A magical season ended Monday on the brink of a World Series trip for the Massachusetts Junior League state champions as Canton’s “boys of summer” were eliminated following two tough losses at the East Regionals in Freehold, New Jersey. In the end, it was the Pennsylvania state champs — a team from Clinton County, near […]
A thrilling — and truly unprecedented — summer postseason run for Canton’s U12 softball team came to an end in Bristol, Connecticut this past weekend after two hard-fought games in the New England Region of the Little League Softball World Series tournament. Canton, making its first ever appearance at the event and representing Massachusetts as […]
For the first time ever, Canton Little League entered a 10U softball all-star team into the Little League World Series Softball Tournament, and the Canton girls took full advantage of the opportunity — advancing all the way to the state title game last weekend in Agawam. Trailing 9-1 in the fourth inning, the Canton team crawled back to […]
The Sam Swardlick Spirit Cup was established in memory of the late Sam Swardlick, a star athlete from the Canton High Class of 1936 and an inaugural member of the Canton Athletic Hall of Fame. The award, which includes a $500 scholarship, is given annually to a senior who best demonstrates the spirit and pride […]
Recent Canton High graduate Matt Quan pitched a gem of a game Friday night to lead the Canton American Legion baseball team to a 3-1 win over Weymouth and help keep the team’s playoff hopes alive. With a subsequent loss to Natick Sunday night, Canton entered play on Monday in fifth place at 6-10-1 with […]
The red-hot Canton A’s made it three wins in a row — and five of their last six — after outlasting the Acushnet Aztecs 12-8 last week to improve to 12-7 overall. The A’s currently sit in fifth place in the Cranberry League standings and entered the week just one point behind the third-place Hock […]
The Canton Citizen is pleased to announce its MVP selections for the spring 2022 season. All-star selections are also listed below (write-ups on each Citizen all-star can be found in the 6/30 print edition as part of our annual spring sports wrap-up.) Boys Co-MVP Max Kupferman Only a sophomore, Kupferman solidified his standing as one […]
The following was adapted from an entry posted on the CHS Athletics Blog and was republished with permission from the CHS Athletics Department. The Canton High School Athletics Department celebrated the many accomplishments of the Class of 2022 at its annual senior banquet on the eve of graduation day. “After holding the ceremony virtually over […]
Canton’s Marcus Griffin, making his high school postseason debut as a member of the Blue Hills Regional varsity track team, leapt into the school record books with a long jump mark of 21’1” at this year’s MIAA Division 6 Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Holyoke Community College. Not only did the freshman phenom […]
It was a historic day for the CHS outdoor track program at last weekend’s MIAA All-State finals as both Canton entries raced their way to national qualifying times against an elite field of competitors. On the girls’ side, the 4×100 relay team of Syriah McCruse, Talya DeGraw, Katie Oliver and Kiley Hanlon set a new […]
