Statement on Rink roof collapse

As you may know by now, there was a major, partial roof collapse of the Canton Metropolis Skating Rink this morning. Thankfully, despite there being a Norwood Youth team on the ice, there were no injuries.

Since this incident this morning, the CHS Athletic department has been in touch with MIAA officials to verify that the rinks being used for MIAA competition have been inspected for safety and have been proactive with dealing with snow removal where appropriate. MIAA officials have shared with us that Aisaf Rink in Brockton- the site of today's Boys Hockey game with Plymouth South- has undergone extensive snow removal from the roof and has been inspected by the state and deemed safe.

Go Bulldogs!

Compagna to take reigns of Girls LAX program

The Canton High School Athletic Department is excited to announce the hiring of Bethany Compagna as the new Girls Varsity Lacrosse coach starting next month. Compagna has served as the JV coach and assistant Varsity coach of the program for the past six years. For much of the past 12 years, she has worked with CYLax in helping to develop the girls program.  She has served as director of the girls program during that time as well.

Compagna takes over a program that has enjoyed a great deal of success over the years, consistently qualifying for the MIAA state tournament and competing well in the always tough Hockomock League.

Canton High School Athletic Director Danny Erickson praised Compagna, "Bethany is the perfect person for the task ahead. She is filled with passion and enthusiasm for the game and for Canton. We are excited for her, the girls and the program as we start a new chapter."

Coach Compagna will be hosting a sign up meeting for any girl interested in playing Lacrosse this spring on Monday, March 2nd at 2:00pm in the Distance Learning Lab.

MIAA Hockey Tournament Update

GIRLS-
Congratulations go out to the Girls Hockey team on a tremendous season. The squad was seeded #17 in the D2 State Tournament and fell 3-2 in double OT to #16 seeded Winchester on Tuesday night. The game was filled with excellent play on both sides and the Bulldogs certainly could have come out on top. Mary McNeil and Mary Nee scored the Bulldog goals.  Great effort and and great season.


BOYS- 
Congratulations to the Boys Hockey team on their round 1 victory over Plymouth North on Wednesday night, 6-1. It was a total team effort that saw the Bulldogs take control early on a John Femia goal just 14 seconds into the game, and never look back.

The #6 seeded Bulldogs will now move onto the Sectional Quarter-finals where they will face #3 seeded Plymouth South. That game will take place on Saturday at 2:00pm at Asiaf Rink in Brockton.

Ticket Prices- $8 adults and $6 students

Asiaf Rink (at Brockton High School)- 470 Forest Ave., Brockton

D2 South MIAA Bracket

Spring Sports Registration now open

Anyone interested in trying out for a spring athletic program MUST have a parent register you prior to doing so. The easiest way to register is to visit the CHS Athletics website and complete the online registration available there. The first day of tryouts/practices is March 16th.

Registration deadline to be eligible for the first day of tryouts/practices is Wednesday, March 11th at Noon. 

The following sports programs are offered at CHS in the spring:

Boys- Baseball (Varsity, JV, Freshmen), Lacrosse (Varsity and JV), Tennis (Varsity), Track and Field (Varsity)
Girls- Lacrosse (Varsity and JV), Softball (Varsity, JV, Freshmen), Tennis (Varsity), Track and Field (Varsity)

User Fees are due by March 31st.

First Day Information for each sport will be updated at this blog as it becomes available.

Click here to Register today!

Hockey teams set for Tourney

The MIAA has posted their hockey brackets and the Bulldogs now know the road ahead of them.

The Girls Team is seeded #17 and will travel to O'Brien Arena in Woburn to face #16 seeded Winchester on Tuesday night at 6:00pm. O'Brien Arena 55 Locust St. #3 Woburn, MA. MIAA Girls Hockey D2 Bracket. Ticket prices- $6 for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens.

