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It was a big Hampshire League North showdown at Mallet Gymnasium in Athol on Tuesday between the host Bears and Hampshire Regional. 

Cameron Graves scored a season-high 17 points, and the Smith Academy boys basketball team turned a 19-16 halftime lead into a 44-40 victory over Hampshire Regional in Hampshire League North action on Friday night in Westhampton. The game was tied headed into the fourth quarter before the Falcons won the final eight minutes 14-10.

By GARRETT COTE

Installment No. 4 of the weekly high school basketball notebook is upon us, and to be honest I’m excited for this one – the last edition in the month of January. We’re that much closer to postseason basketball, so we will take a look at where each team (boys and girls) in Hampshire County currently stands in the Western Mass. and state tournament rankings in their respective classes/divisions.

By JIM BRIDGMAN

In a massive shakeup at the University of Massachusetts School of Education, Dean Dwight Allen has resigned, and Associate Dean Atron Gentry has been fired, the Gazette learned today. The resignation and dismissal come in the wake of several weeks of reports that funds at the School of Education may have been spent on purposes other than those for which they were intended.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — State legislators representing Hampshire and Franklin counties signaled that they were prepared to defend protections for immigrants, the environment and transgender people in Massachusetts as the new federal administration under President Donald Trump moves to limit or scrap them.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Charles R. “Chuck” Longsworth, a Hampshire College founder and the institution’s first employee and second president, who died Jan. 8 at 95 in Concord, is being remembered for his pioneering work in higher education.

The Hampshire Regional boys basketball team erupted for a season-high 81 points en route to an 81-71 win over Turners Falls in Westhampton on Friday night.

It was always going to be a challenge for the Granby wrestling team against Athol on Wednesday. 

By GARRETT COTE

It’s that time of the week again, as Wednesday evening means Hampshire County high school basketball notebook No. 3 is here. February is on the horizon, which means the eight (boys and girls combined) Western Massachusetts tournaments are as well. Teams across the valley are hoping to play their best basketball of the season over the next several weeks to be in the best position possible to compete for a sectional crown.

The Amherst boys basketball team received 38 combined points from Mitchell Carey and Samuel Woodruff, but couldn’t pull out the road victory in its 61-53 loss to Longmeadow on Tuesday night.

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — The visiting Hampshire girls basketball team continued to hang around as it trailed Belchertown by 10 in the third quarter – looking to make a push to really put pressure on the Orioles.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Hampshire College President Ed Wingenbach is stepping down from leadership at the end of June to become president of the American College of Greece, completing six years at the helm of the Amherst campus during a transitional phase for the college amid financial uncertainty.

Gerard A. Wallace has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for city councilor from Ward 4. Wallace says that he feels that a “fresh, energetic approach to the problems that beset our city is needed.” Wallace is concerned about high taxes, the problems of the elderly, the unemployment situation and the need for younger people in government.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WESTFIELD — Minutes after noon on Monday, repeated chants of “USA” filled East Mountain Country Club after Donald J. Trump took the oath of office, officially making him the 47th president of the United States.

By RYAN AMES

NORTHAMPTON — Three free throws decided Thursday night's Smith Voc-Smith Academy boys basketball game.

A pair of unbeaten wrestling teams met up in Turners Falls on Wednesday. 

Power-Greene to lead MLK Day lecture

NORTHAMPTON — The Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence at 220 Main St. will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on Sunday with a service to honor the stories of transgender and nonbinary people in the community.

By GARRETT COTE

CHARLEMONT — The Hampshire Regional alpine ski team was ready to go for the season-opening meet at Berkshire East Mountain Resort on Thursday night as the boys took on the giant slalom course.