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Knights beat Canton in T-Day romp

For the seventh consecutive year, Stoughton continued its dominance over Canton on Thanksgiving Day, cruising to a 27-7 win in a heavily attended game at Canton High. Stoughton held a 7-0 lead at the half and scored three times in the second half, including a score aided by a blocked punt. Canton scored its lone […]

Girls’ soccer loses heartbreaker in Div. 2 state finals

In the end, the better team didn’t win. Call it hometown bias or just plain shock, but that was the overwhelming sentiment among hundreds of Bulldog faithful after the CHS girls’ soccer team fell to Auburn in the Division 2 state championship game Saturday at Worcester State University. Playing on the biggest sports stage of […]

Canton’s Chris Murray named soccer All-American

When boys’ soccer head coach Danny Erickson gathered his team together before last Thursday’s practice, Chris Murray was totally unaware that he had just made Canton High history. Murray thought that perhaps the team would begin to breakdown their upcoming tournament opponent or go over a game plan. Instead, with his teammates gathered around him, […]

Dogs out to end Stoughton win streak

Update: Aaron Mack scored four touchdowns to lead the Black Knights past Canton 27-7 in the annual Thanksgiving Day finale at Memorial Field. The Bulldogs’ lone touchdown came on a 21-yard pass from Anthony Bires to Elias Camacho in the third quarter. Canton finishes the season with a 3-7 overall record. The Canton High Bulldog […]

T-Day has special meaning for Bulldog QB

This Thanksgiving Day, Canton High School senior Anthony Bires has a lot to be happy and thankful for. He will be calling signals at quarterback — his dream position — for his hometown team on the biggest stage of the season. But beyond football, life has been a challenge for Anthony and his family. Two […]

Field hockey eliminated in D2 state semifinals

They say the third time’s a charm, but that was simply not the case for the CHS field hockey team as the Bulldogs fell to eventual state champion Watertown last Tuesday in the Division 2 Eastern Mass. finals for the third year in a row. Had they won, the Canton girls would have gone on […]

Prendergast completes football season at Bowdoin

Congratulations to Canton resident David Prendergast, who just finished up his first season at Bowdoin College as a member of the Polar Bears’ football team. Prendergast, a former first-team All-ISL quarterback and Boston Globe Player of the Week from Thayer Academy, split time between the defensive unit and the quarterback position for the Polar Bears. […]

Girls’ soccer team captures D2 south sectional title

For the first time since 2003 and just the second time in program history, the Canton High girls’ soccer team has captured the Division 2 south championship — completing yet another chapter in its storybook season with a 3-0 win over Duxbury in Sunday’s sectional final at Taunton High School. The win capped off a […]

Field hockey repeats as south sectional champs

Update: Despite a furious comeback from three goals down, the CHS field hockey team came up just short against north champion Watertown 3-2 in the Division 2 state semifinal game, held Tuesday night in Westwood. Congratulations to the Bulldogs on another outstanding season. *** They were the top seed for a reason, and it once […]

Boys’ soccer team bows out in sectional semis

After extending their season with a magical finish in the Division 2 sectional quarterfinals, the third-seeded CHS boys’ soccer team seemed to have all the momentum on their side heading into last Friday’s semifinal showdown with No. 2 Hopkinton. But it was apparently not meant to be as the Bulldogs surrendered two first-half goals and […]

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