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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — Mount Greylock pitcher Cole Wojtkowski befuddled the South Hadley baseball team the first time through the lineup.Once the top-seeded Tigers saw how he pitched, they adjusted.The No. 5 Mounties built a double-digit lead while South...

By ELLIOT WELD

AMHERST — The sixth-seeded Hopkins Academy baseball team fell to No. 2 St. Mary, 7-1, Wednesday in the Western Massachusetts Division 4 Tournament semifinal round at UMass’ Lorden Field.Saints pitcher Nate Bonini had a no-hitter entering the sixth...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

MONTAGUE — Nerves affect even two-time defending state champions before their first playoff game.The Hampshire Regional softball team swung at pitches outside the strike zone and popped out three times in the first two innings against Easthampton in...

By JOSEPH REA

GREAT BARRINGTON — For the third consecutive season, the Monument Mountain and Belchertown girls tennis teams met in the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament semifinals.This time around, the Spartans picked up a 5-0 victory on Wednesday to...

Staff reports

The Granby baseball team scored three times in the third inning and Noah Bleakley made it hold up as the Rams advanced to the Western Massachusetts Division 4 Tournament semifinal with a 3-1 win over Lenox, Wednesday.Ben Rokowski nearly homered to...

Staff reports

Sophie Gatzounas led the South Hadley girls track & field team to a strong showing at the Western Massachusetts Heptathlon, Wednesday at Hampshire Regional in Westhampton.Gatzounas won the event with 3,522 points. Lindsay Marjanski was third with...

By REBECCA MULLEN

Mark Dansereau sees his new position as head of the Montessori School of Northampton as a homecoming.“It’s familiar turf,” he said of western Massachusetts. “Northampton and the surrounding area is a real special place.” A Massachusetts native,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Trouble appeared imminent in the second inning for Anna Kerwood and the Northampton softball team.Westfield had the bases loaded with one out in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 quarterfinals and Kerwood had already allowed a home...

By CRAIG RILEY

SOUTH HADLEY — An early power surge and a strong starting pitching performance paved the way to a 9-3 victory for top-seeded South Hadley over No. 8 Greenfield Monday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Baseball...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

Since 1971, the Northampton football team has not seen many coaching changes. The late Frank Tudryn coached for 29 years until 2000. Ken O’Brien followed and guided the Blue Devils until 2012.From there, Pat Sledzieski took over until his resignation...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

FISKDALE — The fight was there for the Northampton boys lacrosse team.On two separate occasions, the Blue Devils faced a three-goal deficit in their first round game of the Division 2 Central/West tournament against Tantasqua on Wednesday.Three...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

NORTHAMPTON — On her last day of school at Northampton, Megan McCarthy began her final playoff run for the Blue Devils lacrosse team. “It does feel different knowing this is the last time representing the school and the town I have been in all my...

By MIKE MORAN

The South Hadley and Belchertown girls tennis teams are on a collision course again.The two schools met in the finals of the 2016 Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament. Belchertown, then the No. 1 seed, beat the third-seeded Tigers, 3-2.They...

By ELLIOT WELD

GREENFIELD — For a second straight year, the South Hadley baseball team was awarded the No. 1 seed in the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament.Tigers coach Matt Foley said the end of the season was hard on his team, but he was satisfied with...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GREENFIELD — For the fourth straight year, the Hampshire Regional softball team will enter the Western Massachusetts Division 2 tournament as the top seed.“For the most part because of our strength of schedule we figured it would be that way,”...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY — Once the draws started to go Granby’s way, the lead came with it.The eighth-seeded Rams beat No. 9 Nipmuc, 19-7, in the first round the Central/West Division 2 Girls Lacrosse Tournament Tuesday. They’ll visit No. 1 seed Groton-Dunstable...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley’s Sophie Gatzounas and Amherst Regional’s Meikkel Murray started their track and field careers with trial and error. With some nudging from their track coaches, both senior 1,000-point basketball scorers joined their...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

EASTHAMPTON — Bases loaded, one out and a two-run lead with a chance to clinch the league title.There’s no one the Easthampton softball team would rather have on the mound than freshman Rachel Robinson.“We have a lot of confidence in her,” classmate...

Staff reports

The Hopkins Academy baseball team is under .500 on the season.But, a win Friday over Turners Falls, a Division 4 team, would qualify the Golden Hawks for the postseason. Since Hopkins plays most of its games against non-Division 4 teams, all the...

Staff reports

The Northampton girl tennis team beat West Springfield, 5-0, on the road Friday.Caitlyn Richmond defeated Ally Fontaine in first singles 6-1, 6-0.In No. 2 singles, Jordan Kuhr bested Hailey MacDonald 6-2, 6-2.The Blue Devils (8-10, 1-5 Valley Wheel)...