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By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — After escaping with its first win of the season on Saturday, a 35-31 victory over FCS Central Connecticut State, UMass football turns its attention to a week four tilt against Miami (OH) at 3:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN +.The...

The Northampton Youth Senior Football team won back-to-back games over a six-day period to take its record to an unblemished 4-0, with convincing victories over Ware and Ludlow during that span.The Blue Devils, nicknamed, “The Main Event,” first beat...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — During UMass football’s game with Central Connecticut State on Saturday, Minutemen wide receiver Anthony Simpson not only didn’t play — which wouldn’t have been questioned considering he left their Week 2 game against Toledo with an injury...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The best word to categorize the UMass football team’s homecoming game victory against Central Connecticut State on Saturday is quite simple. Ugly.In the 35-31 win, both teams combined for 26 penalties resulting in a whopping 241 yards. The...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Of course the fate of the UMass football team’s homecoming game against FCS Central Connecticut State University was going to come down to Blue Devils quarterback Brady Olson — who transferred from UMass in the offseason — having the...

By MIKE MORAN

NORTHAMPTON — Smith Vocational sophomore Jameson Tobin saw the coverage and decided to change his route at the last moment. Meanwhile, senior quarterback Ty Chapdelaine rolled out and waited for the play to develop for his wide receiver.The result was...

By HOWARD HERMAN

GREAT BARRINGTON — Twelve months ago, the Easthampton football team put a hurting on Monument Mountain.Friday night out in The Berkshires, Monument turned things around in a big way.The Spartans, who lost their season opener seven days ago at Lee,...

By GEORGE MILLER

SOUTH DEERFIELD — If the key to football success is having a standout running back get his toe stepped on in the lead-up to a game, maybe more teams would make that annoyingly painful decision.Josiah Little didn't let his own banged-up toe slow him...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — It seemed as if the only team that was going to beat South Hadley on Friday night was itself.The Tigers coughed up five, that’s right, five, turnovers — four fumbles and an interception — to a pesky Greenfield defense, each one...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team seeks its first win of the 2024 season on Saturday, when it hosts Central Connecticut State at 3:30 p.m. in the annual homecoming game.After three double-digit losses against MAC schools to start the year, the Minutemen have...

By JESSE KOLODKIN

PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield football team didn’t play with its food against Belchertown.The Generals didn’t punt throughout the entire first half, a half that saw PHS score on all five of its offensive possessions and get an extra score on a punt...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Another week, another big win for a MAC school.A week after Northern Illinois beat No. 5 Notre Dame on the road 16-14 in a game it was paid $1.4 million to play, Toledo went down to Starkville, took the Bulldogs’ $1.2 million check and beat...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team had finally built a long drive. After 70 yards of hard work, mostly through the running game, the Minutemen had a third-and-goal chance. Trailing 20-3 in the closing seconds of the third quarter, a touchdown could bring them...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — The Williston Northampton football team came to play in its season opener against Deerfield Academy on Saturday. After falling to the Big Green last fall, the Wildcats came out with a different focus this time around, punching it into the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Through 30 minutes of action against Buffalo on Saturday, the Massachusetts football team was in position to try to earn its first win of the season. It was a different story in the second half. The Bulls outscored the Minutemen 17-0 in the third...

By DYLAN THOMPSON

DALTON – The South Hadley football team was given the unenviable task of opening its season on the road against a Berkshire County powerhouse.Host Wahconah held just a one-score lead at halftime, but the Warriors kept the Tigers off the scoreboard in...

By MIKE MORAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton football team’s rally fell short in a 14-12 season-opening loss to Ware, Friday night.The Eagles trailed 14-0, but they came back behind two Colin Hogan touchdown passes to Trevor Canon-Smith and a defense that held the...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Trailing 13-8 and facing a fourth-and-3 in his own territory midway through the fourth quarter, Northampton football head coach Joe Kocot kept his offense on the field hoping a conversion would spark the team’s struggling offense.And on...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels to Buffalo on Saturday for its third of five matchups this season against future MAC opponents. The Minutemen are 0-2 following losses to Eastern Michigan and Toledo, and the Bulls are 1-1 after splitting games with FCS...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — The scoreboard operator has a busy job at Williston Northampton School when the football team takes the field on Saturdays.For the past two seasons, the Wildcats have led the Northeast Prep League in points, and with a host of talented...