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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Last spring three Recorder area girls tennis teams appeared in the inaugural MIAA Div. 4 state tournament. More are hoping to join this year, with two of those already out to strong starts. Frontier and Mohawk Trail — which squared off as the Nos. 32...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Seven innings wasn’t enough to decide a winner in the season opener between the Frontier and Amherst baseball teams on Friday.The Hurricanes led 2-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh but the Redhawks rallied, putting a run...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Jack Turowsky will be taking his talents to the flagship in 2024. The Northfield Mount Hermon junior has had a big year on the lacrosse field as a midfielder and was selected to USA Lacrosse’s 18U roster this past summer. Colleges began calling but...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

HATFIELD — The top senior basketball players in Franklin and Hampshire County got together at Smith Academy on Friday for the 23rd IAABO Board 28 Senior All Star Game. The girls game kicked off first, and unlike most All Star games, both teams were...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — To say it was a rock fight at Messer Gymnasium on Friday would be an understatement.With a spot in the MIAA Div. 5 semifinals on the line, neither the Pioneer or Maynard boys basketball teams were giving an inch on the defensive end of...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

And then there was one. As the MIAA state tournaments enter the Round of 8, one Recorder area school remains standing. The Pioneer boys basketball team got one of its toughest tests of the season on Tuesday in a MIAA Div. 5 Round of 16 contest against...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sam Smith is looking to close out her senior season with a bang. The Greenfield High School alum has the Babson women’s basketball team on the brink of making program history. The Beavers locked up a spot in the NCAA Div. 3 tournament following a 23-5...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Frontier’s Evan Hedlund has only been competing in the mile for a short period of time, but you’d never know it by how fast he can run it. Hedlund — just an eighth grader — specializes in running the 2-mile, but decided to give the mile a try during...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

MAYNARD — At times it felt like every shot the Maynard boys basketball team took against Greenfield found its way into the bottom of the net. The fifth-seeded Tigers came out roaring during the MIAA Division 5 Round of 16 contest against the No. 12...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

MILLIS — The Millis defense didn’t give the Franklin Tech girls basketball team an inch to work with on the offensive end the court Monday.The 17th-seeded Eagles scored the opening two baskets of the game, as Kendra Campbell hit a runner while the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

CHARLEMONT — For the second straight year, an alpine ski state championship is headed to Mohawk Trail. After winning the state title last year at Wachusett Mountain, the Warrior girls set out to repeat this winter and accomplished that goal on their...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

While the best racers in the state will make the trip to Berkshire East Mountain Resort in Charlemont on Wednesday for the MIAA Alpine Ski Championships, the local/host school is looking to hang a banner for the second year in a row. The Mohawk Trail...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer smelled blood in the water midway through the second quarter of its MIAA Division 5 Girls Basketball Tournament preliminary round contest against Salem Academy on Monday. The No. 32 Panthers found themselves tied at 11 with the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

HOLYOKE — The Greenfield and Drury boys basketball teams met twice during the regular season. The Blue Devils won the first game, 70-66, and the second, 67-64. With two close games already in the books, it came as no surprise that when the two...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Vocational Athletic Director Association Small School girls basketball championship goes through Turners Falls. Franklin Tech earned the No. 1 seed and hosted No. 4 South Shore Vocational on Friday. Both teams started...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Frontier’s Caroline Crocker will be competing against the best Massachusetts has to offer on Saturday. Crocker impressed at the MIAA Div. 5 state meet last week at the Reggie Lewis Center, placing second in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.78...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Caleb Thomas knew exactly what he needed to do when the ball swung over to him with 25 seconds left in the Western Mass. Class C semifinals on Wednesday night.Trailing No. 3 Mount Greylock by two points, the Greenfield sophomore was left...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Massachusetts and Rhode Island men’s basketball teams met just over a month ago, but when they square off for the second time on Saturday in Kingston, R.I., UMass’ squad will look much different from the one it had during the first...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

When you gaze through the banners at Messer Gymnasium and make your way to the 1,000-point scorer list, there’s one last name that stands out.Adam Harrington closed out his career at Pioneer Valley Regional in 1998 as the Massachusetts Gatorade Player...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

CHARLEMONT — For the second straight year, the Mohawk Trail girls ski team had the top two finishers at the PVIAC Alpine Ski Individual Championships.Last year, Emmy Sisum placed first while Addie Loomis earned second but the two reversed spots on...