
Update: Canton High’s girls swim team captured the Hockomock Davenport title and finished with a perfect 7-0 regular season record after knocking off Foxboro 93-63 at home last Wednesday. The boys team also defeated the Warriors and finished with a record of 5-2. *** With two more convincing wins last week, the CHS girls swim […]
Jan 28 2022 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

It all started over the recent school vacation week with an impressive, 57-52 away win over nonleague Hingham. Since then, the CHS girls basketball team has kept its foot on the gas, topping 80 points twice last week in consecutive blowout wins over Taunton and North Attleboro. Earlier this week, the Bulldogs added another quality […]
Jan 20 2022 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

After opening the season with back-to-back losses despite two solid performances, the Canton High gymnastics team managed to break into the win column with another strong effort against Taunton last Saturday at Metro South Gymnastics Academy. With a combination of talent, enthusiasm and perseverance, the Bulldogs were able to narrowly hold off the Tigers while […]
Jan 15 2022 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

The Canton Citizen is pleased to announce its selections for top CHS teams and athletes of 2021. All award winners, along with honorable mentions, rookies of the year, and other sports highlights from the past year were featured in the January 6 print edition as part of the Citizen’s annual year in review. Male Team […]
Jan 10 2022 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

The CHS girls ice hockey program honored the members of the 2020 state championship squad — the first in Canton girls hockey history — during a pre-game ceremony last Thursday, December 30. The lady Bulldogs went unbeaten that year in 23 games, including a 3-0 mark in the playoffs, before their season was cut short […]

After a slower than expected start in the opening week of the season, things are starting to look up for the CHS boys ice hockey team. Now back to .500 at 2-2-1, the Bulldogs are in the midst of a three-game unbeaten streak as they await a huge rematch with Franklin this coming Saturday at […]
Jan 6 2022 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

After a highly successful senior season with the Bulldogs last fall, promising local soccer talent Abdul Barrie made even greater strides in 2021 as a post-grad player at South Kent School in Connecticut. Last month, the Canton resident and 2021 CHS graduate helped lead the Cardinals to a New England prep school championship with a […]
Dec 10 2021 | Posted in
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Sports | By
Jay Turner

A truly magical state tournament run — and a potential Cinderella story for the ages — ended instead with heartbreak and tears at Leominster’s Doyle Field as the 21st seeded CHS boys soccer team fell to the sixth-seeded West Springfield Terriers 2-0 in the MIAA Division 2 state championship game on Saturday. Playing in their […]
Nov 24 2021 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
As life continues to approach a level of pre-pandemic normalcy, a historic rivalry will be reborn as Canton High travels to Stoughton tomorrow morning for their 95th Thanksgiving Day meeting at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Last year, there were no high school football games played in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day due to COVID restrictions. Instead, football […]
Nov 24 2021 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

For just the second time in the storied history of the CHS boys soccer program, the Bulldogs have battled their way to a state semifinal — and the circumstances surrounding this one just might make it even more special than the last go-round a decade earlier. Win or lose Wednesday night (results were not available […]
Nov 19 2021 | Posted in
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Jay Turner