Late August is always a very exciting time around a high school athletic department and Canton High School is no exception. This is the time of year when our fall sports season kicks off and our student athletes are readying to get back to school and to the fields. It's a time of year of hope, promise, excitement and potential. Unfortunately, this time of year can also bring painful news to some aspiring student athletes. It's the time of year when some of our student athletes are being cut from teams.
Roster cuts are a necessary evil of high school athletics. We strive to make opportunities available to as many of our student athletes as possible, but teams and rosters have their reasonable limits.
As I get closer to 3 decades of working in the CHS Athletic Department, I have seen countless examples of student athletes getting cut from one sport, only to go out for another and realize that they had a talent that they had never recognized before. Our Cross Country team is currently still accepting new-comers at practice. Other extra-curricular clubs become much more available to students who don't play a fall sport. Who knows, maybe the next great distance runner or star of the Robotics team at CHS had been an aspiring Field Hockey, Soccer or Volleyball player. Who knows, maybe it's you.
Feel free to reach out to the Athletic Department if you are looking for next moves.
ericksond@cantonma.org
