Editing Canton, Ohio (section)

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The first official [[female bodybuilding]] competition was held in Canton in November 1977 and was called the Ohio Regional Women's Physique Championship.<ref name="Women of Steel">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-80e42RtW0C&pg=PA55|title=Women of Steel: Female Bodybuilders and the Struggle for Self-definition|first=Maria R.|last=Lowe|date=1998|publisher=NYU Press|access-date=March 3, 2017|via=Google Books|isbn=9780814750940}}</ref>

For 10 seasons, Canton was home to an [[NBA G League]] team, the [[Canton Charge]], which started play with the 2011–12 season and home games at the [[Canton Memorial Civic Center]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canton.dleague.nba.com/|title=Home – Canton Charge|website=Canton Charge|language=en-US|access-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501010906/http://canton.dleague.nba.com/|archive-date=May 1, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] had full control over the franchise and relocated the franchise in to Cleveland in 2021 when the ten-year lease ended.

The [[Canton Invaders]] of the [[National Professional Soccer League II]] and [[American Indoor Soccer Association]] played home games at the [[Canton Memorial Civic Center]] from 1984 until 1996, winning five league championships. In 2009, the [[Ohio Vortex]] became an expansion team in the [[PASL-Pro|Professional Arena Soccer League]]. Operations have since been suspended.

Canton has been home to professional baseball on several occasions. Several minor league teams called Canton home in the early 1900s, including the [[Canton Terriers]] in the 1920s and 1930s. The [[Canton–Akron Indians]] were the AA affiliate of the major league [[Cleveland Indians]] for nine years, playing at [[Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium]] until the team relocated north to Akron following the 1996 season. Two independent minor league teams, the [[Canton Crocodiles]] and the [[Canton Coyotes]], both members of the Frontier League, called Munson Stadium home for several years afterward. The Crocodiles, who won the league championship in their inaugural season in 1997, moved to Washington, Pennsylvania, in 2002, and the Coyotes moved to Columbia, Missouri, in 2003, after just one season in Canton.

Canton is home to the [[Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps]], a world-class competitor in [[Drum Corps International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluecoats.com/about/who-are-the-bluecoats/|title=Who are the Bluecoats?'|access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042353/http://bluecoats.com/about/who-are-the-bluecoats/|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Bluecoats have been a part of the "top five" finalists in the DCI World Championships since 2013, and took home the [[Drum Corps International World Class Champions|Founders' Trophy]] in 2016 and in 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dci.org/news/recap-roundup-2016-dci-world-championship-finals/|title=Recap Roundup: 2016 DCI World Championship Finals'|date=August 14, 2016|publisher=Drum Corps International|access-date=November 29, 2017}}</ref>