Sports

High schools: South Hadley baseball shakes off slow start, runs past Granby

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — After being blanked the first time through the lineup and entering the bottom of the third inning trailing 1-0 to Granby, the South Hadley baseball team woke up.The Tigers led off the frame with the top of their order, and they were...

2024 Gazette Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year: Allie Sullivan, Northampton

By BRADY COTE

As a sophomore at Northampton High School, Allie Sullivan has already blown away her coaches by her sheer skill, hard work, and dedication to track and field.It is her talent to quickly pick up events and excel that separates her from many other high...

Local briefs: Amherst Youth Baseball, Northampton Youth Softball

During the UMass baseball team’s home game with Saint Joseph’s on Saturday at 1 p.m., the Minutemen will host the Amherst Youth Baseball League.The annual event includes players from all divisions of Amherst Youth Baseball, including the Little League...

High schools: Belchertown baseball offense erupts in 27-4 win over Holyoke

A whopping 27 hits from 11 different players powered the Belchertown baseball team to a 27-4 five-inning victory over Holyoke on Tuesday at MacKenzie Stadium in Holyoke.Ian McDonald led the way with four hits and three RBIs for the Orioles, which...

Girls lacrosse: Anna Puttick helps Hampshire take down Granby 13-9 (PHOTOS)

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

GRANBY – Anna Puttick won the draw, sprinted downfield, weaved between a few Granby defenders and then scored to give Hampshire Regional a 6-4 lead on the opening possession of the second half.Then, about 20 seconds later, the Raiders senior captain...

Boys lacrosse: Jack Carpenter, Northampton hold off Belchertown for 7-6 win

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — With the clock ticking under a minute left and the Northampton boys lacrosse team clinging to a one-goal lead over Belchertown, the Blue Devils were doing their best to play keep away from the Orioles and run the time out in...

Mount Holyoke names Abby Wemhoff as new head basketball coach

By GARRETT COTE

Mount Holyoke College Director of Athletics Andrea Ricketts-Preston announced Abby Wemhoff as the basketball program’s new head coach on Tuesday – the 14th in program history.Wemhoff served as the top assistant coach on the Juniata College...

2024 Gazette Boys Indoor Track Athlete of the Year: Nicolas Lisle, Amherst

By BRADYN COTE

In only his second year of indoor track and field at Amherst Regional High School, Nicolas Lisle quickly became one of the most talented runners in the state. In a sport that pushes one to their limits both physically and mentally, it leaves very...

Baseball: Northampton nearly comes all the way back before falling to Chicopee 15-14 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — It looked like a comeback that would be talked about for years to come for the Northampton baseball team.Behind 14-5 entering the bottom of the sixth inning on their home field, the Blue Devils refused to roll over in the late stages of...

High schools: Rosie Follet, Easthampton shut down Agawam in 3-1 win

A three-spot in the bottom of the first inning was all the offense that Rosie Follet needed on Monday.The Easthampton ace struck out seven and scattered five hits, as the Eagles took down Agawam 3-1 in an independent softball game at Nonotuck...

Softball: Offense erupts as Hampshire Regional thumps East Longmeadow 15-3 to get back in win column

By BRADYN COTE

EAST LONGMEADOW — The Hampshire Regional softball team snapped its two-game losing streak as the Raiders rolled past East Longmeadow 15-3 Monday afternoon at Birchland Park Middle School.It was the combination of Hampshire's elite offense and brick...

Owen Dawson notches 200th career point for South Hadley boys lacrosse team

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — In high school sports like soccer, lacrosse and field hockey, it’s always worth celebrating when a player eclipses the 100-point threshold. Well, South Hadley senior Owen Dawson did that two years ago.And on Saturday against Granby, he...

South Hadley’s Lauren Marjanski signs National Letter of Intent to play soccer at Siena College

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Lauren Marjanski panicked for a brief moment.The South Hadley senior and College of Saint Rose commit had just found out the school she was going to play soccer at next fall would be shutting down after summer classes at the end of June...

DeBrusk nets 2 power-play goals, Swayman saves 35 as Bruins win 5-1 to open series with Toronto

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins were clinging to a one-goal lead when defenseman Charlie McAvoy caught a skate edge and fell while trying to race Toronto’s Auston Matthews to a loose puck.The Maple Leafs’ forward — and the top goal-scorer in the NHL this...

High schools: Ella Schaeffer sets South Hadley strikeout mark in 5-4 win over Frontier (PHOTOS)

Four runs in the sixth inning, headlined by a two-out, two-run single by Jenna Bobrowski, propelled the South Hadley softball team to a huge 5-4 independent home win over Frontier on Friday afternoon.Trailing 5-2, the Redhawks fought back to within...

Baseball: James Lavallee tosses no-hitter as Smith Vocational blanks Mahar 7-0

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Only three batters stood in the way of James Lavallee and a no hitter.But the Smith Vocational junior southpaw still had work to do, and he had to go through the two, three and four hitters of Mahar’s lineup if he wanted to notch the...

Softball: Franklin Tech’s Hannah Gilbert holds Hopkins to two hits, leads Eagles to 7-1 victory (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — After giving up a run in the first inning, Franklin Tech pitcher Hannah Gilbert locked in for the final six frames on Friday against Hopkins Academy. The junior gave up one hit and one walk in the first and one hit in the third, but...

Southampton’s Hannah Wodecki breaks Westfield State softball’s single season RBI record

By GARRETT COTE

WESTFIELD — As cliche as it sounds, records are truly made to be broken.And Westfield State sophomore Hannah Wodecki didn’t just break an Owls softball record, she’s going to shatter it when all is said and done.With still 10 regular season games...

2018 World Series trophy to be in town for Sunday’s Northampton Baseball and Softball League opening day

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Youth baseball and softball is just around the corner in Northampton, as the city’s nine youth baseball teams and three youth softball teams will be in action against other local teams next week to kick off their respective seasons.But...