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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Winter sports teams in the Bay State got a chance to see where they stand as the first iteration of the MIAA power rankings were revealed on Friday. 

Another test passed by the Pioneer boys basketball team. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD – The Greenfield hockey team made a big jump up in competition this winter. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Mohawk Trail alpine ski team has been on a heater the last few seasons. 

Mahar’s Maximus Parsons entered the second period of Tuesday night’s wrestling dual meet with South Hadley trailing the Tigers’ Adrien DeBeer 3-0, as he got taken down in the first period and stayed on the bottom the rest of the frame. Although it...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — Hannah Gilbert added her name to the banners at Franklin County Technical School on Tuesday. The Eagles senior entered Tuesday’s game against Pioneer sitting at 987 career points and it didn’t take long for her to get there. Gilbert...

The third PVIAC indoor track meet of the season took place Sunday at Smith College, with Frontier, Mahar and Mohawk Trail competing in the early meet while Athol, Greenfield and Pioneer got after it in the late meet. Numerous area athletes walked away...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Four points from Matt Garvin pushed the Greenfield boys hockey team past Amherst Regional, 7-1, in an independent contest Tuesday night at Orr Rink.Garvin recorded a hat trick and added an assist as the Green Wave cruised to their second win...

After putting together a league title-winning season a year ago, the Athol boys basketball team started its 2024-25 campaign in winning fashion on Monday night.The Bears used a 6-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to snatch control, and...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

After being the class of the Wright Division for years, the Greenfield hockey team is taking a step up in competition this winter. The Green Wave are making the move up to the Berry Division this season, which featuring the likes of West Springfield,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

A pair of impressive runs to the MIAA Division 5 Final Four a season ago earned a pair of longtime local boys basketball coaches some hardware. Pioneer boys basketball coach Scott Thayer and Mahar boys basketball coach Chad Softic were both awarded...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After knocking on the door of a state semifinal appearance the last few years, the Frontier field hockey team is heading to the MIAA Division 4 Final Four.The Redhawks reached the state quarterfinals in both 2022 and 2023 but on...

By GEORGE MILLER

GREENFIELD — Athol may have had everything to play for -- a Division 8 state football playoff berth and a share of the Intercounty League North title -- but Greenfield applied a steady dose of pressure over the full 32 minutes Friday night, and the...

By DOUG SELWYN

Most of the children in my fourth/fifth grade class came from homes in which they did not speak English and came from cultures foreign to the one in which they were now living.We had spent the year in our classroom focused on what we collectively...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Field hockey and girls volleyball brackets were released for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournaments on Wednesday, but not without some changes after Hampden County Superior Court Judge Tracy E. Duncan upheld her...

By JEFF LAJOIE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Three goals in the first quarter set the tone for the Frontier field hockey team, as the top-seeded Redhawks handled their business to set up yet another sectional championship matchup with rival Greenfield.Addie Harrington netted...

By GARRETT COTE

GREENFIELD – For the first 40 minutes of the Greenfield girls soccer team’s matchup with Hopkins Academy on Wednesday afternoon, the Green Wave were trying to adjust to the speed of the Golden Hawks – a team which Greenfield head coach Ben Johnson...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The last three Thanksgiving football games against Smith Vocational have been meaningful for Franklin Tech running back Josiah Little. As a freshman, Little entered the Turkey Day showdown with the Vikings 249 yards short of the 1,000...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — On Election Day, voters will have the opportunity to determine the future of high school graduation requirements in Massachusetts with a vote on Question 2.The measure, which has been spearheaded by the Massachusetts Teachers Association,...

By DOUG SELWYN

Bessel Van Der Kolk, author of the extraordinary book “The Body Keeps the Score,” shares research that shows that the more traumatic experiences (often labeled as Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs) a young person has, the more likely they will...

By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — For most of the fourth quarter of Thursday afternoon’s field hockey game between Turners Falls and Smith Academy, the Falcons felt they were knocking on the door of putting home the go-ahead goal.But the Thunder’s defense continued to stand...