The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team is back in the thick of the playoff hunt after taking three out of four last week behind excellent pitching, aggressive baserunning, outstanding defense, and power hitting. The 3-1 week propelled the team into the fifth and final playoff spot in District 6 East with a 7-6 […]
Congratulations to the Red Storm, winners of this year’s Canton Fastpitch Softball Junior League championship. The team was led by coaches Sue and Marc Desjardins and Colette and Jay Gilchrist. (Front row l-r) Shannon Cox, Alison Chisholm, Kylie Martone, Caitlyn Gaboury, Nikki Desjardins, Abby Gilchrist, Faith Nelson, Amy Coe; (back row l-r) Jordan Lysko, Jamie MacGregor, Maddie […]
Trevor Boyce, a standout baseball player going back to his days in the Canton Little League program, has etched his name into Babson College history following a spectacular senior season at the plate and especially in the field. After leading all Babson outfielders with 113 putouts, a career-high five assists, and a perfect 1.000 fielding […]
After playing .500 baseball through the first 14 games of the season, the Canton A’s put together a four-game winning streak last week with two wins apiece against Easton and Kingston to improve their record to 11-7. The A’s now find themselves in second place in the Cranberry League at the halfway point of the […]
The Nationals became Canton Little League’s Major League champions last Sunday, defeating the Braves 2-1 in the championship game. Both teams played well, but it was Robert Sullivan’s outstanding pitching, backed by some solid defense, that led the team to victory. It was a fantastic finish to an excellent season for the Nationals. The championship roster […]
Two 15-year-old players from Canton helped propel the American Legion Post 24 baseball team to its second win in five games as Canton beat Cohasset 4-2. CHS freshman Kevin Powers threw a complete game, allowing just four hits and no earned runs, and catcher Rob Carmody of Thayer Academy did a great job behind the […]
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team opened its season last week with a 3-1 victory over Stoughton and losses to Braintree and Morrisette. In Sunday’s win over Stoughton, Jake Fishman threw a complete game, allowing only one run on five hits while striking out seven and walking no one. He was also 1 […]
The Canton A’s have been playing better baseball as of late, and it has shown in the standings as they recently climbed over .500 with a doubleheader sweep over Brockton on Sunday, winning 13-3 and 11-7. Overall, the A’s are 5-4 and in the middle of the pack in the seven-member Cranberry League. Besides Sunday’s […]
By Judy Bass Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton has been selected by the Mayflower Athletic Conference (District D) as this year’s recipient of the 2012-2013 Sportsmanship Award. This award recognizes all coaches and student-athletes in a total of 13 varsity sports as well as the junior varsity and freshman programs. “It is quite […]
On Saturday, May 18, Canton High School head football coach Dave Bohane held a free clinic for all kids in grades 1-8 at Memorial Field. Varsity football players helped run the clinic, and all the kids had a blast — catching like wide receivers, throwing for distance, practicing stances and tackling techniques, and ending with a […]
