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By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team seeks its first win of the 2024 season on Saturday, when it hosts Central Connecticut State at 3:30 p.m. in the annual homecoming game.After three double-digit losses against MAC schools to start the year, the Minutemen have...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Another week, another big win for a MAC school.A week after Northern Illinois beat No. 5 Notre Dame on the road 16-14 in a game it was paid $1.4 million to play, Toledo went down to Starkville, took the Bulldogs’ $1.2 million check and beat...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The two local football teams that reached the state tournament last fall looked the part in their season openers on Friday. Athol, which earned the No. 14 seed in the MIAA Div. 8 state tournament a season ago, opened its campaign with a 48-16 rout of...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team had finally built a long drive. After 70 yards of hard work, mostly through the running game, the Minutemen had a third-and-goal chance. Trailing 20-3 in the closing seconds of the third quarter, a touchdown could bring them...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — The Williston Northampton football team came to play in its season opener against Deerfield Academy on Saturday. After falling to the Big Green last fall, the Wildcats came out with a different focus this time around, punching it into the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Through 30 minutes of action against Buffalo on Saturday, the Massachusetts football team was in position to try to earn its first win of the season. It was a different story in the second half. The Bulls outscored the Minutemen 17-0 in the third...

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS — Franklin Tech used its air game to build up a commanding lead in its season opener Friday night and the legs of Josiah Little to keep the ball and the clock moving, as the Eagles thundered past McCann Tech of North Adams, 42-6.Tyler...

Athol football coach Josh Talbot couldn’t have scripted a better start to the season for his squad. Taking 0n Murdock in their season opener, the Bears came out flying and dominated the first half to take a 48-0 lead into the intermission. Athol ended...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

CHICOPEE — Every time the Greenfield football team had the Chicopee offense backed up and facing a long conversion, Pacers quarterback Braeden Siano came through for his team. Siano and the Chicopee offense converted five third downs and two fourth...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

After getting a taste of the postseason last year, the Franklin Tech football team is determined to get that feeling back this fall. The Eagles went 8-4 overall last season, including a 6-2 regular-season mark that earned the No. 15 in the MIAA Div. 8...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ATHOL — Expectations are high for the team playing its football at O’Brien Field this fall. There’s good reason for that. The Athol football team went 5-3 during the regular season and qualified for the MIAA Division 8 state tournament, where it fell...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Five years ago, the UMass football program scheduled a series with a Missouri team that was less than a decade into its membership in the SEC and looking to save some money on its non-conference schedule.Instead of Missouri paying UMass seven figures...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Following a 2-8 campaign in 2023, the Greenfield football team is hoping it can turn a corner this fall. Despite boasting a small roster, the Green Wave possess the skill talent to compete in the Intercounty League North. Greenfield last...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back.That’s what it’s been like watching the UMass football team this fall, as the Minutemen’s square-dancing routine has led them to 19 penalties through two games, 14th-most in the...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — Following a three-and-out on its opening drive of the game, the Mahar football team locked in for the remainder of the first half in its season opener against Drury on Friday. After the stop, the Senators proceeded to score touchdowns on...

By GEORGE MILLER

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Through the preseason, Scott Dredge had the notion that defense would be the real calling card for Frontier football, and the Redhawks' 2024 season opener Friday night played out just that way.The hosts came up empty on the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — After arriving on the job late in the process a year ago, Mahar football coach Percy Eady spent the precious little time he had learning about his team and trying to find their strengths and weaknesses going into the 2023 season. Now with a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Preseason scrimmages allow coaches to experiment, try new things and find out what will work best during the regular season. For Frontier football coach Scott Dredge, the answer was simple: go back to playing Frontier football. The...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Not much went the UMass football team’s way on Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, and Minutemen’s 28-14 loss to Eastern Michigan in their season opener was certainly a performance to forget.It didn’t look as if the Eagles were a...