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By HANNAH BEVIS

GRANBY — The last time Belchertown and Granby clashed on the lacrosse field, the Orioles walked away with a narrow 14-12 victory. Both teams knew going into the rematch at Granby that it would be a similar battle the second go-round. Both teams fought...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

A second consecutive Atlantic 10 Championship game loss in a row didn’t bar the UMass women’s lacrosse team from the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year.Richmond defeated the Minutewomen 20-12  on Sunday afternoon to earn the league’s...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Richmond senior Lindsey Frank ripped out the UMass women’s lacrosse team’s heart in the second half of Sunday’s Atlantic 10 championship game.She scored five of her six goals after halftime, including three in a 1-minute, 44-second stretch that...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Richmond put the ball in the net 37 seconds into its Atlantic 10 men’s lacrosse semifinal against UMass on Thursday and never looked back.The second-seeded Spiders defeated the No. 3 Minutemen 15-8 on their home field in Virginia to reach the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Matt Knote is a rock, steady and consistent.The UMass men’s lacrosse team relies on its senior goalie. He’s proven more than reliable, leading the Atlantic 10 and ranking third in the country with an 8.89 goals against average. Knote saves...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Fifth year senior Gina Carroll didn’t have to think too hard about whether or not she would return for her extra year of eligibility with the UMass women’s lacrosse team.Besides the year she lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carroll also tore her ACL the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – The ball trickled across the South Hadley goal line in pouring rain, terminating the Tigers’ comeback.East Longmeadow’s Declan Baxter scooped it away from South Hadley goalie Bennett Allen in overtime just outside the crease shortly...

Nico St. George put away five goals for the Belchertown boys lacrosse team, which scored six goals in the third quarter to put away a 13-5 victory over Northampton at home Thursday.Belchertown’s Vubcebt Ting and Caleb Reardon (assist) had two goals...

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...