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Dear Bulldogs-
Each year the CHS Athletic Department convenes in the CHS Morse Auditorium to honor the graduating class of Bulldogs. Athletic Department Secretary Mrs. Duffett, Trainer Kristen, our Head Varsity Coaches and I all welcome the graduating seniors and many of their parents for a night where we celebrate the highlights of the past Bulldog year, bestow Varsity Letters to all those who have earned them and also present some individual awards to members of the class. It is truly a highlight of my job as Athletic Director.
Each year the CHS Athletic Department convenes in the CHS Morse Auditorium to honor the graduating class of Bulldogs. Athletic Department Secretary Mrs. Duffett, Trainer Kristen, our Head Varsity Coaches and I all welcome the graduating seniors and many of their parents for a night where we celebrate the highlights of the past Bulldog year, bestow Varsity Letters to all those who have earned them and also present some individual awards to members of the class. It is truly a highlight of my job as Athletic Director.
This year- this tradition of convening will not take place, BUT that is not stopping us from honoring this class of student athletes. Bulldog student athletes from all grades, but especially the class of 2020, I hope you will take the time to get together with family and make your way through our presentation virtually.
Simply follow through this blog entry from top to bottom, clicking on video where you are able to. Most of the content is video (which totals roughly 42 minutes) but the limited amount of text provided is equally important. I realize that this cannot take the place of us meeting as our Bulldog community as a whole, but I hope it will serve as an appropriate send-off to the student athletes of the class of 2020. Enjoy!
With Greatest Pride-
Danny Erickson
Director of Athletics/Boys Soccer Coach
Canton High School
Simply follow through this blog entry from top to bottom, clicking on video where you are able to. Most of the content is video (which totals roughly 42 minutes) but the limited amount of text provided is equally important. I realize that this cannot take the place of us meeting as our Bulldog community as a whole, but I hope it will serve as an appropriate send-off to the student athletes of the class of 2020. Enjoy!
With Greatest Pride-
Danny Erickson
Director of Athletics/Boys Soccer Coach
Canton High School
Click on video below for a special welcome!
Joining the class of 2020, moving on from their CHS coaching roles, are two of our long-serving head coaches- Coach Kate Howarth and Coach Dave Bohane. Both Coach Howarth and Coach Bohane have given so much to our Bulldog student athletes over the past decade. We all owe them a great deal of thanks.
Coach Kate Howarth has been our Girls Varsity Soccer Coach for the past seven seasons. She has amassed a career record of 73 wins, 49 losses and 13 draws and led her Bulldogs to the MIAA State Tournament in each of her seven seasons at the helm.
Click on video below for a thank you to Coach Howarth
Coach David Bohane has been our Varsity Football Coach for the past 9 years. During that time he has rebuilt the program into a regional power. The past two years have been epic- seeing the Bulldogs post a combined record of 18-4 with two visits to the Sectional Finals and two Hockomock Davenport titles. He remains on as our Bulldog Varsity Softball Coach.
Click on video below for a thank you to Coach Bohane
Special Announcement from the Hockmomock League regarding the 2019-20 Muscato All-Sports Award. Click video below for message from League President Tom Angelo.
The Record Book on The Class of 2020
121 of the 239 students in the class- roughly 50%- earned varsity letters during their time here.
Three sport letter winners- The number of recipients seems to shrink each year. They are a dying breed. This year 10 student athletes received 3 varsity letters during their senior year. As one of the smallest schools in the league, the three-sport athlete is critical to the successes of our teams.
Click on video below recognizing our 3-Sport Letter Winners
(Correction- two additional students were identified as having earned 12 letters- Grace Yong and Kerri McGrann. They were not included in the video below. Apologies to them and congrats!)
Our Boys and Girls Hockey programs were honored for their top-notch sportsmanship, earning the Hockomock League Sportsmanship Award. Thanks to these programs for setting a classy tone for the rest of our programs and fans.
We had 7 Hockomock League Davenport Titles- Golf, Football, Field Hockey, Girls Volleyball, Boys Ice Hockey, Girls Swimming and Girls Ice Hockey. So- in the two seasons of competition that made up the 2019/20 season, our Bulldogs won 7 of 18 possible League Championships. Considering there are six schools in the Davenport- our fair share of Championships should be three. We more than doubled that number- led by the class of 2020!
