Field hockey: Williston routs rival Suffield, advances to NEPSAC semifinals (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — Not an ounce of doubt was left at Sawyer Field on Wednesday afternoon, as the Williston Northampton School field hockey team jumped out to an early lead and kept the pedal to the metal the rest of the way. The No. 2 Wildcats added a pair...

Field hockey: Uxbridge knocks off Frontier, 5-0, in Div. 4 semifinals (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

AGAWAM — The three-time defending MIAA Div. 4 field hockey state champions weren’t ready to relinquish their crown on Tuesday. Fourth-seeded Frontier took on top-seeded Uxbridge in the Div. 4 semifinals at Agawam High School and the Spartans quickly...

UMass hockey coach Greg Carvel reacts to AIC hockey team dropping to NCAA Division II after this season

By RYAN AMES

American International College will drop its hockey team to Division II at the end of this season, per a report from Collegehockeynews.com’s Mike McMahon on Twitter/X on Tuesday afternoon. McMahon’s report stated its reasoning was “budgetary, and the...

Girls soccer: South Hadley prepares for semifinal matchup with Hamilton-Wenham

By GARRETT COTE

Last season, the South Hadley girls soccer team was ranked No. 1 in Division 4 and made it all the way to the state championship game, where it ultimately fell 2-1 to Sutton. On that roster, the Tigers had seven seniors – including South Hadley’s...

Colleges: UMass women’s soccer left out of NCAA field; field hockey team heading to UConn on Friday

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Over the past two days, two UMass fall sports programs learned their respective fates for the NCAA Tournament after finishing as Atlantic 10 Conference tournament runners-up.The Minutewomen field hockey team gathered together on Sunday night...

Field hockey: Three-time defending champion Uxbridge up next as Frontier looks to continue historic state tourney run

By JEFF LAJOIE

The challenge is substantial, but the Frontier field hockey team is ready.Three-time defending state champion Uxbridge stands in the way of the fourth-seeded Redhawks and a spot in the MIAA Division 4 championship game. Frontier and the top-seeded...

UMass football: Minutemen QB Taisun Phommachanh out for the season due to injuries

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — UMass football head coach Don Brown confirmed Monday that Minutemen starting quarterback Taisun Phommachanh will miss the remainder of the season after suffering an injury against Mississippi State on Nov. 2.UMass had a bye this past...

Boys soccer: Top-seeded Pope Francis ends Belchertown’s season with 3-0 win in MIAA Div. 3 Round of 16

By RYAN AMES

SPRINGFIELD – Top-seeded Pope Francis stifled the Belchertown boys soccer team’s offense in the Orioles’ 3-0 loss to the Cardinals in the Round of 16 of the MIAA Division 3 state tournament on Saturday.Nicolas Dias scored twice for Pope Francis to...

Boys soccer: Jack Cusson’s PK save lifts Frontier past Pittsfield, into Div. 4 quarterfinals

By JESSE KOLODKIN

PITTSFIELD – To win big, you need players, rookies and veterans to step up. Tied after full time and two overtime periods, Saturday’s MIAA Division 4 Boys Soccer Round of 16 game at Berkshire Community College went to best-of-five penalty kicks.Both...

NEPSAC football: Williston suffers first loss of the season to Brunswick; will host bowl game

By GEORGE MILLER

EASTHAMPTON – The final ledger won't come out unblemished for Williston Northampton football, but the Wildcats still have one more game in the bank for themselves this fall.Williston rode a 7-0 start to the season into Saturday's regular-season finale...

College football: Williams blanks Amherst 21-0 in “Biggest Little Game in America”

By HOWARD HERMAN

WILLIAMSTOWN – In the days before Saturday’s “Biggest Little Game in America,” Amherst College head coach E.J. Mills said the game was about much more than just football.“Obviously, we wish we were in a better situation than we are,” Mills said. “But...

Girls soccer: Upset-minded Northampton falls just short in 1-0 Div. 2 Round of 16 loss to Nashoba (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

BOLTON — Playing toe-to-toe with the No. 7 seed in Division 2, the No. 23 Northampton girls soccer team had a flurry of chances to jump ahead and command control early in the second half on the road against Nashoba.In the opening minutes of the latter...

Field hockey: Frontier marches into Div. 4 semifinals following 2-0 shutout win over Ipswich (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After knocking on the door of a state semifinal appearance the last few years, the Frontier field hockey team is heading to the MIAA Division 4 Final Four.The Redhawks reached the state quarterfinals in both 2022 and 2023 but on...

MIAA cross country: Amherst girls win Division 2B state qualifier

By GARRETT COTE

DEVENS — Following the Amherst girls cross country team’s Western Massachusetts Class A title two weeks ago at Stanley Park in Westfield (its third in a row), co-head coaches Elena Betke-Brunswick and Ron Jacobs said they felt like they had the team...

Colleges: Minutewomen fall in A-10 women’s soccer, field hockey championship games

By RYAN AMES

Locked in a 1-1 game, the UMass women’s soccer team allowed two goals in the final 20 minutes of regulation as top-seeded Saint Louis scored a 3-1 victory to capture the Atlantic-10 Conference championship on Sunday in Saint Louis.The Billikens scored...

UMass hockey: Minutemen skate to 3-3 tie with Vermont, fall in shootout

By RYAN AMES

The No. 18 UMass hockey team skated to a 3-3 tie with Vermont Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt., ultimately falling in a shootout as the Catamounts secured the extra point for Hockey East purposes.Freshman James Duerr tallied two...

Boys soccer: Owen Miller scores twice, Hampshire Regional beats Rockland in Div. 4 Round of 16 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — When Hampshire Regional boys soccer forward Joe Moro went down with an injury early in the second half, the No. 7 Raiders’ offense began to slip. Their 2-0 lead was cut to 2-1 with under 15 minutes left in regulation and No. 10 Rockland...

UMass basketball: Late rally falls short as Minutemen fall to West Virginia, 75-69

The UMass men’s basketball team was unable to overcome a slow start against West Virginia on Friday. The Mountaineers roared out to a 25-10 lead with just over 10 minutes to go in the first half before taking a 45-28 lead into the intermission. The...

Football: Greenfield races out to 30-0 lead before knocking off Belchertown, 46-13 (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After the Belchertown football team forced a punt on Greenfield’s opening drive on Friday, the Green Wave offense got cooking. The young Orioles squad was unable to keep Greenfield out of the end zone on the Wave’s ensuing three drives...

MIAA tourneys: Hannah Haesaert's hat trick propels South Hadley girls soccer past West Bridgewater, into Div. 4 quarterfinals

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY – Hannah Haesaert’s hat trick helped the South Hadley girls soccer team take down West Bridgewater, 4-1, during its Round of 16 win in the Division 4 MIAA state tournament on Friday night.The Tigers’ freshman forward scored twice in the...