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By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON —About 200 people gathered outside JFK Middle School on Wednesday, some holding signs in support of Principal Desmond Caldwell or with messages like “Hate has no home in our school,” and “yes there is racism here.” Several high school...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Tim Jacques, Simon LeClair, Tobias L’Esperance and Ben Howe huddled around a table at the McDonald’s on King Street in Northampton.They heard on Wednesday that New Balance Indoor Nationals was canceled and met Thursday to formulate a plan. The...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The landscape for postseason high school tournaments just underwent its biggest change in 40 years.Member schools of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) voted at a special assembly to change the postseason format from...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — The history of the Clarke School provides a window into the longstanding controversy over deaf education in the United States.Clarke was the first oralist school in the country and played a leading role in promoting that educational...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — Tensions ran high at an Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee meeting Tuesday as school officials and community members continued to discuss the superintendent’s recent decision to pass over a search committee’s recommendations for the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

HUDSON — The tears formed behind Brian McGan’s mirrored sunglasses.Hampshire Regional’s softball coach for the past decade watched his final game through the darkened frames, but took them off after the Raiders’ 5-0 loss to Grafton in the Division 2...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTHAMPTON — Hampshire Regional’s last postseason softball loss occurred June 11, 2014.Grafton beat the Raiders 2-0 at Worcester State in the Division 2 state semifinals.Since then, Hampshire has won three more Western Massachusetts championships and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

LEE — Belchertown coach Zach Siano called Jonathan Vinagre, Denis Lelic and Alec Morgado to the fence.“This is the spot we want to be in,” he told them.Noah Pare just clinched a win at No. 3 singles to put the Belchertown boys tennis team one point...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — Mount Greylock pitcher Cole Wojtkowski befuddled the South Hadley baseball team the first time through the lineup.Once the top-seeded Tigers saw how he pitched, they adjusted.The No. 5 Mounties built a double-digit lead while South...

By ELLIOT WELD

AMHERST — The sixth-seeded Hopkins Academy baseball team fell to No. 2 St. Mary, 7-1, Wednesday in the Western Massachusetts Division 4 Tournament semifinal round at UMass’ Lorden Field.Saints pitcher Nate Bonini had a no-hitter entering the sixth...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

MONTAGUE — Nerves affect even two-time defending state champions before their first playoff game.The Hampshire Regional softball team swung at pitches outside the strike zone and popped out three times in the first two innings against Easthampton in...

By JOSEPH REA

GREAT BARRINGTON — For the third consecutive season, the Monument Mountain and Belchertown girls tennis teams met in the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament semifinals.This time around, the Spartans picked up a 5-0 victory on Wednesday to...

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The Granby baseball team scored three times in the third inning and Noah Bleakley made it hold up as the Rams advanced to the Western Massachusetts Division 4 Tournament semifinal with a 3-1 win over Lenox, Wednesday.Ben Rokowski nearly homered to...

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Sophie Gatzounas led the South Hadley girls track & field team to a strong showing at the Western Massachusetts Heptathlon, Wednesday at Hampshire Regional in Westhampton.Gatzounas won the event with 3,522 points. Lindsay Marjanski was third with...

By REBECCA MULLEN

Mark Dansereau sees his new position as head of the Montessori School of Northampton as a homecoming.“It’s familiar turf,” he said of western Massachusetts. “Northampton and the surrounding area is a real special place.” A Massachusetts native,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Trouble appeared imminent in the second inning for Anna Kerwood and the Northampton softball team.Westfield had the bases loaded with one out in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 quarterfinals and Kerwood had already allowed a home...

By CRAIG RILEY

SOUTH HADLEY — An early power surge and a strong starting pitching performance paved the way to a 9-3 victory for top-seeded South Hadley over No. 8 Greenfield Monday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Baseball...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

Since 1971, the Northampton football team has not seen many coaching changes. The late Frank Tudryn coached for 29 years until 2000. Ken O’Brien followed and guided the Blue Devils until 2012.From there, Pat Sledzieski took over until his resignation...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

FISKDALE — The fight was there for the Northampton boys lacrosse team.On two separate occasions, the Blue Devils faced a three-goal deficit in their first round game of the Division 2 Central/West tournament against Tantasqua on Wednesday.Three...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

NORTHAMPTON — On her last day of school at Northampton, Megan McCarthy began her final playoff run for the Blue Devils lacrosse team. “It does feel different knowing this is the last time representing the school and the town I have been in all my...