For the first time in the history of CHS wrestling, the Bulldogs have an All-State finalist — make that two All-State finalists, after seniors Quinn Merrigan and Chris Sullivan both achieved the feat at the prestigious MIAA tourney held last weekend at the Tsongas Center in Lowell. Both went 3-1 overall and took home second […]
In the spring of 2011, Bill Connors was training for his 11th marathon when he began experiencing chest pain and decided to visit the emergency room. Although x-rays quickly ruled out heart trouble as the cause, the ensuing tests revealed an unexpected and very frightening diagnosis: malignant thymoma, a form of cancer originating in the […]
The Canton High wrestling team’s historic 2014 season just keeps getting better. After taking fourth as a team at the Division 3 central sectional meet with five top-three finishes, the Bulldogs took it up a few notches at last weekend’s D3 state championship tournament, capturing two individual titles and finishing third overall out of 28 […]
Update: Senior Kevin O’Brien scored on a breakaway and sophomore goalie Justin Slocum dazzled in net as the No. 5 CHS boys’ ice hockey team blanked No. 4 Medway 2-0 in Saturday’s Division 2 south sectional quarterfinals matchup at Asiaf Rink in Brockton. The win improves Canton’s record to 14-4-4 and avenges a 3-2 loss […]
Six Canton High wrestlers are headed to this weekend’s state championship tournament in Foxboro after an impressive showing at the Division 3 central sectionals held last Saturday in Wayland. Led by four-time Hockomock League champion Chris Sullivan and fellow standouts Quinn Merrigan and Rob DiCalogero, the Bulldogs finished fourth as a team out of 15 […]
Despite another tough stretch of losses, the CHS girls’ basketball team still gave its fans plenty to cheer about last week as the girls gave it their all on the court while raising hundreds of dollars for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund through the Play4Kay initiative. The nationwide fundraising initiative has raised millions for women’s […]
For the second year in a row and the third time in the last four years, Canton voters will not have a single choice in the annual town election after Tuesday’s nomination deadline came and went with only 12 candidates submitting papers for 12 open seats. As with the past several elections, most of the […]
The CHS boys’ ice hockey team, one of the hottest programs in all of Division 2 south, wrapped up yet another Davenport Division title with a pair of convincing wins over King Philip and Mansfield last week. The Bulldogs, who also clinched a postseason berth with the victory over KP, are now a perfect 6-0 […]
Amid the recent surge in fatal drug overdoses, the public pronouncement of a “full-blown heroin crisis” by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, and the media’s ongoing fascination with the death of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, families that have already lost a loved one to addiction are left to quietly ponder how it all went wrong […]
The Canton Police Department’s recent public plea for information on a pair of suspected credit card thieves led to the arrest of two men in Mattapan earlier this week. Police had taken to Facebook on January 27 in hopes of identifying the individuals, who had allegedly stolen several credit cards from Canton and used them […]
