
Former Canton resident and Luce Elementary School alumnus Joseph Tucker was crowned the Florida State Class 2A wrestling champion at the FHSAA State Tournament held last month at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida. A senior at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Tucker competed in the 113-pound division and went unbeaten throughout the tournament, winning […]
Mar 20 2025 | Posted in
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On April 21, six Canton residents are running to defy cancer as a member of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC) team in the 129th Boston Marathon. They include: Danny Berman, Jake Connolly, Andrew Kafka, Kristen Manning, Kelly Morrissey and Jake Murphy. Along with more than 500 DFMC teammates from across the United States and around […]
Mar 13 2025 | Posted in
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Canton native and former Bulldog swimming standout Jessie Hart wrapped up her collegiate career in historic fashion last month with a record-setting time in her final individual race as a member of the St. Michael’s Purple Knights women’s swim team. Competing at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Hart won the 200-yard […]
Mar 7 2025 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

This weekend, the women’s Division II and Division III Collegiate Rugby regional playoffs will hit the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton. Student athletes have been competing all fall to qualify for the national playoffs. The East Regional playoffs feature two days of rugby with teams playing national Round of 16 matches on Saturday followed by […]
Nov 22 2024 | Posted in
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The 2024 Canton Men’s Over 30 softball season ended on Sunday, September 29, in front of a capacity crowd at Messinger Field with the Waterfall Bar & Grille Guppies repeating as league champions. After starting the season 0-2, the Guppies powered back, winning their next 12 regular season games and earning the No. 2 seed […]
Oct 11 2024 | Posted in
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Under cloudy skies and at times a light drizzle, more than 11,000 runners — including 82 from Canton — powered their way to the finish line at the 52nd annual ASICS Falmouth Road Race on Sunday, August 18. Runners and walkers from 45 states and 12 countries ventured to the Cape this year to experience […]
Aug 22 2024 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
After three seasons of nonstop winning as a member of one of the most successful dynasties in American sports, Kyshani Dummott, for the first time in her professional career, felt the full agony of defeat as her Boston Renegades fell to the St. Louis Slam in Sunday’s Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) title game. “This one […]
Aug 2 2024 | Posted in
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Strong pitching performances by a trio of promising CHS ballplayers helped lift the Canton Post 24 Junior Legion baseball team over .500 with recent wins over Sharon, Quincy and North Attleboro. Now at 8-6 overall, Canton currently sits at third place in the District 6 standings and is firmly in position to secure a postseason […]
Jul 19 2024 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

It was another winter to remember for Canton’s Colby Ciffolillo and his Endicott College roller hockey teammates, who again found themselves in the thick of a title chase with another strong showing at last month’s National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships. Coming off back-to-back trips to the national semifinals, the Gulls would again make it to […]
May 10 2024 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

The Canton Dolphins swim team wrapped up another stellar season at the Summer Suburban Swim League Championships held on Saturday, August 12. Competing against swimmers from 10 area communities in and around greater Boston, the Dolphins, led by coach Sandy Hart, finished fifth overall in the standings this summer with a final record of 6-4. […]
Aug 25 2023 | Posted in
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Jay Turner