Make no mistake about it: Dave Bohane is ecstatic to be returning as Canton High School’s varsity football coach. Although there were many coaching positions available in the region earlier this year, Bohane believes the best position available was at CHS. “I put my name into one job and it was Canton,” he said. “I […]
It was a simple relaxation tip that has propelled Canton High School senior Jon Vaughn to become one of New England’s best indoor track hurdlers. Ben Mattson, who serves as the girls’ head coach and who coaches both the boys and girls hurdlers, told Vaughn to forget having all eyes on him in the middle […]
CHS high jumper Matt Sidney finished off his spectacular indoor track season at the national high school championship meet in a tie for 16th place with a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch jump. This was the second consecutive year Sidney competed in the nationals. Last year he tied for 14th at six feet, two and a quarter inches. […]
After three hard years of wrestling, Rob Dicalogero, or “Dical” as his friends and coaches call him, is finished with his successful youth wrestling career and is ready to enter the high school to compete again. Dicalogero started out as a sixth grader to try the sport after going to a Canton clinic a few […]
The Southeastern Massachusetts Girls’ Hockey League held its All-Star Game on Saturday, February 26, and representing the North squad (and pictured above) were Canton all stars Nikki Wanless, Meaghan McKenna, and Haley Gaughan. Both Gaughan and Wanless were All-Division first team selections. Gaughan also scored the North team’s only goal, assisted by McKenna.
There’s a longstanding belief in sports that it’s hard to beat the same opponent three times in one season, and the CHS boys’ hockey team seemed to prove as much over the weekend with its 2-1 overtime loss to Oliver Ames in the quarterfinal round of the Division 2 south sectional tournament. At the very […]
Tenth seeded Canton beat out seventh seeded Wellesley 6-4 in an exciting back-and-forth game at the beginning of the week before the Bulldogs fell 7-0 to Duxbury to end the team’s two-game postseason stint. Canton started off the game against Wellesley with a quick lead off a goal by Meaghan McKenna, but the Raiders managed […]
CHS high jumper Matt Sidney will be competing in the National High School Track Championships this weekend in New York after finishing in a tie for sixth place out of 13 finalists at the New England High School Track Championships on Friday, March 4, in Boston. According to coach Chris Elgar, Sidney was battling a […]
The CHS girls’ hoop team fell 65-50 to second seeded Norwell last Thursday in tournament play. “The Norwell game was a battle,” Canton head coach Kaitlin Mills said. “They had a lot of height,” she added. Brenda Diggins, a 6’2” sophomore, hurt the Bulldogs in the paint with her rebounding, shot blocking and scoring. Still, […]
Some of Canton’s finest athletes have been scoring goals and grabbing rebounds at the collegiate level. Here is a list of Canton residents who have been outperforming their classmates on and off the playing field. One former Canton athlete who has not stopped competing since leaving Canton High School is former Bulldog swimmer Michelle Allen. […]
