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By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — When the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion coaching staff put together its roster for the 2024 summer season, head coach Todd McDonald couldn’t stop thinking about the potential his group had. The talent was undeniably there to...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

BELCHERTOWN – They hadn’t run that play since their days together at Belchertown High School.Sheffield Post 340 had cut Belchertown Post 239’s lead to 2-1 in the top of the fifth inning, and now the bases were loaded for their No. 3 hitter. Post 239...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — Everything was working for the Easthampton Post 224 Senior American Legion team on Thursday evening at Nonotuck Park.Whether Post 224 played stellar defense, pitched lights out, knocked the cover off the ball at the plate or went the old...

With two outs and the tying runner at the plate and for the Wilbraham Falcons, Northampton Post 28 pitcher Griffin Smiarowski shut the door on any threat of a comeback – striking out the final batter of the game.Post 28 hung on for a 7-5 win at Spec...

Ryan Gould’s pitching couldn’t be touched by the North Adams Post 125 lineup on Tuesday evening. The Belchertown Post 239 hurler tossed a no-hitter in Post 239’s 13-0, five-inning American Legion Senior Division win on the road.Gould only struck out...

By GARRETT COTE

James Lavallee continued his dominant summer on Monday evening, tossing a one-hitter in Northampton Post 28’s 11-1 win over Easthampton Post 224 in American Legion Senior Division action at Arcanum Field in Northampton.Lavallee, a rising senior at...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — After the Northampton Post 28 Senior American Legion baseball team scraped a run across in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut its deficit to 4-1, Greenfield Post 81 didn’t let them get any closer – putting to rest any bid at a...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Last week, the Belchertown Post 239 and Greenfield Post 81 Senior Legion baseball teams didn’t even play two full innings before Mother Nature had other plans. The game was suspended in the second inning and rescheduled for...

James Lavallee gave up just three hits and struck out eight as Northampton Post 28 walked away with a 3-0 victory over Aldenville in an American Legion Senior Division game at Szot Park in Chicopee on Monday. Andrew Gagne, Henry LaFlamme, Elijah...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — He may have just wrapped up his freshman year of high school, but Aiden Keeling-Lococo showed maturity beyond his years on Monday evening.The Northampton Post 28 center fielder stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — After James Lavallee gave up a hit to the first Longmeadow batter he faced in his first-ever inning pitching for Northampton Post 28, he wasted no time settling in.Lavallee struck the next two batters out and got the following one to...

By GARRETT COTE

The American Legion Baseball season kicked off on Monday, with all three of Hampshire County’s senior teams in action on the diamond.Northampton Post 28 earned a 6-5 victory in eight innings, Easthampton Post 224 fell short in an 11-5 loss to...

By HANNAH BEVIS

After falling in the American Legion district tournament final last year to Greenfield Post 81, Belchertown Post 239 got some redemption on Thursday night, taking down Westfield Post 124, 9-3, to advance to the next stage of the legion playoffs — the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

WESTFIELD – Thursday night’s American Legion District 1 championship game between Belchertown Post 239 and Westfield Post 124 had more drama in it than a daytime soap opera. Multiple innings with bases loaded, heroic diving saves, blasts to the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WILBRAHAM – Post 286 walked the wrong guy.Wilbraham intentionally gave Belchertown’s Jake Smith a free pass to first with two outs in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s American Legion Senior Division District 1 baseball semifinal. Smith had already...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

BELCHERTOWN — Dom Badorini stayed within himself and put the baseball out of the park.Northampton Post 28’s No. 3 hitter entered the batter’s box with one out and a runner on first base after a Jamie Fowler leadoff walk and a fielder’s choice in the...