Weather Changes for April 30th

Due to the weather, the following changes to today's schedule have been made:

POSTPONEMENTS:

• All Baseball, Softball, and Tennis contests with Taunton have been postponed. 
• JV Girls LAX and JV Boys LAX games with KP have been canceled.

WILL BE PLAYED TODAY:

• Varsity Boys LAX and Varsity Girls LAX with KP will be played as scheduled. 

RESCHEDULE INFORMATION: 

• Baseball, Softball and Tennis contests with Taunton will be played on Tuesday, 5/6 at 4:00pm.

TODAY's PRACTICE INFO:

• JV and Varsity Softball will be in the CHS gym from 2:00-3:30. 
• Freshmen Baseball will NOT practice today.
• Varsity Baseballwill practice at Gibson from 2:30-4:30. Dress for weather and be prepared to go inside. 
• NO Girls Tennis or Boys Tennis Practice today.

Planning Ahead?

Although the spring season is only halfway done, we in the athletic office are already preparing for the 2014-15 school year. It is important for students and parents to know that the 2014 Fall Season begins BEFORE the academic school year.

The first day of Football practice this fall will be August 18th.

All other Fall sports (Cross Country, Field Hockey, Golf, Soccer, & Volleyball) are all expected to begin on August 21st.

Details on schedules for each sport will be released as they get finalized.

5/5 contests with Mansfield

Baseball, Softball and Tennis contests scheduled with Mansfield on May 5th have all been moved back to 4:00pm start times due to AP testing.

Highlights of the Week- 4/21-4/26/14

Vacation week brought a lighter than usual schedule but each of our teams, with the exception of track, had at least one contest.


Girls LAX keeps train rolling- The Girls Lacrosse team kept the offense going during vacation week racking up two more wins while extending their season-long unbeaten streak to 8 games. The girls hosted North Attleboro on Tuesday and earned a convincing 13-6 victory. Goaltender Katherine Doody was phenomenal in the Bulldog cage.  Thursday, the team showed they could bend but would not break as they allowed a dozen Norwood goals, but were more than up for the task, outscoring the Mustangs 17-12. Leading the Bulldog scoring attack on the week were Mary McNeil, (7), Sam Sullivan (6), Erin Proctor (6) and Mary Nee (4).


Baseball stays in the hunt- A win and a loss this week kept the baseball team at 4-4 on the season and in the hunt in the Hockomock Davenport. The team put in perhaps its finest performance of the season on Thursday at home vs. Foxboro, defeating the Warriors, 8-2. Sophomore Griffin Jerrier pitched a complete game and only gave up one earned run on two hits while striking out six. Kevin Powers was 2-4 with 3 RBI's while Pat Vartanian was also 2-4 with 2 big singles and 2 runs scored. Earlier in the week, the squad lost a heart-breaker to Dedham, heading into the final inning up 1-0 on a strong pitching performance by Sam Larson, only to surrender 3 in the 7th and fall 3-1.


Tennis teams both get edged by Foxboro- In a one match week the Bulldog Tennis teams had their sights set on Foxboro, and despite some excellent performances, both the Boys and Girls teams were edged by the Warriors, 3-2. Winning for the Boys were Dillon Wong and Peter Hartfiel at first doubles and Chris Sullivan and Evan MacDonald at second doubles.  On the Girls' side, Erica Nannery remained unbeaten on the year and the second doubles team of Pranathi Ganni and Cristina Guccione were able to pull out a big win as well.


Wins eluded both the Softball and Boys Lacrosse teams this week but both look to bounce back to winning ways this week.  Playing well for the Boys LAX team in the two losses were Paul Swart, Matt Bagley and Quinn Merrigan.

Foxboro contests moved to Thursday

Due to the unsettled weather today, all baseball, softball and tennis contests scheduled with Foxboro have been postponed until Thursday.

Highlights of the Week- 4/13-4/17/14

Sunday saw the Bulldog community converge on the Luce Elementary School to dedicate the playing field in honor of Billy Craven Jr. Click here for the article in the Canton Citizen.


Girls LAX remains unbeaten- A 17-17 tie with Mansfield in the first game of the season is the only thing between the Girls LAX team and a perfect start to the season- and that is pretty impressive.  Since the come-from-behind road tie against the Hornets, the Bulldogs have run off 5 straight victories, including three this week, downing OA, Ursuline and Milford.  The key to success this season has been the team's prolific scoring attack as the Bulldogs have put up no less than 12 goals in any single game this season. Leading this week's scoring charge were Mary McNeil, scoring an amazing dozen goals, and Jackie Merrigan, netting nine goals while showing amazing draw control in the first win of the week at OA. Some new faces emerged among the scoring ranks this week as Kelsey Trerice, Christine Ward, Lindsey Nolte, Shannon Proctor, and Mary Nee found the back of the net.


