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The Northampton Youth Senior Football team won back-to-back games over a six-day period to take its record to an unblemished 4-0, with convincing victories over Ware and Ludlow during that span.The Blue Devils, nicknamed, “The Main Event,” first beat...

By DYLAN THOMPSON

DALTON – The South Hadley football team was given the unenviable task of opening its season on the road against a Berkshire County powerhouse.Host Wahconah held just a one-score lead at halftime, but the Warriors kept the Tigers off the scoreboard in...

By MIKE MORAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton football team’s rally fell short in a 14-12 season-opening loss to Ware, Friday night.The Eagles trailed 14-0, but they came back behind two Colin Hogan touchdown passes to Trevor Canon-Smith and a defense that held the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels to Buffalo on Saturday for its third of five matchups this season against future MAC opponents. The Minutemen are 0-2 following losses to Eastern Michigan and Toledo, and the Bulls are 1-1 after splitting games with FCS...

The Northampton Youth Football programs had their first home games of the season this past weekend, and the “Main Event” Senior Division team blanked Warren/West Brookfield in a dominant showing – a 40-0 win.It was a rain-soaked evening for the three...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

Historically, American sprinters have been one of the biggest stories at the Olympics, and this summer’s excellent Games in Paris hardly altered that pattern. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the world record for the 400-meter hurdles for the sixth...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier and Greenfield field hockey teams played four times last fall. Both teams won two games, though the Redhawks took the big one in the Western Mass. championship tilt. There wasn’t much separation in any of those four...

The Northampton Youth Football Senior Division squad, nicknamed “The Main Event,” opened their season in Quabbin on Sunday. The team dominated in all phases of the game en route to a 26-0 victory.It was a great day for football in Quabbin, and the...

A battle between two of the top teams in Hampshire County ended in a draw during season-opening action in South Hadley on Monday.Both South Hadley and Belchertown notched second-half goals, and the two rivals settled for a 1-1 draw in girls soccer...

By all accounts the Paris Olympics were a great success. We were treated to a magnificent sport spectacle, the world’s greatest athletes at their best. The display of sportsmanship was fulfilling, a tribute to the competitors. The Olympics are for the...

By GARRETT COTE

WORTHINGTON — All black government helicopters swirling above, members of the United States Secret Service, back-to-back holes-in-one, breathtaking views and concerts filled with fun. You name it, The Links at Worthington has probably seen...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The 2024 golf season began with the classic Battle of the Bridge on Thursday afternoon at Amherst Golf Club. Following a flawless 16-0 regular season in 2023, Northampton High School picked up right where it left off – behind the smooth...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

BELCHERTOWN — New Belchertown High School Athletic Director Kevin McNeill might never have held an AD position, but he brings with him years of coaching experience in not just Belchertown, but Hampshire County as a whole.McNeill replaces Jen Gouvin,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — EA Sports’ long-anticipated college football video game, “College Football 25” finally released in July, and UMass football players wasted little time getting in on the action. The popular game was shelved in 2013 because of disputes over...

SOUTH HADLEY — Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the afternoon wave Monday, as Orchards Golf Club hosted a qualifier for the 2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship.The top three teams (and two alternates) advanced to the Four-Ball Championship,...

To say it was a chippy game at Rudd Field in Amherst on Sunday would be an understatement. The UMass women's soccer team held its home opener on Sunday against Rutgers, with 29 total fouls called between the two teams. The physical play came to a head...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — Last season, the UMass football team struggled with injuries at defensive back, something head coach Don Brown said hurt the team.In the offseason, the Minutemen used the transfer portal to recruit a host of defensive backs with lots of...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

EASTHAMPTON — For just the third time in over 70 years, Williston Northampton School has a new athletic director, following Mark Conroy’s retirement from the position after 24 years.Jade Morris, a Hampshire Regional alum, stepped in as Williston’s new...

The next time we tune in to hear the drums of NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage, the torch will be lit in California for the first Summer Olympics in the United States in 34 years. And from the perspective of those studying the business of sports, the...