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By GARRETT COTE

The beat goes on for the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team, as a trio of runs in the first inning were just enough to get it past previously undefeated East Springfield Post 420, 3-2, for consecutive win No. 7 on Wednesday night in a game that was moved to Springfield Central High School due to field conditions.

By RYAN AMES

SOUTHAMPTON — A three-run third inning set the wheels in motion for the Southampton 10U softball team’s second straight Little League District 2 title as the all-star squad got past Wilbraham, 6-3, at Norris Elementary School on Wednesday night.

By GARRETT COTE

Under a punishing sun on Tuesday afternoon, the Amherst Hurricanes bested Greenfield 7-1 in a Pioneer Valley Youth Baseball League Sandy Koufax matchup. Game time temperatures sat at 100 degrees, but it didn’t seem to slow down Amherst one bit.

Maceo Nteta and Dylan Lawrence-Riddell led the way for a potent Northampton offense on Monday evening at Legion Field in a 14U baseball matchup with Palmer, as the duo combined for six hits and seven RBI. That strong one-two punch helped Northampton defeat Palmer 20-4 in decisive fashion.

The Northampton Youth Senior football team split two games last week and now sit at 5-1 with two regular season games remaining on its schedule.In the first matchup, two rushing touchdowns by star tailback "Mop-Mop" Soum-Morrero were not enough to get...

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...

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...

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...

The Southampton 10U softball team stormed out to a 6-0 first-inning lead in its third game (and second of the day) at the 10U Little League Northeast Regional tournament on Thursday afternoon, but it couldn’t generate enough offense to keep pace with...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTHAMPTON — It had never been done before in Southampton Little League softball history, but that all changed last weekend at Borgatti Park in Agawam.Facing the fastest pitcher it had seen throughout the season, the Southampton 10U softball team...

The Northampton 13U baseball All-Star team watched its terrific season come to a close on Saturday afternoon, falling 3-2 on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh inning against Bridgewater in the Massachusetts Intermediate 50/70 sectional...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — During one of the Belchertown 12U All-Star baseball team’s games earlier this summer, assistant coach Kevin Auffrey overheard one of the kids on the opposing team say something that cracked him up.His daughter, Rioghán, was playing...

Ryan Gould’s pitching couldn’t be touched by the North Adams Post 125 lineup on Tuesday evening. The Belchertown Post 239 hurler tossed a no-hitter in Post 239’s 13-0, five-inning American Legion Senior Division win on the road.Gould only struck out...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Layne Nagle may have taken a spill rounding first as the 13U Northampton All-Stars baseball team took a victory lap with their new championship banner, but he bounced up right away – an illuminating smile across his face.That same...

It looked promising for the Northampton Post 28 Senior Division American Legion team through two and a half innings, as Liam Flynn belted a two-out, three-run home run to put them ahead 4-2 against Pittsfield Post 68.But the game’s next 12 runs...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Although the stage might have been the biggest one the Amherst and South Hadley Suburban League 15U Koufax Division teams had ever stepped foot on, both teams rose to the occasion at Earl Lorden Field on the campus of UMass on Thursday...

The Belchertown Twirlers competed at the Northeast Regional Championships at Holyoke Community College over the weekend. After finishing in first place at the Massachusetts State Championships back on March 23, Belchertown’s team of seven earned a bid...

The Northampton American Legion baseball team (19U) will be holding tryouts on Sunday, May 12 from 10 a.m. until noon, and then again on Sunday, May 26 from 9-11 a.m.Tryouts will be held at Arcanum Field in Florence. For more information email Mike...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Youth baseball and softball is just around the corner in Northampton, as the city’s nine youth baseball teams and three youth softball teams will be in action against other local teams next week to kick off their respective seasons.But...

It was an outstanding winter on the hardwood for the youth basketball programs in Granby.Two programs posted undefeated seasons and won championships in their respective divisions.The girls’ 7th/8th grade squad won their bracket championship in the...