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By MIKE MORAN
EASTHAMPTON — The Smith Vocational senior class combined for four touchdowns as the Vikings blitzed Pathfinder, 40-8, Friday at Mountain View Middle School.“The senior class has been here all four years, and we really wanted it,” running back Jared...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — If there was ever a time for the UMass football team to do the improbable, it feels like Saturday would be that time.The Minutemen have struggled to win games in 2024, and although their two wins – the second coming last weekend – are both...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Win No. 2 was on the menu for the UMass football team last Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. The Minutemen defeated Wagner 35-7 to improve to 2-6 – both victories coming against FCS opponents.Just as UMass does following every...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — UMass football wide receiver T.Y. Harding stood on his own 40-yard line as he awaited a punt from Wagner specialist Bailey Marzola midway through the fourth quarter.Having already botched a pair of punt returns earlier in the game, Harding...
By MIKE WALSH
NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton football team took a step toward regaining the Route 9 Rumble trophy Friday night, albeit a small one.A year after getting shut out by rival Wahconah, Northampton managed to put the ball in the end zone three times in...
By DYLAN THOMPSONFor the GazetteGREAT BARRINGTON — In a battle with the Tri-County League title on the line, the Smith Vocational football team took an early lead but couldn’t sustain it on Friday night.The visiting Vikings led 8-0 after one quarter,...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — After Amherst and West Springfield traded touchdowns on their opening possessions, the Terriers kicked off to the ‘Canes midway through the first quarter.Amherst kick returner Ty-Ty Beckett scooped it up, made a West Springfield defender...
By MIKE MORAN
HOLYOKE — Springfield Central senior Ja’Cyion Cox returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown and the Golden Eagles cruised from there to beat Holyoke, 62-0, Friday night at the Roberts Sports Complex.“They deserve all the accolades that...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
BELCHERTOWN — After being shut out two weeks in a row, the Frontier football team was in need of a fast start to gain some confidence against Belchertown on Friday. The Redhawks delivered. Utilizing its power run game, Frontier scored on both its...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Don Brown continued to bring up one word throughout his weekly press conference on Monday afternoon as the UMass football head coach and his team get ready for Wagner – the Minutemen’s second FCS opponent this season – coming out of its...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — After the Amherst Regional football team missed out on the postseason despite a 6-2 record a year ago, Hurricanes head coach Vinnie Guiel loaded up his team’s independent slate with strong teams from all over the Commonwealth in hopes of...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — The UMass football team is coming out of a much-needed off week following seven consecutive games to start its season, the most recent a 45-3 defeat at the hands of nationally ranked Missouri in front of over 16,000 fans at McGuirk Alumni...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — At the start of summer practice, Amherst football head coach Vinnie Guiel approached his quarterback, NeNe Fernandez, and told him what he needed out of him this fall for the Hurricanes to have the success they wanted.Last season, Fernandez...
By MIKE MORAN
EASTHAMPTON — Senior captains Nelson Gomez and Connor Donnis combined for three touchdowns while the Easthampton defense silenced Frontier Regional in a 26-0 victory Friday night.Gomez scored twice in the first half, and Donnis added the night cap as...
By JESSE KOLODKIN
PITTSFIELD — It was close initially, with Taconic recording a first quarter safety and then forcing several South Hadley punts.But the Tigers recovered and their run game and defensive front found another gear in an eventual 33-2 victory at Berkshire...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — It’s been a few days since the UMass football team played in its most prominent FBS home game to date, a contest in which Missouri roughed up the Minutemen en route to a 45-3 drubbing last Saturday.The Minutemen and head coach Don Brown have...
By DYLAN THOMPSON
NORTH ADAMS — The visiting Smith Vocational Vikings football team overcame an early fumble and scored on each of its next four possessions against Drury on Saturday in a Tri-County League clash. Smith Voc gashed the Blue Devils defense on the ground,...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Not even a minute into UMass football’s marquee matchup with Missouri on Saturday at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, and it became clear what kind of afternoon the Minutemen were in for.On the second play from scrimmage, Tigers wide receiver and...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — The 2024 edition of the annual “Battle of the Bridge” between the Amherst and Northampton football teams was anything but a battle.The Hurricanes scored on all six of their first half possessions, and added in a 75-yard punt return touchdown...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — UMass football fans far and wide grew skeptical around this time last year, wondering if Missouri — a team that had climbed its way into college football playoff talks — would actually come to Amherst in 2024 for its scheduled football game...
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