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By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Newly-minted junior captain Reilly Fowles of the Northampton boys tennis team headed to the tennis courts at John F. Kennedy Middle School to get some extra practice in.He had noticed a large improvement in his play from his freshman season to his...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Heading into this spring, Belchertown girls tennis star Ava Shea needed 15 victories to reach the 50-win plateau for her career. The senior sat down before the season started and created a list of goals for herself, trying to figure out...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

SPRINGFIELD – Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School boys tennis’ dream undefeated season came to a close on Tuesday afternoon with a 5-0 loss to Manchester-Essex in the MIAA Div. 4 semifinals at Forest Park.The No. 3 Hornets not only ended...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the first time all season, the No. 2 Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion School boys tennis team found itself in a 2-1 hole after three matches in the MIAA Division 4 state quarterfinals.If the Dragons wanted to punch their ticket to the...

What’s better than 16 strikeouts?Seventeen.After fanning 16 batters in the South Hadley softball team’s 3-0 win in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 32 over No. 23 Cohasset, Tigers ace Ella Schaeffer struck out 17 and scattered five hits as she blanked No....

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Earlier this month, the Mount Holyoke College tennis team say they were blindsided by an email from the school’s administration announcing that the program is being dropped.On May 13, exactly two weeks following the end of the Lyons’...

The Belchertown girls tennis team backed up its top 10 ranking in Division 3 during its MIAA Round of 32 match against No. 24 Pentucket on Wednesday afternoon. The No. 9 Orioles felt right at home at Wilbraham Monson, as they swept Pentucket 5-0 in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School is only 16 years old, but that would actually be one of the older ages on the boys tennis team.Buoyed by the play of stellar eighth-graders Derek and Devan Ye and sixth-grade rising star Lee...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

SPRINGFIELD – Ava Shea ripped a crosscourt backhand, turned around, faced her teammates and raised her arms in the air. A wash of relief spread across her face.Belchertown’s No. 1 singles player had just clinched the Orioles’ first Western Mass. girls...

By GARRETT COTE

WILBRAHAM — The entire No. 3 Belchertown boys tennis team sat behind the fence of the third singles court where sophomore Luke Dudek battled with No. 4 East Longmeadow’s Ryan Kulla.Trailing 3-1 on the team scoreboard with just the one match remaining,...

By GARRETT COTE

LONGMEADOW — With two matches still being played, the No. 2 Northampton boys tennis team held a 2-1 advantage over No. 1 Longmeadow during Friday afternoon’s Western Mass. Class A championship match at Blinn Tennis Courts.After losing 3-2 to the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

BELCHERTOWN – Four years ago, Belchertown girls tennis advanced all the way to the Western Mass. Class B championship match, only to be swept by Longmeadow.Last year, they made it back, but lost a heartbreaker to Ludlow, 3-2.This year, after handling...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

BELCHERTOWN — Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School boys tennis coach Mike Locher has a Star Wars character assigned to each player on his team.After every match, he sends his players a game recap, along with a YouTube video of their Star...

Ava Shea continued her dominant season at No. 1 singles, helping the Belchertown girls tennis team to a 4-1 victory over South Hadley during independent action on Thursday at Mount Holyoke College.Shea notched a 6-0, 6-0 win over South...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Amherst’s Miles Jeffries took the first set from Northampton’s Reilly Fowles on Wednesday afternoon, but rain shortened what had the potential to be the best boys tennis match of the season in Hampshire County. Amherst coach Kevin Jeffries...

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...

Despite some lineup shuffling due to vacation absences, the Northampton boys tennis team handled its business Wednesday against Agawam in a 4-0 victory at JFK Middle School. The teams only played four of the five positions due to numbers available for...

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 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...

By MIKE MORAN

The South Hadley and Belchertown girls tennis teams are on a collision course again.The two schools met in the finals of the 2016 Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament. Belchertown, then the No. 1 seed, beat the third-seeded Tigers, 3-2.They...

Staff reports

The Northampton girl tennis team beat West Springfield, 5-0, on the road Friday.Caitlyn Richmond defeated Ally Fontaine in first singles 6-1, 6-0.In No. 2 singles, Jordan Kuhr bested Hailey MacDonald 6-2, 6-2.The Blue Devils (8-10, 1-5 Valley Wheel)...