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By HANNAH BEVIS

HATFIELD — From the very beginning of Thursday’s Valley League field hockey game between Smith Academy and Mohawk Trail, the Falcons were pushing the pace on the offensive end. After a 6-0 defeat to East Longmeadow to open the season, Smith Academy...

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NORTHAMPTON — Last season the South Hadley girls volleyball team won just one set all year. In comparison, their 2022-23 campaign is off to a roaring start — the team has won its three first matches of the season, two of those five-set thrillers....

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Though Kevin Graber didn’t know it, his decision to get popcorn at the Amherst Fair one fateful day in the mid-2000s was one that would alter the course of his life.Some more seasoned baseball fans may remember Graber, who came to Amherst more than...

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SOUTH HADLEY — No. 6 Northampton gave a shorthanded No. 3 South Hadley team a run for its money on Tuesday night, but it was the home team that walked away with the victory in the first round of the Pioneer Valley Summer Soccer League playoffs.South...

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All Out Adventures lives up to the name above its door — the nonprofit provides opportunities for both people with disabilities and their family and friends to participate in a variety of recreational programming, from bicycling to kayaking and...

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After falling in the American Legion district tournament final last year to Greenfield Post 81, Belchertown Post 239 got some redemption on Thursday night, taking down Westfield Post 124, 9-3, to advance to the next stage of the legion playoffs — the...

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WESTFIELD – Thursday night’s American Legion District 1 championship game between Belchertown Post 239 and Westfield Post 124 had more drama in it than a daytime soap opera. Multiple innings with bases loaded, heroic diving saves, blasts to the...

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SOUTH HADLEY – After going 17 plate appearances without a hit, Belchertown Post 239’s Marshall Ingram got his bat going at just the right time on Monday.Ingram blasted a double to open the bottom of the fifth inning against Wilbraham Post 286’s second...

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Belchertown junior Ava Shea came into this tennis season with clear goals and laser focus. Athletically, Shea was already a formidable opponent, with a serve that makes her opponents quake in their sneakers and the experience of playing No. 2 singles...

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It’s hard to call the Hampshire Regional softball team underdogs against any opponent – every year, the Raiders have shown that they’re among the teams to beat in Western Mass., and consistently have proven themselves to be among the best of the best...

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HOLYOKE – Tuesday’s MIAA Division 5 semifinal baseball game hung by a tenuous thread in the bottom of the fifth inning.  No. 9 Hopkins Academy had a slim 5-3 lead, but No. 5 Pioneer was working on its comeback effort. The Panthers had clawed their way...

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AYER — Going into the season, the Frontier baseball team set three goals for its squad – win the league, win a Western Mass. title and win at least a couple of games in the state tournament.The Redhawks were able to check all of those goals off over...

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WESTHAMPTON – An anticipated pitcher’s duel between Hampshire Regional’s Joss Mettey and Amesbury’s Isabelle Levasseur turned into a wild, high-scoring affair between the two softball teams in the MIAA Division 4 quarterfinals on Saturday. With a trip...

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DOUGLAS — No. 9 Hopkins Academy had the confidence it needed against No. 8 Douglas on Thursday afternoon’s Round of 16 game — but the Golden Hawks were going to make head coach Dan Vreeland sweat a little bit along the way.Hopkins came back from a 2-0...

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EASTHAMPTON – The moment that the Easthampton softball team’s season ended on Tuesday afternoon, the skies opened up as the rain that had been threatening to spoil their game emptied onto the field. The No. 6 Eagles couldn’t hang with No. 11 Nipmuc,...

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WEST SPRINGFIELD — No matter how many times No. 28 Belchertown was down against No. 5 West Springfield, the Orioles kept fighting until the very end. The Belchertown boys’ volleyball team fell in straight sets (25-6, 25-20, 25-16) to the Terriers in...

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AMHERST – The Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School girls’ tennis team quietly put together a stellar season.The squad continued that streak into the preliminary round of the MIAA Division 4 Tournament on Thursday. The No. 26 Dragons handily...

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WESTFIELD – The culture of success has been ingrained into Hampshire’s softball program for decades. Every year, it’s well-known that the Raiders are going to be one of the teams to beat in Massachusetts. But whispers of doubt swept around the team...

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WESTFIELD – For Turners Falls pitcher Madi Liimatainen, Tuesday’s Western Mass. Class D final was everything she wanted and more. The sophomore struck out eight batters and allowed just two hits in an 8-1 victory over No. 2 Hopkins, returning the...

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AGAWAM — While she wouldn’t call it a dynasty, Northampton head girls track and field coach Linda Rowbotham was thrilled with her team’s three-peat at the Division 1 PVIAC meet on Sunday afternoon.The Northampton girls won in convincing fashion,...