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AMHERST – Even when he was UMass’ acting head coach at the end of last season, Alex Miller never stopped coaching offensive linemen.The former UMass center took the helm of the program after Walt Bell’s firing in early November. He was head coach Don...

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Florence’s Gabby Thomas now has a chance at two Olympic medals. After qualifying to run the 200-meter dash individually, the Harvard graduate was named to the USA’s 4x100-meter team Tuesday according to a release by USA Track and Field.She was listed...

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The return of baseball to Massachusetts high school fields means the debut of pitch count rules that were supposed to take effect last season.Varsity pitchers are now limited to 115 pitches per outing. If they throw the 115th pitch during an at bat,...

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Tony Bergeron will no longer be a member of the UMass basketball coaching staff moving forward, the school confirmed Saturday.He’s the latest member of the program to exit after Tre Mitchell and Carl Pierre entered the transfer portal last week.The...

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The landscape for postseason high school tournaments just underwent its biggest change in 40 years.Member schools of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) voted at a special assembly to change the postseason format from...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — Two defending Western Massachusetts champions squared off on the volleyball floor Wednesday.Amherst and Frontier Regional met at Frontier in the Pioneer Valley Juniors Girls High School Summer League.The stakes weren’t anywhere near...

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HOLYOKE — Tommy Bouvier watched two of his PeoplesBank teammates walk on eight straight balls.He stepped into the batter’s box at Mackenzie Stadium in the second inning with the bases loaded looking for one thing.“I knew that he was struggling, and...

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SPRINGFIELD — Had one sixth inning throw been on target, Northampton’s dream American Legion season might be over.Instead Post 28 is still alive after Wednesday’s 8-7 win over East Springfield that set up Thursday’s winner-take-all championship...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Justin Colpack stared down an 0-2 count.The deciding game of Easthampton’s Intermediate Little League state championship series against Lincoln-Sudbury was tied Sunday in Auburn.Ryan O’OLeary stood on first base for Easthampton after opening the sixth...

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HUDSON — The tears formed behind Brian McGan’s mirrored sunglasses.Hampshire Regional’s softball coach for the past decade watched his final game through the darkened frames, but took them off after the Raiders’ 5-0 loss to Grafton in the Division 2...

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LEE — Belchertown coach Zach Siano called Jonathan Vinagre, Denis Lelic and Alec Morgado to the fence.“This is the spot we want to be in,” he told them.Noah Pare just clinched a win at No. 3 singles to put the Belchertown boys tennis team one point...

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NORTHAMPTON — Trouble appeared imminent in the second inning for Anna Kerwood and the Northampton softball team.Westfield had the bases loaded with one out in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 quarterfinals and Kerwood had already allowed a home...

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SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley’s Sophie Gatzounas and Amherst Regional’s Meikkel Murray started their track and field careers with trial and error. With some nudging from their track coaches, both senior 1,000-point basketball scorers joined their...

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GRANBY — Jess Patruno knew the look.She watched fellow Granby girls lacrosse senior Kate Sarnacki handle the ball behind the cage Thursday against Chicopee Comp.In that offensive position, Sarnacki looks to either attack the cage herself or draw the...

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The divide between varsity athletes and the rest of the student body is a primary concern detailed in a report Amherst College released last week.Amherst President Carolyn “Biddy” Martin commissioned the report, titled “The Place of Athletics at...

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Easthampton cyclist Jeremy Powers has looked over his shoulder at Stephen Hyde for years.The mentor, a four-time national champion, watched his mentee grow through the JAM Fund program into one of the top cyclocross riders in the country.Hyde pursued...