Although hockey championships are not won in December, the CHS girls’ team has to be considered one of the early favorites in Division 2 after opening the season with three straight impressive victories. Already the Bulldogs have racked up 25 goals in wins over King Philip (10-0), Sandwich (7-5) and Franklin (8-1), and new head […]
After struggling to find any rhythm in its season-opening loss to Lincoln-Sudbury last week, the Canton High boys’ ice hockey team responded with a hard-fought, 2-0 road victory over familiar foe North Quincy to improve to 1-1 overall. For head coach Brian Shuman, it was exactly the type of “statement win” that he was hoping […]
An inexperienced Canton High boys’ basketball team opened the season at Taunton last Friday, and the results were anything but pretty as the Bulldogs fell to the Tigers in a blowout 85-41. Taunton’s deep, veteran-laden lineup came out on its home gym and took control early in the game, jumping out to a 25-7 first-quarter […]
The CHS girls’ basketball team suffered a convincing defeat in its season opener last Friday against Taunton, but there were plenty of positive takeaways from the 70-39 loss, according to head coach Caitlin Jamiel. Jamiel, in fact, thought the Bulldogs played an “awesome” game against a much bigger school with a considerably taller roster, and […]
Both CHS swim teams are off to promising starts this season, highlighted by a double victory over Old Rochester at home last Wednesday and an 88-69 win by the girls’ team at Attleboro on Friday. The girls are now 2-0 on the season while the boys stand at 1-1 after a close loss to the […]
The CHS girls’ track team won its first meet of the season last week, beating Milford 50-44. The boys’ team, rebuilding in talent and numbers, lost for the second time this season 66-25 after falling to Stoughton 70-21 in the season opener. With 46 team members, the girls have the numbers and the depth to […]
It was a landmark fall season for two of Canton High School’s most decorated coaches as Danny Erickson, longtime head coach of the boys’ soccer team, and Pat Cawley, head coach of the volleyball program, both celebrated milestone victories within a one week span late in the season. Erickson, who recently wrapped up his 20th […]
A team of Massachusetts football all stars, featuring Canton eighth graders Jack McGowan and Zack Trombley, are headed to San Antonio, Texas, on January 4 and 5 to compete in the “final four” of the Football University (FBU) National Championship after winning four straight games over the past two weekends. The team defeated fellow all-star […]
Canton Attorney Glen Hannington recently sponsored his 26th annual sports banquet at the Brookmeadow Country Club in which he honored his summer and fall baseball and softball teams. Several of his teams did very well this season, including the Hannington’s of Massachusetts Over 70 team, which has won several state, regional and national titles in […]
Both Canton and Stoughton High head coaches were right on target in their postgame assessment of Canton’s 28-26 overtime upset of the 9-2 Black Knights on Thanksgiving Day. “You have to tip your cap to Canton,” said veteran SHS coach Greg Burke. “They played well and we didn’t do enough to slow them down. It […]
