
Update: The Bulldogs are headed back to the south sectional finals after beating No. 5 Dover-Sherborn 2-1 in OT Tuesday night at home. Canton will take on No. 6 Cohasset Saturday at 11 a.m. at Taunton High School. After rolling through the regular season with a near-perfect 16-0-1 mark, the top-seeded Canton High field hockey […]
Nov 9 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
Paced by the running of quarterback Anthony Bires and Dexter Green, the CHS football Bulldogs used a ball-control offense to come away with a 27-21 win over Oliver Ames Friday night. It was the Bulldogs’ first win over a league opponent other than Sharon in the past several seasons — and it came on the […]
Nov 9 2011 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

Update: The Bulldogs defeated Groton-Dunstable 3-0 Tuesday night at home to reach the Division 2 sectional semifinals. The girls will square off against No. 2 Hopkinton Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Hopkinton. Fresh off a big nonleague road win over a talented Quincy team, the CHS varsity volleyball team hosted neighboring Milton last week […]
Nov 9 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

After a whirlwind end to the regular season that featured three games in three days last week, the Hockomock champion CHS girls’ soccer team opened tournament play on Monday with a convincing 7-0 win over 14th seeded Diman Regional. A technical school in Fall River, Diman (10-6-2) went into the game with plenty of confidence […]
Nov 9 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

In a season that featured too many draws that could have easily been wins, the Canton High boys’ soccer team found redemption last week in the regular season finale, capturing its second straight Hockomock Classic Cup with a convincing 2-0 victory over Kelly-Rex Division champion Franklin at home. The win last Tuesday served as a […]
Nov 9 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

With seven world championships since 2001, the dominance of Boston’s professional sports teams in the past decade is well chronicled. Twenty miles south of America’s current sports capital, in Canton, another dominant run is taking place, albeit on a slightly smaller scale. Over the past seven years, Canton High School’s fall sports teams have established […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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Danny Joseph

For the first time in seven years, the Canton High School golf team has captured the league title, beating out nine other teams in last week’s Hockomock League Championship tournament at Granite Links in Quincy. Sophomore Sam Riemer also advanced to the state golf championships after finishing 12th overall among 120 golfers in the Division […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

The 2011 Ivy League Rugby Sevens tournament will be held at the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton on Saturday, November 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Brown University, the reigning Ivy League champion, will look to defend its title against national champion Dartmouth and the other six teams in the Ivy League. Representing Canton […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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Guest

After a blowout win over Stoughton last Monday, the Canton High field hockey team put the finishing touches on another undefeated season with a 2-1, comeback victory last Wednesday over Franklin in the Hockomock Classic. The win over the Panthers gave the Bulldogs a final record of 16-0-1 — the same as last year’s squad […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
It isn’t often that a coach heaps praise on her players after a loss, but that was the case last Thursday after the CHS volleyball team played their hearts out in a 3-1 loss to Franklin in the annual Hockomock Classic. Not usually one for moral victories, especially with a team as talented as this […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner