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It’s been a memorable season for the Canton High girls’ swim team, and on Saturday the Bulldogs achieved new heights with a fifth place finish at the Hockomock championship meet in Attleboro — the program’s best showing in over five years. Led by freshman sensation Shannon McLaughlin, the girls turned in countless personal-best times and […]
Feb 8 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
It’s been a season of highs and lows for the CHS girls’ basketball team, but last week marked a new high point as the Bulldogs picked up three wins in a span of four days, led by their undisputed MVP, senior forward Olivia Murphy. One of the league’s most dominant players, Murphy exceeded even her […]
Feb 8 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Still riding high off its recent four-game winning streak, the CHS girls’ ice hockey team fell back to earth a bit last week after a 9-2 road loss to nonleague Hingham. Fortunately, the team was able to bounce back on Saturday with a 6-1 win over King Philip at the Foxboro Sports Center. With the […]
Feb 8 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Imagine a world where traditional television programs become obsolete, where content remains king but it is packaged and distributed in an entirely different way across a variety of platforms, where the line between viewer and producer is blurred almost beyond the point of recognition. Welcome to the world of social TV, a highly interactive and […]
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in
Business | By
Jay Turner
The red-hot CHS girls’ ice hockey team continued its winning ways last week, improving to 7-4 overall with home victories over division opponents Westwood (3-2) and Dover-Sherborn (12-1). The two wins brought the Bulldogs to 5-1 in the SEMGHL West Division and extended their season-long winning streak to four games heading into this week’s road […]
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
For the second time this season, the Canton High boys’ ice hockey team was unable to solve the riddle that is Oliver Ames, as the Bulldogs had to settle for a 4-4 tie at home after squandering leads of 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2. The Bulldogs are now 0-1-1 against the Tigers — who also knocked […]
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
After dropping five straight games and falling several games below .500, the Canton High girls’ basketball team finally found its way back in the win column with a hard-fought, 42-41 victory over Attleboro last Wednesday at home. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, they then had to travel to undefeated Franklin, where they gave it their all […]
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
The Franklin Park Zoo, a 72-acre treasure located in the heart of Boston, will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, and no one could be more proud of this milestone than John Linehan, the zoo’s president and CEO since 2001 and a man whose own career at the zoo goes back more than three decades. “I […]
Jan 25 2012 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner
Riding a three-game win streak and faced with its toughest test of the season, the Canton High boys’ ice hockey team traveled to Franklin last Monday and turned in a classic performance against its biggest rival, dominating the first two periods and then holding on for dear life over the final 20 minutes for a […]
Jan 25 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
After an up-and-down past few weeks, the Canton High girls’ ice hockey team appeared to finally right the ship last week with impressive wins over previously unbeaten Norwood (7-5) and Whitman-Hanson/Pembroke (9-5). Both games were played at the friendly confines of Metropolis Rink, although the Norwood contest officially counted as an away game, while the […]
Jan 25 2012 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner