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CHS high jumper Matt Sidney reaches new heights

CHS high jumper Matt Sidney ended the indoor track season last weekend in the Nationals where he tied for 14th at six feet, two and one quarter inches. Earlier this season at the Hockomock League Championship Meet he broke the school’s winter indoor record and tied the Hockomock League indoor meet record at 6’9”. But […]

Bulldogs capture first-ever state title

In what might have been the biggest moment of their young lives on the biggest of all stages, the 22 members of the Canton High School boys’ hockey team soared to new heights of greatness, beating north champion Newburyport 4-2 Sunday at the Boston Garden to capture the program’s first-ever state title. Playing in front […]

Season ends for girls’ hockey team

After entering the playoff tournament as the first seed, the Canton High School girls’ hockey season came to a close with a 6-2 loss against Winchester last Thursday. The Hockomock champs fell behind 1-0 in the first period, but coach Kelly Rider said she had expected a rough start because the team hadn’t played a […]

Canton High School high jumper Matt Sidney qualifies for national championship

Based on his performance in last weekend’s New England indoor track championships, CHS high jumper Matt Sidney qualified for the upcoming national championships, which will take place this weekend at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. Sidney finished in a tie for 11th place among 17 competitors with a best jump of six feet, […]

Back to the state final!

Icemen win the south in shootout An incredible sports story reached another stratosphere on Sunday when the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team shut down one of the most potent offenses in the state in Nauset to reclaim its second straight Division 2 south title and earn a return trip to the Boston Garden for a […]

Dogs’ top 3 wrestlers wrap up season at All-State tourney

Senior wrestlers Will Alfano and Kyle Forte and junior Kevin Connolly finished their season at the All-State Wrestling Championship Tournament held at Salem High School on Friday and Saturday. Forte lost close bouts at 112 pounds to Nate Hooper from Masco and Nick Cahsion from Winchester to bring his career at CHS to an end. […]

OT win sends CHS icemen to sectional semis

Outstanding goaltending by senior Jon Donaruma and another dominant performance by league MVP Kevin Rooney proved to be the difference on Saturday as the CHS boys’ hockey team survived an OT thriller against familiar foe Mansfield to earn a return trip to the Division 2 south sectional semifinals. The 4-3 victory, won on a Rooney […]

Three Canton High athletes make it to NE Track Championships

Canton High will be sending three members of its boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams — junior high jumper Matt Sidney, senior shot-putter Amarachi Njoku and senior sprinter Samantha Smith — to the New England Track Championships this Friday night at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. The trio qualified for the New England […]

Icemen cruise into postseason

After blowing a two-goal lead against non-league Hanover and being forced to settle for a draw, the CHS boys’ varsity ice hockey team rebounded with a pair of solid wins last week to close out the regular season — 4-1 over North Quincy and 2-0 over North Attleboro. The victories gave the Bulldogs 15 for […]

Girls’ basketball team’s tourney run cut short

Unable to crack an aggressive defensive attack, the Canton High varsity girls’ basketball team fell 62-50 on the road against Burke High in Dorchester in the first round of the Division 3 south sectional tournament Monday night. Fifteenth-seeded Canton headed into the state tournament playing its best basketball of the season, winning four of its […]

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