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By GARRETT COTE

HADLEY — Throughout the first 75 minutes of action, the No. 2 Hopkins Academy girls soccer team was knocking on the doorstep. The Golden Hawks had attempted nearly 30 shots, but they had no goals to show for against visiting No. 7 Pioneer.Then Alayna...

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CHICOPEE — Northampton senior Reilly Fowles was in the midst of a déjà vu moment as scores were finalized following the MIAA Division 1 Western Mass. tournament at Chicopee Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.On the scoreboards outside of the clubhouse,...

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BELCHERTOWN — Jason Borque peered over at his two players, Ryan MacGregor and Caiden Drohan, as they walked by each other during the final stretch of holes at the PVIAC Boys Golf Two-Ball Invitational on Monday afternoon at Cold Spring Country Club in...

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The Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion team picked up in the state tournament exactly where it left off in the western Mass. event last week – grabbing two huge wins over the weekend to sit at 2-0 and keep its undefeated...

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AMHERST — For the first time all season, the No. 2 Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion School boys tennis team found itself in a 2-1 hole after three matches in the MIAA Division 4 state quarterfinals.If the Dragons wanted to punch their ticket to the...

By GARRETT COTE

And then there were five.Following MIAA Round of 16 matchups, Hampshire County is down to just five teams standing in the state tournament. Each of them will be in action this weekend, with two teams on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Sunday.Of the...

What’s better than 16 strikeouts?Seventeen.After fanning 16 batters in the South Hadley softball team’s 3-0 win in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 32 over No. 23 Cohasset, Tigers ace Ella Schaeffer struck out 17 and scattered five hits as she blanked No....

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WESTHAMPTON — When Hampshire Regional freshman pitcher Ryanne Dubay got Clinton’s Ava Varakis to ground out to short to end the top of the first inning, not one player on the Raiders’ roster seemed fazed by its early two-run deficit as the Gaels’...

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NORTH ADAMS — The No. 9 Hopkins Academy baseball team put it all together during its MIAA Division 5 Round of 16 battle with No. 8 Drury at Joe Wolfe Field on Tuesday night.With a roster chock-full of nine seniors compared to Drury’s one, the Golden...

Behind a standout pitching performance and some stellar defense, the Belchertown baseball team’s Cinderella run through the MIAA Division 3 tournament continued on Monday.The 37th-seeded Orioles, which already won on the road over Foxborough in the...

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HADLEY — It’s not often a young team can take an early punch in a playoff game and bounce back, but that’s exactly what the No. 16 Hopkins Academy softball team did in its MIAA Division 5 Round of 32 contest with No. 17 Monson on Saturday...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — The visiting No. 20 Monument Mountain softball team had each base occupied with just one out in the top half of the first inning, threatening No. 13 Frontier’s seventh grade ace Raine Wonsey in her first career state tournament...

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BELCHERTOWN — Landon Andre found himself wide open with a perfect shooting lane to the cage. The Belchertown senior had a clean shot that he’d taken and converted several times throughout the season, but not during the state tournament. Add on the...

The Belchertown girls tennis team backed up its top 10 ranking in Division 3 during its MIAA Round of 32 match against No. 24 Pentucket on Wednesday afternoon. The No. 9 Orioles felt right at home at Wilbraham Monson, as they swept Pentucket 5-0 in...

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NORTHAMPTON — What started out as a magical season has turned into one of pure dominance for the Northampton girls varsity ultimate team.Just three weeks ago, the Blue Devils beat Newton North 10-8 to win the Amherst Invitational – the longest annual...

One of the best UMass baseball seasons in over a decade came to a close on Wednesday night, as the Minutemen fell 12-2 to Saint Joseph’s in an elimination game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va.UMass finished...

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WESTHAMPTON — Hampshire senior Will Hogan put several good swings on the ball throughout Monday’s Western Mass. Class B quarterfinal against No. 5 Frontier, but each one he pulled foul.But in his last at-bat, he stepped to the dish with two outs and...

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The MIAA released its second edition of the spring sports power rankings across the state on Tuesday. Out of all sports, Hampshire Regional softball holds the highest ranking in Hampshire County, checking in at No. 5 in Division 4. Hopkins leads all...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SPRINGFIELD — When the Massachusetts and Denver hockey teams meet in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, 60 minutes doesn’t seem to be enough to decide a winner. After playing to overtime in the 2019 NCAA tournament semifinals, the fourth-seeded...

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SPRINGFIELD — Entering Thursday afternoon’s NCAA tournament regional game, the UMass hockey team was well aware of the task at hand battling the No. 3 team in the country, Denver, and its No. 1 ranked scoring offense in the nation.The Minutemen held...