Girls Track State Champions!

Hand-in-hand celebrating a history making victory

The Canton High School Girls Track and Field team are State Champions for the first time in school history. This caps off the last of three State Championships for Bulldog Athletics this school year (Golf and Boys Hockey.) What a year!

The CHS Track program has come a long way over the past decade. Rewind ten years back and the thought of one of our track teams being crowned State Champions seemed ridiculous.  Canton High was not a “track school.”  

But it’s a new day in Canton. Coach Anna Amico with the support of Boys Coach Brian Gotsell and a wonderful group of committed assistant coaches have built a strong culture in the Track program- a winning culture. From where I sit, the first words that come to mind when I think about this winning culture of our track team is DIVERSITY and INCLUSION. 

Our Championship Girls Track team may represent who CHS is, better than any other single athletic program in our school. Our team is made up of girls of many races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. They come to the CHS track daily to work together for a common goal, yet they are all coming from so many different histories, experiences and lives.  All of these backgrounds and life experiences come together to capture excellence.   They each put in the work to contribute to team success.  And they each put in the work building strong relationships with each other- these are the keys to championship success. 

Their strength is their diversity. Their strength is their effort to include everyone.

This year’s Championship Girls Track team’s racial breakdown is roughly as follows-

2026 D3 Varsity Girls Track & Field State Champions

86- Total team members

48- White  (56%)

20- Black (23%)

18- Asian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern (21%)

That is who we are. That is the makeup of our Championship Girls Track team. That is who CHS is today. And it is awesome!

I’m so fortunate that I work at-  and my own children go to- a diverse school that welcomes and includes all. Our Girls Track & Field team….yes our STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Track and Field team represents who we are- Diverse and Excellent. 

PS- Huge shoutout to our Individual D3 State Champions from our track program as well-

Lauren Raffetto- 800 meter

Addy Azar- 2 mile

Chloe Dubuisson, Lauren Raffetto, Grace Martinek and Addy Azar- 4x400

Lauren Raffetto- All-State Champion in the 800 meter (all divisions)

Members of Class of 2026 honored at Senior Banquet

The Senior Banquet was held on Thursday, June 4th at CHS's Morse Auditorium.  Thanks to the best coaching staff in the state for taking another night away from your families to come honor our Bulldogs. It was a night full of celebration.

165 of the 265 graduating seniors received varsity letters in each of their sports. That marks more than 62% of the class earning letters. 

(Big shout out to Georgia Campbell and Charlotte Powers- who served as Wellness/Athletic Dept. externs this spring and spearheaded the Varsity Letter project. They were amazing at this!)

Here are some Bulldog Highlights from the 2025-26 school year- led by this amazing class:

14 members of the class were three-sport letter winners this year-

Sony Chery, Shannon Dervan, Madi Downey, Maddie Driscoll, Chloe Dubuisson, Nora Giannacopoulos, Shane Kelleher, Lucas Le, Jack Masciarelli, Declan Monahan, Lexi Piazza, Caitlyn Reynolds, Teddy Shuman, Riley Swearingen and Matt Wright

Hockomock Davenport Titles- Field Hockey, Boys Hockey, Boys Swimming

MIAA State Tournament team qualifiers- Field Hockey, Girls Soccer, Football, Boys Soccer, Volleyball, Boys Hockey, Girls Hockey, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Baseball, Girls Lacrosse, Boys Lacrosse and Boys Tennis

Deep MIAA Tournament Run-
STATE CHAMPIONS- Golf, Boys Hockey, Girls Track & Field
D2 State Runner Up- Girls Cross Country
Final Four- Field Hockey

Individual Honors

Hockomock League Scholar Athletes- Bharat Ramanathan and Alexi Piazza

Click Here for Blog Entry from last month's Hockomock Scholar Athlete Banquet

First Ever CHS Athletic Booster Club Award Winners- includes a scholarship-Bharat Ramanathan and Meaghan Donovan

Sammy Swardlick Spirit Cup-
(includes $500 scholarship)

Shane Kelleher- Honored for his
Bulldog Spirit

The Track & Field Sportsmanship Cup

Riley Swearingen- 1 of 2
Track & Field student athletes
honored for excellence

Maddie Driscoll- 1 of 2
Track & Field student athletes
honored for excellence

Paul Callahan Award

JJ Faulk honored for excelling in
sports that CHS Hall of Famer 
Paul Callahan excelled in.

The Bulldog Award

Teddy Shuman- 1 of 2 student athletes
honored for having the greatest impact
on their teams' successes

Chloe Dubuisson- 1 of 2 student athletes
honored for having the greatest impact
on their teams' successes

The Xavier Machuga Award

Jake Marcell- 1 of 2 student athletes 
honored for resilience, perseverance & grit

Kate Budway- 1 of 2 student athletes 
honored for resilience, perseverance & grit

The Captains Award

Nora Giannacopoulos-1 of 2 CHS 
captains honored for being leaders
among leaders

Vlad Francoeur- 1 of 2 CHS 
captains honored for being leaders
among leaders

The John Horack Award

Caitlyn Reynolds- 1 of 2 student athletes
honored for Heart, Hard-Work and
Dedication to CHS Athletics

Andrew Gillis- 1 of 2 student athletes
honored for Heart, Hard-Work and
Dedication to CHS Athletics

Fall 2026 Sports Registration now open

Fall Sports registration is now open! 

Anyone interested in trying out for a fall athletic program MUST have a parent/guardian register you prior to doing so.

In order to register, visit the CHS Athletics website and complete the online registration available there. See link below.

To secure your spot for the first day of the season, PLEASE register before the end of this school year!

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

Boys Teams-

• Cross Country (Varsity)
• Football (Varsity, Froshmore)
• Golf (Varsity)
• Soccer (Varsity, JV)

Girls Teams-

• Cheerleading (Varsity)- Tryouts for Cheer are taking place in June. Keep eye out for info!
• Cross Country (Varsity)
• Field Hockey (Varsity, JV)
• Soccer (Varsity, JV)
• Volleyball (Varsity, JV and Freshmen)

Coed Team-

Unified Basketball- Please note that this program is currently open for registration but it begins roughly a month after the other sports listed. It runs into late fall. 

User Fees- 
There are three ways to pay the User Fee for CHS Athletics:
1. Submit a check with the User Fee Form
2. Pay through the FamilyID registration process at the time you register. (You may not want to choose this option if you are not sure your child will be on the final rosters.)
3. Pay through the FamilyID site at a time after you register but prior to the deadline.

User Fee payment deadline for the fall is September 9, 2026. 

Unified Basketball begins in late September. 

 
All other sports start on Monday, August 24th.  

DEADLINE TO REGISTER to be eligible for the first day of tryouts/practices is as follows:

• All sports other than Unified Basketball- Wednesday, August 19th at noon
• Unified Basketball- TBA but some point in September

But Register early and cross it off the list!

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

Click here to Register today!