Williston's Maximus Kellogg, right, attempts to dribble around St. Paul's forward Ethan Downey Lamprey, left, during the NEPSAC Class A basketball quarterfinal game at the Cain Athletic Center, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Easthampton.
Williston's Max Kellogg, right, attempts to dribble around St. Paul's forward Ethan Downey Lamprey, left, during the NEPSAC Class A basketball quarterfinal game at the Cain Athletic Center, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Easthampton. Credit: STAFF PHOTO / DANIEL JACOBI II—

Max Kellogg, the son of former UMass men’s basketball coach Derek Kellogg, announced on his Instagram account on Wednesday his committment to the join the Minutemen.

Max Kellogg currently stars for the Williston Northampton boys basketball team, where he’ll embark on his senior season with the Wildcats this winter.

Max Kellogg is a guard and stands at 6-foot-3, per newenglandrecruitingreport.com.

Derek Kellogg coached UMass from 2008-2017, leading the Minutemen to their last NCAA Tournament appearance in 2013-14.

Northampton native to represent Team USA at Dodgeball World Championships

Northampton native Dan Alport will compete at the WDBF World Championships in Bangkok from Dec. 5-13.

Alport, a 2006 graduate of Northampton High School, will compete in the Men’s Foam division of the international competition on a Team USA roster that features 14 players.

Alport, who has been playing competitive dodgeball since 2019, is the first openly gay player in Team USA’s Men’s Foam division of the six-division national team.

Alport currently resides in Los Angeles.

Northampton native Dan Alport will compete for Team USA at the WDBF World Championships in Bangkok next month. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Teen track program to take place at Smith College this winter

The Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club has created a teen indoor track program for interested runners in grades 7-12.

Smith College’s indoor track facility will host the program, beginning Dec. 3, which will run for 10 weeks on Thursday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m.

Registration costs $100 and includes a free running t-shirt.

For more information visit: https://sugarloafmountainathletic.org/events/teen-track-thursdays/

Ryan Ames is a sports reporter at the Gazette. A UMass Amherst graduate, he covers high school and college sports and is on the UMass hockey beat. Reach him at rames@gazettenet.com and follow him on Twitter/X...