Down by 20 points going into the fourth quarter, the CHS boys’ basketball team staged a ferocious comeback and came within five points of tying the game before falling 69-60 to an 11-7 Bishop Stang team Tuesday night in the first round of the Division 3 playoffs. The Bulldogs ended the season at 8-13. Canton […]
Feb 25 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Both the girls’ and boys’ CHS indoor track teams finished a very respectable fifth place in last weekend’s Division 3 Indoor Track Championships, held at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. Because of their excellent performances, several Canton individuals will continue on to the All-State Championships scheduled for Friday, February 26, also at the […]
Feb 25 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
For the second consecutive season, Canton High junior swimmer Chris LeDonne represented the Bulldogs at the Division 2 Swimming and Diving State Championship meet. LeDonne, who last year swam in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle events, competed in the 100-yard butterfly at last Saturday’s meet, finishing 25th out of 27 swimmers with a time of […]
The Bulldog wrestling team came home with three medalists from the MIAA Division III State Tournament held at Cohasset High School on Friday and Saturday. Senior Will Alfano placed third at the 140-pound weight class; fellow senior Kyle Forte took a fourth at the 112-pound weight class while junior Kevin Connolly came in sixth at […]
Feb 25 2010 | Posted in
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Seniors Kyle Forte (112 pounds) and Will Alfano (140) and junior Kevin Connolly (125) all took sectional crowns while the Canton team repeated as South Sectional finalist for the second weekend in a row. “Canton has never had three champions at the same sectionals before,” coach Aaron Mann said. “This has been an award-winning year […]
Feb 18 2010 | Posted in
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~ LeDonne moves on to state tournament ~ Five Canton High swimmers — Misty King, Andrea Konopka, Alison McHugh and Abbey Willis for the girls and Chris LeDonne for the boys — competed in last weekend’s Central/South Sectional Swimming and Diving Championships at M.I.T. LeDonne had already qualified for Friday’s State Championship meet during the […]
With strong performances in the sprints and the shot put, the CHS girls’ indoor track team finished fifth in the Hockomock League Championships, one point behind fourth place North Attleboro. The best events for Canton was the 55-meter dash, in which Canton had three of the top 10 finishers, and the shot put, in which […]
Feb 18 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
CHS junior Matt Sidney tied a Hockomock League Championship Meet record with a best jump of six feet, nine inches as he won the event and highlighted the team’s sixth-place finish in the league meet. Sidney tied the mark of Phil Allessi of North Attleboro, who jumped the 6’9” mark in 1995. Recently, Sidney was […]
Feb 18 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
For the second time this season, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team played well enough to beat its biggest rival, the Franklin Panthers, but somehow still ended up losing by a lopsided score – only this time it occurred on home ice with a possible league title on the line. While it wasn’t for lack […]
Feb 18 2010 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
The CHS girls’ hockey team finished off the regular season with two more wins — over King Philip and Quincy — remaining undefeated in the league with 14 wins and an overall record of 15-2-1. The girls began the week with their senior night, which ended with a 7-0 shutout of KP. Before the game […]
Feb 18 2010 | Posted in
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Jeffrey Cattel