The Boys Team is seeded #6 and will face #11 Plymouth North in a D2 South Sectional First Round match-up. The game will be played at Gallo Arena in Bourne on Wednesday at 6:00pm.  Gallo Arena-231 Sandwich Rd., Buzzards Bay, MA.  MIAA Boys Hockey D2 South Bracket.   Ticket prices- $8 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens.

Highlights from yet another snow-shortened week- 2/9/15-2/16/15

Once again, many Bulldogs shined in this snow-shortened week.


Prentice Crowned Sectional Wrestling Champion- Senior Wavol Prentice was crowned heavy weight Sectional Champion besting all competitors at Saturday's competition in Holliston.  His teammates Rod Dicalogero and Reda Chakir each took home 2nd place finishes. Brendan Lewis earned a 3rd place spot. All of them will head to the States this weekend.


Tracksters continue to impress at D4 Meet- Selena Cho led the way for the Bulldog Tracksters at the D4 Indoor Track State meet on Saturday, finishing 4th in the 55m dash (7.60) and 8th in the long jump (16').  Liam Collins ran an amazing mile in 4:36.68 placing 8th while Mark Clany was impressive in the 2 mile posting a time of 10:29.  Cat Song finished 15th in the strong 2-mile field posting a time of 12:18.  Timmy Gutowski ran a 14th place 1:29 in the 600m. The Boys 4x400 of Collins, Gutowski, Andrew Moy and Evan Tondre were impressive clocking in at 3:50.93. The Girls 4x200 relay team of Masha Smirnova, Lena Touzous, Tamarra Auguste and Tanya Bastien ran a season best 1:54.33, placing 15th.


Up and Down week for Boys Hockey- Boys Hockey rebounded from a tough road loss at the hands of highly touted Medfield on Wednesday with a huge, 3-2 win over Medway on Saturday morning. Senior Brian Hagan had a hand in all 3 Bulldogs goals (1g, 2a) while Shawn Kirby and Matt Lazaro each added a goal in the key victory.


Girls Basketball earns two key wins down the stretch- The Girls Basketball team won 3 of its final 5 games including 2 in the past week over Sharon and BMR to finish the season in great form. The team was also honored by the Hockomock League with the 2015 Sportsmanship Award.


Tiffany Ha shines at Swim States- Tiffany Ha placed 15th in the state in the 100 yard backstroke on Saturday capping off a very successful Swim season for the Bulldogs.

Vacation week schedule

With all of the weather-related schedule changes, here are all of this week's Bulldog events.......Want to keep up with schedules and results on your smartphone???? Download our free app today by visiting the App Store and searching "Canton High School."

Monday, Feb. 16th- Boys Varsity Basketball at Archbishop Williams at 6:30pm

Tuesday, Feb. 17th- Boys Varsity Hockey in First round of Coyle Tournament at CDL in Raynham- Will face Boston Latin at 5:00pm.

Wednesday, Feb. 18th- Girls Hockey vs. Sandwich at Bourne's Gallo Arena at 7:00pm.

Thursday, Feb. 19th-
Boys Hockey in Finals or Consolation Round of Coyle Tournament at CDL...Time TBA.
Girls Hockey vs. Walpole at Canton at 2:30pm.

Friday, Feb. 20th-
Girls Hockey vs. Whitman-Hanson at Canton at 3:30pm.
Boys Swimming States at MIT...time TBA.

Saturday, Feb. 21st- Boys Varsity Hockey vs. Milford at Hopedale at 7:00pm.

Valentines Weekend Athletic Schedule Changes

Both the Boys and Girls Hockey games scheduled for Saturday night have been postponed.

The Boys Hockey game with Medway has been moved UP to 9:00am on Saturday at Canton's Met. Rink.

The Girls Hockey game with Whitman-Hanson has been postponed to Friday, Feb. 20th at 3:30 at Canton's Met. Rink.

The Boys Individual Swimming States at MIT on Sunday have been postponed to Friday.

Updates of weather-related athletic changes- 2/10/15

All after school activities are canceled today- including all athletic practices, games, and other team activities.

