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By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The MIAA on Friday released the first installment of its power rankings for fall sports. The power ranking formula factors in win/loss record, margin of victory and strength of schedule.In sports other than football, the top 32 teams in each division...

Take a look at the scoresheet from Gateway’s 3-0 win over Hopkins, and you might think you have double vision. Or triple vision.Eli, Ivan and Andrew Chepurenko all scored for the Gators, with Andrew’s goal coming from an Ivan assist. The Gators took a...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — When the South Hadley girls soccer team dropped its third game of the season, 1-0, a physical, chippy match with Hampshire Regional back on Sept. 6, the Tigers couldn’t wait to meet up with the Raiders again — this time on their home...

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — Only six tenths of a point separated the Hampshire Regional gymnastics team and its third consecutive Western Massachusetts championship last season. The Raiders put up 137.7 points, slightly behind Westfield’s top score of 138.3.As...

As the seconds ticked down between Mahar and Smith Academy, it seemed the Valley league rivals might play to a 1-1 stalemate.But with one minute, 20 seconds left, Alexa Jagodzinski scored her second goal of the afternoon – the game winner – to seal a...

Late goals in the first and second half proved to be the difference for the Frontier boys soccer team against Wahconah on Tuesday. The Redhawks broke the scoreless deadlock in the 39th minute to take a lead into the half. Frontier then proceeded to...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Coming into the Belchertown girls volleyball team’s match with Lenox on Tuesday night, Orioles senior captain Vivian Ross needed just one assist to reach 1,000 for her career – which has spanned four years including this fall.Although it...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — There was no shortage of goals during the Smith Vocational girls soccer’s senior night on Monday against Putnam, as the Vikings erupted for four tallies in the first half and added five more in the second to trounce the Beavers 9-0...

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 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...

The Northampton golf team continued their hot start to the season and move to 7-1 with a tight win against Ludlow, 169-171 at the Ludlow Country Club on Friday afternoon.Reilly Fowles (38) shot the low score for the day and teammate Aiden...

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 GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The host Northampton field hockey team found itself in the mix with powerhouse Westfield on Thursday afternoon, trailing just 1-0 midway through the third quarter.But unlike the Blue Devils, the Bombers capitalized on their chances in...

TURNERS FALLS — After the opening frame between the Easthampton and Turners Falls volleyball teams on Wednesday, it looked like a potential five-set match was in store. The Eagles took an early lead and led late in the first set when the Thunder...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Dina Brunetti was having flashbacks of her team’s rock fight of a game with Tantasqua last season during halftime on Wednesday.The Belchertown field hockey head coach felt her team controlled possession and had plenty of opportunities in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

On Saturday, Hopkins Academy alum and Worcester Polytechnic Institute defensive lineman Ryan Antes tallied five tackles, a tackle for loss, a sack and a blocked field goal.Come Monday morning, he was back to work. And not just on the football field.In...

The microwave cooked the competition on Tuesday.Hopkins Academy’s Caprial DiBartolomeo, nicknamed ‘Microwave,’ took first-place in the Gateway-Hopkins-Smith Vocational-Southwick quad meet, pacing the field with a time of 19 minutes, 16...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Rich Marjanski had high praise for his defense following the South Hadley girls soccer team’s 1-0 win over Chicopee Comp on Tuesday afternoon.Now in his eighth season as head coach of the Tigers, a tenure in which his teams have won a...

The South Hadley girls volleyball team breezed past Metro opponent Granby on the road Monday evening, 25-13, 25-19, 25-11; for its fifth win in its first six matches. Granby dropped to 0-5 with the loss.The Tigers bounced back after a loss to Division...