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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – The 30 extra feet between a softball and baseball first base line allows Jessica Nelson to translate.She coached South Hadley’s softball program for more than a decade and played in college before joining Matt Foley’s varsity baseball...

Ava Shea captured a back-and-forth match at first singles, helping the Belchertown girls tennis team to a 4-1 victory over visiting Amherst on Tuesday.Shea held off Amherst’s Sofia DaSilva-Askew, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 in the top spot to propel the Orioles to...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Hitters last feared Erik Ostberg’s fastball when he took the mound at the Cal Ripken level.Nevertheless, the Florence native took the ball when Montgomery Biscuits manager Morgan Ensberg needed an arm to face the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and their Double...

Staff reports

No. 1 singles player Sofia DaSilva-Askew secured the Amherst Regional girls tennis team’s 3-2 win over Northampton on Thursday with a 6-0, 6-2 victory against the Blue Devils’ Daria Warren.The Hurricanes also benefited from a forfeit at No. 2 doubles,...

Nate Carillon walked three times, scored two runs and drove in a run to help the South Hadley baseball team take down West Springfield, 13-3, on Monday in a five-inning run-shortened affair.Carillon also struck out four in two innings of relief.South...

The Amherst girls lacrosse team kept Monson scoreless in the first half of the game Friday, taking an 11-0 lead at halftime en route to a 19-2 victory. The win improved their record to 4-2 on the season. Three ’Canes players had hat tricks – Talia...

Olivia Machon didn’t allow a hit, as the Frontier Regional softball team took down Smith Academy 23-1 in five innings Thursday. She struck out nine and walked three in the circle while driving in five runs on two hits including a homer, scoring three...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The ingredients for Hampshire Regional’s baseball success simmered for the perfect amount of time. Behind three seniors and a strong junior class, the Raiders are off to their best start since 2015, when they began 6-0 and went all the way to the...

Staff Reports

Tyler Feeney accounted for four points with two goals and two assists, as the Amherst Regional boys ultimate team defeated Northampton 14-6 at Kiwanis Field in Amherst on Tuesday.The Hurricanes, No. 2 in Ultiworld’s high school power rankings, traded...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

NORTHAMPTON – The Northampton baseball team came close to picking up its first win of the season against East Longmeadow, but couldn’t quite close things out against the Spartans on Tuesday afternoon. Northampton dropped an 8-4 decision to the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

HADLEY – Hampshire Regional capitalized on two big spots in the first inning to power past the Hopkins Academy baseball team 8-0 Monday.With two batters on and two outs, Jack Boyle laced a double to center field that brought around both runners.“You...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — Carter Hanson swung to end the game, one way or the other.The UMass baseball team trailed No. 9 Boston College 13-12 in the bottom of the ninth during Tuesday’s Baseball Beanpot opening round. Both teams held leads and gave them up.With...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Max Weir juggles a lot for the UMass baseball program.The Southampton native primarily works with the catchers as a volunteer assistant coach, but he also holds players’ elbow protectors while coaching first base and coordinates the teams’...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Mike Toth didn’t expect his homecoming game to turn into a coming out party.The Granby native figured he’d support his teammates from the Earl Lorden field dugout and maybe see some friends and family after the UMass baseball team’s home...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Valley Blue Sox are entering into a new era of baseball, headlined by a new owner and a new-look team and mascot.After working with the team for 13 years, Fred Ciaglo sold the Valley Blue Sox to Matt Drury prior to the 2022 NECBL season. The...

Despite some lineup shuffling due to vacation absences, the Northampton boys tennis team handled its business Wednesday against Agawam in a 4-0 victory at JFK Middle School. The teams only played four of the five positions due to numbers available for...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The return of baseball to Massachusetts high school fields means the debut of pitch count rules that were supposed to take effect last season.Varsity pitchers are now limited to 115 pitches per outing. If they throw the 115th pitch during an at bat,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

HOLYOKE — Tommy Bouvier watched two of his PeoplesBank teammates walk on eight straight balls.He stepped into the batter’s box at Mackenzie Stadium in the second inning with the bases loaded looking for one thing.“I knew that he was struggling, and...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

MILFORD — It was a magical summer, even though it ended in a loss for Northampton Post 28.Northampton lost 9-4 to Milford Post 59 at Fino Field Tuesday afternoon to fall out of the American Legion state baseball tournament.“It was a magical season,”...

By ELLIOT WELD

NORTHAMPTON — Ben Fowler’s walk-off single in the eighth inning gave Northampton a 4-3 win over Longmeadow in a Western Massachusetts Mickey Mantle baseball playoff game Tuesday. After Jake Brittain and Orion McLain both walked with two outs, Fowler...