2019/20 saw many of our teams qualify to compete in post season MIAA tournaments: Golf, Girls Soccer, Field Hockey, Volleyball, Football, Girls Basketball, Boys Hockey, and Girls Hockey.
Our Cheer team advanced to the Regionals in both the fall and winter seasons.
Our Unified Basketball and Unified Track teams had their best seasons ever.
Click on video below for a message about our Unified Sports Programs
Individuals on our XC and Gymnastics teams led their programs to their most successful seasons in many years. Individuals on our Track teams, Swim teams, and Wrestling team have broken CHS records and advanced deep into state and sectional competitions including a State Championship by Eddie Marinilli in Wrestling.
Click on video below for a message about State Champion Eddie Marinilli
Our state tournament performances were highlighted by a whopping three teams winning the State Championships- Volleyball and Girls Hockey each lifting the Championship Trophy for the first time ever while Boys Hockey added their 3rd ever State Title and their 2nd in-a-row.
Click on video below for a State Championship message
Individual Recognition:
The CHS Class of 2020 has many members who are pursuing athletics at the collegiate level next year. The following student athletes have been recruited and will be playing next year:
Individual Awards-
Hockomock Scholar Athlete Awards were announced earlier in the spring. This year’s winners from the class of 2020 were Caroline Tourgee and Nate Quan. Click Here for a blog entry from last month announcing their honor.
Each year- the CHS Athletic Department recognizes several graduating seniors who have been outstanding in some area of educational athletics. Recognizing individuals among so many qualified is very difficult and there are many worthy members of the class of 2020 who will not receive these awards tonight. However, I am excited to announce our 2019/20 Senior Athletic Award winners- all very deserving young men and women.
Below is a list of our individual awards. Click away and enjoy!
The Scott Herr Strength and Conditioning Award- This first-year award will be presented annually to a deserving graduating female and male who fully embraced and benefited from our Strength and Conditioning program here at CHS. Scott Herr was a graduate of CHS- class of 2009. He tragically passed away later that year but his spirit and Bulldog pride will be felt here forever. Our fitness and strength facility has been named in his honor and now this award is as well.
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Scott Herr Strength and Conditioning Award-
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Scott Herr Strength and Conditioning Award-
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The Augie Decembrele Sportsmanship Award- The Decembrele Sportsmanship Award is presented annually to a male and female graduating Bulldog student athlete who have been major contributors to our Track & Field program. The award carries with it a $500 scholarship thanks to the Decembrele Family. It is named in honor of Augie Decembrele- a CHS graduate- class of 1938, a stellar athlete, member of the Greatest Generation and member of the CHS Hall of Fame.
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The Augie Decembrele Sportsmanship Award-
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The Augie Decembrele Sportsmanship Award-
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The Sam Swardlick Spirit Award - Awarded to a graduating senior who exemplifies what it means to embrace the spirit of a Bulldog. The Sam Swardlick Spirit Award is presented annually to a graduating senior who embodies the spirit of CHS athletics. The award carries with it a $500 scholarship from the Swardlick Family. Sam Swardlick was a CHS graduate- class of 1936, a standout athlete, a member of the Greatest Generation and an inductee into the CHS Hall of Fame.
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The Sam Swardlick Spirit Award
Paul J. Callahan Memorial Award- Awarded in honor of Mr. Paul J. Callahan- Mr. Callahan was a 1959 graduate of CHS. He excelled in Football, Basketball, Baseball and Track & Field and was named to the CHS Hall of Fame in 2005. This award is presented annually to a graduating senior who has contributed greatly to one or more of Mr. Callahan’s sports.
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The Paul J. Callahan Memorial Award
The Jack Horack Award- Mr. Horack was a teacher, coach and guidance counselor at CHS from 1973-2007. During that time, he dedicated himself fully to the students of CHS. He coached softball, baseball, boys ice hockey, girls soccer and powder puff. He served as senior class advisor for most of his career where he made an indelible mark on thousands of Canton students. This award is presented annually to a graduating male and female student who has exhibited the same dedication, heart and hard work on behalf of CHS Athletics.
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The Jack Horack Award-
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The Jack Horack Award-
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The BULLDOG Award- This award is presented annually to a graduating male and female student athlete who made the most significant impact to their teams’ successes.