Softball ends week with big win- The Softball team had the bats going and the defense clicking on Thursday as they defeated visiting Watertown, 18-4. Sarah Reissfelder won her first game of the season on the mound and helped herself at the plate, launching a huge grand slam. The team also played a great game on Wednesday but lost an early lead to Sharon and fell 8-9.


Baseball overcomes big defect to beat Spellman- Dom Bires' single over the head of Cardinal Spellman's 3rd baseman during the 5th inning of Thursday's Baseball game at CHS capped off a 5-4 come-from-behind win for the 'Dogs. The team found themselves down 4-0 early on but Kevin Powers kept things together on the mound, throwing a complete game, while the bats came alive.  Pat Vartanian hit two deep doubles over the head of the left fielder in back-to-back innings to spark the comeback victory.


Boys Tennis blanks Quincy- The Boys Tennis team came alive on Thursday afternoon as they earned their first victory of the season, 5-0 over visiting Quincy. Sam Riemer and Nathan Maltz continued their fine play at 1st and 2nd singles respectively.


Girls Tennis sits at 4-2 after break even week- All of the Girls Tennis team members played great tennis in the the squad's 5-0 win over Oliver Ames on Monday. Erika Nannery remained unabated at 6-0 at first singles.


Boys LAX bounces back from two losses with two wins- After dropping back-to-back games, the Boys Lacrosse team stepped up and answered the call, earning two big wins over Oliver Ames and Milford. The OA game was a nail-biter, 4-3 while the Milford victory was a 7-0 shutout.


The track teams were overwhelmed by sheer numbers in their meets vs. OA this week. They look to rebound this week.

Site Change- Baseball

Due to poor field conditions at Spellman, today's varsity baseball game with Cardinal Spellman has been moved to Canton High School's Gibson Field- 3:30.

Weather Related Changes- 4/16/14

Due to poor field conditions, the following changes have been made to today's athletic schedule:

All Baseball games with Sharon have been postponed until 5/20.

Girls Varsity LAX game with Ursuline Academy has been moved to CHS today at 4:45pm.

Softball, Track and Tennis contests are all on as scheduled.

Baseball practice schedule today in the gym-
Freshmen from 2:15-4:00.
JV from 4:00-4:45
Varsity  from 6:00-7:30

No JV Girls LAX practice today.

Weather Changes for Tuesday, April 15th

Contests:

All contests scheduled for today have been postponed.

• Track meet at OA has been postponed until tomorrow. 
• Girls Tennis meet with Boston Latin School has been postponed until 5/16. 
• Varsity Softball with Watertown has been postponed to Thursday, 4/17. 

Practices:

Track- practice today at normal time....meet in Rodman Gym

JV and Varsity Softball- will practice in the gym from 2-3:30

Baseball-  Freshmen practice is canceled...Varsity will be in the gym at 3:30....JV practice begins at 4:00 in the C-Building hitting room.

Tennis- If courts are wet, practices are canceled.

This post will be updated throughout the day if there are any additional changes. 

Abnormal LAX start times today

Boys Varsity LAX vs. OA today at CHS will begin at 3:15 with JVs to follow.

Girls JV LAX at OA will start FIRST today at 3:30..with Varsity to follow around 4:30.

Week in Review- 4/7/14-4/12/14

Girls LAX perfect on the week- The Girls Lacrosse team earned two big wins this week over Attleboro and Sharon to improve to 2-0-1- undefeated on the young season.  Monday saw the squad travel toAttleboro for the first ever match-up with the Blue Bombardiers and the Dogs came away with an 18-8 victory.  The team followed up that performance with another impressive effort on Wednesday, downing visiting Sharon, 12-5.  Sam Sullivan (9), Mary McNeil (7), Kelli Stigas (4), Jackie Merrigan (3) and Caitlin Hutchinson (2) were the team's multiple goal-scorers on the week.


Baseball catches fire with two big upset wins- After starting off the season with a couple of frustrating, lopsided losses, the Baseball team stormed back with a vengeance this week, earning big wins over Franklin and Milford on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. The win over the Panthers on Wednesday was headlined by the performance of sophomore pitcher Griffin Jerrier who threw 6-shutout innings of baseball for the home side, leading the team to a 4-1 win. The victory over Milford came down to the final inning as the Dogs were tied with the SkyHawks 1-1 since the first. After loading the bases, Tommy Glynn's infield hit was enough to drive in the winning run in dramatic fashion.  Sam Larson pitched brilliantly in the team's second consecutive win.


