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By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — After knocking on the door of a state semifinal appearance the last few years, the Frontier field hockey team is heading to the MIAA Division 4 Final Four.The Redhawks reached the state quarterfinals in both 2022 and 2023 but on...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
It was a big day for the Frontier and Mohawk Trail cross country teams at the MIAA Division 3 state qualifying meet at Wrentham Development Center.There were six heats during Saturday’s race – three boys heats and three girls heats — and the top seven...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — The confidence gained from the Greenfield football team following a big win over Athol carried over into Friday’s contest against Belchertown. The Green Wave knocked off the Bears, 22-14, thanks to a late touchdown last week, and that...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
For the first time since the statewide tournament format went into place in 2021, neither Franklin County or Hampshire County had a football team qualify for the state playoffs. Entering the final week of the regular season last week, Franklin Tech...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier girls volleyball team had to reset after the opening set of its MIAA Div. 4 Round of 16 contest against Rockland on Wednesday. The sixth-seeded Redhawks led 21-13 in the opening set but the 11th-seeded Bulldogs didn’t go...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Good luck scoring goals on the Frontier field hockey team this postseason. The Redhawk defense has been lights out all season long, allowing more than one goal just twice during the regular season. That defensive effort has continued...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Nantucket boys soccer team had all the momentum going into overtime against Frontier in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 32 Tuesday. After the 14th-seeded Redhawks took the lead five minutes into the game, Frontier had to withstand...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
NORTHAMPTON — Franklin Tech goalie Kylee Gamache did all she could to keep the Eagles’ season alive on Monday in the MIAA Division 5 Girls Soccer preliminary round. The 37th-seeded Eagles went on the road to face 28th-seeded Smith Vocational, a...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
Through one quarter in Starkville, things were looking good for the UMass football team. The Minutemen came out and played one of their better quarters of the season to open Saturday’s road game against SEC foe Mississippi State, holding a 10-0 lead...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — The Greenfield girls soccer team entered Saturday’s MIAA Div. 5 preliminary round contest against Athol seeking revenge after the Bears snatched the Bi-County title away from the Wave earlier this fall. Greenfield and Athol entered their...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
CHICOPEE — The Monson boys soccer team had no answer for Pioneer’s speed up top in the Western Mass. Class D championship game on Friday at Chicopee Comp High School. The strategy was simple for the top-seeded Panthers in the first half: send the ball...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
The UMass hockey team is making its shortest road trip of the season on Saturday. After a foray into Hockey East action this past weekend — where the Minutemen walked away with a shootout win and a loss against UConn — UMass will make the short trip...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
A lot is at stake in the Intercounty League North during the final week of the MIAA high school football regular season. In the North on Friday, Athol travels to Greenfield to face the Green Wave and Franklin Tech plays host to Mahar. On Saturday,...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
NORTHFIELD — After the Pioneer and Smith Academy boys soccer teams played twice in the regular season — and the Panthers won the second game just 1-0, the expectation was for a tough, low-scoring affair on Tuesday when the two Schmid League foes met...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
Volleyball and field hockey teams will need to wait at least another day before finding out their seeds and opponents in the upcoming MIAA state tournament. The volleyball and field hockey brackets were supposed to be released on Tuesday, but after...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
HOLYOKE — The Frontier field hockey team is making a habit of collecting Western Mass. championship trophies. For the third year in a row, the two-time defending champion Redhawks squared off with Greenfield in the Western Mass. Class C title on...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
CHICOPEE — It was a tale of two halves for the Frontier boys soccer team against Chicopee on Saturday in the Western Mass. Class B quarterfinals.The seventh-seeded Redhawks came out and had the majority of the possession in the opening 40 minutes,...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Coming back from deficits has been a big part of the story of the Mohawk Trail volleyball team’s season. On Saturday in the Western Mass. Class D title match against top-seeded Lee, the Warriors once again had to dig themselves out...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
BELCHERTOWN — After being shut out two weeks in a row, the Frontier football team was in need of a fast start to gain some confidence against Belchertown on Friday. The Redhawks delivered. Utilizing its power run game, Frontier scored on both its...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
Three Recorder area teams are competing in Western Mass. finals in the coming days, and with the Western Mass. soccer tournament brackets revealed on Friday, more area teams could join in on the action. On Saturday, the Mohawk Trail volleyball...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
BUCKLAND — It was only fitting that the Mohawk Trail and Turners Falls volleyball teams got to play each other for a third time this season. The Warriors and Thunder met twice in Northern League action during the regular season, with Turners taking...
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