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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 with. The Red Hawks finished with more than twice as many points as their nearest opponent to win the championship at Mohawk … 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 Bousquet surrendered a walk-off RBI single by Chris Starcun down the right-field line. The win … 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 11th for a 4-3 victory over Taconic. “She got stronger as the game went on,” … 0

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Megan Grace Slocombe of Frontier throws the javelin during a meet against Hampshire Regional Tuesday at Frontier. She won the event with a throw of 97 feet, 3 inches. JERREY ROBERTS

Tuesday’s high schools: Frontier girls track cruises past Hampshire Regional

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Mairead Ferry won three events and three other athletes won two events each as the Frontier Regional girls track & field team dispatched Hampshire Regional 87-58 Tuesday in South Deerfield. Ferry won the pole vault, 100-meter hurdles and … 0

Tuesday’s high school softball: Megan Logan, Holyoke Catholic escape with win over Gateway Regional

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Megan Logan wriggled out of a bases-loaded no-out jam in the seventh inning as the Holyoke Catholic softball team defeated Gateway Regional at Holyoke Community College on Tuesday. Logan allowed six hits and no walks, and had two of her nine strikeouts in the game-saving final frame for … 0

Tuesday’s high schools: Northampton girls lacrosse rolls past Holyoke Catholic

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Ten different players registered at least one point for the Northampton girls lacrosse team in a 12-5 victory over Holyoke Catholic in Chicopee on Tuesday afternoon. Emily Allcroft had four goals, while Molly King (three assists), Missie Maiewski and Hunter Zackaricz each had two goals for the Blue … 0

Monday’s high school softball: Easthampton pulls away from Ware

Monday, April 29, 2013

The Easthampton softball team used a four-run fourth inning to pull away from Ware for an 8-4 road victory Monday. Sydney Slattery went 3-for-3 with two runs scored the Eagles (6-2, 3-0 Bi-County West). Ashley Reardon (three runs), Haley McFarland (two RBIs) and Molly Cabana (RBI) each had … 0

Zach Edwards of Easthampton catches a hit from Brett Morrison of Hopkins Academy Monday in Easthampton.JERREY ROBERTS

Monday’s high school baseball: Peter Watroba, Frontier hand Greenfield first loss

Monday, April 29, 2013

Facing a starting pitcher coming off a perfect game, the Frontier Regional baseball team couldn’t have counted on much offense Monday afternoon. But Peter Watroba and the Red Hawks defense made one run stand up in a 1-0 … 0

Monday’s high school lacrosse: Amherst boys hold off Northampton

Monday, April 29, 2013

Kieran Presley’s four tallies and Nick Johnson’s five points helped lead the Amherst Regional boys lacrosse team to a tight 9-7 home victory over Northampton on Monday night. Johnson had three goals and a pair of assists for Amherst (8-3, 3-2 Valley Wheel). Drew Kosloski and Alex LaRaja … 0

Monday’s high schools: Amherst tennis teams earn 3-2 victories

Monday, April 29, 2013

The Amherst Regional boys and girls tennis teams earned narrow victories Monday. The undefeated girls team beat Palmer 3-2 at Amherst Middle School. Allison McCann won at first singles, while the doubles pairings of Samantha Doctor and Amutha Muthukumar, and Sarah Martin and Kailey Tobin also won. The … 0

Friday’s high school softball: Cassie Long’s homer lifts Amherst past Holyoke

Friday, April 26, 2013

Cassie Long smacked her fourth home run of the season as the Amherst Regional softball team defeated Holyoke 6-2 on the road Friday. Long went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs for the Hurricanes (2-6). Long and Sarah Grace Spurgin (two hits, double) each scored two runs for … 0

Friday’s colleges: Lindsey Webster powers UMass softball team past Saint Joseph’s

Friday, April 26, 2013

Lindsey Webster’s two-run home run in the seventh inning propelled the University of Massachusetts softball team past Saint Joseph’s 2-1 in Philadelphia Friday. Caroline Raymond struck out four, walked four and worked around seven hits for the Minutewomen (15-19, 9-4 Atlantic 10). Keen State 5, Amherst 3; Amherst … 0

Friday’s high school baseball: Granby comes from behind to beat Pathfinder

Friday, April 26, 2013

Zach Funk’s relief work kept the Granby baseball team close enough to state a come-from-behind 7-6 win Friday at Pathfinder. Funk entered the game in the second inning with his team trailing 6-3 and the Rams took the lead with four runs in the fourth. Funk (five strikeouts, … 0

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