Cheerleaders place 3rd at States- After an incredible season, the Cheerleaders performed incredibly well at the highest level of competition, placing 3rd at the States held at Tantasqua Regional High School on Sunday. Their score was high enough to qualify them for an invitation to the Nationals in Orlando, Florida at the end of the month. Congratulations to the coaches and team on reaching such a high level!
Wrestling Dynamic Duo excels at New Englands- It doesn't get any bigger in high school wrestling for our Bulldogs than to compete at the New England meet. Most schools in the state don't send any wrestlers to this elite meet, but CHS sent both Quinn Merrigan and Chris Sullivan. Sullivan, the most decorated Wrestler in CHS history, wrestled well and finished in 7th place in the 145 weight class. But the highlight for the Bulldogs this time around was focused squarely on Merrigan, who became the first Bulldog to ever advance to the finals of this tournament of the best wrestlers in New England. Merrigan was barely defeated by his opponent (who was undefeated on the season) in the 138 weight class. Merrigan and Sullivan graduate CHS as the two winningest wrestlers in the history of our program.
Merrigan (2nd place) taking his place among the best 6
wrestlers in New England at the 138 weight class.
Boys Hockey falls just short of trip to Garden- It felt like the entire town of Canton came to Bourne's Gallo Arena on Sunday afternoon to support the Boys Hockey team and they were treated to an incredible game. The #5 seeded Bulldogs were facing the #2 seeded Warriors of Medfield in a rematch from earlier this season when Canton downed the Warriors 4-2.
The Green and White dug an early hole for themselves and trailed 1-0 after the first. Another Warrior goal in the 2nd doubled the deficit heading into the final period. The Bulldogs would not quit as they came out and narrowed the lead back to one on a beautiful wrist shot from the point by Anthony Francescan. Unfortunately, just minutes later the Warriors added an insurance goal to make it 3-1 and appeared to ice the game.
But the Bulldogs had other plans. After pulling the goalie with about 2 minutes to play, the 'dogs kept the puck in the Warriors zone and finally found the back of the net with just 21 seconds to play when John Femia roofed a shot past the Warrior net minder. The final 21 seconds were as intense as it gets as the Bulldogs forced an icing call and a subsequent face-off in front of Medfield's goal. After winning the face-off the Bulldogs put the puck in the crease and flooded the net with green jerseys. The puck did everything but go in the net and with 2 seconds left, the puck emerged from the scrum and harmlessly trickled to the boards as the clock winded down on an unbelievable Bulldog season.
Congrats to Coach Shuman and the boys on an incredible run.
