By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Friday, February 1, 2013
I'm trying to muster the will to start working on the Walker 2.0 for this season. It will happen in the next week or two. Until then, here are the updated rankings after another crazy week of games. As always, you can email me at jpignatiello@gazettenet.com and follow me on twitter at @GazetteHS. WMass Top 25 (last time) 1. Sabis (1) 2. Northampton (4) 3. Longmeadow (2) 4. Holyoke (3) 5. Athol (5) 6. Granby (7) 7. South Hadley (8) 8. Mahar (10) 9. Drury (14) 10. Lee (6) 11. Pittsfield (9) 12. West Springfield (11) 13. Hampshire (12) 14.
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Staff Writer
Thursday, January 31, 2013
All the postponements have me in the office tonight, so we're going to go with a two-fer, combining the Week Guide with our first look at the playoff picture. PLAYOFF PICTURE DIVISION 1 IN/VIRTUALLY IN - Holyoke (10-2), Longmeadow (10-3), Northampton (12-2), Pittsfield (8-4), West Springfield (9-3) OUT/IN SERIOUS TROUBLE - Amherst (1-11), Chicopee Comp (2-9), Sci-Tech (4-9), Westfield (2-9) ON THE BUBBLE Agawam (6-5) - The Brownies have some nice wins (at Central, Minnechaug, at Chicopee) and are definite contenders in the Suburban. We'll have a better idea of whether
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Staff Writer
Thursday, January 24, 2013
With all the crazy results since the last rankings were released, it felt like a good time to start from scratch and see what happens. Everyone is beating everyone, so there's no way to rank teams solely based on head-to-head. Going through this exercise, I know one thing - It's going to be an unbelievable postseason. As always, I can be reached by email at jpignatiello@gazettenet.com and followed on Twitter at twitter.com/GazetteHS. WMass Top 25 (last time) 1. Sabis (2) 2. Longmeadow (1) 3. Holyoke (3) 4. Northampton (6) 5. Athol
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
NOTES: Last week's hopes of posting a Top 25 were dashed by the Amherst Regional-South Hadley boys basketball situation followed by the Hoophall, but I'll have one posted this week. As always, I can be emailed at jpignatiello@gazettenet.com and followed on Twitter @GazetteHS. Tuesday, Jan. 22 Sabis at Granby - Both teams entered the Hoophall Classic unbeaten and ended up with a loss. Now one of them will have two after 11-0 and 10-0 starts respectively. This will be an intense game. Do the Rams' fans show
Staff reports
Monday, January 21, 2013
The website College Baseball Daily is preparing for the 2013 season by counting down the country's top 100 players. Amherst Regional alum Kevin Ziomek, a junior pitcher at Vanderbilt, came in a No. 53. Here's a quick piece of what CBD wrote: From a scouting perspective, Ziomek is a very polished pitcher. He has good command of his fastball that sits in the low 90s, along with his changeup sitting in the low 80s and a curve that sits upwards of 77 mph. In addition
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Sorry for the delay, which was caused by a (minor) family health issue last night. You can follow me on twitter @GazetteHS or email me at jpignatiello@gazettenet.com. Wednesday, Jan. 16 Pittsfield at Monument Mountain - Generals look to extend their winning streak to five and improve to 8-2 heading into their big game on Saturday. Spartans were hot their for a while, but have run into a tough stretch of their schedule. Thursday, Jan. 17 Lee vs. Quaboag (Hoophall Classic), 7 p.m. - It wasn't that long ago that
By MIKE MORAN
Staff Writer
Saturday, January 12, 2013
It’s late, but here it is. Leaders will come later. Drop me a line at mmoran@gazettenet.com or @mikemoranDHG Boys Basketball Top 10 Through Jan. 11 Division 1 1. West Springfield 8-0 2. Central 5-2 3. Putnam 8-0 4. Holyoke 8-1 5. Northampton 7-2 6. Cathedral 6-2 7. Amherst 4-3 8. Pittsfield 6-2 9. Westfield 4-3 10. Minnechaug 5-3 Division 2 1. Greenfield 8-0 2. Palmer 7-2 3. Mahar 6-3 4. South Hadley 6-3 5. Wahconah 6-2 6. Taconic 3-5 7. Hoosac 3-5 8. Sabis 2-6 9. Belchertown 3-4 10. Easthampton 5-5 Division 3 1. St. Joseph’s 5-2 2. Smith Academy 8-1 3. Granby 8-1 4. Monson 6-1 5. Renaissance 8-2 6. Mount
Staff reports
Friday, January 11, 2013
Friday’s results HIGH SCHOOLS Boys basketball South Hadley 99, Holyoke Cath. 28 Turners Falls 49, Frontier 47 Girls basketball Gateway 40, Pathfinder 26 Northampton 43, Amherst 27 Granby 59, New Leadership 13 Hampshire 65, Palmer 43 Mahar 49, Smith Academy 16 Hopkins 77, Mohawk 25 Easthampton 57, Greenfield 31 Frontier 43, Turners Falls 23 Smith Vocational at St. Mary, ppd Boys swimming & diving Monson 119, Belchertown 45 Chic. Comp 116, Easthampton 65 Westfield 150, Holyoke Catholic 12 Longmeadow 122, Northampton 55 Central 122, South
By JIM PIGNATIELLO
Staff Writer
Thursday, January 10, 2013
NOTE: We'll have the GazetteLand leading scorers back next week. .. As always, I can be reached at jpignatiello@gazettenet.com. WMass Top 25 1. Longmeadow (last week: 1) 2. Sabis (3) 3. Holyoke (2) 4. Lee (4) 5. Pittsfield (5) 6. Northampton (6) 7. Athol (7) 8. Chicopee (8) 9. Granby (9) 10. Easthampton (11) 11. Hampshire Regional (12) 12. Drury (13) 13. South Hadley (14) 14. Mahar (15) 15. Belchertown (16) 16. Minnechaug (17) 17. Palmer (20) 18. Hoosac Valley (23) 19. Lenox (10) 20. Wahconah (21) 21. West Side (19) 22. Agawam (3-3, 24) 23. Central (25) 24. Westfield (18) 25. Monument Mountain (NR) GazetteLand Power Rankings 1. Northampton (1) 2. Granby (2) 3.
Staff reports
Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday’s results HIGH SCHOOLS Boys basketball Amherst Regional 54, Sabis 40 Palmer 77, Belchertown 55 Greenfield 52, Easthampton 41 Renaissance 76, Gateway 39 Hampshire 40, Southwick 28 Northampton 68, Agawam 59 Smith Academy 56, Mahar 28 St. Mary 61, Smith Vocational 51 Girls basketball South Hadley 49, Ware 40 Granby 45, Frontier 35 Hockey Belchertown 5, Central 5 COLLEGES Men’s basketball Saint Louis 70, UMass 62 Friday’s games HIGH SCHOOLS Boys basketball Holyoke Catholic at South Hadley, 7 Frontier at Turners Falls, 7:30 Girls basketball
