Recent Canton High School graduate and high school soccer All-American Lauren Berman is off to an impressive start at the University of Maryland. Berman, who set a record while at CHS for most career points, already has five points through her first four collegiate games, including a goal and two assists in the Terrapins’ 9-0 […]
Sep 5 2013 | Posted in
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The Hanningtons of Canton 55-and-over senior softball team won the Bay State League Tournament, finishing the 2013 season on a winning note. Hanningtons swept through the single-elimination tourney with three straight wins, beating Marlboro 9-6, Worcester 16-6, and Windham, Connecticut in the championship game 21-10. Hanningtons was led by tournament co-MVPs Kevin Hayes and Angie […]
Aug 29 2013 | Posted in
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Turnpike Café, which finished fifth in the regular season with a record of 5-8, went 3-0 on championship Sunday to win the Canton Men’s Over 30 Softball League title. Turnpike Café beat Loughran Electric and Emma’s Pub — the top two teams in the regular season — to take the championship. Turnpike co-manager Ryan Shaughnessy […]
Aug 29 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
On Tuesday, August 13, the American Legion Post 24 honored its regular and junior baseball teams at an end-of-season banquet and awards ceremony held at the Canton Town Club. Both squads made the playoffs while playing exciting baseball and giving their fans a lot to cheer about throughout the season. The senior team, under head […]
Aug 22 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The Canton A’s semipro baseball team recently completed an outstanding summer season, and the amazing thing, according to general manager Cab Devoll of Canton, is that the coaching staff “didn’t know what [they] had when they started the season.” Devoll helped draft the players on the current roster, which finished the regular season with a […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Congratulations to the Southeast girls’ volleyball team, winners of the gold medal at the Bay State Summer Games. The team included three girls form Canton: Avery Devoe (back row, third from left), Olivia Devoe (front row, far left), and Jenny Weston (back row, far right). The head coach was Gary Patch.
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team advanced to the south sectional playoffs last week — the furthest the squad has gone in team history — before being eliminated with two losses in three games. Canton lost to Brockton 6-0, beat Easton 16-6 (the first-place team from District 9 North), and was ousted again […]
Aug 8 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team continued its Cinderella summer, knocking off Foxboro 3-0 in the District 6 playoffs last week to advance to the south sectional tournament for the first time in team history. Canton was one of only five teams in the 18-team district to reach the double-elimination tournament, and while […]
Aug 1 2013 | Posted in
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By virtue of a 4-2 win over Weymouth in the Cranberry Baseball League playoffs last week, the Canton A’s have clinched a spot in the Stan Musial North Atlantic Regional Tournament, which gets underway today, August 1, in Wallingford, Connecticut. The A’s are one of two teams from the CBL that are headed to the […]
Aug 1 2013 | Posted in
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With an undermanned squad and several players playing out of position and many volunteering to pitch, the Canton American Legion Post 24 team made it into the playoffs, earning the fourth spot in District 6 East. Canton now moves on to play Foxboro, the second-place team in District 6 West, in the best-of-three opening round. […]
Jul 25 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger