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GREENFIELD — It was going to be a challenge for the Hopkins Academy boys basketball team on Friday against Greenfield. The Green Wave, which currently has the top record in the Hampshire League South, were able to get what they wanted offensively,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sebastian Garro has been playing golf since he was 5 years old. He never could have imagined when all that practice would pay off. Garro — an eighth grader at Bement School in Deerfield — attended the UMass men’s basketball game against South Florida...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

AMHERST — The Amherst hockey team played a nearly flawless game against Greenfield on Tuesday night. The Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead after one period, scored twice on the power play in the second and tacked on an insurance goal late. While its offense...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — It’s not often these days that a dual high school wrestling meet is competitive from start-to-finish. That was the case on Friday though, when South Hadley traveled to Franklin Tech. Of the 14 weight total classes, 11 were filled and...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — The Williston Northampton School girls basketball team controlled the majority of Wednesday’s NEPSAC contest against Deerfield Academy, but the Big Green didn’t go down without a fight late.The Wildcat defense held the Big Green to just...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’s been a series of close losses for the Massachusetts hockey team of late. The Minutemen fell to Cornell in a shootout and Clarkson in overtime during the Adirondack Winter Invitational at Lake Placid. In its return to the Mullins Center last...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Following a back-and-forth first period, the Amherst hockey team took command during the second period against Greenfield on Monday. Tied 1-1 after 15 minutes, the Hurricanes took the lead on a Skyler Ferro goal with 8:12 to go in the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Following a close first quarter, the Easthampton girls basketball team locked in on the defensive end to take command against Greenfield on Friday. Trailing 16-15 after eight minutes, the Eagles opened the second quarter on a 7-0 run to...

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AMHERST — It wasn’t looking good for the Hampshire Regional boys basketball team at halftime against Easthampton on Friday in the Pioneer Valley Tip-Off. The Eagles controlled the game from the opening tip on, leading 12-6 after one and 27-16 at...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

An unfamiliar opponent is coming to the Mullins Center on Friday to take on the Massachusetts hockey team. Alaska Anchorage — which has never played UMass — will make the cross-country trek to Amherst for a two-game series against the Minutemen. The...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The fifth installment of the Franklin Tech-Smith Vocational Turkey Day football game will feature a pair of teams who reached the semifinals of the MVADA Small School Vocational Tournament.  It’s been a strong season for both the Eagles and the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Liberty offense was able to get whatever it wanted on the ground against the Massachusetts football defense on Saturday in Lynchburg, Va. The Flames ran the ball 51 times and gained 324 yards, good for 6.4 yards per carry. Four of those runs found...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — It was a strong showing from multiple Hampshire County schools at the MIAA Division 3 state qualifier at Northfield Mountain on Saturday. Competing in the 3B boys wave, Hampshire picked up a second place team finish. With the top seven...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Monomoy boys soccer team wasn’t going to go away easily against Frontier. The ninth-seeded Sharks made the long bus ride from Harwich to South Deerfield to take on the eight-seeded Redhawks in the MIAA Div. 4 Round of 16 on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE – On paper, Division 8 schools aren’t supposed to be able to hang with Division 4 schools. Somebody forgot to tell the Mahar football team that. Hosting Northampton on Friday at the Woodward Complex, the Senators knew they would need a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’s not easy to win games without your starting quarterback. It becomes daunting when you have to turn to your third string QB. Thankfully for the UMass football team, the latter shouldn’t be the case on Saturday when it travels to play Eastern...

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Longtime Turners Falls High School track and field coach Ron Hebert passed away last week at the age of 83.Hebert, who grew up in Northampton, attended Northampton High School and later graduated from Springfield College, was heavily involved in the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

There was a phrase Massachusetts football coach Don Brown continued to use during his press conference on Monday ahead of the Minutemen’s opening game of the season against New Mexico State: prove it. Brown and his staff went into the offseason with...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

AMHERST — The UMass and New Mexico State football teams met in the final game of the season in 2021, a forgettable contest in which both squads entered with identical 1-10 records and were crawling to the finish line.When the Minutemen and the Aggies...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier Regional athletic department will have a new leader this fall. Dave Sanschagrin — who previously served as the athletic director at Southwick High School — was hired to replace Carl Cyr as the Redhawks’ athletic...