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By THOMAS JOHNSTON
BUCKLAND — It was a dominant first half performance on the defensive end of the court for the Mohawk Trail girls basketball team against Athol on Thursday. The Bears scored the opening basket of the game after Anna Duquette drained a 3-pointer but it...
When you’re the top team in the Hampshire League North, you’re going to get every team’s best shot the rest of the way.Such was the case in Westhampton on Tuesday night, as visiting Athol withstood a big push from Hampshire Regional but escaped with...
The Mohawk Trail girls alpine ski team continued its dominance this winter on Tuesday evening. The Warriors put the top three individual skiers down the giant slalom course, besting the field at PVIAC Meet No. 5 at Berkshire East in Charlemont.Addie...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD – Behind its defense and transition game, the Frontier girls basketball team was able to build a 17-point halftime lead against Mahar on Thursday. The Redhawks defense smothered the Senators attack, keeping Mahar off the scoreboard for...
By GARRETT COTE
A couple weeks ago, I sat inside Smith Academy’s Sherry Webb Gymnasium in Hatfield to cover a girls basketball game between the Falcons and Duggan Academy of Springfield. As the game progressed, the displeasure from supporters only grew louder – and...
It always seems to be a close game when the Greenfield and Frontier boys basketball teams meet, and Tuesday was no different. The Green Wave held a 32-27 lead at the half, took a 48-43 lead after three quarters and pulled away in the fourth quarter to...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
AMHERST — The Amherst hockey team played a nearly flawless game against Greenfield on Tuesday night. The Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead after one period, scored twice on the power play in the second and tacked on an insurance goal late. While its offense...
It was a fourth quarter to remember for the Mahar girls basketball team on Monday against Easthampton. The Sens trailed 31-24 heading into the final eight minutes of the Franklin County League North contest, but Mahar saved its best for last. It was...
The Pioneer boys basketball team flipped the script with three minutes to go in the third quarter against Greenfield on Friday in a massive Hampshire League South showdown. The Green Wave held a narrow 23-22 lead at the half and extended it to 34-28...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
TURNERS FALLS — It’s not often these days that a dual high school wrestling meet is competitive from start-to-finish. That was the case on Friday though, when South Hadley traveled to Franklin Tech. Of the 14 weight total classes, 11 were filled and...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD – It wasn’t going to come easy for the Frontier girls basketball team on Thursday against Greenfield. The Redhawks led 32-20 going into the fourth quarter but the Green Wave stormed back, with Amber Bergeron and Tayler Bergeron each...
The Greenfield indoor track team competed in the early portion of the PVIAC’s fourth meet of the season on Wednesday at Smith College, with a trio of Green Wave athletes earning top five finishes. On the boys’ side, Jackson Caron earned a third place...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SPRINGFIELD — The Hoosac Valley boys basketball team found a groove from deep against Pioneer on Thursday in the Hoophall Classic at Springfield College’s Blake Arena. Hoosac’s Joey McGovern knocked down three 3-pointers in a row to open the game,...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
The Frontier Regional boys volleyball program wouldn’t exist without Jesse Kurkulonis.Inspired by the success of his friends on the Redhawks girls team, which has won 11 state championships including last fall, he began inquiring with newly minted...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
DEVENS – Madison Liimatainen has hit more than her fair share of home runs for Turners Falls and various travel and club softball teams. Never one like the one that cleared the Willard Field fence Wednesday, though.In the first of two Bay State Games...
By HANNAH BEVIS
AYER — Going into the season, the Frontier baseball team set three goals for its squad – win the league, win a Western Mass. title and win at least a couple of games in the state tournament.The Redhawks were able to check all of those goals off over...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
OXFORD – The Frontier baseball team won’t pinch hit for Brady Poreda again.The freshman No. 9 hole hitter plunged the dagger into No. 3 Oxford to send the No. 14 Redhawks to the MIAA Division 5 quarterfinals on the road Wednesday.After Frontier coach...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
SOUTH DEERFIELD – Scoring points or winning sets brought no comfort to the top-seeded Frontier Regional boys volleyball team against Ware in Wednesday’s Western Massachusetts Class C semifinal.The Redhawks coaching staff regularly reminded them to not...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
HADLEY – Vengeful thunder rang out from Liam Skribiski-Banack’s bat every time he made contact.The Frontier Regional baseball captain woke up with a “fire lit in [his] belly” Thursday morning ahead of the Redhawks’ second meeting with Hopkins Academy....
By HANNAH BEVIS
EASTHAMPTON — Just a couple of months ago, Lauren Morse was making history with the girls basketball team, sinking her 1,000th point in front of a packed home crowd.On a chilly Friday afternoon, she added her name to the history books again with her...
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