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The 2024 Bay State Summer Games are here, with softball and baseball action kicking off this coming Tuesday while the majority of the other showcase sports get underway later in the week. Eleven Franklin County athletes will be competing across the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The summer is a great time to work on your game, and the DRIVE League provides that opportunity for a number of local boys high school basketball teams. Games take place multiple nights a week at Greenfield High School, with local schools...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Tri-County Baseball League of Western Massachusetts has undergone numerous changes since its inception in 1929, and this summer, a new area team has emerged. With Teddy Bears Pools, the longtime area team, struggling to fill out a roster last...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

For the first time in a decade, Turners Falls High School will have a new athletic director. Turners Falls alum Adam Graves has held the post since 2014, but he decided to step away following the conclusion of the school year earlier this month.During...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The 2023-24 high school sports season has come and gone. The Recorder area had one spring state champion in the Turners Falls softball team, which knocked off Georgetown in the MIAA Division 5 final earlier this month at UMass. It was the Thunder’s...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — It didn’t take long for the Greenfield Post 81 Senior American Legion team to get its bats going against Westfield Post 124 on Wednesday. After struggling to hit in a 2-1 loss to Westfield earlier in the summer, Post 81 didn’t have any...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

New England West Skating Club figure skaters will be competing against some of the top competition in the country next month at the State Games of America. New England West Skating Club, which competes out of Deerfield Academy, has been growing back...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

While gymnastics is seeing a decline in teams in the area, Franklin County’s YMCA Tumbling Tigers are thriving. The Tigers have 45 gymnasts in their program, coming from all over Franklin County, Hampshire County, Hampden County and Vermont as...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Asa Bouchard is quickly making a name for himself in the hockey world.The 12-year-old Greenfield resident was invited to a Prospects by Sports Illustrated hockey tournament — which is sanctioned by USA Hockey and Hockey Canada — in Toronto last summer...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Post 81 Senior Legion squad is officially in the win column. After dropping its opening two games of the season, Post 81 hosted Longmeadow Post 175 on Monday at Vets Field and received a stellar pitching performance from...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

AMHERST – For the 11th time in program history, a state softball championship trophy is heading back to Turners Falls High School. It didn’t take long for second-seeded Turners Falls to take command against No. 4 Georgetown in Saturday’s MIAA Division...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

AMHERST — On Father’s Day weekend, Turners Falls softball assistant coach Jay Liimatainen couldn’t have asked for a better gift from his daughter.Madi Liimatainen, the Thunder’s ace, gave up a trio of base runners on a hit and two walks in the first...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — It’s been a quick turnaround from the high school baseball season to the American Legion season for the Greenfield Post 81 Senior Division team. With more than half the team coming from the Greenfield and Pioneer programs — and with both...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

You’d be hard pressed to find a softball team with more postseason experience than Turners Falls. The Thunder were an annual contender in the old MIAA state tournament format, winning 10 state titles — most in MIAA history. Their last championship...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — Neither Turners Falls ace Madi Liimatainen or Hopedale hurler Lizzie Brytewski gave the opposition much to work with on Wednesday in the MIAA Division 5 softball semifinals. Brytewski kept the second-seeded Thunder lineup at bay...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — The Greenfield baseball team’s magical run through the MIAA Division 5 state tournament came to an end on Tuesday. The 15th-seeded Green Wave pulled off three wins in a row to reach the state semifinals, but third-seeded Boston English was...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It almost feels like a given that Turners Falls will be one of the last four softball teams standing in its division at the end of the season. After winning the 2021 MIAA Division 3 state championship — the last iteration of the old state tournament...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The road to a Final Four is never the same. Just look at the Greenfield and Pioneer baseball teams. The Panthers have been knocking on the door of a state title each of the past two years, reaching the MIAA Division 5 semifinals in 2022 and 2023, and...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — For the third year in a row, the Pioneer baseball team is Final Four-bound. Hosting 12th-seeded Douglas on Sunday in the MIAA Division 5 quarterfinal round, the fourth-seeded Panthers pulled ahead 3-1 after three innings and let ace Hugh...

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TURNERS FALLS — The Turners Falls softball team is two wins away from a state championship. Hosting seventh-seeded Narragansett in the MIAA Division 5 quarterfinals on Saturday, the second-seeded Thunder raced out to a 5-1 lead after two innings, but...