Sports
Bulls beat top-seeded Celtics 111-97 to take 2-0 series lead
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
BOSTON — The Chicago Bulls talked often during the regular season about believing they had the personnel to play as a physically imposing team.Their output has caught up to those desires so far during the postseason.Jimmy Butler scored 22 points,...
Tuesday’s high schools: Gewanters boost Frontier baseball in extra innings
Staff reports
Kade Gewanter singled home Connor Waitkus to give the Frontier Regional baseball a 7-6 win over host Palmer in 11 innings on Tuesday.Seth Gewanter pitched four innings of relief for the victory. He gave up four hits, struck out one and didn’t allow a...
Amherst girls lacrosse holds off Belchertown rally to pick up first win
By MOLLY CLANCY
BELCHERTOWN — The Amherst Regional girls lacrosse team held on to defeat league rival Belchertown, 8-5 Tuesday night, for its first win of the season.“It’s good. I’m excited, finally. We worked hard for it,” Amherst junior Nicole Gerena said.The...
Former UMass coach Derek Kellogg excited about new start at LIU
By MATT VAUTOUR
After a day of meeting with media, administrators, his players and fans, new Long Island coach Derek Kellogg and his wife Nicole were about to get on the subway to go to a celebratory dinner.The transportation was a reminder of how different their...
Former Red Sox Clay Buchholz could miss rest of season after surgery
By SCOTT ORGERA
NEW YORK — Phillies right-hander Clay Buchholz had surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his right forearm Tuesday, and could miss the rest of the season.The 32-year-old was placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 15 prior to the...
Boston Marathon retires Bib 261 for women’s pioneer Switzer
By JIMMY GOLEN
BOSTON — A line stretched the length of the block outside the Boston Marathon store on Boylston Street as runners waited to embroider their finishing times onto the jackets they bought to celebrate their achievement.Inside, another line of runners was...
Kate Sarnacki returns with five goals, but Granby girls lacrosse falls to Comp late
By GAGE NUTTER
CHICOPEE — The Granby girls lacrosse team lost in the waning seconds to Chicopee Comp when Amelia Gibson leaped in front of the net and put her shot past goalie Mya Fillion stick side Friday.The Colts won the ensuing faceoff and ran out the clock for...
Jon Morrison, Noah Scanlon-Dean no-hit St. Mary’s in 2-0 loss for Hopkins Academy
By ADAM HARGRAVES
HADLEY — In his second start of the season, Jon Morrison did not allow a hit in six innings for the Hopkins Academy baseball team.Morrison also struck out nine and gave up only one earned run.It did not lead to a win for the Golden Hawks. Despite a...
Pioneer Valley runners prepare for 121st Boston Marathon
By JAMIE CUSHMAN
The Boston Red Sox will host the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park Monday morning, while at night the Bruins will battle the Senators in Game 3 of their first-round NHL playoff series at TD Garden.Prior to those games, all eyes in Boston that day will be...
Fairfield transfer Curtis Cobb chooses UMass
By MATT VAUTOUR
Curtis Cobb wanted a chance to play at a higher level and wanted to use his year sitting out as a transfer to get better. The former Fairfield guard liked the combination new UMass coach Matt McCall offered.“The coach talked a lot about helping me...
NBA star Isaiah Thomas’ sister killed in car accident
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — NBA star Isaiah Thomas’ sister has died in a one-car accident.The Washington State Patrol said Saturday that 22-year-old Chyna J. Thomas died at the scene on Interstate 5 in Federal Way after the accident about 5 a.m. The...
Ex-NFL star Hernandez, serving life, acquitted in 2 slayings
By DENISE LAVOIE
BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted Friday in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a drink spilled at a nightclub.The former New England...
Rays hit 4 HRs off Porcello; Archer ends long skid vs Bosox
By KEN POWTAK
BOSTON — Logan Morrison hit a grand slam and Shane Peterson homered in his first big league at-bat since 2015, two of the career-high four homers allowed by Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 10-5 victory over the Boston Red...
UMass receivers Sadiq Palmer, Brennon Dingle confident with spring performances
By MATT VAUTOUR
AMHERST — UMass wide receiver Sadiq Palmer didn’t have a lot of chances to flash his potential in the fall.The freshman was behind older players on the depth chart and battled injuries. But his leaping touchdown catch at the sideline late to keep...
Leila Kouakou scores 4 goals for Mount Holyoke lacrosse in win over Coast Guard Academy
Staff reports
Northampton’s Leila Kouakou scored four goals with an assist for the Mount Holyoke lacrosse team in a 11-6 win over Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday in New London, Conn.Kaitlin Braz and Mary Lavigne each added two goals for the Lyons (2-10).Mia...
Sam Dorman and Amherst’s Michael Hixon win 3-meter at USA Diving Synchronized National Championships
Staff reports
Add another event to Michael Hixon’s program at the 2017 FINA World Championships.The Amherst native and his sychronized diving partner Sam Dorman will represent team USA in Budapest after winning the men’s three meter at the USA Diving Synchronized...
Tuesday’s high school baseball/softball: Jon Morrison fans 13 to pace Hopkins Academy
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In his first start of the season, Jon Morrison struck out 13 in a 9-3 win for the Hopkins Academy baseball team over Pioneer Regional, Tuesday in Northfield.Morrison pitched six innings and gave up three earned runs.Noah Scanlon-Dean and Nate Kelley...
Northampton knocks off rival Amherst Regional in girls tennis
By GAGE NUTTER
NORTHAMPTON — Both teams sat side by side to watch the final singles match of the day between Caitlyn Richmond, of Northampton, and Nya Saunders, of Amherst. The two showed flashes of why they were deserving of the No. 1 singles matchup with their...
New UMass coach Matt McCall has hit the ground running
By MATT VAUTOUR
Matt McCall is calm. Or at least he sounds calm sitting in his Champions Center office late into Monday evening.He knows the scope of what he’s taken on. The new UMass men’s basketball coach’s family is still in Tennessee as he’s living out of a...
Monday’s high school softball/baseball: Defending state champ Hampshire blanks Chicopee in opener
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The Hampshire Regional softball team began its state title defense with a 10-0 win over Chicopee on Monday at home.Pitchers Alana Mohan (4 innings, five strikeouts) and Emily Halket (three innings, two strikeouts) allowed a combined six hits and no...
