Stories written by Jay TurnerJay joined the
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Senior captain Nicole Poole recorded her 1,000th career assist and the CHS varsity volleyball team collected two more victories in what was another productive week for the runaway Davenport Division champs. The lady Bulldogs defeated Foxboro last Monday on Senior Night and closed out the week with an exciting, 3-2 comeback win over nonleague Duxbury […]
Nov 4 2016 | Posted in
Uncategorized | By
Jay Turner
What happens when you bring in a group of college-age millennials with limited to no coaching experience and hand them the keys to their own youth football team? For the leaders of Canton’s Pop Warner program, that was precisely the question they were asking themselves in September after entrusting 22-year-old Calvin Winchell and four of […]
Nov 4 2016 | Posted in
Sports,
Youth Sports | By
Jay Turner
Sophomore Maggie Malloy continued her recent scoring surge and the defense added two more shutouts to its resume as the CHS varsity field hockey team ran its winning streak to six in a row with victories last week over Norwood and Oliver Ames. With the two latest wins, the Bulldogs improved to 9-3 overall and […]
Oct 21 2016 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
With a win and two draws last week, the Canton High boys soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to a season-high seven games while giving itself a bit of a cushion heading into an action-packed final two weeks. Entering play on Monday, the Bulldogs were still in first place in the Davenport Division by the […]
Oct 21 2016 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Canton voters appear to be leaning heavily toward Democrat Hillary Clinton as their preferred choice to be the next U.S. president, although trust in both major party candidates is lacking, according to the results of an online survey conducted by the Canton Citizen last week. Administered anonymously over a seven-day period on the Canton Citizen […]
Oct 20 2016 | Posted in
Featured Content | By
Jay Turner
Canton native and CHS graduate Brianna Duserick was recently honored as the Northeast-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Stonehill Skyhawks to their seventh and eighth victories during the week of September 25 to October 1. Duserick, a senior defender, was one of three Stonehill players to earn NE-10 honors that week, […]
Oct 14 2016 | Posted in
Beyond CHS,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
The debate over whether to legalize recreational marijuana for adults in Massachusetts has kicked into high gear in recent weeks as voters in Canton and across the commonwealth continue to mull the pros and cons of the proposed ballot initiative in the run-up to the November 8 state election. Ballot Question 4, submitted by the […]
The Canton High girls volleyball team has been rolling right along this fall with seven match victories in eight tries — including five in a row — to lead the Hockomock Davenport Division as they approach the halfway point of the season. But when the Bulldogs take the court next Thursday against Oliver Ames, the […]
Oct 7 2016 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
As he stood there in his service dress uniform under the hot July sun at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, Master Sergeant Stephen Mulford was struck by how little and also how much things had changed. A former Marine himself, Mulford had gone through boot camp there 40 years earlier and it all looked […]
Oct 7 2016 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner
A young and improving CHS boys soccer team took a big step forward last week as the Bulldogs got on the scoreboard and into the win column with home victories over North Attleboro and Milford. With the two wins, Canton evened its record to 2-2 overall and moved into second place in the Hockomock League’s […]
Oct 1 2016 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner