After two weeks of practice, CHS head football coach Jim Goff described his team as a “work in progress” as the Bulldogs prepare to play in its season opener at Weston this Saturday, September 11, at 4 p.m. Last week, the Bulldogs played Milton to an even scrimmage, with both teams managing two touchdowns on […]
Despite the first three days of CHS football practice being limited because of a hard rain, several young players had solid performances in the team’s first scrimmage against Archbishop Williams last week. Canton scored two touchdowns in the game: one on an interception return by Tim Cruise and the other on a touchdown pass caught […]
The Hockomock League will have a distinctly new look this year when sports get underway next month, with a new school, Attleboro, coming into the fold, along with the debut of two five-team divisions based on enrollment figures. The new format will impact most varsity sports at Canton High School; however, the football schedule will […]
Tom Bartosek’s teaching and coaching legacy spans nearly 34 years, and he will forever be remembered as the man who turned wrestling into a viable sport in Canton. But as he told this year’s graduating seniors, every end signifies a new beginning and new opportunities, and he feels that it is now time for him […]
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 […]
