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By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — Holding on to a 10-point lead in the final minute, Holyoke guard Shawn Rivera pushed the ball up the floor through Northampton’s full-court press.As Rivera approached the 3-point line, he lobbed a pass toward the rim where only one player on...

By GARRETT COTE

As Matt Cross woke up each day during the offseason, it felt like another teammate was heading for the exit. The UMass men’s basketball team lost eight of its final 10 games – including a 33-point blowout to Richmond in the first round of the Atlantic...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — There’s nothing quite like the sweet taste of revenge.After losing to Easthampton on its home floor – snapping a near two-year home winning streak – just three weeks ago, the Frontier girls basketball team came into Thursday night’s...

A crucial week of the season saw the Northampton girls basketball team pick up a huge win on Thursday night.Ava Azzaro put together a monster offensive night, scoring a season-high 31 points to lift the Blue Devils to a 61-53 Valley League victory...

By GARRETT COTE

Lynne-Ann Kokoski is built to be leader. That statement was true long before she took over as head coach for the Bryant University women’s basketball team this season, and her unbridled passion for winning has only proven to be even more correct.This...

It was an even match between the Smith Vocational and Frontier wrestling teams on Wednesday in Northampton. Of the eight matches that were wrestled, the Vikings won four and the Redhawks took four. With Smith Vocational taking 18 points from forfeits,...

By GARRETT COTE

As the calendar flips from January to February, it’s now officially time to say that playoff basketball will be played this month. The race to the postseason is always hottest during the second month of the year, and that’s again the case in 2024 with...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Down by three points with eight seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, UMass junior guard Kristin Williams received a pass from Bre Bellamy on the wing with time ticking away.Williams took one dribble to control the ball and square her...

With the top team in the Hampshire League North in town, the Hampshire Regional boys basketball team had an opportunity to shake things up in the league standings on Tuesday night.Visiting Athol did just enough to stay atop the HL North however, as...

By GARRETT COTE

HADLEY — Only taking into account what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, not much has gone right for the Hopkins Academy girls basketball team this season. And after the Golden Hawks’ 58-37 loss to Lenox on Monday night, their record now...

Ava Azzaro scored 14 of her 16 points in the first half, helping the Northampton girls basketball team to a decisive 59-31 victory over Holyoke on Monday night.Northampton led 18-10 after one quarter and 34-14 at halftime.Chloe Derby drained a pair of...

Matt Cross led four players in double figures, scoring 19 points to propel the UMass men’s basketball team to an 84-73 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over Saint Louis on Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo.The Minutemen won on the road...

For the first time all season, the Hopkins Academy girls basketball checked off one in the win column on Friday night.Ten different players scored points, and the balanced Golden Hawks built a double-digit halftime lead en route to a 40-29 victory...

By GARRETT COTE

After winning two of its first three Atlantic 10 Conference games, the UMass men’s basketball team has now lost three of its last four – including two crushing defeats at the buzzer stemming from an inability to rebound down the stretch.The Minutemen...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — After scoring 70 points in each of its last two games, the 9-1 Northampton girls basketball team couldn’t have been playing better entering Thursday night’s heavyweight matchup with 9-2 Central.The Blue Devils’ two best players, Ava...

By GARRETT COTE

The first thing folks like to do when judging a team’s talent is look at its record. Most coaches agree that that’s the worst scale to use.Such is the case with the Northampton boys basketball team this season.Although the Blue Devils sit at 6-7...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sebastian Garro has been playing golf since he was 5 years old. He never could have imagined when all that practice would pay off. Garro — an eighth grader at Bement School in Deerfield — attended the UMass men’s basketball game against South Florida...

By GARRETT COTE

A couple weeks ago, I sat inside Smith Academy’s Sherry Webb Gymnasium in Hatfield to cover a girls basketball game between the Falcons and Duggan Academy of Springfield. As the game progressed, the displeasure from supporters only grew louder – and...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Heartbreak struck the UMass men’s basketball team for the second time in three games on Tuesday night at the Mullins Center.Clinging to a one-point lead with 12.5 seconds left after Rahsool Diggins’ acrobatic layup put the Minutemen ahead,...

Shea MacLean had himself a night for the Belchertown boys basketball team against South Hadley on Tuesday. MacLean scored 11 field goals to finish with a game-high 25 points, helping the Orioles pull away with a 71-59 victory over the Tigers in...