In the biggest game this side of the Patriots vs. the Steelers, the Canton Squirt Black hockey team recently faced off against perennial powerhouse Hingham in a battle for league supremacy and prevailed 4-3 in a hockey game for the ages. Both teams came out flying with Hingham pressing the action early, but Canton struck […]
Congratulations to the 2017 Canton Pop Warner C team for making it to the Hockomock Super Bowl. Despite a loss against Mansfield, the Bulldogs had a remarkable season. Thanks to coaches Mike Wagner, Brian Lane, and Vinnie DiBiasio for your time, commitment, and dedication to the sport and, more importantly, to player development. Team members include Ahmed Abuelbasher, Amaan […]
Former New England Patriots defensive end Rob Ninkovich paid a visit to the Galvin Middle School last week to meet with and speak to the GMS football players and cheerleaders. A two-time Super Bowl champion, Ninkovich announced his retirement in July after 11 seasons in the NFL, including the last eight with the Patriots.
After capturing its second consecutive Massachusetts state title with an impressive tournament run in Oxford three weeks ago, the Canton Junior League baseball team traveled to Freehold Township, New Jersey, to compete in the East Regional Championship — the final stop en route to the Junior League World Series in Taylor, Michigan. Unfortunately for this […]
On Saturday, July 22, the Canton Junior League baseball team won the Massachusetts Junior League state championship by defeating Whitman in a best-of-three series at Horgan Field in Oxford. Canton got to the championship by defeating Gloucester in extra innings in the sectional finals earlier in the week, sending Canton to the state championship for […]
As a former Division I hockey All-American whose career reached the upper levels of the minor leagues, Steve Wood knows a thing or two about passion, drive and commitment, and all those other little intangibles that are essential to chasing one’s dreams. Yet the Canton father of three would also be the first to admit […]
Ten-year-old Canton wrestler Dominic Marinilli won the championship in the 65-pound weight class at the Pop & Flo Mini Men Nationals, held April 29 at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Marinilli also took second place in the fourth grade division at the Youth New England Tournament held in Salem in March. He trains at both The Dungeon Training […]
It was a banner weekend for Canton Youth Hockey as two different Pee Wee teams — Canton Pee Wee A and Canton Pee Wee B White — took home state championship plaques after dominating the competition at the 2017 Massachusetts Hockey State Championships held March 3-5 in Marlborough. The Pee Wee A team went 5-0 […]
What happens when you bring in a group of college-age millennials with limited to no coaching experience and hand them the keys to their own youth football team? For the leaders of Canton’s Pop Warner program, that was precisely the question they were asking themselves in September after entrusting 22-year-old Calvin Winchell and four of […]
The state champion Canton Junior League baseball team’s magical season came to an end this past weekend in Freehold, New Jersey, at the East Regional Championship Tournament. The level of competition was exceptional, and the Canton team made a good effort before bowing out in consecutive games to two of the tournament’s strongest opponents. Canton […]
