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The Northampton girls soccer team came out of the gate hot in their opening match of the season, putting eight goals past Granby Tuesday evening to snag an 8-1 Central Division victory at David Wright Stadium in Northampton.The Blue Devils (1-0) led...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Chris Gould has been either running or coaching at Amherst Regional High School since the 1970s, and for the entire time the ‘Canes boys cross country head coach has been involved with the program, the course has never changed.But this year...

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Come the Western Mass. Division 1 Golf Championships at Westover Golf Course last fall, the Belchertown golf team felt it was more than ready to show out on the big stage and punch one of two team tickets to states.The Orioles fell...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The 2024 golf season began with the classic Battle of the Bridge on Thursday afternoon at Amherst Golf Club. Following a flawless 16-0 regular season in 2023, Northampton High School picked up right where it left off – behind the smooth...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

BELCHERTOWN — New Belchertown High School Athletic Director Kevin McNeill might never have held an AD position, but he brings with him years of coaching experience in not just Belchertown, but Hampshire County as a whole.McNeill replaces Jen Gouvin,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Ear-ringing whistles, low grunts and wide smiles marked the first day of high school football camp on Friday, as Hampshire County teams held their first practices in advance of the upcoming season.Full-contact practices don’t begin...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Fretting over one’s grades is a universal part of the public education experience, a worry that even school superintendents sometimes find themselves having to go through.After Superintendent Portia Bonner’s first year, the Northampton...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Of all the stories of Olympian Gabby Thomas’ athletic prowess during her six years at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, possibly the most revealing came in cross country, a sport the sprinter competed in for just one season.Thomas chose...

By GARRETT COTE

All but one sport featuring local players has crowned a gold medal winner at the Bay State Games this summer, with several medals given out over the weekend. Only girls basketball remains (July 19-21), as softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys soccer,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The Select Board approved adding an adjustment counselor at Micheal E. Smith Middle School using 0pioid settlement funds to prevent drug and alcohol use among youth but not without push back from board members about the sustainability...

By GARRETT COTE

DEVENS — When the best-of-the-best from around the state gathered to play in the gold medal game of the 2024 Bay State Games, high-level performances are expected.And through seven innings of Thursday’s softball finale at Willard Field Complex,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Newly-minted junior captain Reilly Fowles of the Northampton boys tennis team headed to the tennis courts at John F. Kennedy Middle School to get some extra practice in.He had noticed a large improvement in his play from his freshman season to his...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Heading into this spring, Belchertown girls tennis star Ava Shea needed 15 victories to reach the 50-win plateau for her career. The senior sat down before the season started and created a list of goals for herself, trying to figure out...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

LEVERETT — Logan Alfandari was cleaning his attic in late February when he stumbled upon a DVD set he hadn’t seen in years.He popped the disc for “Avatar: The Last Airbender” into his brother’s PlayStation and started watching.Alfandari had just come...

By GARRETT COTE

HADLEY — Hopkins Academy baseball head coach Dan Vreeland was torn between whether or not he would keep a freshman with potential on varsity to be a plug-and-play guy, or stick him on junior varsity where he would play every inning of every game.But...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — Enchanted Circle, a regional arts nonprofit that has worked for decades with area school districts on integrating performing arts into their curricula, has announced it is going dormant for a year.The 48-year-old arts organization cited...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

SOUTH HADLEY – On April 15, South Hadley pitcher Ella Schaeffer reached 500 career strikeouts, normally a milestone reserved for the very best seniors at the end of their careers. She was just a junior, and at 16, a year young for her grade. By June...

By GARRETT COTE

GRANBY — During the Granby boys volleyball team’s run through the Western Mass. Class C tournament, it seemed to have one plan of attack when it needed a clutch point.Any time the Rams’ backs were against the wall, they would feed their star senior,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — Cedar Conrad led the girls lacrosse team into a math classroom on a Wednesday afternoon at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School and started class.Every player took a seat and put their head down on their desk. Then, Conrad and Amherst’s other...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee affirmed its support for Superintendent Portia Bonner on Wednesday, some two weeks after the school union voted no confidence in their school leader following a tumultuous budget season this spring.Emerging from a...