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By GARRETT COTE

The final stop for the end of the Northampton girls varsity ultimate team’s historical season was the national tournament in Rockford, Ill. over the weekend.After winning their first-ever Amherst Invitational and Massachusetts state championship...

The Summer Ultimate League of Amherst (SULA) is set to return for another action-packed summer. Starting next week, three different leagues will begin and run through the first week of August.The league is geared toward people who want to enjoy the...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — What started out as a magical season has turned into one of pure dominance for the Northampton girls varsity ultimate team.Just three weeks ago, the Blue Devils beat Newton North 10-8 to win the Amherst Invitational – the longest annual...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Battle of the Bridge rivalry added another chapter to its never-ending book on Sunday afternoon, this time coming on the ultimate field during the Pioneer Valley Invitational at the Oxbow Marina in the quarterfinals of what is the...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — It’s been a busy month for the local ultimate programs.Two weekends after the Amherst Invitational, the longest-running annual ultimate tournament in the country, the Pioneer Valley Invitational returns this weekend. The event, hosted by...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It was a weekend that will forever be remembered in the Northampton High School girls varsity ultimate program, as the Blue Devils made history via a dominant tournament showing.Northampton entered this past weekend’s Amherst Invitational at...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — After two years away from home, the Amherst Invitational is finally back in the city of Amherst this weekend.Previously held at The MacDuffie School in Granby, one of the largest and most prestigious ultimate tournaments will be played on...

By GARRETT COTE

The defending Division 1 state champions are going to look much different this spring. After capturing the state’s top ultimate Frisbee title in 2023, only six players return from that roster return to the Amherst boys team for head coach Joe...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Northampton senior Roan Dunkerley has signed a one-year contract with the Boston Glory, a semi-pro team that competes in the Ultimate Frisbee Association. On a team primarily made up of college students and recent graduates, Dunkerley is the lone high...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Amherst’s casket never closed.Lexington celebrated like it won the boys ultimate state title Sunday at Oxbow Marina. The Fooligans ran off the sideline into the end zone to scream and hug then lined up. They thought they slayed the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

After winning the New England Prep School Ultimate League title last season as underdogs, the Williston Northampton School boys’ ultimate team came into this year’s NEPSUL looking much different. The Wildcats hadn’t lost a game yet this season and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The Amherst Regional boys ultimate team needs support to reach the High School Ultimate Invitational.The Hurricanes were invited to the 32-team tournament, which runs June 16 and 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. There are 16 open teams and 16 girls teams...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

When Nola Busansky was a sophomore on Northampton’s girls’ ultimate team, her squad did not win a single game. Playing almost entirely against powerhouse schools Amherst and Four Rivers, the Blue Devils were regularly blown out, struggling to score...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY — In what originally looked like a rebuilding year, the Northampton girls ultimate program showed it can compete at the highest level.The Blue Devils reached the Amherst Invitational Gx division championship game for the first time Sunday,...

Staff Reports

Tyler Feeney accounted for four points with two goals and two assists, as the Amherst Regional boys ultimate team defeated Northampton 14-6 at Kiwanis Field in Amherst on Tuesday.The Hurricanes, No. 2 in Ultiworld’s high school power rankings, traded...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY – Louis Douville Beaudoin secured the disc with both hands and tapped two feet in the end zone, securing an Amherst Invitational title and fulfilling long-held dreams.It was the Amherst Regional senior’s sixth goal of the Open Division I...

By ETHAN WELD

AMHERT — Westfield, New Jersey, defeated top-seeded Amherst Regional, 12-11, on Sunday afternoon in the 26th-annual Amherst Ultimate Invitational Tournament title game.It was the first time Westfield won the tournament, and it became just the seventh...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — Harry Wolff Landau has played in the Amherst Ultimate Invitational Tournament since he was in seventh grade.The 26th edition this Saturday and Sunday will be the senior’s last.He understands it’s a big deal.“We don’t take any tournament for...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Not all rebellions succeed.The Northampton boys ultimate team has framed its clashes with Amherst Regional as battling an evil empire for the past few years. The Blue Devils felt they were close to achieving that goal after leading the...