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By HANNAH BEVIS 

The indoor track season is already underway, and there’s plenty of talent in Hampshire County this winter. With PVIAC Meet No. 3 set for this Sunday at Smith College in Northampton, here are just a few of the top performers to keep an eye on the rest...

By HANNAH BEVIS

DEVENS – Northampton head coach Linda Rowbotham and junior Maeve O’Neil hovered over Rowbotham’s phone, checking the live results of the MIAA Division 2 Girls Cross Country Championship race that had just concluded minutes before. As far as the Blue...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Seven different Gazette schools will travel to Fort Devens this weekend to compete in the MIAA Cross Country State Championships. Three different divisions will race on Saturday, with the Division 3 race slated first, followed by Division 1 and ending...

By HANNAH BEVIS

WRENTHAM – After falling just short of the Western Mass. title by a mere two points, the Northampton girls cross country team made quite a splash at the MIAA Division 2 state qualifying meet.The Blue Devils qualified easily for the MIAA Division 2...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The chill in the air around this time of November can mean only one thing — the cross-country postseason is upon us. Three local teams will compete in the MIAA Division 2 Cross Country Divisional Championships on Saturday at Wrentham Development...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The Northampton girls cross country team had a weekend worth remembering at the 2023 Ted Dutkiewicz Invitational on Saturday. Maeve O’Neil won the invite for the Blue Devils, crossing the finish line first in 19 minutes, 28.30 seconds. Her teammate...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AGAWAM — While she wouldn’t call it a dynasty, Northampton head girls track and field coach Linda Rowbotham was thrilled with her team’s three-peat at the Division 1 PVIAC meet on Sunday afternoon.The Northampton girls won in convincing fashion,...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

HINGHAM — Amherst’s distance relays always show up when they get to compete on the biggest stages, and their 4x800-meter team did it again on Sunday at the Division 4 state championships at Notre Dame Academy. The quartet of Nico Lisle, Miguel...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

NORTHAMPTON – The Northampton boys tennis team had taken both regular season matches against Amherst, 4-1. But with the Western Mass. Class B title on the line, the Battle of the Bridge rematch got a little more heated on Friday afternoon.Northampton...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

BELCHERTOWN – After winning two matches against Northampton earlier in the season, Belchertown made it a clean sweep in the Western Mass. Class B girls tennis semifinals on Monday. No. 1 Belchertown took home a 4-1 win against No. 4 Northampton,...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

EASTHAMPTON – A six-run third inning offensive explosion gave the Northampton baseball team the boost it needed against Easthampton on Wednesday.The visiting Blue Devils won their third game of the season in a 14-2 victory in five innings. Pitcher...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

When Nola Busansky was a sophomore on Northampton’s girls’ ultimate team, her squad did not win a single game. Playing almost entirely against powerhouse schools Amherst and Four Rivers, the Blue Devils were regularly blown out, struggling to score...

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 

NORTHAMPTON – The Northampton baseball team came close to picking up its first win of the season against East Longmeadow, but couldn’t quite close things out against the Spartans on Tuesday afternoon. Northampton dropped an 8-4 decision to the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Eight of Northampton’s top track and field athletes went to race against the best of the best at the Nike Indoor Track and Field Nationals at The Armory in New York City over the weekend. The Blue Devils qualified two relay teams in the 4x800 meter...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

ROXBURY – Anchor runner Jack Kamins hurtled around the final curve in the boys’ 4x800-meter relay and flew toward the finish line, his teammates yelling themselves hoarse along the sideline. As he crossed the finish line in second place, Northampton...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships are upon us, and athletes all over Western Mass. are gearing up for one of the most competitive races of the season. Gazette area athletes will span across three divisions this week, with Amherst competing...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

SPRINGFIELD – Entering Sunday’s Central/West Girls Swimming & Diving championships, Belchertown’s Luke Giguere wanted just one thing – well, two things, technically. The junior was the defending champion in both the 100-yard butterfly and the 100...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Three Willards grace the 100-win wrestling banner in Hampshire Regional’s gym: DJ, Mason and as of last season, Alex. Only DJ and Mason are on the Western Massachusetts champion banner, a fact they reminded him of when they returned for the Raiders...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Last year’s Amherst girls swim team enjoyed a Cinderella postseason run. The Hurricanes secured the school’s first sectional title since 1999, and followed that up with the program’s first-ever MIAA Division 2 state championship for good measure. This...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

NORTHAMPTON – In a week full of nailbiters on the basketball court, the Northampton girls basketball team added to the list and pulled off a comeback for the ages on Thursday night with a 69-67 victory against Holyoke. It’s been an up-and-down season...