Staff reports
Monday, February 25, 2013
Western Mass. Tournaments Boys basketball Division 1 1. Central (15-4) 2. Putnam (19-1) 3. West Springfield 4. Holyoke (14-6) 5. Amherst (14-6) 6. Northampton (12-7) 7. Catherdral (12-8) 8. Sci-Tech (10-10) 9. East Longmeadow (11-9) 10. Minnechaug (11-9) 11. Agawam (6-14) 12. Pittsfield (13-7) All Games 7 p.m. First round Monday, Feb. 26 Game 1: Pittsfield at Amherst Game 2: Agawam at Northampton Game 3: Minnechaug at Cathedral Game 4: East Longmeadow at Sci-Tech Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 28 Game 5: Game 1 winner at Holyoke
By MIKE MORAN
Staff Writer
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Western Massachusetts Tournament Boys Basketball Division 1 1. Central (15-4) 2. Putnam (19-1) 3. West Springfield 4. Holyoke (14-6) 5. Amherst (14-6) 6. Northampton (12-7) 7. Catherdral (12-8) 8. Sci-Tech (10-10) 9. East Longmeadow (11-9) 10. Minnechaug (11-9) 11. Agawam (6-14) 12. Pittsfield (13-7) All Games 7 p.m. First round Monday, Feb. 26 Game 1: Pittsfield at Amherst Game 2: Agawam at Northampton Game 3: Minnechaug at Cathedral Game 4: East Longmeadow at Sci-Tech Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 28 Game 5: Game 1 winner at Holyoke Game 6: Game 2 winner at West Springfield Game 7: Game 3 winner at Putnam Game 8: Game 4 winner at Central Semifinals: Game
By MIKE MORAN
Staff Writer
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Here it is folks. My final Walkertology. Clearly the No. 1 difference between the old way and the new way is the mathematical formulas that pit all the teams against each other. In the old way, you could make a mistake on one team and it only affects that team's score. With Walker 2.0, if you goof one one, everything changes. So, when looking at these seeds keep that in mind. If a score was reported wrong or a division was incorrectly used, that can make all
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Friday, February 22, 2013
NOTE: There are a few updates to each bracket as I was able to sniff out a couple of errors on my part and also discovered a few things that caused some fluxuation (including that Central has 20 games, not 18, which is what every schedule I looked at had for them). It is interesting the way some of these played out. I think it's best not to look at the older Walkertology reports as a straight line. The earlier ones give you an idea of
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
NOTE: I'm holding off on the Division 3 for two reasons. First, there are still a couple of games tomorrow that will impact the numbers and second, I'm hearing something else might change over the next 48 hours as far as a result. I want to let both those things sort themselves out before going through the numbers another time. I'm shooting for Friday evening for the D-3 to be posted. As far as Divisions 1 and 2, there was a handful of upsets and a
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Here is the update through Monday's games. I also decided to do one thing I've never done before and did the numbers assuming that Palmer beats Commerce Tuesday and qualifies for the tournament. It felt like that gave us a much more accurate picture of where things stand because A) Palmer losing would be the biggest upset in some time and B) I knew it would have a giant impact in the seedings. Obviously, if Palmer loses, this will change. There are some dramatic changes
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Staff Writer
Friday, February 15, 2013
A few things before we get to the rankings, which are accurate up through today's results, but can and will change as more teams qualify and more results come in. The Walker System 2.0 that was installed last year is more fluid than the original version, so things are more apt to change as we get, say Wahconah and Ludlow qualified or whether both Holyoke and Longmeadow win out or both go 1-1, etc. Finally, Division 3 is a bit more of a challenge as
Here's Hopkins Academy girls basketball senior Olivia Mathieu scoring her 1,000th career point.
Staff reports
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Here is the official release from the MIAA: WRESTLING Due to the impending storm, all 12 MIAA sectional wrestling tournaments have been postponed to next Saturday (except for DIII West which will take place next Friday and Saturday). This will also push the divisional state and all-state tournaments back a week. ALL SECTIONAL SITES REMAIN THE SAME Please continue to check the MIAA website throughout the week for any possible updates. BOYS & GIRLS SECTIONAL SWIMMING AND DIVING Due to the impending snowstorm, all Boys’ and Girls’ Sectional Swimming and
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Monday, February 4, 2013
Running the Playoff Picture and Week Guide together last week seemed to work pretty well, so we'll stick with that for the time being. If we get a rain/show out day this week, I'll try to start working on the Walker. Otherwise it will probably be next week. PLAYOFF PICTURE DIVISION 1 IN/VIRTUALLY IN - Holyoke, Longmeadow, Northampton, Pittsfield, West Springfield OUT/IN SERIOUS TROUBLE - Amherst), Chicopee Comp, Minnechaug, Sci-Tech, Westfield ON THE BUBBLE Agawam (7-7) - After two close losses to Longmeadow and Comp, the Brownies bounced back with a
