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Championships up for grabs at WMass meet

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

A trio of top area swimmers will head into Sunday's Western Massachusetts Championship Meet with a variety of hopes and expectations.

Greenfield hockey upends Amherst

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Eric Cameron had a hat trick and a pair of assists as the Greenfield hockey team defeated Amherst Regional 8-2 Thursday night at Orr Rink. The third goal represented Cameron's 100th career point in only his 57th career game.

Inside PVIAC Indoor Track Championship

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

The team and individual contender list at the PVIAC Indoor Track Championship is a long one.

The meet begins at 6 p.m. at Smith College Friday.

The four-time champion Northampton boys might have gone 6-3 during the season but never count out a champion.

Tuesday's girls basketball games: Calvo's 3 lifts Frontier Regional

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Amanda Calvo knocked down a 3-pointer from the corner with 8 seconds left as Frontier Regional survived a scare from Mohawk Trail 36-35 in Buckland on Tuesday night.

The Red Hawks (9-7, 9-6, Franklin South) moved to within one win of qualifying for the postseason with the victory and officially eliminated the Warriors (3-11, 3-11, Franklin North) from contention.

Division 1 wrestling: Nate Kane of Amherst Regional earns second place

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Amherst Regional's Nate Kane earned second place in the 138-pound weight class at the Western Massachusetts Division 1 individual wrestling tournament Saturday in Westfield.

Kane lost to Central's Jonathan Viruet 12-0 in the title bout.

Amherst, Northampton win indoor track league title

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

League championships were on the line Friday during the final PVIAC indoor track meet of the regular season at Smith College.

The Amherst Regional boys beat Longmeadow 57-38 and Minnechaug 70-25 to finish undefeated at 9-0 and win the Pioneer League.

Jesse Coull won the 2-mile in 10 minutes, 13 seconds, while Michael Stender won the 600 in 1:27.8 to pace the effort.

Former coach Ron Lashway 'immensely proud' of Patriots safety James Ihedigbo

mjwilk1237 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Of all the Patriots fans hoping for a Super Bowl victory on Sunday night, there will be at least one spectator in Amherst with a personal connection to the field. Former Amherst Regional football coach Ron Lashway has kept track of the professional career of New England safety James Ihedigbo, who starred for the Hurricanes from 1999 through 2002. "I'm just so immensely proud of James and everything he's accomplished," Lashway said. "He's never given up fighting for his dream, and now he's playing in the Super Bowl."

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