Editor’s note: The following appears in the 2013 winter sports supplement that was included in this week’s issue of the Citizen. Boys’ MVP Quinn Merrigan (Wrestling) Merrigan continued his meteoric rise with a truly dominant junior season, capturing the 138-pound title at both the sectional and state meets after reaching the finals of both tournaments […]

Congratulations to the Canton Cobra Black U14 volleyball team for taking first place in the New England Region Volleyball Association tournament on Sunday, March 24, at Newton South High School. The girls defeated Beantown Black in the semifinals and Southern Alliance Vortex in the finals to claim the title. They had a great day and […]

Canton resident Jacqueline Seymour, a junior defenseman on the Thayer Academy girls’ hockey team, will compete alongside three of her teammates in the upcoming USA Hockey Girls National Championship Tournament in San Jose, California. Seymour, a fifth-year varsity player and assistant captain, will be skating for the East Coast Wizards U19 team. She will be joined […]
Apr 4 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Canton Citizen

In sports there are complementary players and there are stars. And then there are players like Canton High School’s Meghan Lennon, an elite talent with a workmanlike approach to the game who has quietly put together one of the most impressive four-year athletic careers in recent school history. A standout performer in three different sports […]
Mar 28 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
The Canton High School Booster Club will hold a used sports equipment sale on Saturday, April 6, in the CHS cafeteria from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The boosters will be selling gently used sports equipment of all kinds to raise funds for CHS athletic programs. After 1 p.m., all items will be sold at […]
Mar 28 2013 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
The Canton Squirt B2s came into the last weekend of the season with a record of 17-5 and with the goal of winning a South Shore Conference title. All year long the team has improved and learned the finer nuances of the game, and they are now poised to win the coveted South Shore crown. […]
Mar 28 2013 | Posted in
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Youth Sports | By
Guest

It was a season to remember for Canton’s Margarita Delaporta and the Blue Hills Regional girls’ basketball team as the Lady Warriors racked up win after win en route to a Mayflower Conference title and a jaw-dropping record of 23-1. Until recently the girls had been chasing perfection — stringing together 23 straight victories before […]
Mar 21 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner
Kyle Darrow of Canton, a senior at Xaverian Brothers High School, recently completed his indoor track season with a highly successful month. Over five consecutive weekends Darrow won the long jump in the Tri-County League Championships and the Division 1 State Championships, placed second in the All-State Championships and the New England Indoor Track and […]
Mar 21 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Canton Citizen

It was shaping up to be their year, but in a goaltenders’ duel against their Davenport Division rivals last week, the top-seeded CHS boys’ ice hockey team came up just short, falling 2-0 to No. 4 Oliver Ames in the Division 2 south sectional semifinals. For the Bulldogs, Wednesday’s loss marked the end of an […]
Mar 14 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
UMass Dartmouth basketball sensation Colleen Moriarty, a native of Canton and a 2009 graduate of CHS, was recently named Player of the Year in the Little East Conference, marking the first time in program history that a Corsair player has ever received that honor. An All-LEC first team selection, Moriarty led the conference with 19 […]
Mar 14 2013 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen