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By HANNAH BEVIS

FITCHBURG – After falling 3-1 to No. 2 Bellingham in the MIAA Division 4 state semifinals, the No. 3 Frontier girls volleyball team spent a little extra time in their huddle postgame Tuesday night. As family and friends who traveled 90 minutes to...

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WORCESTER – When No. 4 Amherst took the court against No. 1 Medfield in the MIAA Division 3 Girls Volleyball Final Four Monday night, the Hurricanes struggled to find any cracks they could exploit.Receiving? Medfield had it covered. Setting?...

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WRENTHAM – After falling just short of the Western Mass. title by a mere two points, the Northampton girls cross country team made quite a splash at the MIAA Division 2 state qualifying meet.The Blue Devils qualified easily for the MIAA Division 2...

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The chill in the air around this time of November can mean only one thing — the cross-country postseason is upon us. Three local teams will compete in the MIAA Division 2 Cross Country Divisional Championships on Saturday at Wrentham Development...

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AMHERST — As she counted down the hours until her team suited up for the MIAA Division 3 girls volleyball quarterfinal, Amherst head coach Kacey Schmitt sent a message in her team’s group chat. It was a poem written by Walter D. Wintle, and reads in...

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After the high of an overtime win against Northeastern and the rest from a long weekend has worn off, the UMass ice hockey team is back and ready to rumble against Hockey East foe Vermont this weekend. On paper, this should be a pair of very winnable...

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Judy Dixon has spent most of her life playing and championing the game of tennis. The 74-year-old is constantly on the move, and her decades of hard work fighting for equity in tennis culminated in a recent unexpected honor from the United States...

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AMHERST – The UMass women’s basketball team put away its first win of the season in convincing fashion over Saint Peter’s Monday night, picking up a 56-44 non-conference victory at the Mullins Center. Junior Stefanie Kulesza put on a show for the...

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There are lots of question marks still surrounding the UMass women’s basketball team this year, but one thing is certain – this season’s squad is going to look a lot different than last year. Head coach Mike Leflar replaced former head coach Tory...

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BELCHERTOWN – After runaway wins in the first two sets, the Taconic girls volleyball team rolled up its collective sleeves and got to work against Belchertown. The No. 14 Orioles were hosting No. 19 Taconic in the MIAA Division 3 Round of 32, and it...

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Consistency is the name of the game for the UMass ice hockey team. Against both Michigan and Boston University, the Minutemen had trouble finding their legs in the first game of back-to-back series. They came back strong against both teams in the...

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SPRINGFIELD – Top-seeded Palmer needed just two and a half minutes to get on the board in the Western Mass. Class D final, and from there the Panthers snatched control.Charlotte Theriault scored in the game’s third minute, the first of two goals for...

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WESTFIELD – Every cross country team needs at least five runners to score, but ideally they should have seven. The sixth and seventh runners are the ‘break in case of emergency’ runners; their places are only counted in scoring if two teams tie.On an...

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NORTHAMPTON — Coming into the home stretch of the dual meet between the Northampton and Amherst cross country teams on Tuesday, Owen Platt was winded and doing all he could to hang on. Both teams knew that it was going to be a close finish, and that...

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NORTHAMPTON – For 79 minutes, the Northampton and Amherst girls soccer teams played a physical, scoreless game, with keepers Annalise Oravec and Neena Chinappa trading save after save. With the clock winding down and a tie looking imminent, Amherst...

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HADLEY — Monday’s rematch between the Gateway and Hopkins Academy boys soccer teams was a tale of two teams.Hopkins controlled the pace for the majority of the game, generating chance after chance that the Golden Hawks just weren’t able to put away....

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AMHERST — The scene was tense between the Amherst and Northampton girls soccer teams on Friday. Amherst held a 3-1 lead midway through the second half, but the Blue Devils refused to give the ‘Canes an inch. Northampton finally got the momentum it...

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After dropping the first set to South Hadley, Granby came back with a vengeance in the second set. With the score tied 7-7, Madison Bombard stepped up to the service line for Granby and put the Rams in control, reeling off eight points to give the...

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The Northampton girls cross country team had a weekend worth remembering at the 2023 Ted Dutkiewicz Invitational on Saturday. Maeve O’Neil won the invite for the Blue Devils, crossing the finish line first in 19 minutes, 28.30 seconds. Her teammate...

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NORTHAMPTON — After two heartbreaking 1-0 losses against a pair of conference rivals to open their season, the Smith Vocational girls soccer team was hungry for a win – and a goal. They found both on Friday afternoon.With their offense firing on all...