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The Bulldog Award-
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The Bulldog Award-
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The X Award- The Xavier Machuga Award- Given annually to a graduating senior who exemplifies the characteristics of Xavier Machuga- class of 2019. Machuga suffered a brain aneurysm during his sophomore year at CHS. Through amazing resilience, hard work, sacrifice, sweat and love, Xavier battled back to make an amazing impact on CHS and everyone here. This award is in his honor and is awarded to a deserving senior who has shown great perseverance as well.
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The X Award winner
The Captain’s Award- This award not only honors excellence in athletic achievement, but it recognizes character in leadership. We had over 50 captains in the Class of 2020 and all have led in his/her own way, and most have been very successful at influencing those around them. This Award honors a male and female that have been leaders among leaders.
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The Captain's Award-
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The Captain's Award-
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A Special Recognition to
Spring Athletes from the Class of 2020
Varsity Letter's Earned by Members of the Class of 2020
Click on video below for message about Varsity Letters, Pins and Certificates.
Some important notes-
- The criteria for receiving a varsity letter is determined by the head coach of that season with approval of the athletic director. Simply being on a varsity team does not always guarantee the earning of a letter.
- Given the Covid-19 impact, we have decided that any member of the class of 2020 who registered to join a program in the spring has earned a varsity letter for that season.
- Listed below are the sports and years of high school in which the recipient earned a letter, indication of being a captain in that sport during senior year, indication of Hockomock League All-Star status during senior year, and State Champion status during their senior year. Other individual honors bestowed by other groups like newspapers, etc. are not noted.
- Mistakes are possible on this list for many reasons including head coaching turn-over and other record-keeping errors. If you feel your letters are in error, please reach out to the CHS athletic office via email (ericksond@cantonma.org) to inquire. (Please let us know of any typos as well!)
- A huge THANK YOU to Athletic Department Secretary Denise Duffett who's tireless work makes all of these award possible. She is the best!
The CHS Athletic Department if proud to award varsity letters to the following members of the class of 2020:
Juliana Agnitti- Soccer (All Four Years, Captain), Lacrosse (Sr.)
Jahmi Aldin- Football (Jr.)
Meg Aldrich- Field Hockey (All Four Years, Captain), Ice Hockey (All Four Years, Captain, All-Hockomock and State Champion), Lacrosse (So.), Unified Track (Jr.)
David Allen- Football (So., Jr., Sr.), Lacrosse (All Four Years)
Sohil Apte- Cross Country (Sr.)
Cooper Ashcraft- Soccer (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Track and Field (All Four Years, Captain)
Adrian Bankowski- Swimming (Fr.)
Julia Bartlett- Softball (Jr.), Track and Field (Sr.)
Erika Boone- Cross Country (So., Jr., Sr.), Indoor Track (So., Jr., Sr.), Track and Field (Jr.)
John Bradley- Boys Soccer (Jr., Sr.), Unified Track (So.)
Derrell Brown- Football (Jr., Sr.), Wrestling (Jr.)
Lucas Bryant- Football (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Baseball (So., Jr., Sr.)
Shawn Burns- Golf (Sr.)
Dominic Cammarata- Ice Hockey (Sr., State Champion)
Joseph Cammarata- Ice Hockey (Jr., Sr., State Champion)
Andrew Canto- Football (Jr., Sr.), Lacrosse (Jr., Sr.)
Cierra Carrington- Field Hockey (Jr.)
Rosana Cho- Volleyball (Sr., State Champion), Indoor Track (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Track and Field (All Four Years, Captain)
Colby Ciffolillo- Soccer (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Ice Hockey (Jr., Sr., State Champion)
Brendan Clifford- Soccer (Jr.), Lacrosse (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Julia Cohen- Fall Cheer (Fr.), Winter Cheer (Fr.), Swimming (Jr., Sr.)
Jack Connolly- Football (So., Jr., Sr., Captain, and All-Hockomock), Ice Hockey (All Four Years, All-Hockomock and State Champion), Lacrosse (Fr., So.)
Aidan Copell- Lacrosse (Sr.)
Alejandro Correal- Soccer (All Four Years, Captain), Lacrosse (Sr.)
Maro Coulibaly- Swimming (All Four Years, Captain)
Emma Cunningham- Cross Country (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Ice Hockey (Fr., So.), Unified Track (Sr.)
