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By RYAN AMES

NORTHAMPTON – Down a goal with less than two minutes remaining in regulation, the Northampton boys lacrosse team got a break.

By RYAN AMES and GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — It didn’t take long for the Easthampton baseball team’s bats to get rolling, as the Eagles put up 10 runs across the first two innings against Amherst on Monday afternoon at Nonotuck Park.

By GARRETT COTE

For so long, the cities of Amherst and Northampton have been ultimate Frisbee hot spots. Talent pours out of the area, starting at the youth level and reaching the collegiate world at UMass. If the fact that the Amherst Regional and Northampton High ultimate teams compete for state titles every year wasn’t enough to stamp the area’s success, having double-digit players in the professional Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA) certainly is.

Sport is a powerful platform for driving social change. We have witnessed athletes stepping beyond the lines of the field to use their voices and influence to bring awareness to issues that truly matter. From calls for racial justice to advocacy for gender equality, the sports world has served as a podium for broader sociocultural conversations.

By GARRETT COTE

The MIAA released its most recent power rankings of the 2025 spring season on Friday morning, and several Hampshire County teams are slotted pretty high in their respective sports/divisions. The Hampshire Regional softball team is the lone local squad to earn a No. 1 ranking, as the Raiders check in as the top seed in Division 4 after appearing at No. 2 in the previous edition.

By RYAN AMES and GARRETT COTE

The Granby boys volleyball team pulled off another five-set match victory with a five-set win over Athol on Friday.

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — Becky Dubay could never pack lunches for her four daughters without hearing some sort of complaint. Whether it was her oldest daughter, Josie, her twins, Raegan and Ryanne, or her youngest, Kalin, each of them would always let their mom know if something about their lunch wasn’t right before she shipped them off to elementary school.

By HANNAH BEVIS

The floor of Interskate 91 South is often filled with young skaters teetering around the track, but the athletes on it now are sure on their skates, focused and ready to battle. Two jammers sit poised, their bodies coiled in anticipation; in front of them, two bunches of blockers gaze at them intently, trying to determine the best strategy for locking them down. For a second, there’s quiet. Then a sharp whistle slices through it and the two skaters explode forward, trying to duck and weave between a mass of bodies to escape the pack and rack up points for their team. Their teammates and fans yell and cheer from the sidelines, their voices echoing around the rink, but skater Lilith of the Valley (government name: Lisa Andras) doesn’t hear any of it.

By GARRETT COTEand JEFF LAJOIE

Winners of seven straight games entering Thursday, the Belchertown baseball team hadn’t been tested in a while. The Orioles’ last six games were all victories by at least six runs. But against a visiting Agawam team, Belchertown found itself in a 2-1 hole entering the bottom of the seventh inning.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Throughout the entire spring season, the Amherst Regional track and field programs have had to hit the road for all of their dual meets. The track at the high school doesn’t meet the standards to host competition, as runners are forced to avoid small cracks and holes in the surface.

By GARRETT COTE and RYAN AMES

NORTHAMPTON — It has been quite the spring season for the Amherst Regional girls track and field team, and Wednesday added to the Hurricanes’ undefeated campaign. Both the Amherst girls and boys defeated Northampton behind terrific performances both on the track and in the field. The Amherst girls won by a score of 103-33.

By RYAN AMES

HADLEY – A near-milestone performance from Hopkins Academy pitcher Cassie Dion wasn’t enough as the Golden Hawks softball team fell to Franklin Tech, 4-2, on Wednesday. Dion needed eight strikeouts against the Eagles to become the first player in school history to reach 400 for her career, however the Hawks’ ace came up one short to sit at 399 career Ks following the defeat.

By RYAN AMES and GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the second time this season, the Amherst Regional boys lacrosse team fell to Agawam, this time dropping a 16-10 decision on Tuesday.

Bill Bradley, the great Knicks player and Rhodes Scholar, went up for a jump shot at the end of the game. As usual, it was good and put the Knicks up by eight points with almost no time on the clock. Rather than the usual cheer, Bradley heard some boos coming from the fans. Confused, after the game Bradley asked the trainer why some fans had booed him. The trainer told him that the spread on the game was projected at six points and that winning by eight had cost fans money.

By RYAN AMES and GARRETT COTE

For the first time all season, the Granby boys volleyball team dropped consecutive matches as the Rams fell 3-1 to Sci-Tech on Monday evening. The first two sets were as close as it gets, but Granby couldn’t sustain its strong play for the entirety of the contest – losing 26-24, 24-26, 25-18, 25-19.

By GARRETT COTE and RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY — Under a sun-filled field at South Hadley High School, the Granby boys lacrosse team used swarming defense and a tenacious effort to win nearly every ground ball en route to a 7-2 victory over Monson on Friday afternoon.

By RYAN AMES and GARRETT COTE

It was an extra-inning thriller in South Deerfield on Thursday between the Frontier and Greenfield softball teams. 

By RYAN AMES and GARRETT COTE

Claire Fortin and Juliana Albo each had huge days to help the Amherst Regional girls track and field team to a 96-49 victory over Minnechaug on Wednesday afternoon in Wilbraham.

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — Hampshire Regional head baseball coach Mark Baldwin said matching up with Easthampton is “kind of like playing ourselves,” and added that his Raiders squad and the Eagles are very similarly constructed. The two teams played three weeks ago and Hampshire came from behind to win 5-3, and on Wednesday, it was yet another rock fight between the two Hampshire County programs.

By GARRETT COTE and RYAN AMES

It looked as if the Mahar Regional baseball team was going to pick up its first win of the season heading into the seventh inning against Smith Academy. The Senators held on to a 1-0 lead and kept the Falcons’ bats quiet throughout the entirety of the game.