
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 […]
Nov 23 2011 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

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. […]
Nov 23 2011 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

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 […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner
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 […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

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 […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

Another outstanding Canton volleyball season came to an end last week as the third-seeded Bulldogs fell to No. 2 Hopkinton 3-0 in the semifinal round of the Division 2 central tournament. It was a tough way to go out, especially after the team played so well just two days earlier against No. 6 Groton-Dunstable, but […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
It all started so well last Friday as the CHS Bulldogs stunned King Philip with a four-play, 69-yard touchdown drive on the opening series of the game. But it quickly dissolved as the Warriors scored the next 37 points, including 31 in the first half to pull away with a 37-13 victory. The game was […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
Both Canton High cross country teams finished in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Mass. Division 5 Cross Country Championships, held Saturday, November 12, at Franklin Park in Boston. The boys finished 13th out of 30 teams and the girls finished 14th out of 27 teams. According to boys’ head coach Chris Elgar, […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
Earlier this season, the Citizen highlighted some of the top female athletes from Canton who have made a name for themselves in their respective college programs. However, it’s not just the local ladies who are having success in their post-high school careers. A number of the town’s male athletes are also getting it done on […]
The Hannington’s Bay State Bombers softball team, sponsored by Canton Attorney Glen Hannington, was one of 337 teams from across the United States and Canada that descended upon Phoenix, Arizona in late October to compete in the 2011 Senior Softball World Series. On Sunday, October 23, Hannington’s emerged from the 55-plus division as winners of the USA National […]
Nov 9 2011 | Posted in
Beyond CHS,
Sports | By
Joe DeFelice