It was a simple relaxation tip that has propelled Canton High School senior Jon Vaughn to become one of New England’s best indoor track hurdlers. Ben Mattson, who serves as the girls’ head coach and who coaches both the boys and girls hurdlers, told Vaughn to forget having all eyes on him in the middle […]
CHS high jumper Matt Sidney finished off his spectacular indoor track season at the national high school championship meet in a tie for 16th place with a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch jump. This was the second consecutive year Sidney competed in the nationals. Last year he tied for 14th at six feet, two and a quarter inches. […]
The Southeastern Massachusetts Girls’ Hockey League held its All-Star Game on Saturday, February 26, and representing the North squad (and pictured above) were Canton all stars Nikki Wanless, Meaghan McKenna, and Haley Gaughan. Both Gaughan and Wanless were All-Division first team selections. Gaughan also scored the North team’s only goal, assisted by McKenna.
There’s a longstanding belief in sports that it’s hard to beat the same opponent three times in one season, and the CHS boys’ hockey team seemed to prove as much over the weekend with its 2-1 overtime loss to Oliver Ames in the quarterfinal round of the Division 2 south sectional tournament. At the very […]
Tenth seeded Canton beat out seventh seeded Wellesley 6-4 in an exciting back-and-forth game at the beginning of the week before the Bulldogs fell 7-0 to Duxbury to end the team’s two-game postseason stint. Canton started off the game against Wellesley with a quick lead off a goal by Meaghan McKenna, but the Raiders managed […]
CHS high jumper Matt Sidney will be competing in the National High School Track Championships this weekend in New York after finishing in a tie for sixth place out of 13 finalists at the New England High School Track Championships on Friday, March 4, in Boston. According to coach Chris Elgar, Sidney was battling a […]
The CHS girls’ hoop team fell 65-50 to second seeded Norwell last Thursday in tournament play. “The Norwell game was a battle,” Canton head coach Kaitlin Mills said. “They had a lot of height,” she added. Brenda Diggins, a 6’2” sophomore, hurt the Bulldogs in the paint with her rebounding, shot blocking and scoring. Still, […]
The Canton High boys’ basketball team ended the season with a bang, playing its best basketball of the year before falling in the last minute of play 57-53 to highly rated Cardinal Spellman at the Cardinals’ home gym on Wednesday, March 2. Earlier in the week, the Bulldogs — seeded 19th in the Division 3 […]
Both the CHS boys’ and girls’ ice hockey teams were eliminated from postseason play over the weekend in the quarterfinal round of their respective Division 2 tournaments. The boys, who last year captured the D2 state championship, fell in overtime Saturday to familiar foe Oliver Ames 2-1 at Gallo Ice Arena in Buzzards Bay. They […]
After knocking off #14 Dover-Sherborn in the preliminary round of the Division 3 south sectional tournament, the 19th seeded CHS boys’ basketball team came within a few points of pulling off an improbable upset over #3 Cardinal Spellman Wednesday night, March 2, in Brockton. The game was tied with less than a minute to play, […]
