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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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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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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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
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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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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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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
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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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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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Jay Turner