Nicholas Cushman- Football (Jr., Sr.), Basketball (Jr., Sr.)
Michael Dorcelus- Basketball (Sr., Captain)
Amy Doris- Unified Basketball (Jr.), Unified Track and Field (Fr.)
Cianna Doub- Swimming (Fr.)
Jace Emma- Football (So., Jr., Sr.), Lacrosse (So.)
Alessandra Ferlaino- Field Hockey (Sr.), Spring Track (Fr., Jr.)
Kyle Fitzgerald- Football (So., Jr., Sr., Captain, and Hockomock MVP), Basketball (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Robert Gallery- Football (So., Jr., Sr., All-Hockomock), Basketball (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Thomas Ghostlaw- Ice Hockey (So., Jr., Sr., Captain, and State Champion), Lacrosse (Jr.)
Brianna Gilchrist- Swimming (All Four Years, Captain), Unified Basketball (Sr.)
Nina Gilmore- Swimming (Fr., So., Jr.), Gymnastics (Sr.), Unified Basketball (Sr.), Unified Track (Fr., Sr.)
Zachary Goldstein- Indoor Track (Jr., Sr., Captain and All-Hockomock), Track and Field (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Kaitlyn Goyetch- Field Hockey (All Four Years, Captain, and All-Hockomock), Lacrosse (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Matthew Grossman- Unified Basketball (Sr.)
Benjamin Guerini- Football (Jr., Sr.), Swimming (All Four Years, Captain), Lacrosse (Jr., Sr.)
John Hagan- Football (So., Jr., Sr., Captain, and All-Hockomock), Ice Hockey (All Four Years, Captain, Hockomock MVP and State Champion)
Kerstin Hansen- Soccer (All Four Years), Unified Track (Fr.)
Taylor Harris- Volleyball (So., Jr., Sr., Captain, and Hockomock MVP and State Champion), Softball (Fr., So.)
Hope Hays- Gymnastics (All Four Years)
Sarah Hernandez- Tennis (All Four Years, Captain)
Shea Hickey- Ice Hockey (Sr.)
Ronan Himelrick- Cross Country (Sr., Captain), Unified Track (So., Jr.)
Jaclyn Howard- Softball (Fr., So., Jr.)
Caroline Hughes- Softball (All Four Years, Captain)
Shayna Johnson- Field Hockey (Sr.)
Kathleen Kelleher- Cross Country (So., Jr., Sr.), Indoor Track (Sr.), Track and Field (Jr.)
Timothy Kelleher IV- Ice Hockey (All Four Years, Captain, and State Champion)
Devin Kelly- Swimming (All Four Years, Captain)
Kayla Kleinbauer- Fall Cheer (All Four Years, Captain), Winter Cheer (All Four Years, Captain)
Jenna Larson- Volleyball (Sr., State Champion)
Christopher Lavoie- Golf (So., Jr., Sr., Captain, and Hockomock MVP), Ice Hockey (So., Jr., Sr., All-Hockomock and State Champion), Lacrosse (Fr., So., Jr.)
Owen Lehane- Football (So., Jr., Sr.), Ice Hockey (All Four Years, Captain, All-Hockomock and State Champion), Baseball (So, Jr., Sr., Captain)
Javens Lucas- Track and Field (Jr.)
Justin Luk- Tennis (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Radha Luke- Unified Basketball (Fr.)
Kathryn Lynch- Volleyball (Sr., State Champion), Indoor Track (Fr., So.), Softball (Jr., Sr.)
Nicholas MacKay- Soccer (Jr.), Lacrosse (All Four Years)
Alexander Maddestra- Cross Country (All Four Years, Captain), Track and Field (Fr., So.)
Alexa Maffeo- Soccer (All Four Years, Captain), Ice Hockey (All Four Years, Captain, All-Hockomock and State Champion), Lacrosse (All Four Years, Captain)
Bronwyn Mahoney- Indoor Track (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Spring Track (All Four Years, Captain)
Rose Malloy- Field Hockey (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Ice Hockey (So., Jr., Sr., State Champion)
Edward Marinilli- Wrestling (All Four Years, Captain, All-Hockomock, Sectional and State Champion)
Shane Marshall- Ice hockey (Jr., Sr., State Champion), Lacrosse (Jr.), Unified Basketball (Sr.)
Jennifer Mazzola- Cross Country (Jr.), Indoor Track (Fr., So.)
