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Girls volleyball: South Hadley outlasts Smith Vocational in 5 sets (PHOTOS)
09-13-2023 9:10 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

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....


High schools: Amherst girls cross country run past Longmeadow
09-13-2023 3:26 PM

In a highly contested dual meet between the Amherst and Longmeadow girls cross country teams, the ‘Canes ran away with a resounding victory on Tuesday.Longmeadow’s Ada Grant ran the fastest time of the afternoon (21:27), but the next three runners...


Girls cross country preview: Another deep Amherst team has high hopes
09-12-2023 7:02 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The cross-country season dawns in the Valley with storylines swirling about recent graduates and who can step up to fill their shoes.This happens every year — it’s inherent in high school sports. But on the girls cross-country scene, it’s especially...


High schools: PVCICS boys soccer blanks Franklin Tech, 5-0
09-08-2023 9:02 PM

Five different players found the back of the net for the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School boys soccer team on Friday afternoon in a 5-0 shutout win over Franklin Tech.Teddy Scott, Julian Lee-Choi, James Scott, Nolan Gage and Patrick...


Girls volleyball preview: Sean MacDonald prepares for final season coaching defending state champion Frontier
09-08-2023 8:00 PM

By HANNAH BEVISand THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Sean MacDonald era with the Frontier girls volleyball team is coming to an end at the conclusion of this season.MacDonald — who has won 11 state titles with the Redhawks, the second most for any program in the Commonwealth — said he plans for this...


Field hockey preview: Can Frontier make another deep state tourney run?
09-08-2023 7:42 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Last year’s Frontier field hockey squad was one of the best in Western Mass., downing rival Greenfield 2-1 in the Western Mass. Class C final and making it all the way to the quarterfinals of the MIAA Division 4 state tournament before Uxbridge...


Boys cross country preview: Amherst eyeing another big season with mix of veterans and underclassmen
09-07-2023 6:49 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Every so often, a high school team has all the pieces fall into place at the right time. They have enough veteran leadership on the team to keep them grounded, promising young athletes to step up and boost the rest of the squad, and solid coaching...


Tennessee Smokies manager Kevin Graber’s baseball journey wouldn’t be complete without a three-year stint coaching the Amherst Mickey Mantle program
08-23-2023 12:03 AM

By HANNAH BEVIS

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...


South Hadley rallies to beat Northampton in Pioneer Valley Summer Soccer League playoffs
08-03-2023 5:26 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

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...


Conway’s Gunnar Moore eliminated in playoff at Mass. Junior Amateur Championship
08-01-2023 8:40 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

A playoff kept Conway’s Gunnar Moore from advancing to match play at the 105th Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship on Tuesday at GreatHorse in Hampden.The Frontier Regional graduate found himself tied with three other players for the last two...


Conway’s Gunnar Moore in striking distance after Day 1 of Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship at GreatHorse
07-31-2023 7:37 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Conway’s Gunnar Moore put himself in striking distance of match play after the first day of the 105th Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship on Monday at GreatHorse.The Frontier Regional graduate shot a 1-over 73 that tied him for 14th. The top 16...


2023 Gazette Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year: Owen Dawson, South Hadley
07-26-2023 5:18 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The change transpires subtly then materializes violently.Owen Dawson flips a switch, or a switch within Dawson is flipped on the lacrosse field. Either one means good things for South Hadley and a bad time for whoever’s on the other side.“He does the...


American Legion: Belchertown Post 239 eliminated from state tourney by Beverly (PHOTOS)
07-24-2023 8:22 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NATICK – Western Massachusetts baseball showed it can hang with anyone in the state.Though Belchertown Post 239 dropped out of the double-elimination American Legion Senior Division state tournament after an 8-3 loss against Beverly Post 331 on...


2023 Gazette Softball Player of the Year: Jocelyn Mettey, Hampshire Regional
07-21-2023 8:11 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Jocelyn Mettey handed Hampshire Regional softball coach Brian McGan the game ball back. She’d just thrown a no-hitter, usually a career achievement.“That was kind of unique. It didn’t really strike her as a big performance,” McGan said. “She knew the...


American Legion: Belchertown Post 239 quickly turns focus to state tournament beginning Saturday
07-21-2023 6:57 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

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...


American Legion: Ryan Schneider powers Belchertown Post 239 past Westfield for District 1 title (PHOTOS)
07-20-2023 11:48 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

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...


2023 Gazette Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year: Ella Laliberte, Granby
07-20-2023 3:41 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

With just seconds left in her final high school lacrosse game, Granby’s Ella Laliberte was one tally away from hitting 300 career goals. Everyone on her team knew, including Laliberte, and they quickly came up with a simple but effective plan of...


Belchertown Post 239 holds off Wilbraham in extras, punches American Legion title-game ticket (PHOTOS)
07-19-2023 10:15 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WILBRAHAM – Post 286 walked the wrong guy.Wilbraham intentionally gave Belchertown’s Jake Smith a free pass to first with two outs in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s American Legion Senior Division District 1 baseball semifinal. Smith had already...


2023 Gazette Baseball Player of the Year: Patrick Fitzgibbons, Hopkins Academy
07-19-2023 5:58 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Greg Vreeland called his older brother, Hopkins Academy baseball coach Dan Vreeland, over to the hitting tunnel set up near the field. The mesh cage allowed the Golden Hawks’ junior varsity call ups and bench players to take batting practice swings...


2023 Gazette Girls Tennis Player of the Year: Ava Shea, Belchertown
07-17-2023 5:39 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

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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