
The Canton High varsity boys lacrosse team kicked off its 2017 campaign last week — one week later than the rest of the Hockomock League — but they are already catching up in the standings after back-to-back lopsided victories over division foes Milford and Stoughton. While neither opponent is in the same class as Canton […]
Apr 21 2017 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner
Both CHS outdoor track teams lost to a tough North Attleboro squad in their season opening meet last Tuesday, April 11. Despite the loss, several track team members qualified for state competition. “Both teams have a lot of potential with a great mix of returners and newcomers,” noted head track coach Anna Amico. In the […]
Apr 21 2017 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

After missing her entire junior season due to injury, Canton native Meghan Lennon has returned to the lacrosse field and is lighting up the scoreboard as a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference-leading Endicott College women’s lax team. A former three-sport star athlete at Canton High School, Lennon is now a senior captain and has […]
Apr 14 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
It was a busy opening week for the CHS tennis teams as the boys and girls combined to play seven matches in a seven-day span. The lone win during that stretch came in the season opener last Monday as the boys took down Attleboro 5-0 at home. The girls team also had a strong showing […]
Apr 14 2017 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

Canton resident Stephen Teague was honored as a Boston Celtics Hero Among Us at the TD Garden prior to last week’s big game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Teague is preparing to run his second Boston Marathon and has raised more than $20,000 over the years for the Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation. […]
Apr 14 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
Canton resident Jennifer Dever will be running her first Boston Marathon this coming Monday, April 17, on behalf of the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress (MDSC) and in honor of her younger brother Bobby. A 2015 Canton High School graduate and currently a sophomore at Boston College, Dever ran the BAA half marathon in the fall […]
Apr 14 2017 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
Tom Bartosek grew up in Toledo, Ohio. The high school he attended had about 200 students, small enough to give him a chance to participate in the band, chorus, school plays, and sports. “I wrestled in high school, although I was a terrible athlete,” he said. “I was not really coordinated.” The wrestling program had […]

One of the greatest single seasons in the history of Canton hockey ended in defeat on the TD Garden ice on Sunday as the 14th seeded lady Bulldogs fell to the top-ranked, defending champion Notre Dame Academy Cougars 5-2 in the Division 2 MIAA girls state finals. While it certainly wasn’t the ending they had […]
Mar 24 2017 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

The center of the Canton sporting universe shifted to Gallo Ice Arena in Bourne last evening as the Canton High girls varsity ice hockey team — the only squad left standing in a winter season full of outstanding performances — prepared to do battle with fellow Ice House tenant Westwood in the MIAA Division 2 […]
Mar 17 2017 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

For the third time in a seven-day span, the Canton High boys varsity ice hockey team poured every ounce of heart, skill and strength that they could muster into a thrilling playoff battle against an equally formidable opponent. Only this time, the puck bounced the other way as the sixth-seeded Bulldogs dropped an absolute heartbreaker […]
Mar 10 2017 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner