
The Canton Cobras U16 volleyball team won its first New England Region Volleyball Association tournament of the 2013 season with a series of impressive performances on Sunday, March 3, in Nashua, New Hampshire. The Cobras defeated two teams from Andover in the semifinals and finals to capture the 16A championship. Also competing in NERVA tournaments on […]
Mar 14 2013 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

Fifteen kids from Canton had the thrill of their hockey careers when they participated in the recent Massachusetts Pee Wee Tier III State Tournament and advanced all the way to the state championship game. Canton’s Pee Wee Green team qualified for the tournament by winning the District 3 championship. On March 1, the team and […]
Mar 14 2013 | Posted in
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Update: The No. 1 seeded CHS boys’ hockey team fell to No. 4 Oliver Ames 2-0 in the south sectional semifinals Wednesday night. The Bulldogs finish the season at 16-4-2 overall. It was a lot closer than many fans expected, but in the end the top-seeded CHS boys’ hockey team managed to take care of […]
Mar 7 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
They have been teammates and friends for almost a dozen years — going back to their earliest days in the Canton Pop Warner program — and on Wednesday, February 6, Stephen Cesso and Maurice Hurst celebrated another major milestone together when they gathered at Xaverian Brothers High School with their families for a football commitment […]
Mar 7 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner
After cruising through the regular season with 16 wins in 20 games, the Canton High girls’ ice hockey team had its postseason dreams dashed at the hands of 20th seeded Tewksbury/Methuen, which shocked the Bulldogs 7-3 on their home ice last Wednesday, February 27. The loss certainly qualified as an upset — Tewksbury/Methuen (8-7-3) had […]
Mar 7 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

All good things must come to an end, and unfortunately for the CHS boys’ basketball team, everything that went right in its first-round upset victory over Abington turned the other way last Wednesday, February 27, against fifth seeded Norton. Norton (15-5), well rested from a first-round bye, used its home crowd to seize the momentum […]
Mar 7 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Mike Berger

Playoff hockey season has officially arrived in Massachusetts, and both Canton squads are right in the thick of the action as usual, with the boys nabbing the top overall seed in the Division 2 south bracket and the girls earning the No. 4 seed in the 22-team Division 2 tournament.
Feb 28 2013 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Three members of the CHS girls’ indoor track team won league titles at the recent Hockomock Championship meet: Mellyn Costello in the 55-meter hurdles, Lauren Berman in the 1,000 meters, and Amanda Eagles in the two-mile. In addition, Obi Nwankwo and Craig Mills finished second in the 300 and 600-meter races, respectively. Costello, Berman and […]
Feb 28 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
For the second year in a row, the Canton High wrestling program has produced a state champion after junior Quinn Merrigan, fresh off his victory in the recent south sectionals, fought back from a 6-4 deficit to pin his opponent in the finals of the Division 3 state tournament. Wrestling at 138 pounds, Merrigan defeated […]
Feb 28 2013 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

Junior captain Sam Larson and the CHS boys’ hoop team gave it their all but came up short against No. 5 Norton Wednesday night, falling 55-39 in the second round of the Division 3 south sectionals.
Feb 28 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger