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By HANNAH BEVIS

After falling in the American Legion district tournament final last year to Greenfield Post 81, Belchertown Post 239 got some redemption on Thursday night, taking down Westfield Post 124, 9-3, to advance to the next stage of the legion playoffs — the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

WESTFIELD – Thursday night’s American Legion District 1 championship game between Belchertown Post 239 and Westfield Post 124 had more drama in it than a daytime soap opera. Multiple innings with bases loaded, heroic diving saves, blasts to the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WILBRAHAM – Post 286 walked the wrong guy.Wilbraham intentionally gave Belchertown’s Jake Smith a free pass to first with two outs in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s American Legion Senior Division District 1 baseball semifinal. Smith had already...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

BELCHERTOWN — Dom Badorini stayed within himself and put the baseball out of the park.Northampton Post 28’s No. 3 hitter entered the batter’s box with one out and a runner on first base after a Jamie Fowler leadoff walk and a fielder’s choice in the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – After every game, Northampton Post 28 coach Adam Krol makes sure his team goes into the crowd and thanks one person that they know who came to watch them.“A lot of my best memories growing up with my parents and my grandparents were...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

MILFORD — It was a magical summer, even though it ended in a loss for Northampton Post 28.Northampton lost 9-4 to Milford Post 59 at Fino Field Tuesday afternoon to fall out of the American Legion state baseball tournament.“It was a magical season,”...

By Evan Halper and Lauren Rosenblatt

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s attack on legal marijuana, already stymied by large states determined not to roll back the clock, is increasingly confronting an even more politically potent adversary: military veterans.Frustrated by federal...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — Had one sixth inning throw been on target, Northampton’s dream American Legion season might be over.Instead Post 28 is still alive after Wednesday’s 8-7 win over East Springfield that set up Thursday’s winner-take-all championship...

 By ADAM HARGRAVES

NORTHAMPTON — In Game 1 of a best-of-three series to decide a Western Massachusetts Legion championship, Northampton Post 28 faced a situation it hadn’t seen all year.An immense deficit, which East Springfield built after a nine-run second...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTFIELD — College coaches sat in folding camp chairs behind the backstop at Bullens Field and aimed their radar guns.Ludlow Post 52’s Jayson Webb stared down West Springfield Post 207’s Zach Culver. Webb wore a blue jersey like the rest of his team,...