After securing its ninth win of the season in last Friday’s 5-0 win over Fontbonne Academy, the CHS girls’ tennis team qualified for the state tournament for the first time since the 2008 season. After going 1-2 the week before, Canton rebounded to go 3-1 last week with 5-0 wins over Franklin, Oliver Ames and […]
On the heels of dropping all three matches the week before, the CHS boys’ tennis team bounced back last week, going 3-1 with wins over Franklin, Oliver Ames and Mansfield to improve to 6-7 on the season. “Practices have been key to the wins,” head coach Leo Nelson wrote in an e-mail to the Citizen. […]
By Kathy Anderson Big wins and upsetting losses have teeter-tottered the season thus far for the Canton High varsity softball team, but after a couple of double-digit shutout losses two weeks ago, the Bulldog defense has rebounded — along with scoring and morale — and the team now stands at a precarious six wins and […]
The CHS baseball team fell to 1-13 last week, as the Bulldogs were defeated by Franklin 9-5, Mansfield 19-9 and Oliver Ames 15-0. Despite the record, head coach Tom Healy said the team is trying hard. “We are a young team,” he said. “There are lessons to be learned every game. This week our hitting […]
The varsity girls’ lacrosse team ended its three-game wining streak when the Bulldogs tied Sharon 14-14, bringing the team’s overall record to 7-3-1. Earlier this season, Canton decisively beat Sharon 16-6. “One of the things we’re finding out in this league is no matter what team you play, a win is never guaranteed,” coach Chris […]
By Dan DeBlasio The Canton High School boys’ lacrosse team got back to its winning ways this week by rolling over North Attleboro High School 14-2. The Bulldogs knew coming into the match that this was their best chance to halt their losing skid, having already beaten North Attleboro earlier in the season. That game, […]
When Army Specialist Eric Estabrook talks about his wartime experiences in Afghanistan during the first part of his deployment, there is a gravity in his voice that is unmistakable. It is the tone of a young man, just 22 years old, who no longer takes anything for granted — a man who, by his own […]
Jonathan Woodson, a noted doctor, soldier and teacher, has been nominated as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs by President Barack Obama. Woodson’s nomination awaits confirmation from the U.S. Senate. A Canton resident for the last 15 years, Woodson is an associate professor of surgery and an associate dean at the Boston University […]
The other night at a library trustees meeting, our discussion turned to the issue of privacy. Someone mentioned that a popular blogger in Stoughton had published the salaries of all the town employees and so many of the teachers in town were irate. Betty answered that salaries were a matter of public record so we […]
DID YOU KNOW… Congratulations to Canton’s new superintendent of schools, Jeffrey Granatino, 43, of Scituate, who was unanimously selected by the Canton School Committee even though he is comparatively inexperienced in actual administrative duties as a school superintendent. Mr. Granatino will replace Dr. John D’Auria, who resigned effective at the end of this school year, […]
