Recent Canton High School graduate and high school soccer All-American Lauren Berman is off to an impressive start at the University of Maryland. Berman, who set a record while at CHS for most career points, already has five points through her first four collegiate games, including a goal and two assists in the Terrapins’ 9-0 […]
Sep 5 2013 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

The Hanningtons of Canton 55-and-over senior softball team won the Bay State League Tournament, finishing the 2013 season on a winning note. Hanningtons swept through the single-elimination tourney with three straight wins, beating Marlboro 9-6, Worcester 16-6, and Windham, Connecticut in the championship game 21-10. Hanningtons was led by tournament co-MVPs Kevin Hayes and Angie […]
Aug 29 2013 | Posted in
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Turnpike Café, which finished fifth in the regular season with a record of 5-8, went 3-0 on championship Sunday to win the Canton Men’s Over 30 Softball League title. Turnpike Café beat Loughran Electric and Emma’s Pub — the top two teams in the regular season — to take the championship. Turnpike co-manager Ryan Shaughnessy […]
Aug 29 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

On Tuesday, August 13, the American Legion Post 24 honored its regular and junior baseball teams at an end-of-season banquet and awards ceremony held at the Canton Town Club. Both squads made the playoffs while playing exciting baseball and giving their fans a lot to cheer about throughout the season. The senior team, under head […]
Aug 22 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Congratulations go out to Canton residents Brooke and Taylor Alessi, age 10, who were crowned 2013 Junior Tournament tennis champion and runner-up, respectively, at the Ballymeade Country Club in Falmouth. Brooke and Taylor are pictured above with their tennis instructor, Andrew Zappala. Brooke and Taylor are the granddaughters of Canton Citizen columnist Joe DeFelice.

The Canton High School athletic year officially got underway this week with the first football practice on Monday, August 19, with most other fall teams beginning practice today, Thursday, August 22. The 2013-14 year begins with many changes, including three new head coaching hires; a switch for most teams from Division 3 to Division 2, […]
Aug 22 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Members of the Canton High School cheerleading team recently attended the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) camp held August 2-5 at Mount Ida College in Newton. This four-day camp provided opportunities for cheerleaders to learn and participate in new cheers, dances, jumps, stunts and team-bonding activities. Several Canton cheerleaders made their mark at the camp, including […]
Aug 22 2013 | Posted in
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The Canton A’s semipro baseball team recently completed an outstanding summer season, and the amazing thing, according to general manager Cab Devoll of Canton, is that the coaching staff “didn’t know what [they] had when they started the season.” Devoll helped draft the players on the current roster, which finished the regular season with a […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
On Sunday, September 8, 10 residents from Canton will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic Boston Marathon route in the 25th anniversary of the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai. They will be among the 8,500 walkers expected to participate with the collective goal of raising more than $7 million to support lifesaving adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. Since […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

Congratulations to the Southeast girls’ volleyball team, winners of the gold medal at the Bay State Summer Games. The team included three girls form Canton: Avery Devoe (back row, third from left), Olivia Devoe (front row, far left), and Jenny Weston (back row, far right). The head coach was Gary Patch.