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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Atlantic 10 hosted its men’s basketball media day at Barclays Center on Tuesday afternoon. Coaches and players gathered to share their expectations for their teams and their thoughts from around the conference.Representing UMass...

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin and senior forward Matt Cross made the trip to Brooklyn for Atlantic 10 Media Day on Tuesday afternoon at Barclays Center.First seasons are always difficult to navigate for head...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Belchertown boys soccer team found itself in a 1-0 hole at the halftime break, but knew the script could be flipped if it ramped up its intensity in the second half.The Orioles responded with a dominant final 40 minutes of play and...

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HADLEY – A strong second-half showing from the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School boys soccer team led them to come from behind and tie the game against Smith Vocational on Monday afternoon. PVCICS used a penalty-kick goal from Teddy...

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NORTHAMPTON — Coming into Friday night, Alex Martinez was one victory away from becoming Smith Vocational’s all-time leader in wins as a quarterback.Following the Vikings’ 37-12 victory over Keefe Tech, Martinez eclipsed the previous mark of five with...

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HOLYOKE — From the opening coin toss, Amherst was the more aggressive team on Thursday night. The Hurricanes elected to receive and put the ball in star running back Jameson Dion’s hands as early as they could. Four plays into the game, Dion ripped...

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EASTHAMPTON — The Belchertown girls volleyball team was one point away from its fourth sweep of the season, leading Easthampton 24-20 in the third set. But the Eagles refused to back down, as they ripped off five consecutive points to storm ahead...

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BELCHERTOWN – Leading by seven points with under two minutes remaining in the game, the Belchertown football team had its backs against the wall as Pittsfield was staring at a goal-to-go situation in prime position to tie or take the lead.On...

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AMHERST – It felt like déjà vu at Community Field on Thursday night.Just five days earlier, Amherst running back Jameson Dion exploded for 346 total yards and five touchdowns in a Hurricanes blowout win.Well, Thursday was no different. Dion once again...

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BELCHERTOWN — Greenfield field hockey head coach Erin Thayer spent a lot of her team’s game against Belchertown shaking her head.The Green Wave may not have put forth their best effort on the road Tuesday afternoon, but they did just enough to squeak...

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Game suspensions, postponements, and in some cases cancellations, occurred during the majority of Week 1 high school football games as nasty storms swept through western Massachusetts over the weekend.If you were in the stands at Ware High School on...

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WARE – The Easthampton football team eagerly hopped off the bus and was ready to go for its season opener against Ware Friday night.But the weather had other plans. A nasty mix of rain, wind, and lightning delayed the start of what was the Eagles’...

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AMHERST – Jameson Dion came into 2023 with a point to prove.The senior running back missed over half of last season with an arm injury that sidelined him for the final six games. In the four games he played, Dion recorded 11 touchdowns. Dion waited a...

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AMHERST – Home sweet home; it’s about time.After two long road trips to New Mexico and Alabama, the UMass football team is finally geared up for its home opener. The Minutemen welcome Miami (Ohio) Saturday at 3:30 p.m., a game that UMass head coach...

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AMHERST — Nerves settled in and contagiously spread throughout the Amherst girls volleyball team while the Hurricanes took the court for their first match of the season against Minnechaug on Wednesday night.During the first few plays, those jitters...

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AMHERST — Patrick Staudenmayer was the Amherst boys soccer team’s leading scorer as a junior a season ago, and on Tuesday, he kicked off his senior campaign in style.Staudenmayer netted two goals and the Hurricanes defense swarmed South Hadley en...

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AMHERST — UMass football head coach Don Brown may sound a little bit like a broken record when talking to his team about game-plan preparation and handling business, but being around the game of football for as long as he has, he knows just how...

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AMHERST — It took the UMass women’s soccer team just shy of three minutes to find the back of the net – off the foot of Sarah Defreitas from well outside the box – against Syracuse on Thursday evening.From there the Minutewomen didn’t look back,...

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AMHERST — Taisun Phommachanh dropped back to throw on the first play from scrimmage in the UMass football team’s season opener against New Mexico State on Saturday. Although the Minutemen’s junior quarterback – who was starting his first football game...

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Saturday marks game one of the 2023 college football season for the Massachusetts Minutemen. UMass has been ranked toward the very bottom of every poll over the past several years, and has won just one game in each of its last three full seasons...