After a dominating first-week performance, the Canton High girls’ hockey team lost its first game of the season 3-2 against Medfield, bringing its record to 1-1. Coach Kelly Rider, however, was pleased with her team’s performance. “I’ve been satisfied after a loss before,” Rider said. “But never as happy or excited as I was after […]
Despite a loss, the Canton High girls’ and boys’ swimming teams started off the season with a strong performance against powerhouse Mansfield. On the girls’ side, the meet finished with Mansfield on top 93-68. The boys finished similarly with 71 points to Mansfield’s 91. “Although Mansfield is a big team, we were still competitive in […]
As St. John the Evangelist Church prepares to kick off its 150th anniversary with an opening mass at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 27, some of the parish’s oldest parishioners are reminded of all the ways the church has affected their lives. Charlie Stevenson moved to Canton in the third grade and enrolled at St. […]
The Canton High girls’ hockey team started off the season strong with a 6-2 win over North Quincy last week. Despite the high-scoring game, coach Kelly Rider said the girls didn’t play their best game. “It’s the beginning of the season and we still have a lot to improve, but we’re moving in the right […]
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. […]
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 […]
With two shutouts, the Canton High field hockey team made a strong statement in the first week of the postseason. Seeded second in the MIAA tournament — just behind Bishop Stang who finished the season with a perfect 16-0-0, marginally better than Canton’s 16-0-1 — the Bulldogs faced 18th-seeded Westport in the first round and […]
The seventh seeded CHS girls’ soccer team sailed to an easy 6-1 victory over 10th seed Bishop Stang in the first round of the state tournament last week. The girls dominated from the beginning with senior captain Michelle Whelan scoring 45 seconds into the game. But Coach Paul Turner said it was both a blessing […]
With three more victories last week, Canton High’s field hockey team finished the regular season undefeated — 16-0-1— and the winner of the inaugural Hockomock Classic. After winning the Davenport Division of the newly divided Hockomock League, Canton faced off against Mansfield, the winner of the Kelly-Rex Division, in Saturday night’s first-ever crossover contest. “We’d […]
The Canton Fire Department will partner with two local emergency medicine doctors to offer a first responder athletic training program next Thursday, November 11, at the Canton Town Club. The free program, intended for parents and youth sports coaches, begins at 7 p.m. and will last for two hours. Canton resident Dr. Dan Muse approached […]
