From dominant rookie performances to conference championships and even a national semifinals appearance, the recent winter sports season was certainly one to remember for Canton’s college athletes and their teams. And this was especially true on the ice and on the hardwood, where over a dozen hometown stars made their mark at colleges and universities […]
Apr 11 2013 | Posted in
Beyond CHS,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
On Saturday, April 13, the Canton High School softball team (0-3) will play a special doubleheader against Boston Latin Academy with games starting at 10 a.m. and noon at Memorial Field. Although the games count in the standings and for tournament purposes, they also have added meaning as the Canton players and parents will be […]
Apr 11 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Canton Citizen
The CHS girls’ lacrosse team opened the 2013 season in impressive fashion with a 21-6 blowout win over North Attleboro on the road last Tuesday. The girls also played their first home game of the season, falling to nonleague Apponequet Regional in a high-scoring battle to end the week at 1-1 overall. With a deep […]
Apr 11 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner
The CHS girls’ tennis team split their first two matches of the season last week, falling to North Attleboro 4-1 Tuesday on the road and beating Attleboro 5-0 two days later at home. The sole winner in the North Attleboro match was junior Erika Nannery, who easily defeated her competitor 6-2, 6-0 despite the cold […]
Apr 11 2013 | Posted in
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Holly Erickson

The Canton High boys’ varsity lacrosse team kicked off the new season with a bang last week, storming back from a three-goal deficit against North Attleboro to win its home opener 10-9 in overtime. The Bulldogs then kept the hype train moving with a 12-7 win over visiting Franklin earlier this week to put them […]
Apr 11 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner
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