Update: The Canton High volleyball team defeated Milford 3-0 on Wednesday and will now face Hopkinton on Saturday in the Division 2 central finals at Wellesley High School. The CHS girls volleyball team’s quest for postseason glory continued into the Division 2 central sectional semifinals following a hard-fought, straight-set win over No. 10 Ashland Monday […]
Nov 12 2016 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

For the first time this year, the CHS football team enjoyed a dominant win over an opponent, leading from wire to wire and playing all of its reserves in the fourth quarter en route to a 42-16 victory over Oliver Ames at home Friday night. The win was Canton’s second in as many games and […]
Nov 12 2016 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
With the CHS fall sports season almost completed and no further home playoff or football games scheduled, the School Department has decided to begin renovations to the CHS turf field this week. As a result of the construction, the public will not be able to use the field or track for at least a month […]
Nov 11 2016 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger

For the fourth consecutive year the CHS girls soccer team, coached by Kate Howarth, has qualified for the state tournament, finishing the regular season at 8-6-2 and in second place in the Davenport Division of the Hockomock League. Last week the girls started on a bad note, blowing a 2-0 lead with 26 minutes left […]
Nov 4 2016 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
What happens when you bring in a group of college-age millennials with limited to no coaching experience and hand them the keys to their own youth football team? For the leaders of Canton’s Pop Warner program, that was precisely the question they were asking themselves in September after entrusting 22-year-old Calvin Winchell and four of […]
Nov 4 2016 | Posted in
Sports,
Youth Sports | By
Jay Turner

Armed with a league championship and an impressive 10-4 season record, the CHS golf team went into postseason play this week with high hopes and lots of positive momentum. Six Bulldog golfers — Matt Minichiello, Jack Goyetch, Danny Powers, Jackson Maffeo, Joey Vaughan and Pat Duggan — were set to compete in the Division 2 […]
Oct 28 2016 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The CHS boys and girls cross country teams both enjoyed home wins over Stoughton on Senior Day and are now preparing for the Hockomock League Championship meet, scheduled for Saturday, October 29, at the Wrentham Developmental Center. Last week’s victory for the boys team was its first of the season and it was a close […]
Oct 28 2016 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

Sophomore Maggie Malloy continued her recent scoring surge and the defense added two more shutouts to its resume as the CHS varsity field hockey team ran its winning streak to six in a row with victories last week over Norwood and Oliver Ames. With the two latest wins, the Bulldogs improved to 9-3 overall and […]
Oct 21 2016 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

With a win and two draws last week, the Canton High boys soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to a season-high seven games while giving itself a bit of a cushion heading into an action-packed final two weeks. Entering play on Monday, the Bulldogs were still in first place in the Davenport Division by the […]
Oct 21 2016 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

Canton native and CHS graduate Brianna Duserick was recently honored as the Northeast-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Stonehill Skyhawks to their seventh and eighth victories during the week of September 25 to October 1. Duserick, a senior defender, was one of three Stonehill players to earn NE-10 honors that week, […]
Oct 14 2016 | Posted in
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Jay Turner