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A four-run bottom of the first inning propelled Northampton Post 28 to a 9-4 victory over Westfield in an American Legion Senior Division contest on Thursday night at Arcanum Field in Northampton.Andrew Gagne smacked a three-run double and knocked in...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — How about a dozen, Post 239?It wasn’t the typical offensive onslaught that the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion team has gotten accustomed to over the course of the summer, but it got the job done behind scorching southpaw...

Belchertown Post 239’s summer of supremacy continued in Longmeadow on Monday evening.Post 239 jumped out to a 9-0 lead through three innings, and carried their momentum into a 13-1 win over Longmeadow.They outhit Longmeadow 15-3 in the victory.Eight...

The Northampton 13U baseball All-Star team watched its terrific season come to a close on Saturday afternoon, falling 3-2 on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh inning against Bridgewater in the Massachusetts Intermediate 50/70 sectional...

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...

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NORTHAMPTON — During one of the Belchertown 12U All-Star baseball team’s games earlier this summer, assistant coach Kevin Auffrey overheard one of the kids on the opposing team say something that cracked him up.His daughter, Rioghán, was playing...

With two outs and the tying runner at the plate and for the Wilbraham Falcons, Northampton Post 28 pitcher Griffin Smiarowski shut the door on any threat of a comeback – striking out the final batter of the game.Post 28 hung on for a 7-5 win at Spec...

Ryan Gould’s pitching couldn’t be touched by the North Adams Post 125 lineup on Tuesday evening. The Belchertown Post 239 hurler tossed a no-hitter in Post 239’s 13-0, five-inning American Legion Senior Division win on the road.Gould only struck out...

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James Lavallee continued his dominant summer on Monday evening, tossing a one-hitter in Northampton Post 28’s 11-1 win over Easthampton Post 224 in American Legion Senior Division action at Arcanum Field in Northampton.Lavallee, a rising senior at...

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NORTHAMPTON — After the Northampton Post 28 Senior American Legion baseball team scraped a run across in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut its deficit to 4-1, Greenfield Post 81 didn’t let them get any closer – putting to rest any bid at a...

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NORTHAMPTON — Layne Nagle may have taken a spill rounding first as the 13U Northampton All-Stars baseball team took a victory lap with their new championship banner, but he bounced up right away – an illuminating smile across his face.That same...

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HOLYOKE — The Valley Blue Sox were on the brink of an improbable NECBL comeback in front of their home fans on Tuesday night, as they erased a 5-0 deficit to lead 6-5 in the ninth inning.Three outs stood between the Blue Sox and their fourth...

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BELCHERTOWN — Last week, the Belchertown Post 239 and Greenfield Post 81 Senior Legion baseball teams didn’t even play two full innings before Mother Nature had other plans. The game was suspended in the second inning and rescheduled for...

James Lavallee gave up just three hits and struck out eight as Northampton Post 28 walked away with a 3-0 victory over Aldenville in an American Legion Senior Division game at Szot Park in Chicopee on Monday. Andrew Gagne, Henry LaFlamme, Elijah...

It looked promising for the Northampton Post 28 Senior Division American Legion team through two and a half innings, as Liam Flynn belted a two-out, three-run home run to put them ahead 4-2 against Pittsfield Post 68.But the game’s next 12 runs...

By GARRETT COTE

What started as a friendly gesture turned into a common occurrence for Jeff Gladu and his Amherst Regional High School baseball team this spring.Early in the season, opposing coaches addressed Gladu following the handshake line after their games to...

Belchertown Post 239 used a six-run second inning and a six-run third inning to get past Northampton Post 28 13-11 on Tuesday night.Northampton starter Griffin Smiarowski only allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks over five innings of...

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NORTHAMPTON — He may have just wrapped up his freshman year of high school, but Aiden Keeling-Lococo showed maturity beyond his years on Monday evening.The Northampton Post 28 center fielder stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning...

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AMHERST — Although the stage might have been the biggest one the Amherst and South Hadley Suburban League 15U Koufax Division teams had ever stepped foot on, both teams rose to the occasion at Earl Lorden Field on the campus of UMass on Thursday...

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NORTHAMPTON — After James Lavallee gave up a hit to the first Longmeadow batter he faced in his first-ever inning pitching for Northampton Post 28, he wasted no time settling in.Lavallee struck the next two batters out and got the following one to...