Given all the changes to the basketball and hockey schedules, the following is a team-by-team calendar of events in the coming days:

Girls Basketball- 
Wed., Feb. 11th- Varsity vs. BMR at CHS at 5:30....no JV and Frosh games
Thur., Feb. 12th- All three teams at Oliver Ames.....regular start times
Fri., Feb. 13th- All three teams host Sharon....regular start times
Sat., Feb. 14th- JV and Varsity host Taunton....JV at 2:00 and Varsity at 3:30....No Frosh game

Boys Basketball-
Thur., Feb. 12th- All three teams host Oliver Ames...regular start times
Fri., Feb. 13th- All three teams at Sharon....regular start times
Sat., Feb. 14th- JV and Varsity at Taunton....JV at 1:00 and Varsity at 2:30...No Frosh game
Mon., Feb. 16th- Varsity at Archbishop Williams at 6:30...No JV and Frosh games

Girls Hockey- 
Wed., Feb. 11th- vs. Hingham at 6:30 at Home
Sat., Feb. 14th- vs. W-H at 6:00 at Home
Thurs., Feb. 19th- vs. Walpole at 2:30 at Home
GAME AT SANDWICH TBA

Boys Hockey-
Wed., Feb. 11th- Varsity at Medfield at 4:00 at Franklin Rink
Thur., Feb. 12th- JV vs. CM at Home at 4:30pm
Sat., Feb. 14th- Varsity vs. Medway at 8:00 at Canton
Sun., Feb. 15th- Varsity at Milford at 8:45pm at Hopedale
Tues., Feb. 17th- Varsity vs. Boston Latin at CDL in Taunton
Thurs., Feb. 19th- Varsity vs. TBA at CDL in Taunton

Another snow-shortened Highlights of the week- Feb. 2-8th

Despite the crazy winter weather, the Bulldogs are persevering and great things continue to happen!

Swimmers excel at Sectionals- It was a historic weekend for our pool dogs as several of our best swimmers participated in the MIAA Sectional Swim meets.

Saturday saw Sebastian Melendez become the first male Bulldog swimmer in school history (as far as our records show) to win not only one first place medal, but two! Melendez took the top spot on the podium for his performances in the 500 freestyle (4:44.82) and the 200 freestyle (1:43.00).  He then joined his teammates- Dan Nadeau, Diego Ferstler and Owen Guerini to qualify for this upcoming weekend's States in the 400 freestyle relay (3:38.17). Also competing for the Bulldogs was Sean Mitchell who will also take to the pool for the States this weekend. 

It was the Girls turn on Sunday.  Tiffany Ha was the big highlight placing 8th in the 100 backstroke (1:01.96).  Ha will be joined by her teammates- Kim Frazier, Amanda Walsh, Julia Guerini and Emilee Mercuri at next weekend's States. 

Boys Hockey back to winning ways- The Boys Hockey team played 3 games in 4 days this week and were only able to hit the practice ice once in the past 8 days. The lack of practice didn't seem to hurt the on-ice performance as the team downed Attleboro (8-2), OA (2-0) and NA (6-4).  Every Hock win is important but the key victory of the week came against OA as both the Bulldogs and the Tigers were vying for the top spot in the Davenport Division of the league. Matt Lazaro and Brian Hagan each found the back of the OA net in the win that put the Davenport title race edge to the Bulldogs.  The wins also helped propel the Bulldogs into the State Tournament where they will certainly be a force to be reckoned with. 

Girls Hockey knocks off another State Champ-  Less than a week after defeating the defending D1 State Champion Duxbury Dragons, the Bulldogs pulled off the amazing feat of defeating the defending D2 State Champion Westwood Wolverines- 4-0. It's not often that high school teams even get to play against two defending State Champs in a season, let alone beating them.  The win also catapulted the squad into the state tournament.  The team has also moved up the in the most recent Boston Globe Top 20 poll.

