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Girls’ tennis closes out week with back-to-back shutouts

The CHS girls’ tennis team went 2-1 last week with a pair of impressive 5-0 shutouts, tipping its season record over the .500 mark to 5-4. The Bulldogs started things off at King Philip, against a team that coach Sheila Conneely deemed the “powerhouse in the league for the past five years.” The Nannery sisters […]

Boys’ tennis beats Stoughton, falls to KP & OA

The Canton High boys’ tennis team managed to finish its action-packed week on a high note, defeating the Stoughton Knights on Friday by a margin of 4-1. The home victory raised the Bulldogs’ record on the season to 3-4. The lopsided victory showed the Bulldogs’ trademark resiliency, as they were able to bounce back nicely […]

Softball team drops 3 straight against tough opponents

The Canton High School softball team finished the first half of the season with three difficult losses: 5-0 against both King Philip and Oliver Ames and 11-6 against Stoughton. Despite failing to get a hit against KP, coach Ed Amico said the girls played their best defensive game of the season. The Bulldogs gave up […]

Canton Squirt A’s cap off perfect season with SSC title

On Saturday, April 9, at the Asiaf Arena in Brockton, the undefeated Canton Squirt A’s shut out Milton 2-0 to capture the South Shore Conference championship and finish with a perfect 34-0 record. Canton’s Jimmy Duffy scored both of the team’s goals, Brendan Gunning earned his 13th shutout of the season, and Johnny Hagan and […]

Hot start continues for boys’ lax team

With victories in five of its first seven games, including two more last week, the CHS boys’ lacrosse team is now off to its best start in years, and head coach Bill Bendell and the rest of the coaching staff couldn’t be happier about it. “We’re thrilled to be 5-2,” admitted the sixth-year coach, who […]

CHS girls’ lax team dominates Sharon

After a week with no games, the Canton High girls’ lacrosse team returned to action last week with a dominating 18-11 performance against Sharon. Both teams started off slowly, but Canton started to push ahead at the end of the first half. “It was a matter of both teams feeling each other out,” coach Chris […]

Girls’ tennis team splits week, stays at .500

The CHS girls’ tennis team had two matches during April vacation and came away with a win and a loss, bringing its overall record to 3-3. The first match of the week saw the Bulldogs face Dedham for the second time. But unlike in their previous matchup, in which Canton eked out a 3-2 win, […]

CHS boys’ tennis team falls to NA

The Canton High School boys’ tennis team dropped to 2-3 following a 4-1 defeat at the hands of North Attleboro High School this past Thursday at CHS. The undermanned Bulldogs were hindered by the postponement of the match from Tuesday to Thursday, which caused some key players to miss court time due to April vacation […]

Softball team continues to show improvement

Despite two difficult losses — 3-0 to Dedham and 6-2 to North Attleboro — the CHS softball team continued to show improvement last week. The Bulldogs fared much better against 10th ranked Dedham than they did in the teams’ opening game of the season when they had eight errors and fell 9-0. Last week, Canton […]

Bulldog track teams show improvement despite losses to OA, KP

Both CHS outdoor track teams were defeated twice last week as the boys fell to 1-2 while the girls’ team remained winless through the first three meets. Still, improvement was evident in both teams, and several freshmen broke through for the girls’ team to score their first points of the season. The boys lost to […]

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