It was a great day for Canton High’s indoor track teams at Saturday’s Hockomock League Meet, as the 1-3 girls’ team surprised everyone with a fourth-place finish, and the boys — who compiled a 2-1-1 dual meet record — placed fifth among 10 teams, missing fourth place by just two points. Canton also had two […]
Feb 16 2011 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The Canton High wrestling team is making its mark on the postseason under the stewardship of first-year head coach Brian Caffelle. Six members of the team qualified for the state tournament at Saturday’s sectional tournament, held at Foxboro High School. The highest finisher for CHS was senior captain Kevin Connolly, who took second place in […]
Feb 16 2011 | Posted in
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Danny Joseph

After another cancellation last Wednesday — its third already this season — the CHS boys’ ice hockey team decided to take its frustrations out on Foxboro, pounding the Warriors into submission with a season-high 11 goals en route to an 11-0 victory at Metropolis on Saturday. It was the first double-digit goal scoring effort of the season […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
After suffering a close home loss to Foxboro on Friday, the Canton High boys’ basketball team came away with a hard-fought 63-58 win over hosting Sharon on Sunday afternoon, avenging an earlier 52-36 loss to the Eagles. The win improved Canton’s record to 5-10 while dropping Sharon’s to 8-8. The Bulldogs played well throughout the […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The Canton High girls’ basketball team suffered its second straight loss of the season Friday at the hands of Foxboro 68-46. After getting blown out by Franklin last week, the Bulldogs had seven days in between games to prepare for Foxboro. Snow had postponed their Tuesday home game against Sharon, and the long layoff caused […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Tony Catinella

The Canton High wrestling team ended their regular season schedule on the highest of notes, defeating archrival Stoughton by a score of 54-24. The Bulldogs received contributions from every part of their lineup in the blowout of the Black Knights. The meet, held at Canton High, was the last home meet for the CHS senior […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Danny Joseph
Last weekend the girls’ and boys’ swimming teams competed in the Hockomock League championship meet with both Canton teams finishing seventh out of 10 teams. “Two real standouts were Isobel Heck, who has dropped 39 seconds off her 500 [yard freestyle] time this season, and Rachel McHugh, who dropped 50 seconds,” coach Lori Mooney said. […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Jeffrey Cattel
The CHS gymnastics team bowed to Attleboro in its final meet of the season, losing by their slimmest margin yet with 113.2 points to Attleboro’s 121.75. The team picked up several individual honors for its gymnasts, though, as it ended the season on a high note. The 2010-2011 season was all about improvement for the […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Kelsey Oates
The CHS girls’ hockey team posted another strong week with a 1-1 tie against Hingham and a 6-0 shutout over King Philip to improve its record to 8-4-3 overall. Hingham came out strong and scored in the first 15 seconds of the game, but senior goalie Sarah Healey prevented any additional goals and racked up […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Jeffrey Cattel
The CHS boys’ indoor track team lost a tough one Saturday, ending its undefeated dual meet season at 2-1-1 with a narrow loss to Oliver Ames 45-41 at the Franklin Field House. Head coach Chris Elgar said his team gave a maximum effort but fell just short. “They gave them their best,” he said. Senior […]
Feb 10 2011 | Posted in
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Mike Berger