Girls Basketball end Hockomock skid- Girls basketball ended a 35 game Hockomock League losing streak spanning 3 seasons by avenging an earlier season 6 point lost to Stoughton on Friday.  The Bulldogs have shown the enormous growth this year with a decisive 75-39 victory, scoring the second most points by any team in the league throughout the entire season this year.  Gabby Kenefick lead the team with 14pts, Eileen Khoury had 10 rebounds and Shannon Foley added 8 steals and held Stoughton's leading scorer to 3 pts.  The Bulldogs have 4 games in 4 days this week including "Think Pink" night on Thursday at home vs. Taunton and Senior Night, on Friday at home vs. Sharon.

Silver Lining for Boys Basketball- Wins have not come easily of late for the Boys Basketball team but there's nothing quite like buzzer-beaters from beyond half-court to lift Bulldog spirits- click here to see Joe Peccia's remarkable shot at Stoughton on Friday night. 

Weather impact on Monday, February 9th

All practices and team events schedule for Monday, Feb. 9th have been cancelled/postponed.

The Girls Basketball game with BMR has been postponed to Wednesday, February 11th at 5:30pm at CHS.

The Booster Club meeting scheduled for that evening has been postponed as well.

Weather-related schedule changes for Sunday, Feb. 8th

Due to the weather the following changes to the CHS Athletic Schedule have been made:

All CHS practices, contest or other team events are OFF for today with the exception of our swimmers competing at the MIAA Sectionals. Good luck to them!

The Boys Basketball games scheduled with Taunton have been postponed to Saturday, February 14th...JV at 1:00 and Varsity at 2:30.

The Boys Hockey game at Milford has been postponed to a date and time TBA.

The Girls Hockey game with Sandwich has been postponed to a date and time TBA.

Canton High School Cheerleaders will NOT be attending today's competition at Whitman-Hanson.

Upcoming Spring Sports Meetings- Baseball, Track & Girls Tennis

GIRLS TENNIS- There will be an important meeting for any girl interested in playing tennis this spring on Tuesday, March 3rd at 2:00pm (note new date) in the Cafeteria.

BOYS & GIRLS TRACK- There will be an important meeting for any girl or boy interested in running track on Tuesday, March 3rd at 2:00pm in the Cafeteria.

BASEBALL- There will be an important meeting for any boy interested in playing baseball this spring on Wednesday, March 4th at 10:30am (note new time) in the Distance Learning Lab.

BOYS TENNIS- There will be a meeting for any boy interested in playing tennis this spring on Thursday, March 5th after school in Mr. Nelson's room (#117).

The meetings will include a sign-up as well as important information regarding the upcoming season. If you are interested in playing baseball but are unable to attend, please stop by the Athletic Office.

Any winter athlete who has a commitment (practice, game, meeting, etc.) which conflicts with this meeting should attend their winter commitment.

Admission price to be charged at MPC subvarsity Basketball games Wednesday

There will be a $3 admission charged for spectators at the Mass Premier Courts in Foxboro for the Canton-Sthoughton JV and Freshmen Boys and Girls Basketball games on Wednesday, Feb. 4th.

Canton High School Athletics App now available

The Canton High School Athletic Department is happy to announce that we have launched a new App available for your smart phone.  The new App will make is MUCH easier to access schedules, calendars, rosters, directions to venues, scores and results and much more.

The App can be downloaded for free to your phone by visiting the iTunes store....just search "Canton High School."

After using the App, please give us some feedback on its usefulness.

Go Bulldogs!

Bulldogs shine during this Championship week- Highlights- Jan. 26-31, 2015

It was a Blizzard-shortened week of Bulldog action but it certainly didn't lack some great team and individual efforts.


