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By GARRETT COTE

WESTFIELD — It wasn’t a secret that the No. 2 Northampton girls basketball team would have its hands full against top-seeded Springfield Central in Saturday’s PVIAC Class A final. The Blue Devils had lost 10 straight to the Golden Eagles coming in, including a pair of decisive defeats already this winter.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — As a former Girl Scout, Celia Overby hoped her 6-year-old daughter would find a sense of self, responsibility and community with a local troop just as she did during her childhood, but no troop in the area was accepting new scouts her daughter’s age.

The Belchertown boys swimming team finished in third place at the MIAA Western/Central Sectional boys meet as the best area squad on Saturday at Springfield College. 

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Amalia Guerra is a perfectionist. She won’t stop working until she feels she has honed her craft. And even when the day comes where the Northampton girls swimming senior feels like she’s accomplished perfection, she’ll continue to find something to improve on.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Nothing could knock down Claudia Quintero on the day she received her green card and work permit at 17 years old — she was too elated to notice anything else.

By MIKE MORAN

HOLYOKE — Springfield Central senior Ja’Cyion Cox returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown and the Golden Eagles cruised from there to beat Holyoke, 62-0, Friday night at the Roberts Sports Complex.“They deserve all the accolades that...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — When Nora Matzen visited the aquarium as a child, question after question popped up in her mind about the critters swimming around tank her eyes remained glued to for hours. “How did they breathe? Why could they swim so well? What did...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

SPRINGFIELD — In Northampton and Central’s two regular season contests this year, each team won in their home gym and the aggregate score between the two games was separated by just a single point.The difference in Tuesday night’s Western Mass...