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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

When high school sports returned after the COVID-19 pause, it was a natural time to shake things up.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Nate Pecor cracked a hole-in-one on the sixth hole at Northfield Golf Club on Wednesday during the Timmons-Messer League. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — East Springfield Post 420 entered Wednesday’s Senior American Legion contest against Greenfield Post 81 with an unblemished 3-0 record and looked every bit the part. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

After taking a few years off from competitive golf, Cody Booska returned to compete in a qualifier for the Massachusetts Amateur Championship at Springfield Country Club on Wednesday.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Orange’s Mitchell Krasco showed this past weekend he can compete with the best in New England. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The 44th Montague Mug Race is right around the corner, with signups ongoing for the race which is scheduled for Aug. 16.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’ll be a long time — if ever — before Pioneer Valley Regional School has an athletic year like the one it just had. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Greenfield Post 81 Senior American Legion team opened its season Monday on the road against Pittsfield Post 68 and it was a pitchers’ duel at Clapp Park. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The 2025 New England Interscholastic Outdoor Track and Field Championship took place at Veterans Stadium in New Britain, Connecticut over the weekend, with Mahar’s Mitchell Krasco putting together another impressive performance against the best athletes in the region. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

High school softball players from Western Massachusetts have been waiting for this week for years; they will never again have to step into the batter’s box and see Greenfield’s MacKenzie Paulin, Turners Falls’ Madi Liimatainen or Franklin Tech’s Hannah Gilbert standing in the pitching circle.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Madden Coates, Dalton Towne and Jaxon Bartlett each had two hits, Bartlett driving in four runs, to help Pipione’s Sport Shop capture the Newt Guilbault Community Baseball League championship following a 16-3 win over St. Stan’s in Game 2 of the championship series over the weekend. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — How do you go undefeated and win a state championship? It starts with culture, which was evident watching the Pioneer baseball dugout late on Saturday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — It’s always hard for a state championship game to live up to the hype, especially a title game featuring one team going for an unbeaten season and another looking to defend their crown. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Northfield Recreation Commission Cougars won the Tri-County League softball championship against Vernon this past week, capping an undefeated season. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

This decade of MIAA Division 5 softball has been dominated by Turners Falls and Greenfield. It only makes sense that the two powers will duke it out for a second time with a state championship game on the line. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Pioneer Valley Regional is going to need to invest in a bigger trophy case. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

For the second week in a row, Isaac Bingham led the pack by winning the Northfield Summer Road Race Series event on Thursday.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WESTFIELD — After needing to come from behind against West Boylston to reach the MIAA Division 5 Final Four, the Greenfield softball team wasted no time taking command of its semifinal contest against third-seeded Hopedale on Thursday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Crumpin-Fox Club Women’s League opened its season on Wednesday with a Throw Out 3 Hole contest, with Taylor Berry-Schumacher taking first with a score of 1-over. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

LOWELL — The defending MIAA Division 5 softball state champions showed championship mettle on Wednesday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Frontier boys volleyball team is still in its infancy, though coach Sean MacDonald noted a milestone reached in the team’s season finale will take a long time to break.