HS Roundup: Frontier golf wins tiebreaker over Pioneer (PHOTOS)

It was as close as it could get between the Pioneer and Frontier golf teams at Northfield Golf Course Tuesday.Tallying the top four scores, the Panthers and the Redhawks both finished with 171 points. Frontier’s Brady Wood broke the tiebreaker with a...

Northampton Parks and Rec gets grant to train coaches

The Northampton Parks & Recreation Department (NPRD) was one of 39 communities in the country that were recently awarded a grant through the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) to partner with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to...

South Hadley girls volleyball program connects three generations

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

SOUTH HADLEY — Sabrina Bardwell was dead set on field hockey.It was the beginning of the school year in the early 1990s, and the seventh grader was choosing her fall sport. But her mother, Betsy Riley, had just started a one-week volleyball program at...

Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a championship, dies at 83

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON (AP) — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and himself to the doorstep of the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83.Major League...

High School Sports: Smith Voc volleyball rallies past Franklin Tech

Smith Voc came back from down two sets to one against Franklin Tech in Northampton on Monday, winning 25-21, 20-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-11.Heidymar Diaz-Lopez led the Vikings with another stellar all-around performance – 15 assists, 20 digs and 11 kills....

Field hockey: Addie Harrington scores twice to propel Frontier past Greenfield, 2-0 (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The Frontier field hockey team continues to roll.The Redhawks suffered a 1-0 loss to Longmeadow on Sept. 10, but since then, Frontier has yet to be beaten. Entering Monday’s contest against rival Greenfield on an eight game unbeaten...

UMass Basketball: Minutemen picked 9th, Minutewomen 13th in A-10 preseason poll

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

UMass men’s and women’s basketball took on Atlantic 10 media day in Washington, D.C. on Monday as UMass prepares for its 49th and final season in the conference it helped charter.The UMass men’s basketball team was voted to finish ninth in the...

UMass Football: Minutemen face big test against No. 21 Missouri on Saturday

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

With its MAC tour wrapped up after a 34-20 loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday, the 1-5 UMass football team turns its attention to the SEC portion of its schedule. The Minutemen host No. 21 Missouri on Saturday at noon on ESPN2, the only time this...

UMass hockey team hangs on for 5-4 win over Bentley

By GARRETT COTE

The UMass hockey team watched its commanding 5-1 lead slip away in the third period as Bentley netted three goals to pull within one.But the Minutemen hung on — their four-goal second period the difference — to defeat Bentley 5-4 in their season...

Northampton Parks and Recreation’s Youth Basketball registration opens Monday

Information is now available for the Northampton Parks and Recreation’s Youth Basketball program. Registration for all divisions opens on Monday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m.NPRD offers divisions for youth in preschool through eighth grade. Further details and...

UMass Football: Minutemen lose to Northern Illinois 34-20

By GARRETT COTE

Don Brown essentially made the decision that he was fine with once again playing an opponent close and losing, as that was clear at the end of the first half with his UMass football team facing a 4th-and-1 inside the Northern Illinois 10-yard line.The...

Football: Pittsfield defeats South Hadley, 46-6

By MIKE WALSH

The Tigers came into Friday night with a game plan, and it was a good one.This iteration of the Pittsfield Generals, though, can shred game plans as quickly as junior Freddy Conyers shreds opposing special teams.South Hadley sent the opening kickoff...

Football: Belchertown falls to Hoosac, 43-8

By DYLAN THOMPSON

ADAMS –  On Friday night at Renfrew Park in its Intercounty South opener, the Hoosac Valley football team  put the pieces together and took out some early season  frustration on Belchertown. Hoosac scored on six of its seven possessions with three...

Football: Amherst pulls away from Wahconah, 40-22

By HOWARD HERMAN

DALTON —  Things did not start off that well for Amherst Friday night.Facing Suburban South foe Wahconah Regional, the Hurricanes won the toss and took the ball. It was a quick three-and-out, which led to a Wahconah touchdown.The Hurricanes put the...

High School Football: Easthampton falls to Lee 41-0

By MIKE MORAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Lee football team took command early and ran away with a 41-0 victory over Easthampton on Friday night.The Wildcats scored on their first three possessions, converting on fourth down once during each drive. On defense, they contained...

High School Football: Smith Voc takes down McCann Tech 54-6

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Football coaches almost never use the word “perfect,” but Smith Vocational football head coach Alex Subocz did when describing his team’s first quarter in the Vikings’ 54-6 beatdown of McCann Tech on Friday night.Two blocked punts (one...

High Schools: Frontier volleyball defeats Turners Falls in meeting of western Mass. champions

The Frontier girls volleyball team defeated Turners Falls in four sets on Friday night on the road in a matchup of two western Mass. winners from 2023 – Frontier in Class B and Turners Falls in Class D. The Redhawks won 25-11, 21-25, 25-11,...

UMass Football: Minutemen take on NIU looking for first FBS win of season

By GARRETT COTE

The UMass football team spoiled its best chance at an FBS win last weekend, losing to Miami (Ohio) after leading by three in the final minute. Not only did the RedHawks march down the field to tie the game and send it to overtime with a Dom Dzioban...

On The Run with John Stifler: Covered Bridge Classic 10-kilometer road race set for Sunday

Conway, Massachusetts, couldn’t look ugly if it tried. Winding roads, classic village architecture, ancient covered bridge, old stone library – and now it’s October, when Conway’s autumnal charm is augmented by the Conway Festival of the Hills. The...

UMass hockey: Minutemen have remade defensive core heading into Saturday’s opener against Bentley

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Under Greg Carvel, the UMass hockey program has shown it has the ability to identify, recruit and develop defensemen.Cale Makar, Mario Ferraro, Zac Jones, Matthew Kessel, Ryan Ufko, Scott Morrow are just some of the players who have manned the back...