due to begin earlier this week with games on Monday and Tuesday and will resume tonight at Devoll Field at 6:15 p.m. Game four is scheduled for Monday, August 30, at […]
Precision Speed & Strength/KT’s finished undefeated with a perfect 12-0 record this season to earn the top seed in the Canton Women’s Softball League playoffs. Grabbing the second seed was American Legion, which finished in a tie for second place at 10-2. The other second-place team, Pete’s Place/Paula’s Package Store (10-2), was given the third […]
Schneiders and Schneiders became the town champs in the Canton Over-30 Softball League for the second year in a row after they defeated American Legion 17-11 on Sunday morning, August 22. Schneiders finished the regular season at 10-4 and went undefeated in the playoffs. American Legion went 11-3 in the regular season and 2-2 in […]
On August 5, the Hannington’s of Canton over-55 softball team traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, to participate in the 2010 Eastern National Championships. On August 8 they came away with the championship trophy. Along the way they compiled a 6-1 record, with their only loss coming in the finals against the Carolina Cobras 17-16 in […]
