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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Keagan Hollister wagered with Quane Randall last season: if he didn’t make the varsity basketball team, he would come out for wrestling.“It was a joke. He’s always trying to recruit people,” Hollister said. “Then I got cut. He told the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The Suburban League South can’t handle Amherst.The Hurricanes boys basketball team remained undefeated in league play after taking out Westfield 63-33 on Tuesday at home. They improved to 6-0 and stayed on track for a league title with two...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – The Northampton defense swarmed Central in the final minute. Trailing just a point, the Blue Devils sought steals or to send the Golden Eagles to the line. Only they didn’t have enough fouls to get into the bonus and stop the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GREENFIELD – Size didn’t matter much to the Greenfield boys basketball team Tuesday against Frontier Regional.The Green Wave controlled the Hampshire League South matchup from the opening tip in a 73-45 victory at Nichols Gymnasium despite giving up a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – West Springfield used a 10-point burst to pull away from the South Hadley boys basketball team in the fourth quarter Wednesday.The Tigers fell 44-34, losing for the second straight game after a 7-0 start to the season.“We definitely...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

EASTHAMPTON – With less than 20 seconds to go on Tuesday night and the Easthampton girls basketball team down by four points, the Eagles needed a basket to keep their undefeated season alive – and they needed one fast. Easthampton charged down the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – The pressure commences at the first dead ball. South Hadley sends all five of its players to the opponents’ side of the court. Inbounding becomes obscured. Outlet passes are denied. Ball handlers are doubled in compromising...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – Drew Alley scored 10 points in the first half and helped the South Hadley girls basketball team pull away from Hampshire Regional 47-29 at home on Tuesday.The Tigers (5-1) scored the game’s first seven points and opened with a 17-2 run....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTHAMPTON — One Belchertown warm-up 3-pointer swished the Hampshire Regional net. Then a second. A third. A fourth followed with a fifth, each from a different shooter. The Orioles groaned collectively when the sixth bounced off the front rim and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTHAMPTON – Connor White scored 14 points, and the Belchertown boys basketball defense clamped down to defeat Hampshire Regional 60-42 on Monday in Westhampton.The Orioles (5-2) used a 9-1 run to separate in the first quarter after an early 5-5...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Kyle Dale cracked a window into the lane with a jab step. His Hampshire Regional boys basketball team trailed Smith Vocational by two with less than a minute to in the Vikings gym Saturday.The Raiders had lost their first seven games of...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

BELCHERTOWN – Amherst’s defending state champion girls swim team won nine events against Belchertown on Monday at the Chestnut Hill Community School pool and defeated the Orioles, 105-65.Belchertown held serve at home in the boys meet, 104-65.Lucy...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY – Easthampton’s captains set an ambitious goal for the 2022-23 season that had nothing to do with wins or trophies.Seniors Matt Bacis, Sameer Hanafi and Mateo Navarro wanted to change the perception of their program in the school and community....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Amherst’s blockbuster girls swimming season ended with its first state championship in 2022. The Hurricanes will shoot the sequel with a new director.A four-time conference swimmer of the year in the mid 90’s at New Hampshire, Denise Leckenby took...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Jack Holt spent a Cape Cod vacation with his toes stuffed into shooting boots rather than the sand.The Belchertown senior broke his scapula during the summer soccer season and returned just in time for a family beach trip. He and his younger brother...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

A high school volleyball court measures 60 feet long by 30 feet wide whether you’re in South Carolina or Massachusetts. Amherst senior Amalia Martin sought its familiar confines when the foundations of her life shifted.The University of South Carolina...

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Juan Maldonado received a warning when he took over the Holyoke boys basketball program: watch out for Jael Cabrera. The then-sophomore played and carried himself with a passion that some viewed as out of control or counter productive.“Some people...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY – Louis Douville Beaudoin secured the disc with both hands and tapped two feet in the end zone, securing an Amherst Invitational title and fulfilling long-held dreams.It was the Amherst Regional senior’s sixth goal of the Open Division I...

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 KEVIN GUTTING

FLORENCE – High school students from forestry programs across the commonwealth gathered in Look Park on Thursday for the Massachusetts FFA Arbor Skills Career Development Event hosted annually by the Horticulture/Forestry program at Smith Vocational...