Lauren McCabe- Soccer (All Four Years), Lacrosse (Sr.)
Morgan McCabe- Soccer (All Four Years, Captain)
Kerri McGrann- Fall Cheer (Fr., So., Jr., Sr.), Winter Cheer (Fr., So., Jr., Sr.), Unified Track (All Four Years)
Paul McKeown- Basketball (Sr.)
Kaitlyn McLaughlin- Ice Hockey (All Four Years, State Champion)
Charles McNamara- Track and Field (Sr.)
Styliana Michaelidis- Swimming (Fr., So.), Tennis (All Four Years, Captain)
Jobi Michel- Wrestling (Jr.)
Peter Milne- Cross Country (Sr.), Swimming (All Four Years), Spring Track (Jr., Sr.)
Lilah Milton- Basketball (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Emily Morrison- Volleyball (Jr., Sr., State Champion)
Aongus Mui- Tennis (Sr)
James Murphy- Football (So., Jr., Sr., Captain, and All-Hockomock), Lacrosse (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Laura Noone- Ice Hockey (Fr., So.)
Wilbert Odestin- Football (Jr., Sr.)
James O'Keeffe- Golf (Sr.)
Ronan O'Mahony- Ice Hockey (Jr., Sr. State Champion)
Nnamdi Onyemelukwe- Football (Jr., Sr.)
Abigail Orkin- Fall Cheer (Fr.), Winter Cheer (Fr.)
Declan Pfeffer- Ice Hockey (So., Jr., Sr., State Champion)
Nicole Phaneuf- Fall Cheer (All Four Years, Captain), Winter Cheer (All Four Years, Captain)
Kristina Powers- Indoor Track (Jr.), Track and Field (Fr., So.)
Kymele Prescod- Unified Track (Jr.)
Nathan Quan- Indoor Track (Jr., Sr., Captain), Baseball (All Four Years, Captain)
Claire Quinn- Volleyball (Sr., State Champion), Indoor Track (Fr., So.), Track and Field (Fr., So.)
Lucas Ragusa- Football (So., Jr., Sr.)
Sarah Rawding- Fall Cheer (Fr.)
Ally Reddish- Soccer (All Four Years), Lacrosse (So., Jr., Sr.)
Victoria Revanche- Football (Sr.), Ice Hockey (Jr.), Lacrosse (So., Jr.)
Gersom Rivera- Football (So., Jr., Sr.), Spring Track (So.)
Christopher Rota- Cross Country (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Indoor Track (Jr.), Baseball (Jr., Sr., Captain)
Mariella Ruggeri- Soccer (Sr.), Spring Track (All Four Years)
Junior Sainvil- Indoor Track (Jr., Sr., All-Hockomock), Track and Field (So., Jr., Sr.)
Sofia Salazar- Track and Field (Sr.)
Dusu Sidibay- Track and Field (Jr.)
Corinne Stevens- Swimming (Fr.)
John Stubbs- Soccer (So., Jr., Sr.), Lacrosse (Jr.)
Kaitlyne Theodore- Fall Cheer (Fr.)
Caroline Tourgee- Soccer (All Four Years), Ice Hockey (So., Jr., Sr., State Champion), Lacrosse (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Elizabeth Usher- Fall Cheer (All Four Years, Captain), Winter Cheer (All Four Years, Captain)
Thomas Vaughan- Ice Hockey (Jr., Sr., State Champion), Lacrosse (Jr., Sr., Captain)
Sandra Venuti- Gymnastics (Fr.)
Patrick Walsh- Ice Hockey (Jr., Sr., State Champion)
Brayden Waterman- Track and Field (Jr.)
Jayna Wolfe- Fall Cheer (Fr.), Winter Cheer (Fr.), Unified Basketball (Sr.), Unified Track (Fr., So., Jr.)
Kayla Wong- Cross Country (So., Jr., Sr., Captain), Indoor Track (So., Jr., Sr.), Track and Field (So., Jr., Sr., Captain)
Troi Wortham- Winter Cheer (Fr.)
Tiffany Ye- Tennis (Sr.)
Grace Yong- Fall Cheer (Fr., So., Jr., Sr.), Winter Cheer (Fr.,So., Jr., Sr.), Unified Track (All Four Years)
Anderson Zhu- Tennis (Sr.)
