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 By GARRETT COTE

During the second-to-last regular season football game a year ago, Amherst matched up with Holyoke on a Friday night in Amherst. Both teams lit up the scoreboard. The Hurricanes had no answer for Purple Knights quarterback Gavier “NeNe” Fernandez, as...

 By GARRETT COTE

The South Hadley boys soccer team proved to be the best team in Division 4 last season, as the Tigers rolled through the state tournament before trouncing Blackstone Valley 5-2 in the title game to clinch the program’s first state championship. South...

 By GARRETT COTE

Over the past two girls soccer seasons, the Western Mass. Class B championship has been battled out between Hampshire County foes South Hadley and Belchertown. In 2021, the Orioles squeezed out a 3-2 victory behind a last-minute strike from now-junior...

 By GARRETT COTE

SPRINGFIELD – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame hadn’t been as packed all summer. Hundreds of basketball aficionados across several generations poured onto center court and filled the bleachers to listen intently to a legend of the...

 By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Five-year-old Harper couldn’t help but smile as she zoomed around in her sled — with the help from her dad — faster than any other skater on the ice.Harper was one of the many participants in The Center for Human Development’s (CHD) All In...

 By GARRETT COTE

I’ve spent my entire childhood watching and participating in high school sports around Western Massachusetts, so to now be on this side of things is fitting.I grew up in Bernardston, spent an important near-decade (ages 3-12) of my life in Deerfield,...

 By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST – The long wait is finally over — UMass football now has its QB1.Taisun Phommachanh will be leading what the Minutemen hope is a much-improved offense for their Week 1 game against New Mexico State this Saturday (7 p.m., ESPN), head coach Don...