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By HANNAH BEVIS 

The indoor track season is already underway, and there’s plenty of talent in Hampshire County this winter. With PVIAC Meet No. 3 set for this Sunday at Smith College in Northampton, here are just a few of the top performers to keep an eye on the rest...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

WESTHAMPTON — Tuesday night’s matchup between No. 3 Hampshire and No. 19 Pittsfield in the MIAA Division 4 boys soccer tournament was the fourth time the two teams had gone head to head this season. Hampshire had won all three prior matchups, but the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

It’s a good time to be a soccer fan at Amherst College.Both the women’s and men’s team won their respective NESCAC championship games on Sunday; it was also the second consecutive NESCAC title win for both programs and both programs’ seventh career...

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SOUTH HADLEY — The final result Wednesday night – a 3-0 loss to No. 33 Mashpee in the MIAA Division 4 state tournament – seemed almost secondary to first-year South Hadley head coach Sabrina Bardwell. Of course, the 32nd-seeded Tigers wanted to win...

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SOUTH HADLEY – On paper, Monday night’s game between Belchertown and South Hadley was a Western Mass. Class B semifinal. But to every fan, coach and player in attendance, it felt like a western Mass. championship game. The two teams have gone head to...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Two local teams earned top four seeds in the MIAA state volleyball brackets, which were released on Monday. Frontier is the No. 3 seed in the Division 4 bracket while Amherst earned the No. 4 seed in the Division 3 bracket. Both teams are facing a new...

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WEST SPRINGFIELD — The West Springfield football team needed just 12 minutes to rack up 20 points against visiting Amherst, and the rest of the game went downhill from there for the Hurricanes.West Springfield’s offense ran rampant against Amherst,...

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AMHERST — For 29 glorious seconds, the No. 4 UMass women’s soccer team had the wind in its sails against No. 5 Duquesne in an Atlantic 10 quarterfinal contest. But less than half a minute after a Lauren Robles goal tied the game 1-1, the Dukes scored...

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AMHERST – After dropping the first set to No. 3 Westfield in Thursday’s Western Mass. Class A girls volleyball semifinal, No. 2 Amherst’s players were more upset with themselves than at the Bombers.Unforced errors and serving mistakes cost the...

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Just two years ago, the Belchertown girls volleyball team was in the midst of having one of the program’s worst seasons in recent memory. The Orioles finished the 2021-22 season without a single win, struggling to even make it to the finish line. That...

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NORTHAMPTON – By the time Friday night’s game between Smith Vocational and Monument Mountain was over, most of the field was a muddy mess and the Spartans’ jerseys were no longer white, covered in mud after battling in rainy conditions all night...

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For some athletes, the Olympics is the pinnacle. For the Northampton Community Rowing teams, it’s the Head of the Charles Regatta.The race attracts more than 11,000 rowers from around the world for a weekend of racing on the Charles River in Boston....

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After getting their skates under them on the ice over the first two weekends of the season, this weekend’s tilts against No. 19/20 Minnesota State will be an important mental test for the UMass hockey team. For the first time this season, the...

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For the last two seasons, the Hampshire Regional gymnastics team has been led by the dynamic duo of Hailey Raffa and Tyler Hetu. Those two gymnasts, along with some impressive depth, helped the Raiders secure the last two Western Mass...

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HATFIELD – Just a few minutes into the second half with her team up 2-0, Smith Academy’s Emma Moynihan darted toward the net trying to make some magic happen. Isabella Letourneau sent a perfect lob pass that bounced once in front of Moynihan, who...

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BELCHERTOWN – Not every game over the course of a high school season can be the prettiest. Sometimes during the grind of a season, when you’re tired and sore, the best thing you can do is just get by. That’s what the Belchertown boys soccer team had...

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The Atlantic 10 Conference announced its women’s basketball conference schedule this week, and the UMass Minutewomen released their full schedule for the upcoming 2023-24 season. The defending A-10 co-champion Minutewomen will host their home opener...

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Aidan Miklasiewicz didn’t waste any time writing his name in Hampshire Regional’s history books on Monday night.The senior notched Hampshire’s first goal in the Raiders’ matchup against Agawam, scoring in dramatic fashion on a penalty kick in the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

With the clock ticking down in the fourth quarter and the score between Smith Vocational and Ludlow tied at 30 apiece, the tension couldn’t have been higher between the two football teams.Something had to give. Smith Voc’s Jared Baer took the game...

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The cross-country season dawns in the Valley with storylines swirling about recent graduates and who can step up to fill their shoes.This happens every year — it’s inherent in high school sports. But on the girls cross-country scene, it’s especially...

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Last year’s Frontier field hockey squad was one of the best in Western Mass., downing rival Greenfield 2-1 in the Western Mass. Class C final and making it all the way to the quarterfinals of the MIAA Division 4 state tournament before Uxbridge...