
Entering as the No. 3 seed with an 18-8 regular season record, the Canton A’s took care of business at home in the opening round of the Cranberry Baseball League playoffs with a dominant, 9-1 victory over the No. 6 Northeast Lions. The Lions, who are based in the Marshfield/Duxbury area, had gone into the […]
Jul 28 2023 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

In a strange week for the hometown team in Cranberry Baseball League action, the Canton A’s dropped three of four games to lose their grip on second place, yet they also came away with arguably their finest win in several seasons as they outlasted previously unbeaten Braintree, the defending CBL champs and a perennial league […]
Jun 30 2023 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

This weekend at the Canton Ice House, the memory of Reo Todesca will be front and center as Xaverian Brothers High School hosts the sixth annual “Hockey Fights Cancer” event to raise funds for cancer prevention, screening, treatments and support. Reo, a beloved friend to many in the Canton hockey community and mother of Xaverian […]
Feb 2 2023 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

It was another perfect fall season in West Roxbury as Canton’s Brady McGowan and his Catholic Memorial football teammates delivered the school’s second consecutive Super Bowl championship with a convincing victory over Hockomock League power King Philip last weekend at Gillette Stadium. In a rematch of last year’s title game, the Knights once again got […]
Dec 9 2022 | Posted in
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Former Canton High School field hockey standout Erin Lane took home some noteworthy hardware in her first collegiate season as she was named the winner of Westfield State University’s 12th Player Award as determined by the Little East Conference. The prestigious honor is presented at the end of the season to one student-athlete from each […]
Nov 18 2022 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

In partnership with Arbella Insurance, the Boston Celtics visited Camp Ponkapoag in Canton on Monday, October 3, to unveil a newly renovated outdoor basketball court as part of the Arbella Insurance Homecourt Makeover Program. Celtics forward Grant Williams helped break in the court as he led a youth basketball clinic for children ages 7-13 from the YMCA of Greater Boston.
Oct 21 2022 | Posted in
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It was a return to normalcy for this year’s Canton Road Race as the field of runners as well as the crowds came back to pre-pandemic levels for Sunday’s 18th annual installment held at its new home on the grounds of Trillium Brewing Co. on Royall Street. Hosted by the Canton Association of Business and […]
Sep 30 2022 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

Canton resident and New England sports superfan Noah Sayed had the experience of a lifetime last week as he was invited to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Boston Red Sox game as part of their “Social Media Night” at Fenway Park on September 1. A frequent Twitter user, Sayed received the invitation […]
Sep 9 2022 | Posted in
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On Sunday, August 21, Canton resident Maggie Wade will be returning to Falmouth to take part in the 50th running of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race in support of the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism. A former multi-sport athlete at CHS and two-time Falmouth Road Race finisher, Wade will once again make the seven-mile trek […]
Aug 18 2022 | Posted in
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Recent Canton High graduate Matt Quan pitched a gem of a game Friday night to lead the Canton American Legion baseball team to a 3-1 win over Weymouth and help keep the team’s playoff hopes alive. With a subsequent loss to Natick Sunday night, Canton entered play on Monday in fifth place at 6-10-1 with […]
Jul 15 2022 | Posted in
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Mike Berger