The Amherst Hockey Association produced two champions and four runners-up in the Greater Springfield League playoffs, held March 8-13 at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield.
Amherst’s Squirt Blue team (9-10 year olds) won the Squirt East Division, beating Ludlow 1-0 in the championship.
Amherst’s Peewee White team (11-12 year olds) won the Peewee South Lower Division, beating Nonotuck Gold 3-2 in the finals.
Bantam Red (13-14), Peewee Red, Peewee Blue and Squirt Red each finished second.
Amherst’s Squirt White team (9-10) placed first in the C Division at the Northern Berkshire Spring Fling Tournament, held March 11-13 in North Adams.
Amherst’s Squirt Maroon team placed second in the B Division.
On Monday, the AHA received a $5,000 grant from the Mike Cheever Grow Hockey Grant program administered by Massachusetts Hockey and the Boston Bruins Foundation.
The AHA was one of only two western Massachusetts associations to receive a Cheever grant.
The grant will be used to recruit, retain and develop solid skills for girls at all levels of hockey and skating abilities. AHA’s new Girls Division started in September 2015 and includes a House team with 19 players, 13 of whom are new to organized hockey.
The Northampton Parks & Recreation Department will hold its Men’s and Coed Softball League organizational meetings for team managers on Tuesday, at the recreation department at 90 Locust St. The Coed meeting will be at 6 p.m. and the Men’s meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.
Brochures, conduct and roster forms along with fee information will be distributed.
The recreation department is also accepting registrations for April Vacation Baseball Skills & Drills Clinics.
Director and coach Zach Holt from Advantage Baseball Programs is running the three-day camp, April 19-21, from 9 a.m. to noon for ages 9-12.
The clinics will be held at RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary School Fields.
For more information, contact the Parks & Recreation Department at 587-1040, visit the office at 90 Locust St., or visit www.northamptonma.gov/recreation.