Softball earns first victory of the season- Saturday morning saw the Softball team earn its first win of the season in a huge, come-from-behind win over visiting Boston Latin Academy in the first game of a double-header.  The squad trailed the visitors of BLA 6-0 after 4 innings but stormed back to force extra innings before earning the impressive 7-6 victory.  The bats stayed hot in the second game, but BLA's did as well as the squad fell 18-11. Andrea Tamasi and Julia Nagel each had five hits on the day while freshman Hannah Link earned her first career victory for the mound.  The event was also a fundraiser and celebration in honor of the late Bill Cravens Sr. as well as Billy Cravens Jr.- who is battling ALS.


Girls Track races past Sharon- The Girls Track team downed visiting Sharon on Tuesday, 80-56. Leading the team to the victory were Rachel Campagna who scored in 4  events for the 2nd consecutive meet, including 1st place finishes in the 400 and long jump. Cat Song won the mile and 2-mile, qualifying for the state meet in both. Sam Koplik won the 400 hurdles while Michaela Kelly won the 800 and ran a great anchor split on the winning 4x400 team- which also qualified for the states.

Although the Boys team did not put up many points in their match-up with Sharon, a bright spot was Somto Ofonagoro- who won the 100 with a state-qualifying time. His time was the fastest posted in the Hockomock this year and the 3rd fastest in the state.


Boys LAX blanks Attleboro- The Boys Lacrosse team shutout Attleboro, 12-0 on Monday before dropping two tough contests later in the week. The Attleboro win saw Chris Albert and Ben Lodge combine for the shutout in the cage while seven different Bulldogs found the back of the Attleboro net. Tommy Galvin and Ben O'Neil led the scoring but Austin Zannino had the goal of the week on a snipe that went just under the top bar.


Boys Tennis struggled through a winless week but looks to get back to winning ways with a busy week ahead. Nathan Maltz and Sam Riemer each earned a victory in this week's matches.

Billy Cravens Field Dedication on Sunday

The playing field behind the Luce School will be dedicated to Billy Cravens Jr. in a ceremony on Sunday at 1:00pm

Billy has been a fixture on the Canton playing fields for the past half a decade, first growing up on them, then excelling on them in high school and finally, dedicating his life and efforts to helping keep them in great shape for today's kids as a key member of the Rec. Dept. field maintenance crew.

Last year, Billy was diagnosed with ALS and has been battling it like a Bulldog ever since.

The public is invited to attend this very special event.

JV Lacrosse Game Changes

Thursday Boys and Girls LAX games have some changes:

Boys Game has been cancelled.

Girls Game time has been moved from 5:00pm to 3:45pm.

No restroom facilities accessible at JFK this week

If you are planning on attending today or tomorrow's freshmen baseball games at the JFK, please be aware that there will be no public restrooms available for use. Unfortunately, the portable toilets will not be able to be delivered until next Monday.

Please pardon the inconvenience.

Weather Changes for Tuesday, April 8

Due to the rain, the following changes have been made to the athletic schedule today:

• Girls Tennis and Boys & Girls Track meets will go on as scheduled. 
• Varsity Baseball at Franklin has been postponed and moved to CHS tomorrow at 3:30
• JV Baseball has been postponed and moved to Franklin (Peck Street Field) tomorrow at 3:30
• Freshmen Baseball has been postponed and moved to JFK tomorrow at 3:30
• Varsity Softball has been postponed to tomorrow at CHS at 3:30
• JV Softball has been postponed to tomorrow at Franklin (Peck Street Field) at 3:30

Practices:

• Softball teams need to check in with Mr. Amico and/or Ms. Duggan
• Freshmen Baseball in gym from 3:00-4:30
• JV Baseball in gym from 4:30-6:30
• Varsity Baseball in gym from 6:30-8:00
• JV Boys Lacrosse Practice canceled
• Varsity Boys Lacrosse Practice will be at the Galvin Gym from 3:15-5:00 

Softball game site change and Franklin Field info

Tuesday's VARSITY Softball game with Franklin has been moved from Franklin to CHS.

JV Softball will still travel to Franklin and play at Fletcher Field softball field on Peck Street.

Freshmen Baseball will play at the same site.

Varsity Baseball will play at Dean Jr. College.

Week in Review- 3/31-4/4/14

Despite mother nature's reluctance to cooperate, the Spring athletic season started off this week with all of our teams seeing action.


Boys Lacrosse earns gutsy win in home opener-  Wednesday saw the Boys Lacrosse team begin its Hock Davenport title defense as they hosted the Mansfield Hornets. The Boys played timid through much of the first 3 quarters of the game and trailed 5-2 at that point. However, something caught the attention of the squad in the final quarter as they ran off 4 straight goals, the final one coming from Tom Galvin with less than 20 seconds remaining to lead the Bulldogs to a heroic 6-5 win over the Hornets.  The team couldn't capture the momentum from that win on Friday as they fell in their second game against Norwell.


