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By RYAN AMES

Logan Alfandari earned top billing among the Amherst Regional competitors at the second day of the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon with a first-place finish in the boys shot put.

By GARRETT COTE

School is officially over, and with that, summer is finally here. High school graduations have concluded, underclassmen enjoyed their final days of classes and spring state championships wrapped up last weekend.

By RYAN AMES

Claire Fortin of Amherst Regional competed in the first day of events at this year’s Nike Outdoor Nationals meet in Eugene, Oregon on Thursday.

By GARRETT COTE

Bats came alive in the third inning for the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team, as a five-run frame brought it from down a run to ahead 5-1 in the blink of an eye. After Jake Waller held Monson Post 241 scoreless in the fourth, Post 239 added two more runs to give themselves a six-run cushion.

By RYAN AMES

Select athletes of the Amherst Regional track and field team are heading back to the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon as competition is set to kick off on Thursday morning.

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST — Ground has officially broken on the Amherst Regional High School track and field renovation project, following a ceremony in the school’s parking lot overlooking the complex on Monday afternoon.

By GARRETT COTE

The Amherst Regional High School girls varsity ultimate team traveled to Allentown, Pa. over the weekend to compete in its first-ever High School National Invitational tournament, earning the No. 10 seed in a field of 16 teams from all over the country – from California to Massachusetts and everywhere in between.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal on Monday attacked President Donald Trump’s proposed budget bill as well as efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency to remake Social Security, while also criticizing the promotion of inflammatory rhetoric on social media as opposed to regular dialogue.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — While no formal bids were received to conduct a feasibility study on the former Whately Center School, a study will move forward anyway, as a contractor has come forward with what town officials describe as a “comprehensive” proposal.

By RYAN AMES

The 2023-24 athletic season was a special one for Amherst’s Rich Ferro. His two sons, Skyler and Sawyer, were teammates for the first time ever on the Hurricanes’ ice hockey and boys lacrosse teams.

By RYAN AMES

WORCESTER – In between innings during the middle portion of Thursday’s MIAA Division 4 state softball semifinal between No. 1 Hampshire Regional and No. 4 Joseph Case, Chappell Roan’s hit song ‘Pink Pony Club’ blared over the speakers.

By GARRETT COTE

WORCESTER — Since the inception of the new statewide tournament format, Joseph Case has been a thorn in Hampshire Regional’s side. The Cardinals knocked off the Raiders in the 2023 state championship game, and again defeated them in last season’s quarterfinal matchup en route to a second-straight MIAA Division 4 crown.

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH DEERFIELD – For the second straight season, Ella Hoogendyk took first place in the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association (MSTCA) West Heptathlon, winning with 3,742 points, following Day 2 of events on Wednesday at Frontier Regional.

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — A dozen Western Massachusetts titles – including 15 Western Mass. final appearances – in 18 seasons, and two state championships (2015 and 2016) to go along with it. That’s the Hampshire Regional softball program’s resume since head coach Brian McGan took over in 2008. Raiders players of the past two decades only know what it’s like to play in high-leverage games. That’s all they have done under McGan.

By GARRETT COTE

WORCESTER — The Hampshire Regional softball team has played like a No. 1 seed all year, and when it earned the top mark in the MIAA Division 4 state tournament as the brackets were released in late May, the Raiders only elevated their already magnificent play on the field.

By RYAN AMES

WESTHAMPTON – The No. 1 Hampshire Regional softball team’s senior duo of CC Thayer and Teagan Charles combined for five of the Raiders’ nine hits in their 10-1 win over No. 8 Frontier Regional in the MIAA Division 4 state tournament Round of 8 on Sunday afternoon.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — After concluding her valedictory remarks reflecting on the last weeks of senior year, Daniella Sherman suggested taking a final high school selfie, which she did by taking out her cellphone and posing alongside her five fellow valedictorians and the full 190-member class on stage at the Tillis Performance Hall at the Bromery Center for the Arts.

By GARRETT COTE

Only one team has been able to beat the Amherst Regional girls tennis team all season, as the Hurricanes have ripped through their fellow western Massachusetts opponents and their first two state tournament foes en route to an MIAA Division 2 state quarterfinal appearance.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Jack Carpenter did everything he could in the offseason to put himself in the best position to have a big senior year as captain of the Northampton boys lacrosse team.

By RYAN AMES

FITCHBURG – Seven was the lucky number for two Hampshire County outdoor track and field athletes as South Hadley’s Maggie Crawford and Amherst’s Logan Alfandari each earned medalist honors on Day 1 of the MIAA Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State University on Thursday.

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — For the third time in just over two weeks, the Frontier and South Hadley softball teams squared off – this edition coming in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 16 with a trip to the quarterfinals on the line on Wednesday afternoon.