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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The intense playoff basketball atmosphere was definitely there with both sides of the bleachers filled, performances by the CHS jazz band and cheerleaders, and a buzz in the crowd as two very solid basketball teams jousted in the second round of the Division 2 south playoffs at CHS. But as much as Canton enjoyed its […]
Canton native Emily Lanci, a freshman on the Saint Michael’s College women’s ice hockey team, was named New England Women’s Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Rookie of the Week for the week ending Sunday, February 11. Lanci notched two goals and two assists, was plus-5, blocked three shots, and went 15 for 22 (68.2 percent) on faceoffs […]
