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AMHERST — The largest crowd at McGuirk Alumni Stadium in at least the last two seasons was treated to a second straight UMass football victory for the first time in five years. The Minutemen started slowly, trailing 7-0, but ripped off the game’s next...

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WESTFIELD — The Hampshire Regional gymnastics team found itself in a hole after the first two rotations of Saturday afternoon’s Western Massachusetts Championships at Westfield High School.With only the beam and floor events left, the Raiders knew...

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WEST BRIDGEWATER — No. 14 South Hadley head coach Brian Couture has preached to his team every game — especially big ones — that the outcome can be determined by just five plays.That was the case in the Tigers’ 39-8 loss on Friday night to No. 3 West...

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EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton earned the No. 8 seed in the MIAA Division 5 girls volleyball tournament, and the Eagles were eager to show why they deserved that ranking.After over a week off from its last match, Easthampton dominated No. 25 Ware 3-0...

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Postseason football is finally here, and Hampshire County saw two of its teams sneak into the top 16 and qualify for the MIAA state tournament.Belchertown enters the Division 5 tournament at N0. 14, and South Hadley earned the same ranking in the Div....

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HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome new members to its family on Saturday in a ceremony at Wyckoff Country Club, as 11 inductees and a championship team were selected to be inducted into the Class of 2023.Among the...

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SPRINGFIELD – After inching closer and closer to a Western Mass. championship but coming up short over the past two seasons, the Granby boys soccer team finally climbed its way to the top.Clinging to a one-goal lead in the final minutes, the...

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CHICOPEE – Amherst girls volleyball head coach Kacey Schmitt was emotional when addressing her team following the Hurricanes’ 3-1 loss against Longmeadow in the Western Mass. Class A championship – the third straight year the two met in the finals –...

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SOUTH HADLEY — Owen Dawson started his senior night in style, and the South Hadley football team never looked back.Dawson returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown as part of his three-TD first quarter and the Tigers rolled to a 46-2...

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BELCHERTOWN — When this year’s Franklin Tech field hockey senior class were freshmen way back in 2020, the Eagles won just one game.Fast forward to 2023, and Franklin Tech is headed to its third consecutive Western Mass. championship. The No. 3 Eagles...

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AMHERST — Shane Robles sat wide awake in his room deep into the September night. There was no way he would get a good night’s rest — too much anxiety and impatience filled his body. As each minute passed, he knew he was closer to finding out whether...

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SOUTH HADLEY – Lauren Marjanski is a dangerous weapon on the soccer field.The No. 2 South Hadley girls soccer senior netted the game’s first three goals en route to a 5-0 win over No. 7 Wahconah in the Western Mass. Class B quarterfinals.Marjanski...

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HADLEY – Granby forward Gavin Moreno stood all alone in the box, practically standing on the penalty stripe waiting for his teammate Anthony Santiago to find him. Moreno – parallel with a PVCICS defender to keep him onside – knew if Santiago could get...

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EASTHAMPTON — With a timeout still in her back pocket after watching her team’s once-big lead slip away, Easthampton head coach Molly Jacobson decided to let her team figure it out on their own.The No. 2 Eagles found themselves down 25-24 after...

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GRANBY — Northampton’s Reilly Fowles walked to the tee box on his 17th hole of the day sitting at two-over par. Fowles was in great shape to not only qualify for the state tournament next week, but finish Monday afternoon’s Western Mass. Division 1...

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AMHERST — A short-handed Amherst football team had its senior night spoiled by Agawam on Friday night.Nicholas Ugolini rushed for 319 yards and four touchdown to lead the Brownies to a 38-20 victory under the lights at Pratt Field on the campus of...

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SOUTH HADLEY — The No. 1 team in Division 4 girls soccer continued its dominant 2023 season on Thursday evening, as South Hadley scored two first-half goals and battled to a 2-0 victory over Monument Mountain to improve to 13-1-1.The Tigers’ first...

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AMHERST – The 100-point club gained a brand new member Wednesday night.Amherst junior Maddie Hockman came into the contest two points away and erupted for a first-half hat trick – her sixth game of three or more goals this season – as the Hurricanes...

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Atlantic 10 hosted its men’s basketball media day at Barclays Center on Tuesday afternoon. Coaches and players gathered to share their expectations for their teams and their thoughts from around the conference.Representing UMass...

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin and senior forward Matt Cross made the trip to Brooklyn for Atlantic 10 Media Day on Tuesday afternoon at Barclays Center.First seasons are always difficult to navigate for head...