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Football: Easthampton shuts out Frontier, 26-0 (PHOTOS)
By MIKE MORAN
EASTHAMPTON — Senior captains Nelson Gomez and Connor Donnis combined for three touchdowns while the Easthampton defense silenced Frontier Regional in a 26-0 victory Friday night.Gomez scored twice in the first half, and Donnis added the night cap as...
UMass hockey: Minutemen fall to Sacred Heart, 4-3, in home opener
It wasn’t the home opener the UMass hockey team was hoping for Friday.Hosting Sacred Heart, the Minutemen opened the scoring just over a minute into the game to get the crowd at the Mullins Center excited.The Pioneers didn’t go down that easy,...
HS Roundup: Frontier boys soccer clinches a share of Moriarty League title following win over Southwick (PHOTOS)
The Frontier boys soccer team clinched at least a share of the Moriarty League title on Friday in Whately. Hosting Southwick at Herlihy Park, the Redhawks scored three goals in the first half to cruise to a 4-0 victory. Frontier closed out its league...
Keeping Score: Long trek for Mizzou fans
Good morning!Missouri football fans had a rollicking good time in Amherst last weekend. Fresh off being walloped by Texas A&M in front of 97,049 at Kyle Field, the Tigers beat UMass, 45-3, in front of 16,102 fans at McGuirk Alumni Stadium which is the...
UMass basketball alum trains one of Calipari’s top recruits
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
Though it’s been more than two decades since Ross Burns played under John Calipari on UMass’ 1996 “Refuse to Lose” Final Four team, the former walk-on still carries with him lots of lessons from his time with one of the giants of college basketball...
HS Roundup: Natalie Rios nets four goals, Pioneer cruises to 6-0 win over Gateway (PHOTOS)
Natalie Rios put up a hat trick and even added one more goal for good measure to lead the Pioneer girls soccer team to a 6-0 rout of Gateway on Thursday afternoon in Northfield.Rios had what Panthers head coach Matt Killeen described as the “perfect...
Bulletin Board: DRIVE League action heats up
Malachi Roman scored 15 points in Rattigan and Sons’ 70-41 victory over Dunkin Donuts this past week in a men’s league contest of the DRIVE Basketball League at Stoneleigh Burnham. Jermey Thomas scored 19 points while Brian Clark added 11 points in...
Girls soccer: Hannah Cardoso’s goal lifts Athol past Greenfield, 1-0
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
ATHOL — Thursday’s contest between the Athol and Greenfield girls soccer teams was going to go a long way to determining the Bi-County League champion.The Bears entered with a 9-1 record in league play while the Green Wave were 8-1, and in the final...
UMass hockey: Minutemen prepare to face Sacred Heart in home opener Friday
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
After a trip to Vegas last week, the UMass hockey team returns to Amherst for its home opener on Friday.The Minutemen (2-1) earned a split in the Ice Breaker Tournament, falling to Omaha in overtime but followed up with a convincing 5-1 triumph over...
HS Roundup: Athol boys soccer scored four goals to defeat Franklin Tech
It was a senior night to remember for the Athol boys soccer team. Hosting Franklin Tech, the Bears scored twice in the final minutes of the first half and tacked two goals on during the final 40 minutes of action to pull away with a 4-1 victory at...
HS Notebook: Checking in on league title races
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
How many league champions will the Recorder area have this fall? So far, three have clinched outright titles though more teams can join them. Those three teams to already have taken home their league championships outright are the Frontier girls...
HS Roundup: Franklin Tech’s Gabe Mota qualifies for states at MIAA D3 West Golf Tournament
The Pioneer and Franklin Tech golf teams traveled out to Wahconah Country Club on Tuesday for the MIAA D3 West Sectional Tournament, with one Eagle golfer qualifying for Monday’s state tournament at The Haven Country Club in Boylston. Franklin Tech’s...
MIAA D2 West Sectional Golf: Frontier, Mohawk Trail compete at Taconic Golf Club Tuesday
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
WILLIAMSTOWN — On a cold, windy day at the MIAA D2 West Sectional Golf Tournament at Taconic Golf Club, South Hadley’s Ryan MacGregor found himself going toe-to-toe with the defending champ. MacGregor was in a group with Wahconah’s Tim Kaley — the...
Bulletin Board: Ashlie Galenski, Macy DeMaio score in Frontier field hockey’s win over Belchertown
Goals from Ashlie Galenski and Macy DeMaio lifted the Frontier field hockey team to a 2-1 to an independent victory over the Orioles in Belchertown on Monday. Stella Heflin assisted Galenski’s goal while Ashley Taylor had the assist on DeMaio’s tally....
Bulletin Board: Greenfield Rec field hockey beats Longmeadow
Penelope Gioules scored four goals and dished two assists in the Greenfield Rec Field Hockey team beat Longmeadow, 12-0, Saturday. Savannah Thomas had two goals and four assists, Dani Zraunig and Ava Diefendorf each tallied two goals and one assist,...
UMass Football: UMass sets sights on Wagner with bye week ahead
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — It’s been a few days since the UMass football team played in its most prominent FBS home game to date, a contest in which Missouri roughed up the Minutemen en route to a 45-3 drubbing last Saturday.The Minutemen and head coach Don Brown have...
UMass Hockey: Minutemen score three goals in second period, defeat Air Force 5-1
After a scoreless first period, the UMass hockey team erupted for a trio of goals in the second against Air Force and cruised to a 5-1 win on Saturday night, bouncing back from Friday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Omaha.UMass sophomore goaltender Michael...
UMass Football: Missouri overwhelms Minutemen 45-3
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Not even a minute into UMass football’s marquee matchup with Missouri on Saturday at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, and it became clear what kind of afternoon the Minutemen were in for.On the second play from scrimmage, Tigers wide receiver and...
Keeping Score: Recalling the magic of ‘El Tiante’
Good morning!The best baseball year of my life was 1975 when ticket prices were reasonable, nobody did the Wave or sang “Sweet Caroline,” and instead of having a Fenway Park code of conduct, there was an unwritten code of misconduct when the Yankees...
Football: Athol gets back in win column following 40-24 victory over Ware
By GEORGE MILLER
ATHOL — Friday night's rough-and-tumble first half gave no hint whatsoever of the track meet that soon followed.Ware held the narrowest of leads at 7-6 after 24 minutes, but Athol roared back with 28 unanswered second-half points — carried on the legs...
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