
The 2024 Canton Men’s Over 30 softball season ended on Sunday, September 29, in front of a capacity crowd at Messinger Field with the Waterfall Bar & Grille Guppies repeating as league champions. After starting the season 0-2, the Guppies powered back, winning their next 12 regular season games and earning the No. 2 seed […]
Oct 11 2024 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

The CHS girls cross country team turned in another stellar performance in last week’s dual meet against North Attleboro, beating the Rocketeers 20-41 at Pequitside Farm to improve to 3-0 on the season. Sophomore Lauren Raffetto was the first to cross the finish line, extending her perfect career record in dual meets with an eighth […]
Oct 6 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

After rolling through the regular season last fall en route to the Division 2 state final, the returning CHS varsity volleyball players got their first taste of adversity in the early part of the 2024 campaign with a five-set home loss last week to highly ranked Attleboro. But befitting of a Pat Cawley-coached squad, the […]
Sep 13 2024 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
The CHS golf team kicked off the 2024 fall sports campaign with a convincing win over neighboring Stoughton last week, besting the Knights 145-181 at Blue Hill Country Club. The Bulldogs played exceptionally well in the match with seven of their eight starters shooting under 40 on the nine-hole, par-34 course. Junior Joey Ryan shot […]
Sep 6 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

Under cloudy skies and at times a light drizzle, more than 11,000 runners — including 82 from Canton — powered their way to the finish line at the 52nd annual ASICS Falmouth Road Race on Sunday, August 18. Runners and walkers from 45 states and 12 countries ventured to the Cape this year to experience […]
Aug 22 2024 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

It’s been a very successful summer for Canton Little League’s softball program, highlighted by recent championship victories for both the 12U and 10U green teams in their respective South Shore Softball League division tournaments. The 10U squad went 8-1-1 during the regular season, and after earning a first-round bye and dispatching Abington in the semifinals, […]
After three seasons of nonstop winning as a member of one of the most successful dynasties in American sports, Kyshani Dummott, for the first time in her professional career, felt the full agony of defeat as her Boston Renegades fell to the St. Louis Slam in Sunday’s Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) title game. “This one […]
Aug 2 2024 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

Strong pitching performances by a trio of promising CHS ballplayers helped lift the Canton Post 24 Junior Legion baseball team over .500 with recent wins over Sharon, Quincy and North Attleboro. Now at 8-6 overall, Canton currently sits at third place in the District 6 standings and is firmly in position to secure a postseason […]
Jul 19 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

The Canton Citizen is pleased to announce its 2024 spring all-star selections. The full list, complete with write-ups for each athlete, appears in the July 3 print edition as part of the Citizen’s annual spring sports wrap-up section. Girls MVP Katie Oliver (Track & Field) A senior captain and Bulldog track legend, Oliver put the […]

On Saturday and Sunday, August 3 and 4, 6,500 riders, including 20 residents of Canton, will participate in the milestone 45th Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) with the goal of raising a record $75 million for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This year, the PMC, which is Dana-Farber’s largest single contributor, will cross $1 billion in lifetime fundraising […]
Jun 28 2024 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen