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After a season of successful soccer programs throughout Hampshire County, several local high school athletics were honored for their performances on the field recently. The Western Mass. Soccer Coaches Associated released their lists of All-State,...

Northampton’s Galen Fowles can add another accolade to his illustrious Blue Devils golf career.Just last week, Fowles was honored as an AJGA Rolex Scholastic All-American for the 2023 season. AJGA stands for American Junior Golf Association, which is...

It was a winning weekend for the Amherst College soccer programs.Both the men’s and women’s teams took care of business in the opening rounds of the NCAA Division 3 Tournament, punching tickets to the Sweet 16.The men’s team took down SUNY-Poly on...

Deadlocked for 80 minutes, the Hampshire Regional and Ipswich girls soccer teams needed overtime to decide a spot in the MIAA Division 4 quarterfinals on Wednesday night.In the end, it was the coastal Tigers that escaped back across the Commonwealth...

No. 4 Amherst girls volleyball head coach Kacey Schmitt picked up her 350th win in style as the Hurricanes sailed past No. 13 Danvers in the MIAA Division 3 Round of 16 on Monday night. Amherst has now swept opponent in 14 of its 18 wins this season....

On the road in an unfamiliar spot as a higher-seeded team in the MIAA Division 3 Round of 32, the Belchertown boys soccer team showed why it can never be counted out in the month of November on Saturday.The 23rd-seeded Orioles scored twice in the...

Overtime loomed between the Smith Vocational and Athol girls soccer teams on Friday.Neither team was able to generate a ton of offensive opportunities during the MIAA Division 5 preliminary round in Northampton. The 31st-seeded Vikings and 34th-seeded...

It was a consistent start to the MIAA Division 3 state tournament for the Amherst girls volleyball team.The fourth-seeded Hurricanes won all three sets of their Round of 32 match by the same margin, dispatching No. 29 Blackstone Valley Tech in a 3-0...

Here’s our weekly installment of Through the Maroon, our weekly UMass sports column where our staff digs deeper on the athletics program in Amherst.Hannah Bevis For six years, the UMass field hockey team has been looking to climb back up the mountain...

The brackets for the MIAA state field hockey tournaments were released Tuesday, and three Hampshire Gazette programs earned selection into their respective fields.In Division 2, Northampton (10-5-3) drew the No. 28 seed and will open the tournament...

Two Hampshire County football programs are dancing.The MIAA released its high school football postseason tournament brackets on Sunday, and both South Hadley and Belchertown, as expected, were part of the 16-team fields in their respective...

Top-seeded Hampshire Regional will play for a Western Mass. title.The unbeaten Raiders continued their run with a 4-2 win over No. 5 Monument Mountain on Saturday in the Western Mass. Class B semifinals.Hampshire will play No. 6 Frontier in the Class...

A pair of goals from Abdi Byl-Brann helped the Amherst boys soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Chicopee Comp on Friday in a non-playoff contest.It was the second straight win for the Hurricanes (4-10-4), which likely saw their season come to an end....

On the road in Westfield on Thursday, the Smith Academy girls soccer team kept its western Mass. tournament prospects alive.The fifth-seeded Falcons punched a ticket to the Western Mass. Class D semifinals after taking down No. 4 St. Mary’s, 1-0, in...

The Frontier girls volleyball team is back in a Western Mass. final.The top-seeded Redhawks cruised to a 25-16, 25-17, 25-17 sweep of No. 4 Belchertown in the Class B semifinals on Wednesday night at Goodnow Gymnasium.The Hawks will play either No. 2...

Amherst moved past Holyoke in the Western Mass. Class A girls volleyball quarterfinals in three straight sets Tuesday, besting the Purple Knights 25-11, 25-11, 25-15.The ’Canes move on to the Class A semifinals, where they’ll face No. 3...

NORTHAMPTON — Just one goal separated the Northampton field hockey team from powerhouse Greenfield, as the visiting Green Wave received a first-half goal from Riley Thayer and held on for a 1-0 independent win on Monday.Northampton goalie Charlotte...

With a state tournament berth firmly in their sights, the South Hadley football team continued to take care of business on Friday night.On the road at Szot Park, the Tigers built a commanding 40-0 lead and cruised past Chicopee, 40-14, to improve to...

Six different players scored goals for the Northampton boys soccer team in a 6-1 Holley League victory over Springfield International on Friday in Springfield.Sam Busone, Max Marlin, Minti Peterson, Johnny Nields-Duffy, Ryland Breen and Nick Biddle...

Two of the top 15 teams in the most recent MIAA Division 5 Power Rankings clashed in Northampton on Wednesday afternoon.Host Smith Vocational, ranked sixth, scored the game’s only goal when Aaron Renaud found the back of the net with an assist from...