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Field hockey: Three-time defending champion Uxbridge up next as Frontier looks to continue historic state tourney run
11-11-2024 5:34 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

The challenge is substantial, but the Frontier field hockey team is ready.Three-time defending state champion Uxbridge stands in the way of the fourth-seeded Redhawks and a spot in the MIAA Division 4 championship game. Frontier and the top-seeded...

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Court rules against MIAA in forfeiture controversy that impacts several area schools
10-30-2024 5:55 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Field hockey and girls volleyball brackets were released for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournaments on Wednesday, but not without some changes after Hampden County Superior Court Judge Tracy E. Duncan upheld her...


Frontier’s Evan Hedlund, Sylvie DiBartolomeo pace local contingent at Western Massachusetts Cross Country Championships (PHOTOS)
10-27-2024 1:49 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

WESTFIELD – Impressive performances from the Frontier cross country teams highlighted a beautiful Sunday at Stanley Park for the Western Mass. Cross Country Championships.The Redhawks finished third as a team in a tight boys race, while the girls team...


Class C field hockey: Frontier blanks Mohawk Trail 8-0 to earn spot in WMass final (PHOTOS)
10-24-2024 6:39 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Three goals in the first quarter set the tone for the Frontier field hockey team, as the top-seeded Redhawks handled their business to set up yet another sectional championship matchup with rival Greenfield.Addie Harrington netted...


Class B field hockey: Franklin Tech denied 4th straight sectional final berth in 4-0 semifinal loss to Southwick (PHOTOS)
10-23-2024 6:36 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

SOUTHWICK – Kameron Normandie was a one-man band against the Franklin Tech field hockey team on Wednesday.The Southwick senior continued to score goals in bunches, netting all four tallies for the second-seeded Rams en route to a 4-0 win over the...


25th edition of the Franklin Cup set for this weekend at Country Club of Greenfield
09-26-2024 6:28 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

A quarter century of competition will be celebrated this weekend at the Country Club of Greenfield, as host CCG will tangle with Crumpin-Fox Club in the 25th annual Franklin Cup.The yearly event, which alternates between the two clubs, will hold two...


UMass football: Despite offensive edge, big plays sink Minutemen in 38-23 loss to Toledo
09-07-2024 7:47 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...


Florence’s Gabby Thomas wins 3rd gold medal, U.S. dominates in 4x400 relay victory
08-10-2024 3:44 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Two was nice, but three is better.In a surprise twist, Florence’s Gabby Thomas did not close out her Olympic Games with a gold in the 4x100 meter relay.That’s because Thomas still had one more event left in the tank on Saturday – the 4x400...


43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship: South Hadley’s Ledges Golf Club ready to host event for the first time beginning Tuesday
07-29-2024 1:20 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Some of the best amateur golfers in the Commonwealth will test their skills at South Hadley’s Ledges Golf Club this week.The 43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship will be played there Tuesday and Wednesday, as the 36-hole stroke play...


Legion baseball: Greenfield Post 81 Juniors fall to Westfield, end 6-game winning streak (PHOTOS)
07-09-2024 7:43 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

WESTFIELD – The Greenfield Post 81 Juniors saw their six-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday night.Host Westfield Post 124 halted the spree with a 4-2 win in an American Legion Junior Division contest at Bullens Field.It was Greenfield’s...


MIAA tourneys: 5 quarterfinal games await for Franklin County programs
06-06-2024 6:01 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s officially crunch time for area teams in the MIAA tournaments.Baseball and softball fields have been pared down the Elite 8, and it’ll be a busy weekend for Franklin County teams with five local sides in action over the next three days.Wins would...


High schools: Greenfield baseball, softball both punch Class C semifinal tickets
05-22-2024 8:52 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It took two days, but the Greenfield baseball team is one step closer to a sectional title.The third-seeded Green Wave led 4-0 when their Western Mass. Class C quarterfinal game with No. 6 Athol was halted in the second inning on Tuesday. Twenty-four...


High schools: Seventh-inning rally helps Turners Falls softball edge Frontier 6-3 (PHOTOS)
04-26-2024 8:17 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

The middle portion of a huge three-day stretch for the Turners Falls softball team saw the Thunder save their best for last on Friday.Trailing 3-1 entering the top of the seventh inning against Frontier, Janelle Massey clubbed a game-tying two-run...


Former Recorder sports, copy editor Bob York dies at 77
04-26-2024 6:57 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Bob York was one of the first people I ever met at the Greenfield Recorder.My first foray in the business came in 2004. A freshman at UMass, I finagled my way into 14 Hope St. when the newspaper was in need of high school football stringers. I figured...


UMass hockey: Breaking down the four teams (Denver, Maine, Cornell, UMass) in the Springfield Regional
03-26-2024 4:54 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

SPRINGFIELD — For the first time ever, Springfield will serve as a regional host for the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament this week.The MassMutual Center will play host to Denver, Maine, Cornell and UMass in a four-team regional with a spot...


UMass hockey: Minutemen earn at-large selection to NCAA tourney, will play Denver at MassMutual Center in Springfield
03-24-2024 6:48 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

The UMass hockey team is dancing.The Minutemen got in just under the wire when they were selected for the NCAA Division 1 Tournament. UMass earned a spot in the 16-team field as the final at-large pick when the brackets were released during the...


UMass basketball: Second half rally against VCU a microcosm of the season as Minutemen never threw in the towel
03-14-2024 7:01 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A year removed from the worst loss in its Atlantic 10 conference tournament history, the UMass men’s basketball team stared another one directly in the face halfway through Thursday’s Atlantic 10 quarterfinal at Barclays Center.From a...


More than ‘a three hour tour:’ Greenfield hockey team preparing for Thursday’s state tourney journey to Martha’s Vineyard
02-27-2024 5:39 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

Game postponed due to high wind advisory.Welcome to life in the state tournament.Such is the case for the Greenfield hockey team, which had its MIAA Division 4 state playoff game Wednesday at Martha's Vineyard postponed until Thursday due to expected...


High school basketball: Pioneer girls, Mahar boys eyeing Western Mass. titles
02-23-2024 4:59 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s Championship Saturday for two local high school basketball programs.The Pioneer girls and Mahar boys will look to add some hardware on Saturday when they both take the floor to play in Western Massachusetts championship games.The Panthers get a...


Girls basketball: Greenfield’s Amber Bergeron becomes 8th player in school history to score 1,000th point (PHOTOS)
02-22-2024 7:48 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

GREENFIELD — Silence overcame Nichols Gymnasium with 32.4 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s Greenfield-Drury girls basketball game. The result was no longer in doubt, the visiting Blue Devils ahead by 15 points and headed toward an...


Class B hockey: Greenfield’s bid for 4-peat halted by Taconic in semifinal round
02-21-2024 9:00 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

WEST SPRINGFIELD — After winning three consecutive Western Massachusetts titles, the Greenfield hockey team has found itself as the target of teams across the region.Taconic, which lost in the finals of two of those three championships, was finally...

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