A few Canton residents had notable performances at the Bay State Summer Games last week. On July 7 at Waltham High School, Colby Gavigan, the starting goalkeeper for the CHS boys’ soccer team, collected a shutout in net for the Southeast team in a 0-0 tie against Northeast. Gavigan was also instrumental in Southeast’s 2-1 […]
For the first time since 2007, the Canton Post 24 American Legion baseball team qualified for the playoffs, coming from behind with some important wins last week. Post 24 finished in fourth place in the District 6 West Division with a 9-9 record and now face 14-3 Braintree, who is second in the East Division, […]
The Canton A’s, having won nine of its last 11 games, are on their way to the Stan Musial state baseball playoffs. With a win last week against first-place Braintree and two more on Sunday against second-place Middleboro and fourth-place Weymouth, the A’s are now tied for third place in the Cranberry League at 12-8-1. […]
A total of 90 runners, ranging in age from 4 to over 60 years old, braved the hot and sticky weather on Monday morning, July 4, to finish the annual Canton July 4th Road Race, which started and finished at the Canton Town Club on Bailey Street. Canton police and firefighter/paramedics reported no medical treatments despite […]
With five games in five days last week, the Canton American Legion baseball team went 2-3 with two exciting come-from-behind wins. As of July 3, the team was tied for sixth with Westwood with a 5-8 record – one game behind fifth-place Norfolk. The top five teams in the District 6 West Division make the […]
Thirteen amateur athletes from Canton have qualified for the finals in their respective sports in the 2011 Bay State Summer Games. The games began on Tuesday, July 5, with baseball at Bentley University and will continue with 25 other sports through July 24. The Canton participants are: Ericka Berman (fencing), Colin Clapton (ice hockey), Colby […]
The Canton A’s enjoyed a good week with three straight wins, improving its record to 8-6-1 and its standing in the nine-team Cranberry League. The top five teams make the playoffs. As of July 3, Canton was in fifth place, one game behind Weymouth (9-7-1) and two games back from third-place Rockland (10-7-1). With a […]
The Canton Citizen has named 24 CHS student-athletes to its spring 2011 all-star team. See this week’s issue of the Citizen for a complete wrap-up of the spring sports season. Most Valuable Players: Jon Vaughn* (track), Erika Nannery* (tennis) Boys’ tennis: Viboosh Chandrasekar*, Scott Chamberlain, Peter Sidney Girls’ tennis: Micaela Nannery Boys’ track: Chris Boughter, Tomas […]
In a rain-shortened week, the Canton A’s got a big effort from head coach and reserve pitcher Kee Arguimbau and veteran players Steve Delanian and Joe Belmosto as the A’s swept a doubleheader against the South Shore Warriors in Hanson Sunday afternoon. The victories gave Canton a 5-6-1 record and pushed the team to the […]
The rain-shortened week ended on a bang-bang play at the plate as the Canton American Legion Post 24 baseball team fell to Brookline 2-1 on Sunday. With all the rain last week, Canton only managed to get in two other games: an 8-0 win over Foxboro thanks to an outstanding pitching performance by team ace […]
