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Boys’ hoop team snaps 5-game skid, awaits playoffs

The CHS boys’ varsity basketball team ended its regular season on a high note, snapping a five-game losing streak with a 40-23 win at Fairhaven on Sunday. The win evened the Bulldogs’ record to 10-10 and gave Canton its highest winning percentage in many years. The Bulldogs will now practice for a full week during […]

CHS swimmers wrap up memorable season at states

A memorable winter season came to an end for the Canton High swim team last week, with six female swimmers competing against the state’s best at the Division 2 state swimming championships, held Sunday evening at Harvard University. The six participants represented Canton’s largest contingent at a state meet in the past several seasons, and […]

Sophomore Chris Sullivan wins wrestling title

Sophomore Chris Sullivan made Canton High wrestling history last weekend, becoming the youngest Bulldog to win the Division 3 state tournament for his weight class. Fellow sophomore Quinn Merrigan finished second in his respective weight class. Both will advance to the All-State competition the weekend of February 25. Going into the state tournament, Sullivan had […]

Girls’ hockey team rises to first after 3 straight wins

After clawing its way back into the division title picture with five wins in six games, the CHS girls’ ice hockey team kept things rolling last week with a dominant five-day stretch, catapulting its way to the top of the standings with three consecutive league victories — all on the road — including a 5-2 […]

Swimmers headed to states after impressing at sectionals

It was a girls-only affair for the Canton High swim team at last weekend’s central/south sectional swimming championships at MIT, where the six Bulldog qualifiers made the rest of their teammates and their coaches proud with several strong performances, highlighted by Shannon McLaughlin’s fourth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. McLaughlin, who qualified for the upcoming […]

Icemen knock off nonleague L-S in barnburner

The season just keeps getting better for the red-hot CHS boys’ ice hockey team, which followed up a division-clinching win over a talented Mansfield squad last week with its first-ever victory over nonleague Lincoln-Sudbury in a wild finish last Wednesday at home. “I would say it was the wildest game of the season by far,” […]

Almost a third of track team advances to D3 meet

Fifteen members of the Canton High indoor track tram will be advancing to the Division 3 Indoor Track and Field Championships, to be held tomorrow afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. “This is a pretty big number considering that we only have a combined team of around 50,” said head coach Brian Mattson. […]

Boys’ hoop loses 2 but shows signs of life

CHS boys’ basketball head coach Ryan Gordy said every team in the well-balanced and competitive Hockomock League has a slump during the season and it’s up to each team to find its way “over the wall.” Canton certainly hit the wall last week, losing to Southeastern Vo-tech 47-45 and then to Oliver Ames 65-53 on […]

Gymnasts end season with strong showing at Hocks

The 2011-2012 CHS gymnastics season has come to an end, but not without much improvement and success from a talented squad. The Bulldogs have come a long way from last season, as evidenced by their 3-3 record and their great showing at the Hockomock League Championship Meet and their last meet against Braintree. The Hock […]

Boys’ hockey team clinches Davenport Division title

Needing to win its final three league games to claim the Hockomock’s Davenport Division crown outright, the Canton High boys’ ice hockey team went out and took care of business, crushing basement dwellers Stoughton and Foxboro last week before taking down a talented Mansfield team 4-2 on the road on Monday. The three wins vaulted […]

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