Halfway through the season, the Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team finds itself in the playoff hunt with a 4-5 record through Sunday night, June 27. Canton is currently in seventh place and just a game away from the fifth spot. The top five teams at the end of the regular season on July […]
The Canton A’s improved to 4-11 after the team won two games last week, thanks to the pitching of Paul Tolland and the bats of Cory Burkman and Canton’s Pat Bogue, Bill Murray, and Billy Curry. In Cranberry League action last week, the A’s beat Brockton 20-2 and upset Easton 2-1. They also lost to […]
Stung by the loss of one of the team’s best pitchers in Canton’s Greg Lyons, the Canton Athletics were also hurt last week by the loss of Steve Delanian, one of their best hitters. A Brockton resident, Delanian is normally an outfielder but was filling in at second base when he dove for a ball […]
The Canton Post 24 baseball team won its first game Sunday evening 9-6, as Adam Freedman of Sharon clubbed a three-run homerun to beat Westwood 9-6. Dave Zabinsky also had a three-run homerun in the third inning and hit a triple in the fifth to tie the game at 6. Starting pitcher Joey Wilkinson of […]
A hard line drive that broke the hand of pitcher Greg Lyons last week ended the season for the Canton resident, who was expected to be a starting pitcher for the Canton Athletics.The team is looking to improve upon last year’s record of 10-15. The A’s were 1-5 after two weeks of play. Games have […]
Following several rainouts, the Canton American League Post 24 baseball team is beginning its season this week with several games in hopes of improving upon last year’s record of 8-14. The team is made up of high school and first-year college players from Canton and Sharon. Coached for the second year by Junior Medina, the […]
CHS senior Amarachi Njoku finished 20th among 31 shot-put competitors at the New England Track and Field Championships held Saturday, June 12, in New Britain, Connecticut. Top individuals from all six New England states competed. Njoku’s best throw was 35 feet, nine and a half inches. Rachel Aliotta of Connecticut won the event with a […]
The CHS softball team’s 2010 season came to an end last Friday following a 4-1 loss to Holliston in the preliminary round of the Division 2 south sectional tournament. The 19th-seeded Bulldogs fought hard but they were unable to find an answer for Holliston’s starting pitcher, who tossed a complete-game three hitter and struck out […]
By Dan DeBlasio Despite going 5-12 in an up-and-down regular season, the Canton High School boys’ lacrosse team qualified for this year’s MIAA state tournament, which began early last week. The Bulldogs earned the 28th and final seed in the Division 3 East bracket and faced off with fifth-seeded powerhouse Dover Sherborn. Canton, after some […]
After making it to the postseason, the CHS girls’ lacrosse team lost in the first round of tournament play to Sandwich by a slim margin, 11-10, ending the team’s storied season. “The girls were very antsy about playing,” coach Chris Murtagh said when describing the team’s mentality leading up to the game. But once the […]
