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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHAMPTON — Smith Vocational goalkeeper Maggie Lauder was expected to reach a major milestone on Monday, entering the Vikings’ MIAA Div. 5 preliminary round contest against Franklin Tech sitting at 399 career saves. Thanks to the play of the Vikings...

By DYLAN THOMPSONFor the GazetteGREAT BARRINGTON — In a battle with the Tri-County League title on the line, the Smith Vocational football team took an early lead but couldn’t sustain it on Friday night.The visiting Vikings led 8-0 after one quarter,...

By DYLAN THOMPSON

NORTH ADAMS — The visiting Smith Vocational Vikings football team overcame an early fumble and scored on each of its next four possessions against Drury on Saturday in a Tri-County League clash. Smith Voc gashed the Blue Devils defense on the ground,...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Football coaches almost never use the word “perfect,” but Smith Vocational football head coach Alex Subocz did when describing his team’s first quarter in the Vikings’ 54-6 beatdown of McCann Tech on Friday night.Two blocked punts (one...

By MIKE MORAN

NORTHAMPTON — Smith Vocational sophomore Jameson Tobin saw the coverage and decided to change his route at the last moment. Meanwhile, senior quarterback Ty Chapdelaine rolled out and waited for the play to develop for his wide receiver.The result was...

It was an even match between the Smith Vocational and Frontier wrestling teams on Wednesday in Northampton. Of the eight matches that were wrestled, the Vikings won four and the Redhawks took four. With Smith Vocational taking 18 points from forfeits,...

An up-and-down contest saw host St. Mary’s hang on for an independent girls basketball victory over Smith Vocational on Monday night in Westfield.The Saints built an early lead and managed to secure a 43-40 victory.Smith Voc saw its six-game winning...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A debate is brewing between a group of legislators calling for a lottery system to determine who gets into vocational schools statewide and the state association of administrators that represents those schools who believe changing the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON – Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Ashley Randle returned to her native western Massachusetts and paid a recent visit to Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, touring the school’s horticultural...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The Northampton girls basketball team has consistently been a strong program, though they’ve hovered around the .500 mark the last couple of seasons. This year, all early signs point to them surpassing that and being serious contenders when it comes...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — With nearly $6 million already in hand to rebuild a horticulture building destroyed by fire 18 months ago, Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School recently launched a campaign to raise the remaining $750,000 needed to move the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

NORTHAMPTON — With three seconds left on the clock in the first half, the semifinal matchup between No. 2 Smith Vocational and No. 3 Blue Hills seemed to balance on a thread. The Vikings desperately needed a stop to go into halftime with some...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

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...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A stove and oven, along with a 36-inch grill and deep fryers, are just some of the equipment inside Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School’s new food truck, which launched on Wednesday, staffed by students in the school’s culinary...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Two Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School students testified at the Massachusetts State House last week on a bill that would allow vocational school students to use hoisting equipment while still in school.For decades, students...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

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...

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....

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Although there are three available seats for the Smith Vocational and Agricultural board of trustees in the coming municipal election, only two people are named on the ballot, as an incumbent looks mount a write-in campaign. Richard...

Staff reports

South Hadley made the 118-mile drive to Old Colony Regional in Rochester and back twice in two days to finish an MIAA Division 4 boys lacrosse state tournament Round of 32 game.The No. 17 Tigers made sure every mile was worth it. They took down the...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Friends and family members joined the celebration Thursday evening as 126 seniors graduated under sunny skies from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School.Thanking his parents, family, friends “and my cat, Elvis,” salutatorian Seth...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GREENFIELD - The Rooster hummed a song of victory in his head staring defeat in the eyes.Frontier Regional junior Wyatt Edes, nicknamed after the barnyard crower for his flowing red locks and crimson goatee, stood in the Veterans Field batter’s box...