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By THOMAS JOHNSTON
As always seems to be the case with the winter sports season, it’s over before you know it. While the season began just a few weeks ago, most teams are around one-third of the way through their regular season slate. League title races are shaping up...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
ATHOL — Things weren’t looking good going into the fourth quarter for the Mahar boys basketball team against rival Athol on Tuesday. The Senators trailed an unbeaten Bears squad 42-32 going into the final eight minutes, but Mahar saved its best for...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
NORTHFIELD — In the middle of the second set it looked like the Pioneer volleyball team was heading toward a berth in the MIAA Division 5 Round of 32. Taking on No. 35 Madison Park Vocational in the preliminary round on Wednesday, the 30th-ranked...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
ATHOL — Through the opening 30 minutes Thursday night against McCann Tech, it looked like the Athol boys soccer team was going to cruise into the Western Mass. Class C semifinals. The second-seeded Bears scored twice in those first 30 minutes of its...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
The inaugural Coach Bob and Pat Hinds Scholarship Award was handed out to a pair of student-athletes at Mohawk Trail Regional last week. The scholarship, which will give $1,000 to two graduating seniors each year moving forward, was awarded to Paige...
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
Michael Shelton is prepared for the next challenge in his coaching career. Shelton — who spent the last three years as the head boys basketball coach at Governor’s Academy in Newbury — was hired in May for the same position at Northfield Mount Hermon...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
Richard Larsen wasn’t even running 5-kilometer races until a year ago. The 70-year-old Shelburne Falls resident has been running competitively for over three decades, but in recent years has done more mountain running as it’s better on his body. After...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
Deerfield Academy held its National Letter of Intent Signing Day on Nov. 7, with nine Big Green senior athletes signing on to continue their athletic careers at the next level. It’s a wide-ranging group of athletes, led by the men’s lacrosse team...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
If a challenge on the greens is what you’re searching for, Crumpin-Fox Club is the place for you. Golf Advisor ranked the Bernardston club’s 18-hole track the 33rd toughest public course in the country, making it the most challenging in all of...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
DEERFIELD — Northfield Mount Hermon wrestling coach Zachary Bates knows all about the tradition and pride of his team’s program.One of the top prep teams in New England year after year, Bates, who grew up in Leyden and attended Pioneer Valley Regional...
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