Canton High fall sports to
start next week
By Mike Berger
Citizen Staff
Practices
and tryouts for Canton High School fall sports will get underway
next week, with athletes paying a considerably lower user fee
than last season. As a result, CHS Athletic Director Danny
Erickson said he expects an increase in participation this year,
particularly with students who play more than one sport.
Despite
Erickson’s best lobbying efforts, user fees had been on the rise
in recent years due to ongoing budget constraints, and were
expected to climb above $500 per sport before voters approved a
$4.5 million operational override in May, effectively
guaranteeing relief for at least the next three school years.
School Superintendent John D’Auria initially recommended waiving
the fee altogether, but the School Committee, on the advice of
the Finance Committee, settled on a fee of $100 per sport for
2008-2009, with a family cap of $400.
Already, CHS
football coach Jim Goff is reporting higher preliminary numbers
for the football program, which is up from a year ago by as many
as 40 players.
As for the
coaching staff, only two vacancies remain, with all other head
coaches returning from last year. Erickson is close to hiring a
girls’ cross country coach and he is currently searching for a
swimming coach to replace Jim Carta, who retired at the end of
last season.
Erickson
said he expects many teams to have successful seasons with very
talented senior and junior classes.
The
following are tentative first practice times:
Boys’ and
girls’ cross country: August 21 at 9 a.m. at the CHS track
Field
hockey: August 21, from 10 a.m. to noon at the turf field
Football:
August 18, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the turf field
Golf: August
18, mandatory meeting for all interested participants at 10 a.m.
at the Galvin Middle School library
Boys’
soccer: August 21, meeting at the CHS turf field at 7:45 a.m.
for a two-mile fitness run
Girls’
soccer: August 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. at JFK’s Salah
Field
Volleyball:
August 21, from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Masciarelli Gym
Cheerleading: JV tryouts August 21-22 at the Rodman Center Gym
from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.; JV and varsity practices begin the
following week, Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m
August 14, 2008
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