Girls Lacrosse ties up Kelley-Rex power Mansfield- The Girls Lax team found themselves down 12-9 on the road at the half on Wednesday to the powerful Mansfield Hornets, but the team showed no quit and gutted out an impressive 17-17 draw. Sam Sullivan (4), Kellie Stigas (2), Jackie Merrigan (6), and Mary McNeil were multiple goal-scorers on the day.


Girls Tennis have up and down week- The first opponent of the season couldn't have been more difficult for the Girls Tennis team as they hosted Kelley-Rex power North Attleboro on Tuesday. The team fell 4-1 to the Red Rocketeers.  Thursday saw the squad travel to Attleboro to face the Blue Bombardeers and this time the 4-1 score would be in favor of the Bulldogs. Erika Nannery led the way for Canton with two wins at first singles this week.


Track teams fall to Foxboro despite some great performances-  The Boys and Girls Track teams traveled to Foxboro on Thursday to face the Warriors in the opening track meet of the season.

The Girls team fell 76-60. Standouts on the Girls' side were Rachel Campagana, who scored in all 4 of her events including first place in the long jump (qualifying for the states). Alana Murphy won both the shot put and the discuss setting new PR's in both.  Freshman Selena Cho was impressive in here debut, placing in 3 events.

The Boys fell 96-40. Liam Collins won both the mile and 800- his first mile of the season was 2 seconds faster than his best from last year.  Aaron Faber placed 2nd in both the shot put and discus- both performances much better than his previous best efforts. Joe Clancy won the 2 mile in a new PR as well.


Softball team starts off season- The softball team started off 0-2 vs. NA and Attleboro.  With 4 of the starting 9 new to Varsity softball much progress has been made in just the first 3 weeks of practice and now games.  

Next week will feature the annual charity double header against Boston Latin Academy.  On Saturday at 10 and 12.  Come on down and buy some baked goods, pizza and drinks for a great cause and watch the lady dogs try to win 2 games.  This year's theme is Catch it for the Cravens and the money will be donated in memory of longtime Canton athletic supporter Mr. Cravens. 


Baseball and Boys Tennis in search of first wins-  The Baseball and Boys Tennis teams were winless in 4 combined contests this week. Both teams will look for that elusive first win this week. 

Baseball site change for Friday

The late arriving spring is still wreaking havoc with game schedules.

Friday will see the following on the Baseball schedule:

NO JV GAME

Varsity Game vs. North Attleboro at 3:30 AT CHS

Freshmen Game vs. North Attleboro at 3:30 at JFK

Uniform Fees

As the spring season gets rolling, it is important to make sure that one element of our team uniform practice is made clear. This is regarding uniforms and equipment that is issued but not expected to be returned. Such items will carry with them a small, reasonable fee. 
Despite the fact that the Canton Public Schools does supply uniforms to our athletes, there is an additional fee associated with uniforms that are purchased by the school but then distributed to our students who, at that point, own them. Basically, we are talking about things that don't get returned to CHS at the end of the season. 

Items with a fee will include things like socks, baseball hats, swim suits, gymnastics leotards, polos and t-shirts. All of these items will then become the property of the student-athlete as opposed to other uniforms that are distributed at the beginning of the season and returned at the conclusion of the season.

The fee is necessary to allow the department to continue to purchase necessary equipment and uniforms for all of our sports. The fee will not reflect the entire cost of the item, just a portion of the costs. This will help off-set the purchase of these non-returnable items.

A partial price list of items is listed below:

Soccer/Field Hockey/Baseball Socks- $5/pair Baseball Hats- $10

Golf Polos- $20 Gymnastics Leotards- $30

Swimming Suit- $20 T-Shirts (tennis, etc.)- $10

Winter Season All-Stars officially announced

As we embark on our spring season, there are still some winter acknowledgements to be shared.

The Hockomock League recently announced its 2013-14 Winter Sport All-Star Teams and CHS was well represented:

Swimming: Tiffany Ha
Boys Hockey: Matt Lazaro, Andrew Howlett, Tony Francescon, Ben Lodge, Honorable Mention- Austin Zannino
Wrestling: Quinn Merrigan, Rob DiCalogero, Chris Sullivan
Boys Basketball: Sam Larson & Matt Kelly- Honorable Mention- Tristan Morris
Girls Basketball- Honorable Mention- Gabby Kenefick
Gymnastics- Honorable Mention- Rachel Liebowitz
Boys Indoor Track- Honorable Mention- Liam Collins
Girls Indoor Track- Honorable Mention- Rachel Campagna

SEMGHL All-Stars- Girls Ice Hockey- Jill Eckler