The familiar windbreaker with the green CHS cap won’t be seen on a regular basis at the CHS baseball diamond next year as Tom Healy, who coached baseball at Canton High for 40 years as well as other boys’ and girls’ sports, has tendered his resignation as a CHS coach. A few years ago, Healy […]
CHS senior Amarachi Njoku finished 20th among 31 shot-put competitors at the New England Track and Field Championships held Saturday, June 12, in New Britain, Connecticut. Top individuals from all six New England states competed. Njoku’s best throw was 35 feet, nine and a half inches. Rachel Aliotta of Connecticut won the event with a […]
The CHS softball team’s 2010 season came to an end last Friday following a 4-1 loss to Holliston in the preliminary round of the Division 2 south sectional tournament. The 19th-seeded Bulldogs fought hard but they were unable to find an answer for Holliston’s starting pitcher, who tossed a complete-game three hitter and struck out […]
By Dan DeBlasio Despite going 5-12 in an up-and-down regular season, the Canton High School boys’ lacrosse team qualified for this year’s MIAA state tournament, which began early last week. The Bulldogs earned the 28th and final seed in the Division 3 East bracket and faced off with fifth-seeded powerhouse Dover Sherborn. Canton, after some […]
After making it to the postseason, the CHS girls’ lacrosse team lost in the first round of tournament play to Sandwich by a slim margin, 11-10, ending the team’s storied season. “The girls were very antsy about playing,” coach Chris Murtagh said when describing the team’s mentality leading up to the game. But once the […]
Heading into the postseason, the CHS boys’ tennis team was playing its best tennis of the season — having won six of nine matches — but Canton could not keep its run going, falling 4-1 to Old Rochester Regional High School in the first round of the MIAA Division 3 south sectional tournament last Friday […]
Just 24 hours after top-seeded Hingham swept 16th-seeded Dighton-Rehoboth in the first round of the MIAA Division 2 south sectional tournament, the Harborwomen returned to action Monday afternoon and beat Canton 5-0 in the quarterfinal round, ending the season for the CHS girls’ tennis team. Canton, seeded eighth out of 18 teams, entered the tournament […]
~ Team looks to prepare for state tournament ~ King Philip has had the CHS girls’ tennis team’s number over the last few seasons, but then again, riding a 61-match win streak into Canton’s regular season finale, the Warriors have pretty much dominated everyone they have played. But last Monday, the state tournament-bound Bulldogs closed […]
After losing to North Attleboro on May 13, the CHS boys’ tennis team was 6-8 and needed to win three out of its last four matches in order to qualify for the state tournament. Three weeks later, Canton did exactly that — beating Stoughton, Foxboro and Cohasset in consecutive matches, bringing Canton’s win total to […]
Senior Amarachi Njoku’s first-place throw in the shot put was one of several outstanding efforts by members of the CHS outdoor track teams at Saturday’s Class C Sectional Track Championships held at Oliver Ames High School. Besides Njoku, senior Chidimma Nwankwo (shot put), junior Radiya Buchanan (triple jump), and senior Colleen Healy (400 intermediate hurdles) […]
