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By GARRETT COTE
GRANBY — After a strong close to the second quarter, the Granby girls basketball team went into halftime with a 25-22 advantage on its home floor. Despite leading scorer Kalli White bouncing in and out of the game due to injury, the Rams diversified...
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — When a team reaches the state championship game, it’s typically led by a group of seniors – veteran players that have accumulated experience and played in pressure situations throughout their careers. They’re unfazed when playing in big...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — The Northampton girls basketball team overwhelmed Amherst Regional from the opening jump, using its length to force turnover after turnover in the full-court press.By the end of the first quarter, the Blue Devils built a 24-4 lead, and come...
By GARRETT COTE
NORTHAMPTON — Staring a six-point deficit square in the face in the fourth quarter of the MIAA Division 2 girls basketball quarterfinals, Northampton senior captain Ava Azzaro wasn’t ready to call it quits on her high school career.The No. 7 Blue...
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — Any opposing team that walked into South Hadley’s gym this winter knew they were in for a long night. For more reasons than one.Sure, the Tigers being as good as they were was intimidating enough – their aggressive full-court pressure...
By GARRETT COTE
LOWELL — It wasn’t for lack of effort on No. 3 South Hadley’s part, the top team in Division 4 simply earned that ranking for a reason.So when No. 1 Cathedral of Boston – winners of now six state championships in the last nine seasons – ripped off 12...
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — They always say, if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.That old cliche couldn’t be more true to the No. 3 South Hadley girls basketball team’s situation. The Tigers have themselves in the MIAA Division 4 state...
By GARRETT COTE
CHICOPEE — Perry Messer blinked once, maybe twice.Before he did that, his No. 7 Northampton girls basketball team was lining up for tip-off against No. 6 Worcester South in the MIAA Division 2 Final Four with a trip to the state title on the line.When...
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — Ahead by two points in the final seconds of last Thursday’s MIAA Division 4 quarterfinal game against No. 6 Cohasset, the No. 3 South Hadley girls basketball team needed one stop to advance to its second Final Four in three seasons.But...
By GARRETT COTE
NORTHAMPTON — The No. 7 Northampton girls basketball team had flashbacks to last year’s near 30-point loss to Walpole in the MIAA Division 2 Round of 32 after the first quarter of Friday night’s rematch with the N0. 2 Timberwolves – this time in the...
By GARRETT COTE
WESTWOOD — His team hadn’t done it all game, but Perry Messer continued to try to drill it into their heads.Struggling to find consistently open looks against No. 2 Walpole’s 1-3-1 zone defense, Messer, the No. 7 Northampton girls basketball team’s...
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — After the No. 3 South Hadley girls basketball team was whistled for a foul with two seconds remaining in regulation, No. 6 Cohasset forward Sarah Chenette stepped to the charity stripe with a chance to tie the game.Through pulsating...
By GARRETT COTE
NORTHAMPTON — A violent ‘pop’ feeling flowed through Bri Heafey’s right leg as she came to a jump stop – just like she had done hundreds of times in her life.This one felt noticeably unlike the rest.Heafey, freshman on the Northampton girls basketball...
The South Hadley girls basketball team’s pursuit of a state title is one step closer.The third-seeded Tigers handled their business in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 32 on Thursday night, taking down No. 30 Saint Bernard’s of Fitchburg, 62-38, in South...
By GARRETT COTE
NORTHAMPTON — It’s no secret that Northampton girls basketball head coach Perry Messer preaches defense on a daily basis to his Blue Devils team, that’s one of the reasons they’ve been so successful during his tenure at the school.And while the...
By GEORGE MILLER
SOUTH DEERFIELD — It's got to do a basketball coach's heart a world of good when his team doesn't allow a single basket in the first quarter.Frontier Regional flexed its typically strong defensive muscles Thursday night, running out to a 20-2 lead...
By GARRETT COTE
HADLEY — What a difference a week makes.Just six days ago, the Smith Academy girls basketball team lost by nine points to rival Hopkins Academy. When Falcons head coach David Zononi saw the MIAA bracket release on Saturday, he was thrilled his team...
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — Coming out of the halftime break with a nine-point lead, the South Hadley boys basketball team dug deep on the defensive end.Its full-court press hadn’t worked as well as head coach Chris Gerber had hoped through 16 minutes, but he...
By GEORGE MILLER
NORTHAMPTON — Just over two months on the calendar separated two similar meat-grinder ballgames between Northampton and Minnechaug, but Wednesday night’s rematch promised the golden ticket to Saturday’s Western Mass. girls Class A championship.On Dec....
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — CC Gurek slowed things down for what felt like the first time all game as the clock approached the final two minutes to go in the fourth quarter.Everyone in the gym took a breath.The South Hadley guard sensed the importance of the...
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