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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

With the 2024 Paris Olympics underway, Americans have the opportunity to watch sports they often don’t get a chance to see on national television. One of those sports is water polo, and Deerfield Academy coach Mark Scandling is plenty familiar with...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Greenfield Triathlon is hitting a major milestone on Sunday. The triathlon began in 1983 and has run nearly every year since, the only exception being 2020 due to COVID-19. That makes it the longest-running triathlon in New England. Sunday marks...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — It was a thriller at Vets Field with a spot in the Massachusetts Junior American Legion state tournament between Greenfield Post 81 and West Springfield on Thursday. Leading 6-5, Post 81 loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth inning...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The summer is a good time to test yourself and work on your game. The Greenfield boys basketball team got its toughest test of the offseason to date on Wednesday night in the boys varsity championship game of the DRIVE League. Taking on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The finals are set for the Franklin Tech Girls Summer Basketball League. The semifinals took place on Tuesday, with Franklin Tech squaring off with Mahar in the opening game of the night before Frontier and Pioneer faced off in the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Through four innings Monday night, neither Greenfield Post 81 or Belchertown Post 239 were able to get much going at the plate in their Western Mass. American Legion Junior Division playoff game.Second-seeded Greenfield held a 2-0 lead...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After the tee shots on the par-3 Hole No. 15 at Country Club of Greenfield, partners Andy Lesenski and Chris Austin, as well as Sam Wolanske, were on the green during the Championship Flight finals of the 79th Invitational Four Ball at on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — A lot has changed since Andy Lesenski and Chris Austin won the 2011 Invitational Four Ball at the Country Club of Greenfield. The pair took home the title in the 66th edition of the tournament as some of the younger players in the field,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Locked into the No. 2 seed for the Western Mass. American Legion Junior Division playoffs heading into its final regular season game against North Adams, Greenfield Post 81 was able to rotate its lineup and get its players at-bats on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — For 39 of the 40 teams in the Championship Flight of the 79th Invitational Four Ball, Thursday’s qualifying round tends to be the most stressful. Only 16 teams advance to Friday’s match play in the top bracket of the event.It’s stressful...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

MacKenzie Paulin’s play on the softball field has given her the opportunity to fundraise for “A Shot For Life.”A Shot For Life is a sports-based non-profit organization that funds health and cancer research initiatives. Paulin, who helped lead the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The field is set for the Country Club of Greenfield’s 79th Invitational Four-Ball, with 104 pairings and 208 golfers set to hit the course beginning Thursday for the opening day of the tournament. Mother Nature made her presence felt at the 78th...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — With a spot in the Western Mass. American Legion semifinals on the line Monday, both Greenfield Post 81 and Wilbraham Falcons struggled to put runs on the scoreboard. Neither squad produced a hit through three innings before Wilbraham’s...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Franklin County will be represented at the 2024 Bassmaster Junior National Championship. Ben Johnston, a rising freshman at Frontier Regional, and Sam Bucala, a rising freshman at Greenfield High School, placed first in a Massachusetts qualifier and...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — An early lead for Hilltown Tents quickly evaporated against BankESB on Thursday in a Tri-County League Baseball contest. Hilltown raced out to a 6-0 lead after one but ESB kept chipping away, scoring three in the second and two in the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — While the high school football season is a little over a month away, local teams are finding ways to improve and get better in the meantime. For the past few years, Greenfield, Mahar, Athol and Franklin Tech have been playing 7-on-7...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Area youth baseball players had the chance to learn the game from some of the top collegiate players in the country this week. The Valley Blue Sox of Holyoke held a Greenfield Youth Baseball Clinic on Monday and Tuesday at Lunt Field,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Want to step into Don Brown’s shoes and try to rebuild the UMass football program? A new college football video game gives you that chance.EA Sports College Football 25 released to the public Monday afternoon, the highly anticipated revival of the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It was a successful trip to the Bay State Games for the West girls volleyball team over the weekend. Team West — which featured Frontier’s Olivia Machon, Bailey Martin and Abigail Hernandez — opened the tournament on Saturday with a 25-21, 25-20 loss...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Make it five in a row for Andy Lesenski.Country Club of Greenfield held its club championship over the weekend, and Lesenski capturing his fifth straight title on the men’s side. Lesenski carded rounds of 67, 68 and 67 to finish with a three-round...