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Friday’s high schools: Belchertown girls tennis qualifies for postseason

Friday, May 24, 2013

The Belchertown girls tennis first doubles team of Morgan O’Connor and Angela Grabazs won a pair of tiebreakers as the Orioles upset Palmer 3-2 at Ludlow Tennis Club on Friday and qualified for the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament. O’Connor and Grabazs defeated Laura Thompkins & Jeralyn Halstead of Palmer 7-6, 7-6. No. 1 Rachel Gustafson and No. 3 Julian Tan both won their singles matches for Belchertown (9-9). Boys … 0

Friday’s high school baseball/softball: Smith Academy teams roll in Hatfield

Friday, May 24, 2013

Friday was a good day on the home diamonds for Smith Academy. The softball team kept its hope alive of making the postseason for the first time since 2002 with a 4-1 victory over rival Hopkins Academy. The baseball team, meanwhile, knocked off Tri-County rival and league champion St. Mary 2-1 in eight innings. Softball Smith Academy 4, Hopkins Academy 1 — The … 1

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Friday, May 24, 2013

To submit an item to Friends & Neighbors, send an email to newsroom@gazettenet.come or mail your news to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Box 299, Northampton, MA. 01061, c/o Friends & Neighbors. Amherst Matthew Thompson graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University. He majored in finance and international business and will work in the Latin American investment banking division of Citibank in New York … 0

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Frontier Regional girls capture Division 2 track & field championship

Saturday, May 18, 2013

BUCKLAND — The Frontier Regional girls track & field team may have had a 107-meet winning streak snapped this season, but on Friday night the Red Hawks showed the rest of the District F & G Division 2 field that they are still a force to be reckoned … 0

Friday’s high school baseball: Easthampton rallies to keep postseason alive

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Easthampton baseball gave its postseason hopes a significant shot in the arm Friday as the Eagles came from behind to beat Athol 2-1 in eight innings at home. After Shy Torres and Zach Lewis were each hit by pitches with one out in the eighth, reliever Bradley … 0

Friday’s high schools: Krystel Enko strikes out 23 in Frontier 11-inning win over Taconic

Friday, May 17, 2013

For 11 innings, Frontier Regional softball pitcher Krystel Enko kept sending Taconic batters directly from the plate to the dugout Friday in South Deerfield. Enko struck out 23, allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk before the Red Hawks scored in the bottom of the … 0

Wednesday’s high school track: Northampton runs past East Longmeadow, Agawam and Holyoke Catholic

Friday, May 17, 2013

Adrienne Pascucci and Khaila Ramirez each won two individual events as the Northampton girls track and field team finished first in a quad meet at home Wednesday. Northampton finished with 142 points, followed by East Longmeadow (82), Agawam (28) and Holyoke Catholic (5). Pascucci won the high jump … 0

Northampton senior goal Tyler Walsh, center, aided by defensive pressure from senior mid Andrew Fleming, left, deflects a shot by Belchertown senior mid Aaron Krasinkiewicz in the third quarter of the Blue Devils' 12-4 Valley League win over the Orioles on Wednesday in Northampton. KEVIN GUTTING

Wednesday’s high schools: Smith Academy ace David Longstreeth no-hits Dean Tech

Friday, May 17, 2013

No-hitters and steals of home are rare on their own. The Smith Academy baseball team had both in the same game Wednesday as the Falcons edged Dean Tech 3-0 in Hatfield. David Longstreeth collected his second career no-hitter. … 0

Wednesday’s high school softball: Hampshire gets payback against Turners, wins in five innings

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Hampshire Regional softball team enjoyed sweet revenge against Franklin League rival Turners Falls in Westhampton on Wednesday. After suffering their first mercy-rule shortened loss under seventh-year coach Brian McGan in Montague on May 6, the Raiders turned the trick on the perennial power Indians with a 12-0 … 0

Wednesday’s prep schools: Williston baseball qualifies for postseason

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Williston-Northampton baseball team pulled out a 10-9 win in eight innings to qualify for the postseason for the seventh straight year. Erik Ostberg of Florence singled, stole second then scored on a Mike Thomson (Northampton) ground ball for the walk-off. Adam Krol of Sunderland earned the win. … 0

Mat Sulda, of Smith Academy, has been named the Daily Hampshire Gazette Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

Gazette Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Mat Sulda

Friday, May 17, 2013

Mat Sulda had all the dreams — some farfetched and some more realistic — of a young basketball player. He wanted to become the best basketball player at his high school, score 1,000 points and win championships, play … 0

Jordan Vigneault of Belchertown, left, shoots against Westfield defenders Jared Piubeni, center, and Dan Charvat Tuesday in Belchertown. JERREY ROBERTS

Tuesday’s high schools: Hopkins Academy baseball cruises past Mahar

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Hopkins Academy baseball team gave Evan Delaney all the run support he needed in the top of the first inning Tuesday in Orange. The Golden Hawks scored four times and cruised to an 11-2 victory over Mahar … 0

Tuesday’s high school softball: Easthampton holds off Southwick

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Caelin Mottor earned her eighth and final strikeout with the tying run on third in the top of the seventh inning as the Easthampton softball team held off Southwick 4-3 at home Tuesday. Rachel Connell was 3-for-3 and scored a run for the Eagles (11-4), while Kelly Avard … 0

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