The Bulldog wrestling team improved to 10-4 overall and 2-3 in the league by defeating Silver Lake Regional 36-30 and Beverly 33-31, and losing to Pembroke 45-18 and Oliver Ames 39-29. “I’m actually pleased that we were able to salvage the week with so many starters out of the lineup,” coach Tom Bartosek said. “All […]
Jan 14 2010 | Posted in
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The Canton High School varsity girls’ hockey team continued its winning streak this week, defeating Medfield 2-1 and King Philip 6-0 to bring its season record to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in league play. Although the girls were down 1-0 in the first two periods in the game against Medfield, they fought back hard, netting […]
Jan 14 2010 | Posted in
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Jeffrey Cattel
A day after burying their friend and former teammate Scott Herr, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team returned to the ice following two cancellations and offered a fitting tribute in the form of two blowout victories: 5-0 over Stoughton and 9-1 over a frustrated King Philip team. Head coach Brian Shuman said the Stoughton game, […]
Jan 14 2010 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

After five tough games on the road to open the season, the CHS girls’ varsity basketball team was more than happy to play both of its games at home last week, and it showed in the Bulldogs’ performance as they played both opponents closer and produced more offensively. Now they just have to win. As […]
Jan 14 2010 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
It was a mixed week for the 2-7 CHS boys’ basketball team with an exciting overtime win at home over Southeastern Regional Vo-Tech and hard-fought losses to North Attleboro and Stoughton. Canton scored its highest point total offensively with an 83-80 win over Southeastern but fell to North Attleboro 56-42 and to Stoughton 61-51. “We […]
Jan 14 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The CHS girls’ indoor track team continued its strong season last week with impressive victories over Stoughton, Foxboro and Sharon. “We have our eyes set on next weekend when we face off against King Philip,” coach Kerri Olmixon said. “If we win that meet, it will be our best record for an indoor season in […]
Jan 7 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The CHS boys’ track team improved its season record to 2-3-1 with a dominant, 70-15 win over Sharon and a 52-34 loss to Mansfield in tri-meet action last week. The leading point scorer for the team as of January 4 was Jon Vaughn (58), followed by Christan Bates (39), Matt Sidney (30) and Dan Alexander […]
Jan 7 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Canton’s Kevin Connolly took sixth place at the 44th Annual Lowell Holiday Wrestling Tournament held on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. “The Lowell Tournament is the premier tournament in New England,” coach Brian Caffelle said. “Lowell is much harder than the state tournament and almost as tough as the all-states. We’ve only had nine […]
With three games scheduled this week, the CHS boys’ basketball team will have the chance to get on the winning track. The 1-5 Bulldogs have lost three consecutive games — their most recent a 57-49 loss to Fairhaven. Fairhaven opened up a 20-12 first quarter lead and never looked back. The visiting Bulldogs were within […]
Jan 7 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The Canton High School varsity girls’ hockey team rebounded from last week’s loss with two wins this week, 2-0 against Walpole and 4-0 against Dover-Sherborn, bringing its season record to 4-1. Senior Jackie Rooney scored both goals in the Walpole game, the first during the first period and the second with 45 seconds left in […]