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Girls basketball: Frontier takes down Easthampton to stay in FCL North title hunt (PHOTOS)

02-01-2024 9:54 PM

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — There’s nothing quite like the sweet taste of revenge.After losing to Easthampton on its home floor – snapping a near two-year home winning streak – just three weeks ago, the Frontier girls basketball team came into Thursday night’s...


High schools: Franklin Tech wins outright FCL South title; Amber Bergeron goes off for 40 points in Greenfield win

02-01-2024 9:50 PM

Add another banner to the gymnasium in Turners Falls.The Franklin Tech girls basketball team secured an outright Franklin County League South title on Thursday night, rolling to a 52-30 road victory in Ware.Franklin Tech improved to 14-2 overall and a...


Girls basketball: Mohawk Trail snaps skid with impressive win over Athol (PHOTOS)

02-01-2024 9:34 PM

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...


UMass hockey returns to action against Merrimack, Maine this weekend

02-01-2024 6:01 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

After a week off to rest and recharge, the UMass hockey team is back on the ice this weekend. It comes with a twist, however.Unlike most weekends in Hockey East where UMass will play a home-and-home series with one opponent, the Minutemen will be...


UMass football: Minutemen announce transfer additions for 2024 season

02-01-2024 5:26 PM

As the spring 2024 semester officially kicked off at UMass on Thursday, head coach Don Brown and the Minutemen were able to announce the next set of roster additions with 19 transfer student-athletes joining the team. Among the 19 transfers, 12 are on...


H.S. Roundup: Smith Vocational wrestling edges out win over Frontier (PHOTOS)

01-31-2024 9:15 PM

It was an even match between the Smith Vocational and Frontier wrestling teams on Wednesday in Northampton. Of the eight matches that were wrestled, the Vikings won four and the Redhawks took four. With Smith Vocational taking 18 points from forfeits,...


High school notebook: Sizing up the league title races as the season reaches a fever pitch

01-31-2024 6:46 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

We’ve hit the home stretch of the winter season and Recorder area schools will be spending the next few weeks trying to lock up league championships before the postseason begins. One squad that is one victory away from an outright league title is the...


UMass basketball: La Salle rallies from big deficit, hands Minutewomen 8th straight loss

01-31-2024 3:56 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Down by three points with eight seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, UMass junior guard Kristin Williams received a pass from Bre Bellamy on the wing with time ticking away.Williams took one dribble to control the ball and square her...


H.S. Roundup: Athol boys basketball stays unbeaten in HL North with win over Hampshire (PHOTOS)

01-30-2024 9:35 PM

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...


Wrestling: Athol uses big roster to its advantage in win over Mohawk Trail (PHOTOS)

01-30-2024 8:51 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ATHOL — The Athol wrestling team did what it had to do on Tuesday against Mohawk Trail. The Bears had the match clinched before it started, as the Warriors are down to just five wrestlers. With Athol boasting a nearly full roster, the Bears had the...


Alpine ski: Mohawk Trail continues dominance at PVIAC Meet No. 5

01-30-2024 7:19 PM

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...


H.S. Roundup: Franklin Tech girls basketball defeats Montachusett for ninth win in a row

01-29-2024 9:23 PM

Make it nine wins in a row for the Franklin Tech girls basketball team. The Eagles took on Montachusett on Monday and outscored the Bulldogs 25-21 in the second half to help earn a 48-41 independent victory in Turners Falls. Hannah Gilbert finished...


Hockey: Greenfield scores twice in third period, holds off Southwick 4-3 (PHOTOS)

01-29-2024 8:12 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After Luca Siano knocked home his second goal of the game to give the Greenfield hockey team a three-goal lead during the third period against Southwick on Monday, it appeared the Green Wave were going to cruise to a victory. The Rams...


Former Blue Jays, Red Sox and Astros manager Jimy Williams dies at age 80

01-29-2024 6:16 PM

BOSTON — Jimy Williams, the 1999 American League Manager of the Year for Boston who won 910 games over a dozen seasons that included stints with Toronto and Houston, has died. He was 80.The Red Sox said Williams died Friday at AdventHealth North...


Indoor track: Frontier’s Nicole Plasse (600m), Greenfield’s Jackson Caron (mile) capture victories at PVIAC Meet No. 6

01-29-2024 5:17 PM

The sixth PVIAC indoor track meet of the season took place on Sunday at Smith College in Northampton, with Frontier, Greenfield and Pioneer competing in the early session. Here are the top performers from each team:FrontierThe Frontier girls knocked...


H.S. Roundup: Greenfield knocks down 13 3’s to defeat Hopkins (PHOTOS)

01-26-2024 9:53 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield boys basketball team was able to get whatever it wanted on the offensive end of the floor against Hopkins Academy on Friday. The Green Wave set the tone early, racing out to a 15-0 lead before the Golden Hawks got on the...


Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: Martin, Minutemen hanging tough

01-26-2024 5:23 PM

Good morning!The UMass men’s basketball team took it on the chin against St. Joe’s on Tuesday night, losing 78-77. Seventeen turnovers were enough for the Hawks to eke out a one point road victory despite trailing by 13 with 10 minutes left. “Once...


Bernardston’s Crumpin-Fox Club ranked No. 23 golf course layout in country 

01-26-2024 5:12 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Add another in the long list of accolades for Bernardston’s Crumpin-Fox Club.Golf Advisor, the longtime golf ranking system that now operates under NBC’s Golf Pass umbrella, ranked the top 25 public golf course layouts in the country going into the...


UMass basketball: Minutemen look to rebound against Saint Louis; Minutewomen hope to snap skid at URI

01-26-2024 4:45 PM

By GARRETT COTE

After winning two of its first three Atlantic 10 Conference games, the UMass men’s basketball team has now lost three of its last four – including two crushing defeats at the buzzer stemming from an inability to rebound down the stretch.The Minutemen...


Analysis: Mahomes and the Chiefs must win a Super Bowl this season to challenge Patriots’ dynasty

01-26-2024 4:01 PM

By ROB MAADDI

If Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are going to challenge Tom Brady and the New England Patriots’ unprecedented two-decade run of success, they have to win a Super Bowl this season.Mahomes and the defending champion Chiefs are facing their...


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