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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — Tied 4-4 after seven innings, extra frames were needed to decide a winner between the Franklin Tech and Athol baseball teams on Monday. Both teams stranded a runner on third base in the eighth, but it was the Bears that broke through...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — After giving up a run in the first inning, Franklin Tech pitcher Hannah Gilbert locked in for the final six frames on Friday against Hopkins Academy. The junior gave up one hit and one walk in the first and one hit in the third, but...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — It was a unique early season challenge the Franklin Tech softball team faced on Tuesday. The Eagles hosted Blackstone Valley Tech — an unfamiliar Central Mass. team which made it to the MIAA Div. 4 Round of 16 last year and bumped up...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Two years ago, Frontier’s Jack Vecellio captured an all-state title in the pole vault while Greenfield’s Liviu Mihailicenco won a state championship in the high jump. On the girls side, Greenfield’s Tess Rancourt placed third at New Englands in the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It would be hard to find a more dominant postseason run than the one the Greenfield softball team had a season ago. After winning the 2022 MIAA Division 5 state championship, the Green Wave came back last spring with a loaded squad and dominated their...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Is it possible to finish the year with a 21-2 record and not be satisfied with the results? The Pioneer baseball team sure wasn’t. The Panthers won the first 18 games of their season in 2023 and did so in convincing fashion, cruising into the Western...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — A pair of big early innings offensively got the job done for the Franklin Tech baseball team against Turners Falls on Tuesday at the Bourdeau Fields Complex.The Eagles put three runs on the board in the top of the first inning and...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WESTPORT — The Westport defense made life difficult for the Franklin Tech girls basketball team on Wednesday in the MIAA Division 5 Round of 16.The fifth-seeded Wildcats smothered the No. 12 Eagles and didn't give them any easy looks at the rim early,...

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS — The only real difficulty for Franklin Tech came in the fourth quarter Friday night, but oh, what a considerable difficulty it was.Pioneer Valley Christian, trailing 44-20 after three quarters, flew back into contention on the strength...

For the third year in a row, the Franklin Tech girls basketball team stood atop the vocational field in Massachusetts on Sunday.The second-seeded Eagles won their third consecutive MVADA state vocational tournament title, besting top-seeded Upper Cape...

By DYLAN THOMPSON

LENOX — On Wednesday night, top-seeded Lenox took one step closer to redemption, jumping out to an early 13-point lead, en route to a 51-36 victory over No. 4 Franklin Tech in a PVIAC Western Massachusetts Class C semifinal.One year after losing in...

The Pioneer girls basketball team is on to the Western Mass. Class D championship game. After knocking off Duggan in the quarterfinals, the third-seeded Panthers traveled to Monson to take on the No. 2 Mustangs on Wednesday in the semis. Pioneer...

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS — It’s not often that teams in such close geographical proximity may go through an entire regular season without facing each other, but the Western Mass. girls Class C quarterfinals took care of that Monday night – and then Franklin Tech...

By GARRETT COTE

WILLIAMSTOWN — Following his third pin in as many matches – this one the biggest of them all – Alex Schreiber raised two hands in the air as he stood from the mat on Saturday afternoon.His Frontier teammates erupted, as the senior had just claimed...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — Behind its transition game, the Turners Falls boys basketball team was able to get out to a blistering start against Franklin Tech on Tuesday. The Thunder used their speed and athleticism to beat the Eagles up the court early, leading...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

There was the expectation that it might be hard for the Franklin Tech girls basketball team to replicate its success from the 2022-23 campaign. After just missing out on a Franklin County League South title in 2021-22, the Eagles went 20-3 last...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — It’s not often these days that a dual high school wrestling meet is competitive from start-to-finish. That was the case on Friday though, when South Hadley traveled to Franklin Tech. Of the 14 weight total classes, 11 were filled and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

DEVENS – Madison Liimatainen has hit more than her fair share of home runs for Turners Falls and various travel and club softball teams. Never one like the one that cleared the Willard Field fence Wednesday, though.In the first of two Bay State Games...