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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 HANNAH BEVIS 

Fiona Bundy’s first memory of her now-best friend Sophia Schaefer isn’t a typical one. Northampton native Schaefer and Easthampton native Bundy both went to the same kindergarten at the Smith College Campus School, but weren’t in the same class, so...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – No pass is safe around UMass senior defender Audra Tosone.The Walpole native ranks seventh in Division I women’s lacrosse and leads the Atlantic 10 forcing 2.5 turnovers per game. She’s won four Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week...

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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...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – The Battle of the Bridge is always a game that the Amherst and Northampton boys lacrosse teams circle on their calendars.Thursday afternoon was no exception.With the sun beating down during one of the hottest days yet this spring, the...

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...

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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 

Earlier in the week, Ella Laliberte knew she had a chance to score her 200th career goal in a lacrosse game against Monson. The Granby senior purposely held back in that contest, wanting to save the celebration for her home turf. Laliberte got her...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

A couple days prior to the UMass women’s lacrosse team’s first game of the season, first-year head coach Jana Drummond sat in her office preparing for her team’s first game of the season against UMass Lowell. It was a familiar setting for Drummond,...

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 MIKE MORAN

Colin Minicus thought his lacrosse career was over.With his senior season at Amherst College cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he threw his name into the NCAA transfer portal to see if an opportunity came up.One did, just not from the portal. On...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

FISKDALE — The fight was there for the Northampton boys lacrosse team.On two separate occasions, the Blue Devils faced a three-goal deficit in their first round game of the Division 2 Central/West tournament against Tantasqua on Wednesday.Three...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY — Once the draws started to go Granby’s way, the lead came with it.The eighth-seeded Rams beat No. 9 Nipmuc, 19-7, in the first round the Central/West Division 2 Girls Lacrosse Tournament Tuesday. They’ll visit No. 1 seed Groton-Dunstable...

By JACK SUNTRUP

The Western New England University women’s lacrosse team caught headlines over the weekend, but the news had nothing to do with on-the-field play.Instead, the team attracted the attention of administrators and a social media backlash over the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY — Jess Patruno knew the look.She watched fellow Granby girls lacrosse senior Kate Sarnacki handle the ball behind the cage Thursday against Chicopee Comp.In that offensive position, Sarnacki looks to either attack the cage herself or draw the...

By MOLLY CLANCY

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton girls lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season Wednesday night.An 11-5 loss to Agawam snapped an eight-game winning streak to open the season and came in its Valley Wheel opener.Abby Baldwin opened the scoring...

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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,”...