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MIAA cross country: Amherst girls win Division 2B state qualifier
By GARRETT COTE
DEVENS — Following the Amherst girls cross country team’s Western Massachusetts Class A title two weeks ago at Stanley Park in Westfield (its third in a row), co-head coaches Elena Betke-Brunswick and Ron Jacobs said they felt like they had the team...
Boys soccer: Top-seeded Pope Francis ends Belchertown’s season with 3-0 win in MIAA Div. 3 Round of 16
By RYAN AMES
SPRINGFIELD – Top-seeded Pope Francis stifled the Belchertown boys soccer team’s offense in the Orioles’ 3-0 loss to the Cardinals in the Round of 16 of the MIAA Division 3 state tournament on Saturday.Nicolas Dias scored twice for Pope Francis to...
Boys soccer: Jack Cusson’s PK save lifts Frontier past Pittsfield, into Div. 4 quarterfinals
By JESSE KOLODKIN
PITTSFIELD – To win big, you need players, rookies and veterans to step up. Tied after full time and two overtime periods, Saturday’s MIAA Division 4 Boys Soccer Round of 16 game at Berkshire Community College went to best-of-five penalty kicks.Both...
NEPSAC football: Williston suffers first loss of the season to Brunswick; still expected to be selected for bowl game
By GEORGE MILLER
EASTHAMPTON – The final ledger won't come out unblemished for Williston Northampton football, but the Wildcats still have one more game in the bank for themselves this fall.Williston rode a 7-0 start to the season into Saturday's regular-season finale...
College football: Williams blanks Amherst 21-0 in “Biggest Little Game in America”
By HOWARD HERMAN
WILLIAMSTOWN – In the days before Saturday’s “Biggest Little Game in America,” Amherst College head coach E.J. Mills said the game was about much more than just football.“Obviously, we wish we were in a better situation than we are,” Mills said. “But...
Girls soccer: Upset-minded Northampton falls just short in 1-0 Div. 2 Round of 16 loss to Nashoba (PHOTOS)
By GARRETT COTE
BOLTON — Playing toe-to-toe with the No. 7 seed in Division 2, the No. 23 Northampton girls soccer team had a flurry of chances to jump ahead and command control early in the second half on the road against Nashoba.In the opening minutes of the latter...
Field hockey: Frontier marches into Div. 4 semifinals following 2-0 shutout win over Ipswich (PHOTOS)
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — After knocking on the door of a state semifinal appearance the last few years, the Frontier field hockey team is heading to the MIAA Division 4 Final Four.The Redhawks reached the state quarterfinals in both 2022 and 2023 but on...
UMass athletics: Minutewomen fall to Saint Joseph’s in A-10 field hockey final
By RYAN AMES
The UMass field hockey team fell in the Atlantic 10 Conference championship game, 2-1, to Saint Joseph's on Saturday in Philadelphia.The Minutewomen entered the final as the top seed, but it was the No. 2 Hawks who scored the decider in the fourth...
UMass hockey: Minutemen skate to 3-3 tie with Vermont, fall in shootout
By RYAN AMES
The No. 18 UMass hockey team skated to a 3-3 tie with Vermont Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt., ultimately falling in a shootout as the Catamounts secured the extra point for Hockey East purposes.Freshman James Duerr tallied two...
Boys soccer: Owen Miller scores twice, Hampshire Regional beats Rockland in Div. 4 Round of 16 (PHOTOS)
By GARRETT COTE
WESTHAMPTON — When Hampshire Regional boys soccer forward Joe Moro went down with an injury early in the second half, the No. 7 Raiders’ offense began to slip. Their 2-0 lead was cut to 2-1 with under 15 minutes left in regulation and No. 10 Rockland...
UMass basketball: Late rally falls short as Minutemen fall to West Virginia, 75-69
The UMass men’s basketball team was unable to overcome a slow start against West Virginia on Friday. The Mountaineers roared out to a 25-10 lead with just over 10 minutes to go in the first half before taking a 45-28 lead into the intermission. The...
Football: Greenfield races out to 30-0 lead before knocking off Belchertown, 46-13 (PHOTOS)
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — After the Belchertown football team forced a punt on Greenfield’s opening drive on Friday, the Green Wave offense got cooking. The young Orioles squad was unable to keep Greenfield out of the end zone on the Wave’s ensuing three drives...
MIAA tourneys: Hannah Haesaert's hat trick propels South Hadley girls soccer past West Bridgewater, into Div. 4 quarterfinals
By RYAN AMES
SOUTH HADLEY – Hannah Haesaert’s hat trick helped the South Hadley girls soccer team take down West Bridgewater, 4-1, during its Round of 16 win in the Division 4 MIAA state tournament on Friday night.The Tigers’ freshman forward scored twice in the...
Smith College women's basketball ready for another deep tournament run
By GARRETT COTE
NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College women’s basketball team only has one destination in mind after losing in the NCAA Division 3 championship game last season, and that’s making yet another deep postseason run come next March.The Pioneers have become a...
UMass basketball: New Hampshire spoils Minutewomen’s home opener with 48-45 win
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Clinging to a one-point lead over New Hampshire with 12 seconds remaining in the game, the UMass women’s basketball team was set to inbound the ball after head coach Mike Leflar called a timeout to advance it into the frontcourt.On the...
UMass athletics: Field hockey, women’s soccer teams punch tickets to Atlantic 10 title games
By GARRETT COTE
It’s been quite the storybook ending for the UMass fall sports teams in their final season in the Atlantic 10 Conference, and both the Minutewomen field hockey and women’s soccer teams are now one win away from leaving the conference as champions in...
UMass hockey: Minutemen head to Vermont for weekend pair at Gutterson Fieldhouse
By RYAN AMES
The No. 18 UMass hockey team will head to Vermont for a two-game set against the Catamounts this weekend, where it’ll look to improve upon its 4-3-1 record.UMass secured a 4-3 win over American International College on the road last weekend,...
High Schools: Frontier volleyball advances to Div. 4 quarterfinals following 3-1 victory over Rockland
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier girls volleyball team had to reset after the opening set of its MIAA Div. 4 Round of 16 contest against Rockland on Wednesday. The sixth-seeded Redhawks led 21-13 in the opening set but the 11th-seeded Bulldogs didn’t go...
Girls soccer: Allison Fleury buries pair of goals as South Hadley opens Div. 4 tourney with 2-0 win over Monomoy (PHOTOS)
By RYAN AMES
SOUTH HADLEY – A pair of goals from Allison Fleury powered the South Hadley girls soccer team past Monomoy, 2-0, in its Round of 32 victory of the MIAA Division 4 state tournament on Wednesday night.Fleury scored once in each half as the No. 7 Tigers...
Field hockey: Frontier shuts out West Bridgewater, 5-0, to advance to D4 quarterfinals (PHOTOS)
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Good luck scoring goals on the Frontier field hockey team this postseason. The Redhawk defense has been lights out all season long, allowing more than one goal just twice during the regular season. That defensive effort has continued...
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