Division 1
Amherst 65, Northampton 61 — Meikkel Murray wants a championship, and after scoring 36 points in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament semifinal, he will get an opportunity for one. The second-seeded Amherst Regional boys basketball team beat No. 3 Northampton at the Curry Hicks Cage Monday night. – Continue story
Division 2
Taconic 58, South Hadley 51 — In the first quarter of the Western Massachusetts Division 2 Boys Basketball Tournament semifinal, No. 2 Taconic could not find the bottom of the net. No. 3 South Hadley led by five after a defensive-oriented opening frame. From then on, it was all Braves. – Continue story
Division 2
Belchertown 46, North Middlesex 36 — The Orioles are back in the Western Mass. final for the second time in three years. They’ll play either Longmeadow or Pittsfield at 5:45 p.m. Saturday. – Continue story
Hopkins Academy vs. Turners Falls, Curry Hicks Cage, 8
Northampton vs. Central, Western New England, 7:45
Meikkel Murray, Amherst 36
Kayla Henry, Belchertown 27
Elijah Davis, Northampton 22
Western Massachusetts Tournaments
Boys basketball
Division 1
Semifinals
Monday, March 6
At Curry Hicks Cage
Central 65, Holyoke 56
Amherst 65, Northampton 61
Finals
Friday, March 10
At Curry Hicks Cage
Central (No. 1, 18-2) vs. Amherst (No. 2, 16-5), 7:45
Division 2
Semifinals
Monday, March 6
At Western New England
Taconic 58, South Hadley 51
Longmeadow 61, Tantasqua 58
Finals
Saturday, March 11
At Curry Hicks Cage
Taconic (No. 2, 18-3) vs. Longmeadow (No. 1, 16-4), 7:30
Division 3
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 8
At Curry Hicks Cage
Drury (No. 2, 18-3) vs. Palmer (No. 3, 20-1), 5
Mount Greylock (No. 5, 17-5) vs. Wahconah (No. 9, 14-8), 6:30
Finals
Saturday, March 11
At Curry Hicks Cage
Semifinal winners, 4
Division 4
Semifinals
At Curry Hicks Cage
Tuesday, March 7
Hopkins (No. 1, 19-2) vs. Turners (No. 4, 14-8), 8
Wednesday, March 8
Granby (No. 2, 14-8) vs. Monson (No. 3, 12-10), 8
Finals
Saturday, March 11
At Curry Hicks Cage
Semifinal winners, 12:30
Girls basketball
Division 1
Semifinals
Tuesday, March 7
At Western New England
Chicopee Comp (No. 2, 18-3) vs. Shepherd Hill (No. 3, 16-5), 6
Northampton (No. 4, 15-6) vs. Central (No. 1, 18-3), 7:45
Finals
Friday, March 10
At Curry Hicks Cage
Semifinal winners, 6
Division 2
Semifinals
At Curry Hicks Cage
Monday, March 6
Belchertown 46, North Middlesex 36
Tuesday, March 7
Pittsfield (No. 3, 14-7) vs. Longmeadow (No. 2, 11-9), 6:30
Finals
Saturday, March 11
At Curry Hicks Cage
Belchertown (No. 1, 17-4) vs. Pittsfield/Longmeadow winner, 5:45
Division 3
Semifinals
Thursday, March 9
At Curry Hicks Cage
Hoosac (No. 1, 19-2) vs. Mahar (No. 5, 17-5), 6:15
South Hadley (No. 2, 21-0) vs. Hampshire (No. 18-4), 8
Finals
Saturday, March 11
At Curry Hicks Cage
Semifinal winners, 2:15
Division 4
Semifinals
At Curry Hicks Cage
Monday, March 6
Quaboag 76, Turners 40
Tuesday, March 7
Lee (No. 1, 17-4) vs. Monson (No. 5, 12-10), 5
Finals
Saturday, March 11
At Curry Hicks Cage
Quaboag (No. 2, 16-6) vs. Lee/Monson winnner, 10:45 a.m.
Boys Ice hockey
Division 3A
Finals
Thursday, March 9
At The Olympia, West Springfield
Chicopee (No. 1, 19-1-1) vs. South Hadley (No. 3, 11-7-3), 5:30
Girls Ice hockey
State Division 2 Tournament
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 11
At Gallo Arena, Bourne
Longmeadow (No. 12, 13-5-1) vs. No. 4 Methuen/Tewksbury (18-1-3), 1:15