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By RYAN AMES

A new era has arrived for the 2025 New England Collegiate Baseball League’s Valley Blue Sox as first-year head coach Endy Morales has come back to his roots to manage the team he starred for from 2016-2019. The Holyoke product picked up his first victory of the season on Tuesday in the team’s 1-0 shutout against the back-to-back NECBL champion Newport Gulls at Mackenzie Stadium.

By RYAN AMES

HOLYOKE – The Valley Blue Sox kicked off their 2025 New England Collegiate Baseball League season in the win column after downing the Newport Gulls, 1-0, at Mackenzie Stadium on Tuesday night.

By RYAN AMES

The Valley Blue Sox announced last week that Endy Morales, a Holyoke product and former Blue Sox pitcher, would be its new head coach beginning this summer.Morales pitched for the Blue Sox from 2016-2019 and collected a couple of NECBL championships,...

It took 11 innings, but the Valley Blue Sox saw their 2024 season come to an end on Saturday afternoon.The second-seeded Newport Gulls scored four times in the top of the 11th inning, and held No. 7 Valley off the board in the home half to capture a...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The second game of the Valley Blue Sox’s first round NECBL playoff series against the Newport Gulls was postponed Friday due to weather. The game is now Saturday at 1:05 p.m. Gates at MacKenzie Stadium open at noon and admission is free.No. 7 Valley...

The No. 7 Valley Blue Sox couldn’t have asked for a better start to their NEBCL first round postseason series against No. 2 Newport on the road Thursday night.Behind Anthony Scarabino’s two-run double and an RBI single from Granby’s Michael Toth,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – The Valley Blue Sox have clinched a playoff berth as the No. 7 seed in the NECBL playoffs.The Blue Sox end the regular season with a 21-22 record. As the No. 7 seed, they’ll face the Newport Gulls (27-16), winners of the Coastal Division, in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – Tammy Campbell has three kids of her own, but this past Mother’s Day, she received about 10 “Happy Mother’s Day” texts.Campbell and her family have hosted Valley Blue Sox players at their Greenfield home for four years now, and she said most...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – The Valley Blue Sox fell to the Bristol Blues 2-1 on Thursday night in front of one of the largest crowds of the season at MacKenzie Stadium.The Blue Sox hosted ‘Bark in the Park’ night, and a slew of four-legged friends were in attendance....

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Area youth baseball players had the chance to learn the game from some of the top collegiate players in the country this week. The Valley Blue Sox of Holyoke held a Greenfield Youth Baseball Clinic on Monday and Tuesday at Lunt Field,...

By GARRETT COTE

Muzzy Field, the home of the Bristol Blues, will host the 2024 NECBL All-Star Game this Sunday. Both starters and reserves were announced this week, with the Valley Blue Sox grabbing four spots on the West roster – all reserves.All-Star Game...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

It was mid-August of last summer, and Valley Blue Sox director of baseball operations John Raiola started the process of drafting the Blue Sox roster for 2024.His first call was in the same area code.After years of struggles with defense behind the...

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — Everything was clicking for the Valley Blue Sox on Thursday night, and their bats evidently made the trip with them to Danbury.The Blue Sox erupted for a baker’s dozen in runs, overwhelming the Westerners 13-3 in seven innings to get back...

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — The Valley Blue Sox were on the brink of an improbable NECBL comeback in front of their home fans on Tuesday night, as they erased a 5-0 deficit to lead 6-5 in the ninth inning.Three outs stood between the Blue Sox and their fourth...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – After a 7 a.m. exit and a two-hour bus ride to the North Shore on Tuesday, the Valley Blue Sox came back home to MacKenzie Stadium and won their home opener, 6-4, over the Sanford Mainers on Wednesday night.The Blue Sox scored three runs in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – After last season’s NECBL West Division championship, the Valley Blue Sox are returning for the 2024 season with almost an entirely new roster of collegiate players ready to develop their games over 44 games this summer.The Blue Sox season...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Valley Blue Sox are entering into a new era of baseball, headlined by a new owner and a new-look team and mascot.After working with the team for 13 years, Fred Ciaglo sold the Valley Blue Sox to Matt Drury prior to the 2022 NECBL season. The...