Sports
Cavs send Celtics to record loss, 130-86, lead series 2-0
By JIMMY GOLEN
BOSTON — LeBron James scored 30 points, Kevin Love had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers steamrolled the Boston Celtics 130-86 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals and tie an NBA record with their...
Friday’s high schools: Rested Jon Morrison pitches Hopkins past Turners and into postseason
Staff reports
The Hopkins Academy baseball team is under .500 on the season.But, a win Friday over Turners Falls, a Division 4 team, would qualify the Golden Hawks for the postseason. Since Hopkins plays most of its games against non-Division 4 teams, all the...
Friday’s high school tennis: Northampton aces West Springfield
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)...
District F&G Division 1 Girls Track: Northampton overcomes small numbers to place third
By FRAN SYPEK
HOLYOKE — The Northampton girls track and field team was up against teams with much deeper numbers.Despite having only 14 athletes, the Blue Devils forged on and placed third Friday night in the District F & G Division 1 Championships at Holyoke High...
After 30 years leading UMass baseball, Mike Stone is ready to walk away
By MATT VAUTOUR
AMHERST — There is no hint of finality from Mike Stone. The start of Wednesday’s practice looked a lot like the thousands of others he’s run at Earl Lorden Field.The Minuteman coach hung the day’s workout plan near the third-base dugout’s two good...
UMass basketball gets a commitment from Aussie guard Kieran Hayward, an LSU transfer
By MATT VAUTOUR
The newest member of the UMass men’s basketball program might have the distinction of being the player who traveled the furthest to play for the Minutemen.Kieran Hayward, a 6-foot-4 guard from Sydney, Australia, played one season at LSU before...
Northampton runs away from inexperienced Easthampton
By ELLIOT WELD
NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton baseball team beat Easthampton in its biggest blowout of the season, 21-0, in a mercy-rule shortened five-inning game, Wednesday.Northampton’s 21 runs were a season high. The Blue Devils sent 18 players to the plate with...
Betts, Bradley go deep to lift Red Sox over Cardinals 6-3
By NATE LATSCH
ST. LOUIS — Mookie Betts homered and drove in two runs, Jackie Bradley Jr. also went deep and the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Tuesday night to take the opener of a two-game interleague series.Bradley had two of Boston’s six...
Celtics K(elly) O(lynyk) Wizards in Game 7
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 29 points and had 12 assists, Kelly Olynyk scored a career-playoff high 26 points and the Boston Celtics used a big fourth quarter to outlast the Washington Wizards 115-105 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference...
2017 Amherst Invitational Ultimate Tournament: Hurricanes boys finish second, girls tie for third with Northampton
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...
Rutgers wing Jonathan Laurent transfers to UMass basketball
By MATT VAUTOUR
The UMass men’s basketball team added another transfer to its ranks over the weekend, and another could be on the way.Rutgers wing Jonathan Laurent announced on Twitter on Saturday, after visiting Amherst last week, that he’ll be a Minuteman. He’ll...
Wall’s late 3 leads Wiz past Celtics 92-91, forces Game 7
By HOWARD FENDRICH
WASHINGTON — John Wall hit a 3-pointer with 3.5 seconds left for the go-ahead basket, then hopped atop the scorer’s table and yelled to celebrate at the conclusion of the Washington Wizards’ 92-91 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night that...
UMass controls Colorado, advance in NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament
By MATT VAUTOUR
On Wednesday, UMass women’s lacrosse coach Angela McMahon said the key to beating Colorado in the first game of the NCAA Tournament was controlling possession.Even she couldn’t have dreamed how well her team would heed those instructions after...
Amherst Ultimate Invitational: Toughest field ever comes to challenge Amherst
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...
Thursday’s high school tennis:
Staff reports
The South Hadley girls tennis team moved within a win of qualifying for the postseason with a 4-1 victory over visiting Holyoke on Thursday.The Tigers (9-3) swept the singles positions to ensure the victory.Caroline Robitaille took down Karyann Cruz...
UMass women’s tennis team facing long odds in NCAA Tournament
By MATT VAUTOUR
If the UMass women’s tennis team extends its season beyond Saturday, the story will no longer be about Judy Dixon’s magical farewell run.The Minutewomen, who face Florida, Saturday at 1 p.m., will try to pull off a potentially epic upset that would...
Vautour: Two decades later, Marcus Camby proud to be getting his UMass degree
By MATT VAUTOUR
Marcus Camby didn’t tell anyone. Not his mother, his sisters or his daughters. Not even his wife.For the last two years, the 43-year-old former Minuteman basketball star has been quietly taking classes online to complete his UMass degree. On Friday,...
Wednesday’s high school baseball: Morrison, Hopkins Academy turns away Greenfield
Staff reports
Jon Morrison struck out 12 as the Hopkins Academy baseball team beat Greenfield, 6-2, Wednesday in Hadley.Trevor Fil’s two-run double paced a four-run third inning for the Golden Hawks (5-6, 2-4 Hampshire West).Morrison allowed three walks and five...
Bradley scores 29, Celtics power past Wizards, 123-101
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
BOSTON — Playing in the Garden has brought out the Boston Celtics’ best basketball this postseason.Wednesday night it was home to one of the best nights of Avery Bradley’s career.Bradley scored a playoff career-high 29 points, and the Celtics beat the...
UMass ready for Colorado rematch in NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament
By MATT VAUTOUR
AMHERST — When UMass lost to Colorado 11-7 on Feb. 17 in Florida, coach Angela McMahon said her team was far from fully formed.That was the second game of the season and while the Minutewomen had talented players, they had yet to entirely discover how...
