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Field hockey preview: Can Belchertown keep it rolling in 2024?
09-05-2024 3:44 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Playing field hockey for Dina Brunetti may seem like a lot of work, but the second year Belchertown head coach has a method to the self-proclaimed madness she puts her players through.It isn’t just about the sport itself. Brunetti wants...


Field hockey: Frontier powers past Greenfield for 5-0 season-opening victory (PHOTOS)
09-04-2024 9:10 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier and Greenfield field hockey teams played four times last fall. Both teams won two games, though the Redhawks took the big one in the Western Mass. championship tilt. There wasn’t much separation in any of those four...


High schools: Diaz Lopez propels Smith Vocational girls volleyball to victory
09-04-2024 9:07 PM

Heidymar Diaz Lopez had seven aces, two blocks and eight kills for the Smith Vocational girls volleyball team in a dominant sweep over Duggan Academy on Wednesday.Set scores were 25-18, 25-11, 25-17. Katelyn Fedora (three aces, one block, one assist,...


High schools: Northampton girls soccer rolls to season opening win over Granby
09-03-2024 9:09 PM

The Northampton girls soccer team came out of the gate hot in their opening match of the season, putting eight goals past Granby Tuesday evening to snag an 8-1 Central Division victory at David Wright Stadium in Northampton.The Blue Devils (1-0) led...


Cross country: Amherst sweeps Northampton in season opening dual meet between powerhouses (PHOTOS)
09-03-2024 8:45 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Chris Gould has been either running or coaching at Amherst Regional High School since the 1970s, and for the entire time the ‘Canes boys cross country head coach has been involved with the program, the course has never changed.But this year...


High school golf preview: Loaded with returning talent, Belchertown aiming for breakthrough 2024 season
09-02-2024 12:15 PM

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Come the Western Mass. Division 1 Golf Championships at Westover Golf Course last fall, the Belchertown golf team felt it was more than ready to show out on the big stage and punch one of two team tickets to states.The Orioles fell...


High school golf: Reilly Fowles, Northampton open 2024 season with victory over Amherst (PHOTOS)
08-29-2024 8:06 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The 2024 golf season began with the classic Battle of the Bridge on Thursday afternoon at Amherst Golf Club. Following a flawless 16-0 regular season in 2023, Northampton High School picked up right where it left off – behind the smooth...


Belchertown’s Kevin McNeill hitting the ground running as school’s new athletic director
08-27-2024 7:53 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

BELCHERTOWN — New Belchertown High School Athletic Director Kevin McNeill might never have held an AD position, but he brings with him years of coaching experience in not just Belchertown, but Hampshire County as a whole.McNeill replaces Jen Gouvin,...


High school football: An opening-day tour of Hampshire County camps ahead of 2024 season
08-16-2024 8:35 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Ear-ringing whistles, low grunts and wide smiles marked the first day of high school football camp on Friday, as Hampshire County teams held their first practices in advance of the upcoming season.Full-contact practices don’t begin...


‘She’s that fast:’ Williston teammates, coaches recount Olympian Gabby Thomas’ athletic excellence
08-02-2024 5:00 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Of all the stories of Olympian Gabby Thomas’ athletic prowess during her six years at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, possibly the most revealing came in cross country, a sport the sprinter competed in for just one season.Thomas chose...


Bay State Games: Hampshire County contingent powers Central girls soccer to gold medal finish
07-15-2024 5:15 PM

By GARRETT COTE

All but one sport featuring local players has crowned a gold medal winner at the Bay State Games this summer, with several medals given out over the weekend. Only girls basketball remains (July 19-21), as softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys soccer,...


Locals lift West to softball gold medal at 2024 Bay State Games
07-11-2024 6:35 PM

By GARRETT COTE

DEVENS — When the best-of-the-best from around the state gathered to play in the gold medal game of the 2024 Bay State Games, high-level performances are expected.And through seven innings of Thursday’s softball finale at Willard Field Complex,...


Gazette Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Reilly Fowles, Northampton
07-11-2024 4:24 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Newly-minted junior captain Reilly Fowles of the Northampton boys tennis team headed to the tennis courts at John F. Kennedy Middle School to get some extra practice in.He had noticed a large improvement in his play from his freshman season to his...


Gazette Girls Tennis Player of the Year: Ava Shea, Belchertown
07-10-2024 4:20 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Heading into this spring, Belchertown girls tennis star Ava Shea needed 15 victories to reach the 50-win plateau for her career. The senior sat down before the season started and created a list of goals for herself, trying to figure out...


Gazette Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year: Logan Alfandari, Amherst
07-09-2024 12:52 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

LEVERETT — Logan Alfandari was cleaning his attic in late February when he stumbled upon a DVD set he hadn’t seen in years.He popped the disc for “Avatar: The Last Airbender” into his brother’s PlayStation and started watching.Alfandari had just come...


Gazette Baseball Player of the Year: Liam Flynn, Hopkins Academy
07-07-2024 2:01 PM

By GARRETT COTE

HADLEY — Hopkins Academy baseball head coach Dan Vreeland was torn between whether or not he would keep a freshman with potential on varsity to be a plug-and-play guy, or stick him on junior varsity where he would play every inning of every game.But...


Gazette Softball Player of the Year: Ella Schaeffer, South Hadley
07-05-2024 12:01 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

SOUTH HADLEY – On April 15, South Hadley pitcher Ella Schaeffer reached 500 career strikeouts, normally a milestone reserved for the very best seniors at the end of their careers. She was just a junior, and at 16, a year young for her grade. By June...


Gazette Boys Volleyball Player of the Year: Michael Swanigan, Granby
07-04-2024 2:01 PM

By GARRETT COTE

GRANBY — During the Granby boys volleyball team’s run through the Western Mass. Class C tournament, it seemed to have one plan of attack when it needed a clutch point.Any time the Rams’ backs were against the wall, they would feed their star senior,...


Gazette Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year: Cedar Conrad, Amherst
07-03-2024 3:52 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — Cedar Conrad led the girls lacrosse team into a math classroom on a Wednesday afternoon at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School and started class.Every player took a seat and put their head down on their desk. Then, Conrad and Amherst’s other...


Belchertown athletic director Jen Gouvin moving on after 5½ years
06-20-2024 7:11 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Following 5½ years with Belchertown High School, athletic director Jen Gouvin has taken a full-time role in the same position at Clinton Public Schools in eastern Massachusetts.Running the athletics department at Belchertown wasn’t her...

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