
After opening the season with back-to-back losses despite two solid performances, the Canton High gymnastics team managed to break into the win column with another strong effort against Taunton last Saturday at Metro South Gymnastics Academy. With a combination of talent, enthusiasm and perseverance, the Bulldogs were able to narrowly hold off the Tigers while […]
Jan 15 2022 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger

The Canton Citizen is pleased to announce its selections for top CHS teams and athletes of 2021. All award winners, along with honorable mentions, rookies of the year, and other sports highlights from the past year were featured in the January 6 print edition as part of the Citizen’s annual year in review. Male Team […]
Jan 10 2022 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

The CHS girls ice hockey program honored the members of the 2020 state championship squad — the first in Canton girls hockey history — during a pre-game ceremony last Thursday, December 30. The lady Bulldogs went unbeaten that year in 23 games, including a 3-0 mark in the playoffs, before their season was cut short […]

After a slower than expected start in the opening week of the season, things are starting to look up for the CHS boys ice hockey team. Now back to .500 at 2-2-1, the Bulldogs are in the midst of a three-game unbeaten streak as they await a huge rematch with Franklin this coming Saturday at […]
Jan 6 2022 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

A truly magical state tournament run — and a potential Cinderella story for the ages — ended instead with heartbreak and tears at Leominster’s Doyle Field as the 21st seeded CHS boys soccer team fell to the sixth-seeded West Springfield Terriers 2-0 in the MIAA Division 2 state championship game on Saturday. Playing in their […]
Nov 24 2021 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
As life continues to approach a level of pre-pandemic normalcy, a historic rivalry will be reborn as Canton High travels to Stoughton tomorrow morning for their 95th Thanksgiving Day meeting at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Last year, there were no high school football games played in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day due to COVID restrictions. Instead, football […]
Nov 24 2021 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

For just the second time in the storied history of the CHS boys soccer program, the Bulldogs have battled their way to a state semifinal — and the circumstances surrounding this one just might make it even more special than the last go-round a decade earlier. Win or lose Wednesday night (results were not available […]
Nov 19 2021 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

Fall playoff action kicked off this week and Bulldog fans have plenty of rooting interest with four teams qualifying for the Division 2 postseason tournament. This fall marks the first season under the MIAA’s new playoff format, which did away with sectional tournaments in favor of larger divisional brackets with 32 or more teams. Teams […]

In one of the most impressive wins this season, the CHS football Bulldogs controlled the lines of scrimmage for most of the game and especially in the second half and came away with a 38-6 win over previously undefeated (7-0) Blue Hills Regional Technical School on the road Friday night. The game pitted Blue Hills, […]
Nov 4 2021 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger

Update: The CHS volleyball team comfortably defeated Foxboro Thursday night but fell just short in the division title chase as Oliver Ames topped North Attleboro in straight sets. The Bulldogs ended the regular season on a six-match winning streak and will head to the playoffs with a record of 14-6. *** With a victory Thursday […]
Oct 30 2021 | Posted in
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Jay Turner