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By HANNAH BEVIS 

Emma Sanford finished off her high school career with a bang, earning an All-American nod in the pentathlon over the weekend at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Penn. Sanford placed fourth overall in the pentathlon...

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South Hadley made the 118-mile drive to Old Colony Regional in Rochester and back twice in two days to finish an MIAA Division 4 boys lacrosse state tournament Round of 32 game.The No. 17 Tigers made sure every mile was worth it. They took down the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

FITCHBURG – Emma Sanford dragged everything left in her out for the 800-meter run.After some stumbles earlier in the day, the South Hadley senior needed a big performance in the final event of the MIAA Meet of Champions pentathlon to reach at least...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTFIELD – Emma Sanford proved she can win a state title with her feet firmly planted.The South Hadley senior typically earns her gold medals flying in the high jump or long jump or levitating over hurdles. A glance at the meet entries told her that...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Before this track season, Williston Northampton School’s Catie Spence had never competed in the 800 meter run before. By the end of the year, she held the school record in the event. The Amherst native set the school record during the Division II New...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

WESTFIELD – Emma Sanford, the model of consistency, captured another state title at the MIAA Division 6 Track & Field Championships at Westfield State University on Thursday. The senior took first place in the pentathlon with a score of 3,160 points,...

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South Hadley pitcher Isabella Schaeffer struck out 20 batters and threw a one-hit shutout against Northampton on Thursday, as the Tigers prevailed 2-0.She walked just one and added a single.South Hadley’s Jae Velazquez drove in both runs and hit three...

Emma Sanford closed her last home track meet at Mount Holyoke with three victories. The Lehigh-bound South Hadley senior won the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and high jump for the Tigers on Monday in a meet against Belchertown, Monson and Palmer.The...

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Sam Pacunas poured in nine goals with an assist, as the Belchertown girls lacrosse team beat South Hadley 22-12 on Friday.Belchertown’s Paige Magner (two assists) and Madysen Lepage (five assists) scored four times each. Adrien Wise (two assists) and...

Amherst Regional softball pitcher Sofia Holden was dominant in the circle against Holyoke, striking out 17 batters and also going 4-for-5 at the plate in a 10-2 win for the Hurricanes. Holden plated three times and also brought in three RBIs. Teammate...

Luke McGrath and Ben Sledzieski drove in three runs each, as the Northampton baseball team handled Chicopee 13-3 in five innings at home.The Blue Devils amassed 15 hits and scored in every inning.Northampton’s Kelvin Perez amassed three hits and two...

Frontier rattled off five runs in the top of the sixth inning to tie Monday’s game 8-8, but with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth, Easthampton’s Lauren Morse stole home on a wild pitch to secure a wild 9-8 win over Frontier. Shortstop...

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...

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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,...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Northampton track and field program has always had talent, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Blue Devils have lacked some of the depth they’ve had in past seasons. Teddy King-Pollet and Rowan Hodgson decided to take matters into their own hands...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Emma Sanford has been a mainstay on the South Hadley track team for her entire high school career, rapidly climbing the ranks to becoming one of the best multi-event athletes in Western Mass. But while she’s been making every event she competes in...

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...

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...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Winning a state title isn’t just about talent and hard work – though that certainly plays a large part of it.For Amherst junior David Pinero-Jacome and his coach Bob Rosen, it was also about planning.The two spent the season experimenting with...