Saturday, September 17, 2011
AMHERST — When games resume at the Amherst Regional High School softball diamond next spring, a new electronic scoreboard will be in place, honoring the memory of a longtime supporter of youth athletics in town.
Using money raised by the family and friends of Victor Keedy Jr. through memorial softball tournaments the last two years, the Hurricane Boosters Club is purchasing the new scoreboard and working with town employees and committees to get it installed.
Keedy, who died in May 2010, was a coach of both softball and baseball teams.
Friday, July 15, 2011
The Daily Hampshire Gazette Spring All-Star series continues with girls softball.
This year's edition features all-time greats, standout leaders, super sophomores and champions.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
A scoring error apparently cost the Amherst Regional softball team a chance at the state Division 1 championship last month. The Hurricanes walked off Rockwood Field at Worcester State University that evening with the state runner-up trophy, but the game's lone run apparently was incorrectly allowed due to an appeal that resulted in a force out. MIAA media spokesman Paul Wetzel was contacted Tuesday and said that he had not heard about the situation, but that such an error could not be appealed now by the Hurricanes.
Friday, June 24, 2011
WORCESTER - In the final and biggest stage of her brilliant high school career, Amherst Regional senior Emma Mendoker delivered one last masterpiece.
Monday, June 20, 2011
WORCESTER - Quianna Diaz-Patterson and Simone Frank set the table for the Amherst Regional softball team twice Saturday night, but the Hurricanes stranded them on second and third both times. King Philip of Wrentham, meanwhile, took advantage of its first base runner in the sixth inning and, aided by an error, scored the game-winning run for a 1-0 victory in an epic state Division 1 championship game at Rockwood Field at Worcester State College.
Monday, June 20, 2011
WORCESTER
In the final and biggest stage of her brilliant high school career, Amherst Regional senior Emma Mendoker delivered one last masterpiece. The team's gut-wrenching 1-0 loss in the state Division 1 championship game Saturday dampened the mood, of course, even as Mendoker was given flowers and congratulations for striking out her 1,000th career batter during the post-game. But the state Gatorade Player of the Year still bade farewell to the Hurricanes' program with one last epic performance before heading to Division I East Carolina University in the fall.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
AMHERST - The current scenario was believable enough for Amherst Regional softball coach Kacey Schmitt that she almost didn't want to scrimmage King Philip of Wrentham in the preseason. Now the teams will play for the state Division 1 title Saturday at 7 p.m. at Worcester State College.
Friday, June 17, 2011
AMHERST - The Amherst Regional softball senior class casts a big shadow.
With Division I signees Emma Mendoker and Quianna Diaz-Patterson, future Williams College teammates Zoe Dillon-Davidson and Simone Frank, team sparkplug Emma Ayres and the hard-working and determined Catie Childress, there's little room for anyone else to get recognition.
Friday, June 17, 2011
AMHERST - Thursday marked a rare occasion of a sequel nearly matching the brilliant original. Amherst Regional softball senior pitcher Emma Mendoker was dazzling in her second straight state Division 1 semifinal against Milford, but this year, she and the Hurricanes walked away with the victory. Mendoker allowed two hits and two walks while striking out 12 as Amherst avenged last year's lone loss with a 3-0 win over the Scarlet Hawks at the UMass Softball Complex. The Hurricanes (23-1) will square off against defending state champion King Philip of Wrentham (25-0) for the state title Saturday at Worcester State at 7 p.m.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
AMHERST - The Amherst Regional softball team feels a home-field advantage at the UMass Softball Complex this time of year.
The Hurricanes have only played their twice in the last two seasons, the 2010 and 2011 Western Massachusetts Division 1 championship games, but they attend school just down the road and many of them go to numerous Minutewoman games during the collegiate season.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
AMHERST - For the second straight year, the Hampshire Regional softball team's big bats could not solve Wahconah pitcher Sam Burgner. The senior faced just one batter over the minimum and the top-seeded Warriors piled on late for an 8-0 win in the Western Massachusetts Division 2 Tournament championship at the UMass Softball Complex on Wednesday. Burgner allowed just one hit, a lined single up the middle by Janelle Gorman in he fifth inning. Burgner struck out 11 and walked none to blank Hampshire in the western Massachusetts title game for the second season in a row. Wahconah plays Leicester in the state semifinals back at UMass at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
AMHERST - Simone Frank did everything she could to win her third Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament championship Monday. The Amherst Regional senior scored the game-winning run, had a pair of doubles, made numerous standout plays defensively and even joined teammate Emma Ayres in singing the national anthem during the pregame as the Hurricanes defeated Agawam 2-0 in the western Massachusetts final at the UMass Softball Complex. The win marked the 10th western Massachusetts title for Amherst, which also won championships in 1978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2008 and 2010. The team will play in the state semifinals against central Massachusetts champion Milford (22-1) back at UMass at 4 p.m. Thursday.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
CHICOPEE - The Granby softball team reached its third straight Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament semifinal this year.
And for the third straight year, the Rams' season ended with a loss to juggernaut Turners Falls on Friday afternoon.
Granby struggled through a 10-run third inning that included four errors en route to a 14-2 loss at Elms College.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
CHICOPEE - It took nearly 44 hours for the game to restart and just 3 minutes, 35 seconds for the Hampshire Regional softball team to end it.
Friday, June 10, 2011
This is quite a three-day stretch for Amherst Regional softball pitcher Emma Mendoker. The senior woke up Thursday morning to the news that she had been named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Massachusetts. She'll graduate from high school on Friday and then pitch in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament championship Saturday. Mendoker, enters Saturday's game against Agawam, which will be played at the UMass Softball Complex at 3 p.m., with an astonishing 971 strikeouts. She has posted a 21-1 record this season with a 0.15 earned run average.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
CHICOPEE - The Hampshire Regional softball team's quest for its third straight trip to the Western Massachusetts Division 2 Tournament title game will have to wait until Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
CHICOPEE - In virtually every game she's played for the Amherst Regional softball team in the last three years, senior standout Quianna Diaz-Patterson has made at least one "Wow!" play. The Hurricanes' shortstop needed just one at-bat to show off her rare athletic abilities in the team's 4-0 win over West Springfield in Western Massachusetts Division 1 semifinals Tuesday at Elms College. Diaz-Patterson turned a line drive to right field into a home run despite almost tripping over a base on the play.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
CHICOPEE - In virtually every game she's played for the Amherst Regional softball team in the last three years, senior standout Quianna Diaz-Patterson has made at least one "Wow!" play.
Monday, May 30, 2011
The Northampton softball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-1 win over Cathedral at home Saturday.
Mary Greco tossed a three-hitter, striking out three and walking none while allowing just one earned run in the victory.
Friday, May 27, 2011
One of the great classes in Amherst Regional softball history celebrated its senior night with a 11-0 win over rival Northampton at Community Field on Thursday.
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