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By HANNAH BEVIS

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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SOUTH HADLEY — The final result Wednesday night – a 3-0 loss to No. 33 Mashpee in the MIAA Division 4 state tournament – seemed almost secondary to first-year South Hadley head coach Sabrina Bardwell. Of course, the 32nd-seeded Tigers wanted to win...

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SOUTH HADLEY – On paper, Monday night’s game between Belchertown and South Hadley was a Western Mass. Class B semifinal. But to every fan, coach and player in attendance, it felt like a western Mass. championship game. The two teams have gone head to...

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Two local teams earned top four seeds in the MIAA state volleyball brackets, which were released on Monday. Frontier is the No. 3 seed in the Division 4 bracket while Amherst earned the No. 4 seed in the Division 3 bracket. Both teams are facing a new...

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WEST SPRINGFIELD — The West Springfield football team needed just 12 minutes to rack up 20 points against visiting Amherst, and the rest of the game went downhill from there for the Hurricanes.West Springfield’s offense ran rampant against Amherst,...

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AMHERST – After dropping the first set to No. 3 Westfield in Thursday’s Western Mass. Class A girls volleyball semifinal, No. 2 Amherst’s players were more upset with themselves than at the Bombers.Unforced errors and serving mistakes cost the...

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Just two years ago, the Belchertown girls volleyball team was in the midst of having one of the program’s worst seasons in recent memory. The Orioles finished the 2021-22 season without a single win, struggling to even make it to the finish line. That...

Amherst moved past Holyoke in the Western Mass. Class A girls volleyball quarterfinals in three straight sets Tuesday, besting the Purple Knights 25-11, 25-11, 25-15.The ’Canes move on to the Class A semifinals, where they’ll face No. 3...

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NORTHAMPTON – By the time Friday night’s game between Smith Vocational and Monument Mountain was over, most of the field was a muddy mess and the Spartans’ jerseys were no longer white, covered in mud after battling in rainy conditions all night...

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For some athletes, the Olympics is the pinnacle. For the Northampton Community Rowing teams, it’s the Head of the Charles Regatta.The race attracts more than 11,000 rowers from around the world for a weekend of racing on the Charles River in Boston....

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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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For the last two seasons, the Hampshire Regional gymnastics team has been led by the dynamic duo of Hailey Raffa and Tyler Hetu. Those two gymnasts, along with some impressive depth, helped the Raiders secure the last two Western Mass...

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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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HATFIELD – Just a few minutes into the second half with her team up 2-0, Smith Academy’s Emma Moynihan darted toward the net trying to make some magic happen. Isabella Letourneau sent a perfect lob pass that bounced once in front of Moynihan, who...

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BELCHERTOWN – Not every game over the course of a high school season can be the prettiest. Sometimes during the grind of a season, when you’re tired and sore, the best thing you can do is just get by. That’s what the Belchertown boys soccer team had...

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Aidan Miklasiewicz didn’t waste any time writing his name in Hampshire Regional’s history books on Monday night.The senior notched Hampshire’s first goal in the Raiders’ matchup against Agawam, scoring in dramatic fashion on a penalty kick in the...

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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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With the clock ticking down in the fourth quarter and the score between Smith Vocational and Ludlow tied at 30 apiece, the tension couldn’t have been higher between the two football teams.Something had to give. Smith Voc’s Jared Baer took the game...

It was a day to remember for Lauren Marjanski.The South Hadley senior needed two points to eclipse 100 for her career coming into Wednesday’s game against Pittsfield. During the first half, with an assist already under her belt, the ball found...