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Lauren Berman and the red-hot CHS girls’ soccer team continued their assault on the Hockomock League with two more blowout victories last week, beating Mansfield and Milford by a combined score of 12-3 to improve to 10-1-1 on the season. The Bulldogs have now won eight straight games and have outscored their opponents by a […]
Oct 18 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
After a rare loss to King Philip the week before, the Canton High field hockey team returned to action last week and produced two strong performances: a 2-2 tie against Mansfield and an easy 5-1 win over Milford. While they would have liked to have won both contests, head coach Fior Griffin said she was […]
Oct 18 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Coming off back-to-back losses to Hockomock opponents Stoughton and Taunton, the CHS boys’ soccer team rebounded in a big way last week with a convincing win and two come-from-behind draws to improve to 6-5-2 on the season. The Bulldogs’ lone victory of the week over nonleague Tyngsborough was a big one as it qualified the […]
Oct 18 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Since being diagnosed with breast cancer in August, Tara Shuman has written extensively on her blog about the many “amazing” people in her life and their numerous acts of kindness and support. And soon she will have another example to write about as three of her longtime friends, along with other “Team Tara” supporters, get […]
Oct 18 2012 | Posted in
News | By
Jay Turner
The CHS varsity volleyball team steamrolled through three more opponents last week, improving its season record to 10-0 following straight-set wins over Foxboro, Stoughton, and Taunton. At this point, it is clearly the Bulldogs and then everybody else in the Hockomock League, with Canton now a perfect 9 for 9 in league matches, including earlier […]
Oct 11 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
It was a study in contrasts last week as the red-hot CHS girls’ soccer team did battle with three of the Hockomock’s cellar dwellers, winning all three contests by a combined score of 15-1. Head coach Paul Turner described all three as comfortable wins, and that was especially true in home games against Stoughton (5-0) […]
Oct 11 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Nearly 26 years after her only son was bludgeoned to death by a fellow Canton High School classmate for no apparent reason, Jeanne Quinn still can’t escape the nightmares that haunt her in her sleep. Lately, Quinn has been tormented by this one particular dream where she is present while Rod Matthews, who was 14 […]
Oct 10 2012 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner
After demoralizing first-place Oliver Ames on its home field the week before, the Canton High girls’ soccer team continued its run through the Davenport Division with back-to-back road wins over Sharon and Foxboro last week. Canton (5-1-1) has now won a season-best three straight games and has done so in dominant fashion, having outscored the […]
Oct 3 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
The wins keep piling up for the CHS volleyball team as the Bulldogs pulled off a rare trifecta last week, beating Oliver Ames, Quincy, and Sharon in a span of five days to remain perfect at 7-0 overall. Canton did see its nine-set winning streak come to an end with a set-three loss at OA […]
Oct 3 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
First there was the head-on collision, followed by the emergency skull surgery and then the long, slow recovery with one step forward and two steps back. Then the spring came and there were the benefit concerts and the cards and the well wishers. Summer followed and there was more surgery and further recovery, and daily […]
Oct 3 2012 | Posted in
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Jay Turner