Girls Hockey upsets Duxbury- The Girls Hockey team stunned the defending D2 state champion Dragons in a dramatic 5-4 home win on Thursday. A Mary McNeil hat trick, an amazing goal by Mary Claire Thompson and a game-winner by Kelsey Trerice, paced the huge victory. Most impressive in the win was the tenacious way the Bulldogs held off a Dragon onslaught in the 3rd period including killing off a 5-on-3 power play for the visitors. The Bulldogs fell in a close match-up with Barnstable, 2-1 on Saturday but both Barnstable and Duxbury are ranked in the top 5 by the Globe. The Bulldogs have cracked the top 20 as well! The Boston Globe Girls Hockey Top 20.


Dicalogero crowned at Hock Wrestling Championship- Rod Dicalogero capped off an incredible Hockomock Wrestling career at Saturday's Hock Championships taking home his 2nd consecutive title in his 3rd straight appearance in the finals of his weight class (this year- 145). The victory came over Attleboro's Nick Gould (16-2).  Also advancing to the finals of his weight class was Reda Chakir while Brendan Lewis finished 3rd.


Melendez grabs two Golds in Hock Championship Swim Meet- Sebastian Melendez finished 1st in the 200 Free (1:46.08) AND in the 500 Free (4:46.80). It's been many years since the Bulldogs have had a gold medal winner at the Hocks....let alone someone winning twice!  Many other great performances were put in by Bulldogs on the day including Tiffany Ha coming in 3rd in the 100 Back stroke and 5th in the 100 Breaststroke.  Owen Guerini placed 4th in the 50 Free in a time of 24.74. Sean Mitchell swam to 5th place in the 100 Breaststroke while Dan Nadeau placed 10th in both the 100 Breaststroke and the 100 Fly.  Diego Ferstler placed 10th in the 100 Free (56.60). Amanda Walsh swam exceptionally well- finishing 4th in the 200 Free (2:12.27) qualifying for the Sectionals.  Julia Guerini place 8th in the 50 Free in 28.24.  In relay action- the team of Ha, Emilee Mercuri, Guerini, and Kim Frazier finished 7th in the 200IM.  The 200 Free relay saw Ha, Mercuri, Frazier and Guerini finish 6th. The team of Walsh, Kaitliyn McCarthy, Kelsey Irons and Brianna Mitchell finished 9th in the 400 Free relay.  On the boys' relay side, the 400 relay team of Mitchell, Nadeau, Guerini and Melendez finished 4th. Best of luck to all of the swimmers moving on to Sectionals and States.


Tracksters shine at Championship Meet- Saturday saw many Bulldogs perform extremely well at the Hock Championships at Reggie Lewis.

The top Boy performer was Liam Collins, who finished 3rd in the mile in a personal best time (4:35.71.)  Mark Clancy, who has been a strong, consistent runner all season, finished 4th in the 2-mile (10:27.47.)  Collins and Clancy were joined by Timmy Gutowski and Andrew Moy in a strong relay performance- finishing 6th in the 4x800.

The top Girls performer was Cat Song, who finished 2nd in the mile. Selena Cho finished 3rd in the 55m and also grabbed bronze in the long jump (16'3".)


Other Notables this week- The Boys Basketball team snapped a bit of a losing streak with a 61-49 win at Milford.  The Girls Hoop team came up just short in a bid for their first Hock victory of the season, falling 46-48 to Milford. The Boys Hockey team played a strong game against league rival Franklin, jumping out to a 1-0 lead, but they were unable to hold off the Panthers who came back to score 2 goals in the 3rd to defeat the 'dogs.

Weather related schedule changes for Feb. 2, 2015 & Feb. 3, 2015

updated 2/2/15 at 8:16pm 

Due to Canton Schools being closed on Monday and Tuesday, ALL practices, games and other team-related events are cancelled for BOTH Days.

The Boys and Girls Basketball games scheduled with Taunton have been postponed again.

Boys JV and Varsity Basketball vs. Taunton will be played at THS on Sunday, Feb. 8th at a time TBA.

Boys Freshmen Basketball vs. Taunton is cancelled.

Girls Freshmen, JV and Varsity Basketball vs. Taunton will be played at CHS on Thursday, Feb. 12th- normal times.