A memorable 2023-24 season and thrilling state tournament run ended in heartbreaking fashion for the CHS boys basketball team last week as the 13th seeded Bulldogs fell just short in a fierce road battle with fourth-seeded Somerset-Berkley, 53-50, in the Division 2 Sweet 16. In a very competitive game that seesawed back and forth, the […]
With a second consecutive close but decisive victory to open the Division 2 state tournament, the CHS girls ice hockey team is
Canton High School senior Katie Oliver leaped to a career best distance of 17’8.5” in the long jump on Saturday at the MIAA Meet of Champions. Her previous career record was 17’6” set last spring, and her previous indoor career best of 17’4.75” was set just one week prior at the Division 3 meet, where […]
It was a banner weekend for many of Canton High School’s top winter athletes, with members of the wrestling, swimming and indoor track teams all collecting medals at their respective state championship meets. Two Bulldog stars — senior wrestler Ruairi Ritson and junior swimmer Annie McLean — came heartbreakingly close to an individual state title […]
The remarkable rise of Ruairi Ritson continued this past weekend at the Division 2 Central meet in Bellingham, where the decorated senior dominated the competition in the 190-pound class to earn his second sectional title in as many seasons. “I’m expecting a state title out of the kid,” said head coach Nick Matt after Ritson’s […]
After pushing each other throughout the season and posting identical 6-1 records, Canton High’s two varsity swim teams both showed up in a big way at last weekend’s Hockomock League Championship meet in Milford, placing third overall out of 12 league schools. Competing first on Friday afternoon, the boys would rack up 271 points as […]
With state tournament berths and league titles both firmly locked up, Canton High’s two varsity ice hockey teams will now focus on the finer points as they look to sharper their focus in advance of another deep postseason run. Two of the most successful public high school hockey programs in all of Massachusetts, the Bulldogs […]
With a fifth consecutive dual meet sweep and a final combined record of 12-2, Canton High’s varsity swimmers have solidified themselves as bona fide contenders heading into Hockomock championship weekend in Milford. Already the girls team, a perennial league powerhouse, can call themselves title winners after going unbeaten in the Davenport Division for a third […]
The CHS boys basketball team went toe to toe with league-leading Franklin Monday night and came within five points of upsetting the Panthers in an eventual 59-54 defeat. Franklin is now 10-1 and leads the Kelley-Rex Division while ranking third in Division 2 as of January 12. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, are ranked 17th and currently […]
With two more blowout victories last week against Mansfield/Oliver Ames and Stoughton/Sharon, the CHS girls ice hockey team is starting to create some separation in the Hockomock League approaching the halfway point of the season. Now 7-2 overall and a perfect 4-0 in league play, the Bulldogs are two full games ahead of the pack, […]
