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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — Had one sixth inning throw been on target, Northampton’s dream American Legion season might be over.Instead Post 28 is still alive after Wednesday’s 8-7 win over East Springfield that set up Thursday’s winner-take-all championship...

 By ADAM HARGRAVES

NORTHAMPTON — In Game 1 of a best-of-three series to decide a Western Massachusetts Legion championship, Northampton Post 28 faced a situation it hadn’t seen all year.An immense deficit, which East Springfield built after a nine-run second...

By ELLIOT WELD

AMHERST — Five runs in the first inning, including a three-run home run from Luke Leonard, helped Amherst beat Frontier 9-1 in the first game of the double-elimination Mickey Mantle baseball playoffs Tuesday.With the score 2-0 after Amherst had hit...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Justin Colpack stared down an 0-2 count.The deciding game of Easthampton’s Intermediate Little League state championship series against Lincoln-Sudbury was tied Sunday in Auburn.Ryan O’OLeary stood on first base for Easthampton after opening the sixth...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTFIELD — College coaches sat in folding camp chairs behind the backstop at Bullens Field and aimed their radar guns.Ludlow Post 52’s Jayson Webb stared down West Springfield Post 207’s Zach Culver. Webb wore a blue jersey like the rest of his team,...

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...

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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...

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 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...

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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...

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Matt Hewes and Andrew Roman were locked in a pitchers’ duel, Tuesday at Arcanum Field in Florence.Hewes allowed three hits and struck out 11, but Roman allowed three hits and fanned 14 as Pathfinder beat Smith Vocational, 2-1.Hunter Brooks, Hewes...

By MATT VAUTOUR

Nehemiah Wilson pointed at Ryan Mooney as he walked off the mound. The two will forever share a unique piece of South Hadley baseball history.Two days after Mooney threw a no-hitter against Belchertown, Wilson matched the feat in the Tigers’ 11-0 win...

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Williston Northampton’s boys and girls track & field teams both finished second Wednesday during a tri-meet in Easthampton.Northfield Mount Hermon scored 94 points to win the boys meet, while the Wildcats had 62. Wilbraham & Monson was third with...

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Senior pitcher Noah Bleakley threw a shutout and struck out 12, as the Granby baseball team beat Monson 9-0 on the road Wednesday.Bleakley punched out the first five batters he faced and walked just one in seven innings.“Pretty dominant performance,”...

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Kade Gewanter singled home Connor Waitkus to give the Frontier Regional baseball a 7-6 win over host Palmer in 11 innings on Tuesday.Seth Gewanter pitched four innings of relief for the victory. He gave up four hits, struck out one and didn’t allow a...

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Northampton’s Leila Kouakou scored four goals with an assist for the Mount Holyoke lacrosse team in a 11-6 win over Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday in New London, Conn.Kaitlin Braz and Mary Lavigne each added two goals for the Lyons (2-10).Mia...

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In his first start of the season, Jon Morrison struck out 13 in a 9-3 win for the Hopkins Academy baseball team over Pioneer Regional, Tuesday in Northfield.Morrison pitched six innings and gave up three earned runs.Noah Scanlon-Dean and Nate Kelley...

By Nicole DeFeudis

For some, opening day at Fenway might mean watching Dustin Pedroia hit one out of the park, or eating peanuts and Cracker Jack. But for three area residents, the game on Monday marks a 50-year tradition of attending home openers as best friends. It...