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By HANNAH BEVIS 

Ask anyone from the Smith College basketball team about this year’s NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball Tournament, and they’ll tell you that the Pioneers have some unfinished business.Last year, Smith reached the Sweet 16 before falling to the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

You know it’s been a good season of basketball when everything comes down to the final game of the regular season. The No. 1 seed at the Atlantic 10 tournament is still up for grabs, something UMass women’s basketball fans should be grateful. The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A pelvic floor therapist will be able to operate a therapy business from a Hadley home after receiving approval from the Planning Board this week.On Tuesday, planners gave unanimous permission to Em Ike, who runs Pioneer Valley Pelvic...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

WEST SPRINGFIELD – Olympia Ice Arena is practically a second home to Belchertown goalie Donald Rogers. The now-freshman has been skating at the rink since he first put on a pair of skates – it was the place he learned to skate and play hockey. It made...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

WEST SPRINGFIELD – South Hadley hockey fans were cheering for more than just the Tigers on Tuesday afternoon – they were also supporting the Olympia Ice Center’s Zamboni driver. Fans cheered when the Zamboni came out to clear the ice after both the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON – More than 60 organizations in the city will receive a portion of $4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to be divvied up by the city, based on recommendations made last week by Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra.The mayor designated the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – Fans might have worried that the UMass women’s basketball team would have a celebration hangover after Thursday’s 78-57 blowout victory over Rhode Island. There was nothing to worry about on Sunday afternoon however. The Minutewomen put...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST — With just a pair of games left before the NESCAC tournament next weekend, the Amherst College women’s hockey team wanted to start off their series against Williams College with a bang. The Mammoths did just that, outshooting the Ephs 42-27...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Thursday’s UMass game at Rhode Island was a must-win game, in more ways than one. The Minutewomen were still looking for the No. 1 spot in the Atlantic 10 tournament, and a win against Rhode Island would bring them one stop closer. But more than that,...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Atlantic-10 Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament is still two weeks away, but Thursday night’s game between UMass and Rhode Island at the Thomas M. Ryan Center (6 p.m. ESPN-Plus) in Kingston, R.I. could very well be an A-10 title game...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships are upon us, and athletes all over Western Mass. are gearing up for one of the most competitive races of the season. Gazette area athletes will span across three divisions this week, with Amherst competing...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

SPRINGFIELD – Entering Sunday’s Central/West Girls Swimming & Diving championships, Belchertown’s Luke Giguere wanted just one thing – well, two things, technically. The junior was the defending champion in both the 100-yard butterfly and the 100...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Last year’s Amherst girls swim team enjoyed a Cinderella postseason run. The Hurricanes secured the school’s first sectional title since 1999, and followed that up with the program’s first-ever MIAA Division 2 state championship for good measure. This...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

A couple days prior to the UMass women’s lacrosse team’s first game of the season, first-year head coach Jana Drummond sat in her office preparing for her team’s first game of the season against UMass Lowell. It was a familiar setting for Drummond,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Some $1.23 million in Community Preservation Act money approved by the City Council last week will go toward 11 projects, including affordable housing downtown and in Leeds, outdoor recreation and improvements to the Northampton...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Three Holyoke residents were arrested on charges of trafficking heroin and cocaine in a Thursday incident on Pleasant Street that yielded more than 34,000 bags of heroin, according to the Hampden district attorney's office.Sebastian Rosario,...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

NORTHAMPTON – The weather outside was frightful, but the basketball inside Ainsworth Gymnasium Monday evening was indeed delightful. Smith College extended its winning streak to 11 games thanks to a 70-60 win over Tufts. The Pioneers’ chemistry has...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – The Amherst girls basketball team put on a show for a packed home crowd on Senior Night.The Hurricanes ran away with a 74-27 victory over South Hadley in Suburban League action. It was a special night for the senior class. Five seniors...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

WILLIAMSBURG — Twenty acres of forest along the West Branch of the Mill River is officially conserved as “forever wild,” the end result of a lawsuit in which adjacent land suffered environmental damage from a solar development in 2019.The newly...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Since the NCAA removed the ban for student-athlete compensation in July 2021, the NIL era has quickly blossomed in college athletics. Student-athletes have now been afforded avenues to receive compensation for the use of their name, image or...