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Seeds and brackets for the upcoming state basketball and hockey tournaments were announced on Saturday.The South Hadley girls basketball team earned the best seed of any local school, checking in at No. 3 in the Division 4 bracket.Here’s a breakdown...

Challenges, disallowed goals, penalties… it was all on display Friday night at the Mullins Center.The 14th-ranked UMass hockey team had two goals disallowed due to video replay, and survived five shorthanded situations to No. 16 New Hampshire. Despite...

While they were likely in anyway, the Northampton boys basketball team officially punched its ticket to the MIAA Division 2 state tournament on Thursday.The Blue Devils survived a wild final minute against rival Amherst at Feiker Gymnasium, holding...

Behind five players with double-digit points, the Smith College women’s basketball team cruised to a 95-40 victory over Clark in the quarterfinal round of the NEWMAC Tournament on Wednesday night at Ainsworth Gymnasium in Northampton.Ally Yamada led...

Frontier’s Owen Babb was a problem for the West Springfield boys basketball team on Tuesday at Goodnow Gymansium.Babb finished the game with 21 points, as the Redhawks pulled ahead 33-14 at the half and pulled away with a 61-48 non-playoff win over...

NORTHFIELD — It was its play on the glass that gave the Pioneer boys basketball team an edge over Smith Academy on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Western Mass. Class D tournament. The second-seeded Panthers raced out to a 17-7 lead after one...

CAMBRIDGE – Hampshire County certainly made its mark in the pool over the weekend.The MIAA Girls Division 2 Swimming & Diving Championship took place on Saturday at MIT, with a pair of local athletes battling it out for first place on the diving...

A busy weekend on the mats came to a close for the local contingent on Saturday, as the MIAA Division 3 Wrestling Championships in Wakefield saw just one Hampshire County grappler earn a top-six finish.Tewksbury won the Division 3 team title with...

Just three days removed from its biggest win of the season, the UMass men’s basketball team followed it up with perhaps its worst loss of the year on Saturday.The Minutemen dug themselves a double-digit halftime hole on the road against last place La...

HOLYOKE — For the third time in as many years, the Holyoke girls’ basketball team is adding a new name to its 1,000 point scoring banner.Amilyan Treadwell-Mercedes is the newest member of the club after achieving the milestone on Friday night against...

The UMass men’s basketball team’s biggest win of the season came in convincing fashion.The Minutemen became the first team to win a game at the Robins Center this season, capturing a 69-59 victory over league-leading Richmond in an Atlantic 10...

NORTHAMPTON – It was an emphatic exclamation mark on the PVIAC season for the Northampton girls’ indoor track team on Saturday night at Smith College. Maeve O’Neil had a pair of first-place finishes on the girls’ side, taking first in the 600 meters...

With a series against the No. 1 team in the country on deck, the UMass hockey team took care of business over the weekend.After a win on the road Friday night, the Minutemen capped a weekend sweep of UConn with a 3-1 victory on Saturday at the Mullins...

A pair of third-period goals pushed the UMass hockey team past UConn, 2-0, on Friday night in Storrs, Conn. in the two teams’ first of two matchups this weekend as part of a home-and-home series.Freshman forward Dans Locmelis scored less than three...

Trailing deep into the third quarter on the road in a raucous Goodnow Gymnasium, the Pioneer boys basketball team finally found its footing on Friday night.Frontier held a 23-22 lead at the half on its Senior Night and still held onto a 32-30 lead...

The seventh and final race of the PVIAC alpine ski season took place at Berkshire East in Charlemont on Thursday night, with four Hampshire County teams in action once again.After the original meet scheduled for Tuesday was postponed, Amherst,...

Brady Currier stepped up in the fourth quarter for the South Hadley boys basketball team against Granby on Wednesday. Leading 34-31 going into the final quarter, Currier tossed in 10 points in the final eight minutes of action which helped the Tigers...

Trips to Olean, N.Y. have rarely been kind to the UMass men’s basketball team.Such was the case once again Wednesday night. The Minutemen led for most of their Atlantic 10 game with host St. Bonaventure, but struggled to make plays in crucial moments...

Tied 21-21 after one quarter against Duquesne, the UMass women’s basketball team hit a cold spell on offense in the second quarter of action. The Minutewomen managed just seven points in the second quarter, going 3-for-15 from the field in the frame...

The Amherst girls basketball team trailed 35-32 going into the final eight minutes of action but outscored Taconic 14-10 in the fourth quarter to pull away with a tight 46-45 victory in Pittsfield on Monday. Shannon Klaes tallied 15 points for...