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Dogs fall to Wildcats in football opener

The CHS football team did not perform well in its first game of the season, as Weston’s Wildcats dominated the Bulldogs 35-7 Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats raced to a 28-0 halftime lead, while Canton’s only touchdown came late in the fourth quarter when Anthony LaRose scored on a five-yard run on a drive set up […]

CHS boys’ soccer team slays Duxbury Dragons

Fresh off capturing back-to-back Hockomock League championships, the Canton High boys’ soccer team essentially picked up right where it left off, with a 3-1 win at Duxbury last Saturday to kickoff the 2010 season. “Anytime you go to Duxbury and come away with a win, it’s really a good result,” head coach Danny Erickson said. […]

CHS girls’ soccer team bows to Duxbury

After finishing last season with a 17-2-1 record, the CHS girls’ soccer team entered unfamiliar territory Saturday, losing its first game 4-1 to Duxbury. Paul Turner, a first-year coach at CHS, noted that Duxbury, in the midst of a peak season with many club soccer and college-bound players, would be one of the Canton’s hardest […]

Boys’ cross country finishes 3rd in Vineyard meet

The Canton High boys’ cross country team finished third in a nine-team competition, with four of the top 40 runners in the 3.1-mile Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Cross Country Invitational race, held at Oak Bluffs on September 11. Senior Jimmy Paschal finished sixth overall and was Canton’s top runner, finishing in 17:11.52 — seconds […]

CHS girls’ cross country team starts season with 44 runners

The CHS girls’ cross country team started the season with a seventh-place finish in the Hockomock League Jamboree, followed by a fifth-place finish out of 12 teams in the Martha’s Vineyard Invitational. Sophomore Kelsey Sayers was Canton’s top runner at the Vineyard meet, as she finished 15th out of 100 runners to earn a medal. […]

Canton native named asst. coach of St. Louis Blues’ AHL affiliate

Dan Brooks

St. Louis Blues executive vice president and general manager Doug Armstrong announced last week that the club has named Canton native Dan Brooks as an assistant coach for the Blues’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. Brooks begins his professional coaching career with the Rivermen after 14 seasons as an assistant coach at both […]

Up and down week for CHS football team

After two weeks of practice, CHS head football coach Jim Goff described his team as a “work in progress” as the Bulldogs prepare to play in its season opener at Weston this Saturday, September 11, at 4 p.m. Last week, the Bulldogs played Milton to an even scrimmage, with both teams managing two touchdowns on […]

Best-of-7 men’s softball finals tied at 2

The Canton Junction softball team is giving Hannington’s all it can handle as the teams entered this week tied 2-2 in the Canton Men’s Softball League’s best-of-seven championship series. Games were scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, and the seventh and final game, if necessary, was scheduled for Thursday (tonight) at 6:15 p.m. at Devoll Field. […]

Precision/KT’s wins women’s softball league title

Precision Speed & Strength/KT’s edged American Legion 7-5 in the clinching game of the Canton Women’s Softball League Championships last week, marking the third consecutive season that KT’s has won the title. The win also gave KT’s a perfect season at 16-0. “This year we had a very special year,” KT’s head coach Christine Wadel […]

Canton native named head softball coach at UMass Dartmouth

Amy Sasin, a Canton native who has achieved success playing and coaching at two of the most highly-regarded softball programs in the region, is the new head softball coach at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Sasin served as an assistant coach at Wheaton College in Norton for three seasons, assisting in all phases of the […]

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