MIAA softball: Greenfield overcomes 4-0 deficit to reach D5 semifinals following 5-4 triumph over West Boylston (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Through four innings on Sunday, it appeared the Greenfield softball team’s season was going to come to a premature end in the MIAA Division 5 quarterfinals for the second straight year. 

Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: The Powertown softball team is at it again

Good morning!As predictable as the rhododendron and mountain laurel on local hillsides in spring, so, too, the Turners Falls High School softball team is in the hunt for another state title. Coach Gary Mullins and his assistants start in April when cold winds blow and wet grounds soak softball cleats and the only fans are warm-blooded family and friends.

On The Run with John Stifler: Running form is unique to all

I think my running looks better than it did a year ago. I’m still getting slower, but apparently my form is improving.

Returning to Ellinwood Country Club — a place of memories

By STUART DEANE

Bulletin Board: Northfield Summer Road Race gets underway

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Northfield Summer Road Race Series kicked off its campaign on Thursday, with Isaac Bingham winning the race with a time of 20 minutes, 23 seconds on the 3.1 mile course. 

MIAA Baseball: Jackson Campbell smacks game-winning hit in the 9th inning as Pioneer survives Georgetown, 4-3 (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — It wasn’t the typical No. 1 versus 16 matchup on Thursday during the MIAA Division 5 Round of 16. 

MIAA Meet of Champions: Mahar’s Mitchell Krasco finishes 6th in triple jump

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Day 1 of the MIAA Track and Field Meet of Champions took place on Thursday at Fitchburg State University, with athletes from Mahar, Frontier and Greenfield competing. 

Bulletin Board: Gene LaCoy cards second career ace on Wednesday at Northfield Golf Club

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Gene LaCoy sank his second career hole-in-one on Wednesday, doing so at Northfield Golf Club. 

MIAA Softball: Franklin Tech eliminated by West Boylston; Greenfield and Turners Falls both advance to quarters (PHOTOS)

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS — Over each of the past three years, Franklin Tech and West Boylston have both made a habit of reaching the MIAA Division 5 softball quarterfinals. But the teams never had to face each other to reach that rung on the state tournament ladder until Wednesday.

Div. 4 softball: Raine Wonsey, Frontier blank South Hadley 5-0 in Round of 16 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — For the third time in just over two weeks, the Frontier and South Hadley softball teams squared off – this edition coming in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 16 with a trip to the quarterfinals on the line on Wednesday afternoon.

MIAA Baseball: Greenfield reaches Elite Eight for 3rd consecutive year, Frontier falls to Pittsfield

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — For the third year in a row, the Greenfield baseball team has reached the MIAA Division 5 quarterfinals. 

Crumpin-Fox Club repeats as Mass Golf Women’s Cup champions

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

For the second year in a row, Crumpin-Fox Club took home a Mass Golf Women’s Cup title. 

NECBL: Gregory Shaw, Valley Blue Sox edge Newport 1-0 for season-opening win

By RYAN AMES

HOLYOKE – The Valley Blue Sox kicked off their 2025 New England Collegiate Baseball League season in the win column after downing the Newport Gulls, 1-0, at Mackenzie Stadium on Tuesday night.

Bulletin board: Elks Club, Franklin First Credit Union tie 3-3 in GGSL action

Things were fit to be tied at Murphy Park on Tuesday night, as the Elks Club and Franklin First Credit Union tied 3-3 in a Greenfield Girls Softball League Junior Division game.

Bulletin Board: Greenfield Tennis Association holding doubles tourney fundraiser Saturday

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Greenfield Tennis Association will sponsor a special fundraising morning of community doubles tennis on Saturday. One-hundred percent of the proceeds will go toward the continuing maintenance of the public clay courts of Greenfield.

Turners Falls softball coach Gary Mullins earns 800th career win in state tourney victory over Rising Tide

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS — After only 4 1/2 innings of work Monday evening, the postgame party for Gary Mullins could at least get started at a decent hour.

MIAA Softball: Frontier advances to Round of 16 following 11-2 triumph over Ayer Shirley

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Back in 2022, the Frontier softball team made a surprise run to a state semifinal game. 

MIAA Baseball: Frontier, Greenfield and Pioneer advance to Round of 16 (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Old Colony baseball team refused to go away against Frontier in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 32 on Monday. 

Fit to Play with Jim Johnson: The lure of sport gambling

I made my first sports bet when I was in college. I was getting a haircut and the barber handed me a betting sheet for the week’s college football games. I sat down, filled it out, gave him $5 and left. The next day I learned that I had won – easy money. I showed up early the next week, got the new sheet and placed a bigger bet. I lost all my money. The pain from losing that money overwhelmed the joy of winning. I never placed another bet, intrinsically knowing that I wasn’t as good as I thought.