
Despite opening the season with three consecutive losses, CHS head varsity baseball coach Greg Digirolamo believes his team is light years ahead of last year’s young squad. Even with the 0-3 start, Digirolamo believes his team has the potential to improve upon last season’s 6-12 record and possibly make the state tournament if they can […]
Apr 20 2018 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

Update: The CHS boys lacrosse team split their two games this week — a 16-1 win over Stoughton and a 10-3 loss to Natick — and are now 3-2 heading into Monday’s away game versus Pembroke. *** The Canton High boys lacrosse team is off to a winning start in 2018 with a 2-1 record through the first […]
Apr 20 2018 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

The 122nd running of the Boston Marathon gets underway at 10 a.m. this coming Monday in Hopkinton, and among those set to depart from Main Street on the famed 26.2-mile course are 18 registered runners from Canton. This year’s local contingent, according to the official entry list posted by the Boston Athletic Association, consists of […]
Apr 14 2018 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

The Canton Citizen is pleased to announce its 2017-18 winter all-star selections. The full list, featuring 27 CHS athletes from 10 sports, appears in this week’s print edition as part of the Citizen’s annual winter sports wrap-up. Boys MVP Eddie Marinilli (Wrestling) Only a sophomore but already in the conversation for all-time great status among […]
Apr 14 2018 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

Congratulations to Canton’s PJ Donahue and the rest of the 2017-18 Boston College High School varsity hockey team, winners of this year’s “Super 8” state tournament. The Eagles, seeded No. 2 in the Division 1A bracket, defeated seventh-seeded Pope Francis 2-1 in overtime at the TD Garden to claim Massachusetts high school hockey’s biggest prize. […]
Apr 6 2018 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
Canton was well represented at this year’s NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey national championship weekend in Lake Placid, New York, with two of the final four teams featuring homegrown talent. Nick O’Connor, a junior forward on the Colby College Mules, saw action in the semifinal game against St. Norbert’s College, and Colin Clapton, a […]
Apr 6 2018 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

On March 19 at the TD Garden, Canton High School senior Maggie Wade was presented with the Boston Bruins Sportsmanship Award, a prestigious honor given each year to one worthy student-athlete from every boys’ and girls’ hockey league in the state. Wade, a member of the CHS team that went to back-to-back state finals, was […]
Mar 30 2018 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
One of the Canton High School robotics teams, the Canton Robodogs, are on their way to the FIRST Robotics World Championships! This is the first time since the team’s inception in 2013 that they have qualified for this prestigious event, which will be held April 24-28 in Detroit. The Robodogs participate in the FIRST Technical […]
Mar 30 2018 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

It was finally starting to feel like the year. After a string of close calls and heartbreaking finishes over the past several postseasons, the perennially successful Canton High boys ice hockey team looked primed to make its first trip back to the Garden since its 2010 championship season while seemingly possessing the goods and the […]
Mar 17 2018 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
One year removed from their Cinderella run to the brink of a state championship as a double-digit seed, the Canton High girls varsity ice hockey team is headed back to the TD Boston Garden — this time in the role of a highly ranked contender with some serious unfinished business to attend to. Seeded No. […]
Mar 16 2018 | Posted in
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Jay Turner