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By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY – It’s a three-peat.The South Hadley football team hung on to beat Holyoke, 16-14, in Thursday’s clash on Thanksgiving Day, to earn bragging rights and the ‘Battle of the Bridge’ trophy for a third straight season.The Tigers led 16-0 at...

By RYAN AMES

The UMass hockey team only has one game on the docket this week as it’ll welcome Army to the Mullins Center for a Black Friday matinee.The Minutemen (6-6-2) are coming off an up-and-down weekend – first with a win against Harvard before a loss to...

By RYAN AMES

The seventh installment of Thanksgiving-Day football between South Hadley and Holyoke has arrived.The Tigers and Purple Knights will square off in their own ‘Battle of the Bridge’ on Turkey Day at South Hadley’s Turf Field at 10 a.m.South Hadley has...

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AMHERST – The No. 20 UMass hockey team dropped its third and final game against Vermont this season, falling  3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Mullins Center.Nick VanTassell put the Minutemen ahead halfway through the first period, 1-0, but the Catamounts...

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AMHERST – Cole O'Hara's four points powered the No. 20 UMass hockey team to a 5-3 win over Harvard on Friday night at the Mullins Center.O'Hara had two goals and two assists – the junior forward's first career four-point night – in the Minutemen's...

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The UMass field hockey team’s magical postseason run came to an end on Friday.The Minutewomen suffered a 1-0 loss to No. 2 Northwestern in the national semifinal of the 2024 NCAA Final Four in Ann Arbor, Michigan.The Wildcats punched in the game’s...

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The redemption arc rolls on for the UMass field hockey team as the Minutewomen advanced to the NCAA Division I Final Four after beating UConn and Harvard during regional play last weekend – two teams they lost to during the regular season. Now, UMass...

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AMHERST – The UMass men’s soccer team took care of business during its NCAA tournament first-round game against Evansville on Thursday.The Minutemen notched a 2-1 victory on a rain-soaked Rudd Field.Alec Hughes and Andrew Ortiz netted goals for UMass...

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The No. 20 UMass hockey team will look to build upon its definitive win against Providence last weekend when it hosts Harvard and Vermont this Friday and Sunday at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen downed the 10th-ranked Friars, 5-1, after failing to...

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AMHERST – The UMass women's basketball team's two-game winning streak was snapped after a 75-70 loss to Holy Cross on Wednesday night at the Mullins Center.The Minutewomen led 52-46 after three quarters of play, but the Crusaders' ability to sink...

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The Amherst College men’s and women’s soccer teams advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament this past weekend, each claiming dramatic wins in the Round of 32.The men’s team edged the Stevens Institute of Technology in penalty...

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EASTHAMPTON – The Smith Vocational football team couldn’t keep pace with Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Tech in its 52-20 loss in the state vocational small school quarterfinal round on Saturday afternoon at Mountain View School.The first quarter...

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SOUTH HADLEY – A 20-point second quarter powered the South Hadley football team to a 27-9 win past Pathfinder in a non-playoff game Friday night.Senior Julius Hebenth scored two of the Tigers’ three second-quarter touchdowns, including a lengthy run...

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Hannah de Gast came up clutch for the UMass field hockey team in its 2-1 win over No. 3 UConn during the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.The senior scored the game-winning goal late in the fourth quarter to send the Minutewomen to...

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AMHERST – Logan Sawyer's power play goal was the difference in UMass hockey's 2-1 loss to Providence Thursday night at the Mullins Center.The Friars freshman one-timed a puck past Minutemen sophomore goalie Jackson Irving -- who made his first career...

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For the first time since 2016, the UMass field hockey team is going dancing.The Minutewomen earned at at-large bid into this year’s NCAA Tournament as one of the 18 best teams in the country. UMass drew a familiar foe in its first tournament game in...

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WENHAM — It was a heart-breaking end to the season for the South Hadley girls soccer team.The Tigers dropped their MIAA Division 4 state quarterfinal matchup against Hamilton-Wenham, 3-2, in double-overtime on Wednesday night at Gordon College.Tessa...

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The UMass hockey team will look to get back on track with a weekend home-and-home against No. 10 Providence, starting Thursday at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen went winless in Vermont last weekend, which dropped them out of the USCHO national...

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American International College will drop its hockey team to Division II at the end of this season, per a report from Collegehockeynews.com’s Mike McMahon on Twitter/X on Tuesday afternoon. McMahon’s report stated its reasoning was “budgetary, and the...

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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...