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Needham Canton

Rockets

Bulldogs

The Canton (MA) varsity softball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Needham (MA) by a score of 6-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Needham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Canton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Massachusetts High School Softball - Needham holds off Canton

March 20, 2026: Canton, MA 02021

In Friday's non-league test, the Needham Rockets (Needham, MA) softball squad the host Canton Bulldogs (Canton, MA), by a tally of 6-4.

Next, the Rockets clash with the North Attleborough Rocketeers (North Attleborough, MA) in a non-league test, on Thursday, March 26. Needham will attempt to advance on its 1-0 season record.

The Bulldogs (0-1) will now prepare for their test against Diman RVT (Fall River, MA). The Bengals go into the non-league test with a 0-0 record.

Needham @ Canton Softball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 20, 2026 @ 3:45p

Canton High School

The Canton (MA) varsity softball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Needham (MA) by a score of 6-4.

Rankings & Records

Needham (25-26)

MA	Div.
47	14

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
15-4	6-1	7-1	8-2	0-1	.789	.857	175	89

Canton (25-26)

MA	Div.
76	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
5-9	0-3	4-4	1-5	.357	.000	63	107

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Needham	2.2	2.6	1.0	.8	1.9	1.8	1.3	3.0	9.2	12.3	1.6
Canton	1.0	0	1.3	2.8	.3	.3	.5	-	4.5	7.3	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Needham		Canton
.385	Batting Average	-
.449	On Base Percentage	-
.526	Slugging Percentage	-
.918	Fielding Percentage	-
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Needham		Canton	National Avg.
#8 Kaitlyn Cheng.542	Batting Average	-	.288
#8 Kaitlyn Cheng.596	On Base Percentage	-	.406
#17 Katie Murray1.143	Slugging Percentage	-	.395
#11 Emily Karp1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.828
#17 Katie Murray1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.557

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Needham	1-0		Canton	0-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/26/26	Needham	North Attleborough	(W) 13-4		4/6/26	North Attleborough	Canton
					5/11/26	Canton	North Attleborough

Record Breakdown

Needham (25-26)		Canton (25-26)
15-4	Overall	5-9
6-1	League	0-3
9-2	Non-League	5-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	0-0
7-1	Home	4-4
8-2	Away	1-5
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
15-4	In-State	5-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0