On Thursday, July 19, Excel Studios at 583 Washington Street awarded its first two black belts to Shaina Forte of Canton and Caroline Sun of Sharon. Forte, a 2012 graduate of Canton High School, is pictured at left with studio owner and master instructor Sensei Kris Rapp, her teacher since she was 6 years old. […]
Women’s Softball League Teams did not play on Wednesday, July 25, due to the threat of EEE from infected mosquitoes. The Board of Health is recommending that everyone refrains from outdoor activities after 6 p.m. As a result, league official Christine Wadel stated that the league has “lost [its] softball fields” and is in a “mad scramble […]
The Canton A’s have completed their summer baseball season after getting swept last week by first-place Braintree in the opening round of the Cranberry League playoffs. The A’s lost the first two games of the best-of-three series (3-0 and 1-0) and finished in sixth place out of nine teams with a 10-14-1 record. Although Canton […]
On Monday and Tuesday, July 30 and 31, Blue Hill Country Club in Canton will host the Golfweek New England Junior Invitational, featuring some of the best junior golfers in the country. Since 2001, Golfweek Magazine has conducted national junior invitational events that have attracted many of the elite junior players in the country — […]
Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Wu of Canton is now a national champion after winning two gold medals at the American Taekwondo United (ATU) National Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. A former competitive swimmer who also excels in the classroom, Wu claimed first place in both form and sparring in the 12-13 division. Her younger brother Edward also competed […]
A bases-loaded single by Steve Delanian in the eighth inning against Plymouth last weekend lifted the Canton A’s to a 2-1 victory and propelled the team into the Cranberry League playoffs. Earlier in the day, Tyler Hitchcock had pitched the A’s to a 4-0 win in the first game of a home doubleheader, and the […]
Congratulations to the Diamondbacks for winning the Canton Minor League championship after going undefeated in the postseason. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Chris Rota, Eddie Marinilli, Cooper Ashcraft, Nate Hewit-Morey, Josh Linsenberg, Brandon Baran; (middle row, l-r) Lucas Hartfiel, Cole Braconi-Asche, Jack Trendell, Tommy Cunningham, Charlie Hewit-Morey, Brendan Albert, Mike Burke; (back row, l-r) coaches […]
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team ended its season on a high note last week, beating rival Norwood 3-2 and Westwood 8-4 to finish 10-12 overall, good for sixth place in the District 6 West Division. Although Canton did not make the playoffs, it did beat the league’s top two teams — Norwood […]
Canton wrestler Chris Sullivan took home the gold for the second straight year at the 2012 Bay State Games. He knocked off two New England prep champions — John Anderson in the semifinals and Christian Vallis in the finals — to win the 126-pound weight class. A rising junior at Canton High School, Sullivan went […]
The Canton Little League Cardinals finished off an outstanding 13-2 regular season with an undefeated playoff run to capture the Major League championship. The key to the team’s success all year was solid defense, consistent pitching, and balanced contributions at the plate from the entire lineup. Bolstered by the leadership of third-year players Kyle Burke […]
