The Galvin Middle School, still riding high off the smashing success of its new football program, will now have a couple of hoops teams to root for this winter after School Committee members, following a lengthy deliberation Thursday night, talked themselves into funding both a girls’ and boys’ basketball team on a one-year trial basis. […]
Nov 25 2010 | Posted in
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Schools | By
Jay Turner
Mike Sundin walked into a recent meeting of the Friends of the Canton Public Library as an interested volunteer and walked out as the new president of the group. “It was suggested to me that I might want to attend the meeting,” he said with a laugh. “I was not sure that I was going […]
Nov 25 2010 | Posted in
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Mary Ann Price
After a season in which they outscored their opponents 57-12, going unbeaten through 21 games with a 17-0-4 record, the Canton High School boys’ soccer team’s exciting state tournament run came to an end last week with a 2-0 loss to defending Division 2 state champion Concord-Carlisle at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy. It is […]
Nov 25 2010 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Tony Catinella
Canton veterans paid a visit to the children at St. John the Evangelist School on November 10. (Above) Fifth graders and their teacher, Mrs. Darlene McKay, meet the veterans.
Nov 25 2010 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
DID YOU KNOW… Canton will face Stoughton in the classic Thanksgiving Day matchup tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Memorial Field in Stoughton. Each year, MAC publishes some facts, figures, and trivia from the Canton-Stoughton rivalry that started in 1926. So here we go for this year: The Canton-Stoughton rivalry is 84 years of football action […]
After a near-perfect season with 20 wins and one tie, the CHS field hockey team lost 1-0 to Watertown in the Division 2 state semifinals last week. Canton lost by the same score to Watertown in the same game last year, but head coach Fior Griffin said the girls’ performance in both games was different. […]
Nov 25 2010 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jeffrey Cattel
I was in the airport, getting redressed in my shoes, jacket, belt and whatnot, remarking to the guy beside me that in my wildest dreams I never thought I’d be undressing in public and I never wanted to do it again. I was also thinking, “Why are you struggling to grab your belongings from plastic […]
There is no doubt that Canton is going to have to play its best game of the season in order to beat 3-7 Stoughton Thursday morning (Thanksgiving) at 10 a.m. at Stoughton High School. Canton, which stands at 0-9-1, is looking to end its season on a high note after struggling all year with injuries […]
Nov 25 2010 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Mike Berger
The Canton High School boys’ soccer team captured the Division 2 south sectional championship for the very first time in program history after edging top-ranked Sandwich 2-1 in penalty kicks Sunday afternoon at Weymouth High School. The victory earned the undefeated Bulldogs (17-0-4) a chance to play Concord-Carlisle — the Division 2 defending state champions […]
Canton High School’s field hockey team shut out ninth-seeded Medway 2-0 on Saturday at Taunton High School to become the south sectional champion for the second consecutive year. The unbeaten Bulldogs (20-0-1) are seeded second and have yet to be scored upon in the state tournament. Coach Fior Griffin said her team knew the championship […]