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By GARRETT COTE
NORTHAMPTON — Not a bad way to start a bid for a three-peat.Behind a 13 strikeouts from MacKenzie Paulin and a whopping 23 runs from the Greenfield offense, the Green Wave – winners of the last two MIAA Division 5 state championships – picked up right...
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After two Western Mass. Class C titles in two seasons as a varsity program, Frontier boys volleyball has ditched its independent schedule and is joining the Eastern League in pursuit of a Western Mass. three-peat.Sean MacDonald, who led the Frontier...
Sofia Holden and Mia Shaw did the job in the pitching circle, and the Amherst softball team pounded out 14 hits en route to a dominant 14-0 win over St. Mary’s in a five-inning run-ruled contest on Friday in Amherst.Holden struck out five in two...
By GARRETT COTE
Lying flat on his back in the middle of a field at Four Rex Farm in Hadley, Owen Earle stared straight into an endless stretch of overcast sky, raindrops gently splashing him.Although he didn’t feel much pain, he knew there was no getting up.“I had...
By GARRETT COTE
Less than a year removed from a Western Mass. Class C championship, the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School boys tennis team is gearing up for yet another deep postseason run this spring.The Dragons defeated Lee 4-1 in the title match last...
By GARRETT COTE
Fresh off its second state championship appearance in three seasons, the Hopkins Academy baseball team and head coach Dan Vreeland are hungry for more.The Golden Hawks fell 10-5 to Bourne in the 2023 MIAA Division 5 state final, but they return all...
Sofia Holden stole the show both in the circle and at the plate on Tuesday afternoon.The Amherst softball senior struck out 21 Pope Francis batters and reached base three times while driving in two runs as the Hurricanes defeated the Cardinals 4-1 on...
In a battle of two of the top programs in western Massachusetts over recent years, the Amherst boys tennis team came out on top over Belchertown during action Monday.The Hurricanes won all three singles matches en route to a 4-1 victory.Amherst’s...
By GARRETT COTE
BELCHERTOWN — After trading a run with Northampton in the first inning, Belchertown pitcher Josh Misiaszek got out of a small jam in the top of the second with back-to-back strikeouts and gave his team some juice headed into the dugout.The Orioles...
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EASTHAMPTON – After an offseason spent playing travel ball, Ella Schaeffer was counting down the days until South Hadley’s first game of the season at Easthampton.After a playoff loss two years ago on the same field, Schaeffer said she started out...
A Quinn Cook grand slam and three triples and three RBIs from Grace Roy catapulted the Granby softball team to over 20 runs in its first game of the season.The Rams rolled to a 21-9 win in five innings of Mahar on Friday in Granby.Cook went 2-for-4...
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GRANBY — After inclement weather caused every outdoor game on Thursday’s opening day of the spring season to be postponed, Hampshire County teams finally started spring regular season play Friday on a sunny, 50-degree afternoon.And the Granby baseball...
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When I was nine years old, my third-grade class had a stuffed animal mascot, Tag the Tiger.My teacher, Mr. Peters, assigned us a creative writing story on Tag every couple of weeks. Written with my third-grade Ticonderoga scrawl in a black and white...
After another outstanding winter on the ice, several Hampshire County hockey players will be rewarded for their efforts at the annual Amo Besson Awards Committee reception on April 11.Amherst’s Ivorie Arguin, who plays on the Pope Francis girls’...
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SPRINGFIELD — Seniors from across Western Mass. gathered at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night to play one last game at the court inside the Hall itself. With a constant DJ, lights and photos of basketball legends...
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...
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Northampton’s Ava Azzaro was named the Western Massachusetts Girls Basketball Player of the Year, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Monday.Azzaro hit 1,000 points in a home victory over Wahconah on Feb. 12 and finished her career with...
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...
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HATFIELD – Boys and girls basketball seniors came together at Smith Academy Friday night for the annual Hampshire-Franklin County All-Star game, and they weren’t afraid to show off and let loose in the final high school basketball game of their...
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SOUTH HADLEY — Scouting the South Hadley girls basketball team must be a headache.And judging by the Tigers’ 19-game win streak, those scouts haven’t exactly been successful.Senior guard and captain Drew Alley may be the leading scorer, but a crop of...
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