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Thanksgiving football: Fourth-quarter TD lifts Pathfinder past Belchertown, 20-14
11-28-2024 1:07 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

PALMER – A season of close calls and near-misses thwarted the Belchertown football team.Thursday’s Thanksgiving game against Pathfinder was essentially a microcosm of the Orioles’ 2024 campaign.The host Pioneers completed just two passes all day, but...

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UMass football: Off the field questions dominating conversation as Minutemen head to No. 8 Georgia
11-22-2024 2:46 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s certainly been one of the more chaotic weeks in UMass football history.Less than a week removed from the firing of former head coach Don Brown, the Minutemen will somehow try and turn the page to play against one of the top programs in the...


MIAA Cross Country: Amherst, Northampton girls eyeing podium finishes at Fort Devens
11-15-2024 3:37 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s championship weekend for high school cross country runners, as local harriers will compete in the MIAA Division 2 and 3 Championships at Fort Devens on Saturday.The Division 2 races begin at 12:30 p.m. (girls) and 1:15 p.m. (boys), while the Div....


Field hockey: Three-time defending champion Uxbridge up next as Frontier looks to continue historic state tourney run
11-11-2024 5:39 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

The challenge is substantial, but the Frontier field hockey team is ready.Three-time defending state champion Uxbridge stands in the way of the fourth-seeded Redhawks and a spot in the MIAA Division 4 championship game. Frontier and the top-seeded...


Court rules against MIAA in forfeiture controversy, Northampton files its own motion in Hampshire County Superior Court
10-30-2024 5:48 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Field hockey and girls volleyball brackets were released for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournaments on Wednesday, but not without some changes after Hampden County Superior Court Judge Tracy E. Duncan upheld her...


Class C field hockey: Frontier blanks Mohawk Trail 8-0 to earn spot in WMass final (PHOTOS)
10-24-2024 7:08 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Three goals in the first quarter set the tone for the Frontier field hockey team, as the top-seeded Redhawks handled their business to set up yet another sectional championship matchup with rival Greenfield.Addie Harrington netted...


UMass football: Despite offensive edge, big plays sink Minutemen in 38-23 loss to Toledo
09-07-2024 7:45 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...


Florence’s Gabby Thomas wins 3rd gold medal, U.S. dominates in 4x400 relay victory
08-10-2024 3:36 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Two was nice, but three is better.In a surprise twist, Florence’s Gabby Thomas did not close out her Olympic Games with a gold in the 4x100 meter relay.That’s because Thomas still had one more event left in the tank on Saturday – the 4x400...


43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship: South Hadley’s Ledges Golf Club ready to host event for the first time beginning Tuesday
07-29-2024 12:56 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Some of the best amateur golfers in the Commonwealth will test their skills at South Hadley’s Ledges Golf Club this week.The 43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship will be played there Tuesday and Wednesday, as the 36-hole stroke play...


UMass hockey: Breaking down the four teams (Denver, Maine, Cornell, UMass) in the Springfield Regional
03-26-2024 4:52 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

SPRINGFIELD — For the first time ever, Springfield will serve as a regional host for the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament this week.The MassMutual Center will play host to Denver, Maine, Cornell and UMass in a four-team regional with a spot...


UMass hockey: Minutemen earn at-large selection to NCAA tourney, will play Denver at MassMutual Center in Springfield
03-24-2024 6:45 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

The UMass hockey team is dancing.The Minutemen got in just under the wire when they were selected for the NCAA Division 1 Tournament. UMass earned a spot in the 16-team field as the final at-large pick when the brackets were released during the...


UMass basketball: Second half rally against VCU a microcosm of the season as Minutemen never threw in the towel
03-14-2024 6:45 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A year removed from the worst loss in its Atlantic 10 conference tournament history, the UMass men’s basketball team stared another one directly in the face halfway through Thursday’s Atlantic 10 quarterfinal at Barclays Center.From a...


Northampton’s Mark Simeone among newest inductee class in Western Massachusetts Baseball Hall of Fame
03-11-2024 4:04 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s been an eventful couple of weeks for Mark Simeone.The Northampton native has been racking up the honors and accolades, highlighted by last week’s induction into the Western Massachusetts Baseball Hall of Fame.Simeone, who grew up in Northampton...


MIAA girls basketball: Millbury overcomes slow start to get past upset-minded Hampshire in Div. 4 Round of 16 (PHOTOS)
03-06-2024 8:19 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

MILLBURY – It was a dream start for the Hampshire Regional girls basketball team Wednesday night.On the road in hostile territory complete with a pep band and a packed house for their MIAA Division 4 Round of 16 game against No. 9 Millbury, the...


High school basketball: Trio of local teams seek Western Mass titles on Championship Saturday
02-23-2024 5:50 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s Championship Saturday for three local high school basketball programs.The South Hadley and Northampton girls, and the Granby boys will look to add some hardware on Saturday when they both take the floor to play in Western Massachusetts...


UMass basketball: Minutemen hold off Rhode Island despite free throw woes 81-79
02-11-2024 5:17 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It seems that no matter what happens during a UMass men’s basketball game, all roads lead to a photo finish in the end.Such was again the case on Sunday at the Mullins Center in Amherst.The Minutemen trailed Rhode Island for almost the entire first...


Hockey: Easthampton rallies with 6 unanswered goals in 8-3 win over Southwick (PHOTOS)
12-26-2023 3:30 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

WESTFIELD – Trailing 3-2 late in the second period, the Easthampton hockey team found itself locked in a tight game for the first time all season on Tuesday afternoon.The Eagles passed the test with flying colors.Easthampton responded with six...


Northampton Country Club, and co-owners Jim and Chrissy Casagrande, selected as New England Golf Course Owners Association’s 2024 Golf Course of the Year
12-08-2023 3:52 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

If it feels like a family affair at Northampton Country Club, that’s because it is. And the power of that family was awarded a prestigious honor this week.The New England Golf Course Owners Association (NEGCOA) awarded NCC, and co-owners Jim and...


Thanksgiving football: Belchertown scores 40 points in the 2nd quarter, routs Pathfinder 61-14
11-23-2023 12:51 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

BELCHERTOWN – It was a feast of a second quarter for the Belchertown football team.In just that 12-minute stanza on Thursday morning, the Orioles racked up 304 yards of offense, recovered three squib kicks on special teams, and put 40 points on the...


High schools: South Hadley girls a No. 1 seed as MIAA state soccer tournament brackets released
11-01-2023 4:53 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

The MIAA released its brackets for the boys and girls state soccer tournaments on Wednesday, and the South Hadley girls headline the Hampshire County contingent after earning the No. 1 seed in the Division 4 field.The Tigers (15-1-2), which lost in...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen picked 11th in Atlantic 10 Conference preseason poll
10-26-2023 2:54 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

A lot has changed for the UMass women’s basketball team since they last took the court on March 20 — an 89-87 loss to Harvard in the second round of the WNIT.Head coach Tory Verdi left to take the job at Pittsburgh, and Mike Leflar was elevated to the...

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