
Led by their stellar senior captains and bolstered by a strong and energetic home crowd, the Canton High School girls varsity hockey team finally snagged the signature win they had been striving for — outlasting the four-time defending state champion Duxbury Dragons 5-4 at Metropolis Rink last Thursday. The thrilling victory, highlighted by senior captain […]
Feb 5 2015 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

Senior captain Rob DiCalogero won his second consecutive 145-pound title and fellow captain Reda Chakir battled all the way to the 152-pound finals in the Hockomock League wrestling championships held last weekend at North Attleboro High School. While the Bulldogs did not fare well in the team standings, placing ninth out of 11 schools with […]
Feb 5 2015 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
Coming off a strong league meet, members of the CHS boys and girls swim teams are now preparing for the sectional championships on Saturday, February 7, at Boston University for the boys and Sunday, February 8, at Wellesley College for the girls. Qualifying swimmers for the girls team include Kim Frazier, Julia Guerini, Emilee Mercuri, […]
Feb 5 2015 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

The Canton High boys ice hockey team faced two familiar nonleague opponents from the north last week and came away with a 1-1 split, falling to Newburyport 4-2 on Monday before crushing Lincoln-Sudbury 6-2 on the road on Wednesday. With the win and the loss, the Bulldogs moved to 7-4 overall with eight games left […]
Jan 30 2015 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
Slowly but surely, CHS head girls basketball coach Jim Choquette is building something positive for the future. The team has one win to date but has competed well in several of their games as many of the younger players are getting more playing time and showing flashes of good play. Last week, Canton lost to […]
Jan 30 2015 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The Canton High wrestling team posted mixed results last week as the Bulldogs fell to division foe Oliver Ames 50-30 before splitting four matches at the Milton super-quad meet on Saturday. On an individual level, the team had several notable achievements, including a 4-0 week by senior captain Rob DiCalogero, who continues to dominate opponents […]
Jan 22 2015 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

Exactly one week after earning their first standings point in the vaunted SEMGHL Coastal Division with a 1-1 draw against Hingham, the Canton High girls ice hockey team achieved another milestone with its first division victory, beating a strong Sandwich team 3-1 at Metropolis Rink on Saturday. The Sandwich win was actually one of three […]
Jan 22 2015 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

The CHS boys ice hockey team enjoyed a pair of “get-right” games last week as the Bulldogs exploded for 17 goals in blowout wins over King Philip and Taunton — snapping a two-game losing streak and pushing the team’s record back over .500 for the season. With their first Hockomock League loss in more than […]
Jan 15 2015 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
The CHS boys swim team improved to 4-1 on the season with a 90-83 win over Ashland last week while the girls team (now 2-2) lost 103-77, with many of the races decided by a tenth of a second. In the boys’ meet, head coach Lori Mooney noted there were many tight races and a […]
Jan 15 2015 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

More than a dozen members of the Canton High girls ice hockey team traveled to the Cape last Thursday to participate in the annual New Year’s Day Polar Plunge at Milway Beach in Barnstable. The girls braved the sub-freezing temperatures and took a dip in the Atlantic as a show of support for the Glenna […]