
It’s been a magical season for the CHS boys’ lacrosse team, and last week it only got better as the Bulldogs picked up two more big victories to run its winning streak to ten in a row. Canton has now beaten every team in the Hockomock League, including all four Kelly-Rex Division (large school) teams […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
The Canton High girls’ lacrosse team continues to tread water in the Hockomock League, and last week epitomized this trend as the Bulldogs split a pair with King Philip and Mansfield while adding a rare tie against nonleague Medway for good measure. With the 1-1-1 week, the girls now sit at 5-6-1 overall with six […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

On the weekend of April 13 and 14, Hanningtons of the Canton Men’s Softball League traveled to Wallingford, Connecticut, to play in a 16-team charity tournament, with all proceeds going toward the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. The reigning Canton Men’s Softball League champions, Hanningtons finished 20-1 last season and went on to […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
Beyond CHS,
Sports | By
Canton Citizen

The CHS baseball team won its second game of the year and the offense seems to have picked up; however, the Bulldogs could not get past either Taunton or Mansfield last week as its overall record dipped to 2-10. Canton lost to Taunton 12-1 and Mansfield 5-3, but the highlight of the week was its […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger
Both CHS track teams had opportunities to beat Milford last week for their first win of the season, but both came up short as the boys lost 73-59 and the girls fell 80-58. The boys’ team welcomed back senior Obi Nwankwo from the German exchange trip and he responded with victories in both the 200 […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger

It’s not always easy to pinpoint the exact moment when a team goes from intriguing upstart to legitimate title contender, but that is precisely what happened last week after the CHS boys’ lacrosse team ran its unbeaten streak to eight straight with three more victories — punctuated by a program-defining, double-overtime thriller over division rival […]
May 2 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
On Saturday, May 11, beginning at 2 p.m., Canton Little League will host the local Pitch Hit & Run competition at the Kennedy School baseball complex, located at 100 Dedham Street. Pitch, Hit & Run is the official skills competition of Major League Baseball. It is free of charge and is open to all boys […]
The Canton High School baseball team won its first game of the season last week, beating Foxboro 4-0 behind the pitching of lefthander Jimmy Fitzgerald. In other action last week the Bulldogs fell to both Sharon and Stoughton and now sit at 1-8 overall. In the Foxboro game, Pat Vartanian had a two-run homerun, Wyatt […]
May 2 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger
The Canton High varsity softball team endured another tough week, losing three games in five days to fall to 1-10 overall. All three losses came against teams in the Davenport Division — Sharon on Monday, Foxboro on Wednesday, and Stoughton on Friday — and all three were closer than the final score suggested. In the […]
May 2 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Several Canton High School track participants continued to excel and several others improved their performances despite losing to Oliver Ames last week, 93-43 for the boys and 107-29 for the girls. Rachel Campagna ran an outstanding time in the 100 (13.2 seconds) and improved her personal-best long jump distance by over six inches. Matt Waldman […]
May 2 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger