High School Sports

Four Rivers girls 2nd, boys 7th at States

Sunday, May 26, 2013

The Four Rivers Charter School girls’ ultimate team finished second overall at the State Ultimate Tournament Saturday afternoon at Greenfield Community College. The tournament featured the 13 best ultimate teams in the state and Four Rivers entered the event ranked fourth. The teams were divided into four pools, but Four Rivers, the top seed in Pool D, had the extra team in its pool, which meant that while the other … 0

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Start of girls two mile at WMass Div II Championships

Locals eye C-WMass meet Forecast of rain forces move to Monday

Friday, May 24, 2013

The track and field postseason has undergone a facelift this year. This weekend has previously been reserved for the Western Massachusetts Championships, which took all Division I and II teams and combined them for a meet. That has been scraped and replaced this season with the Western-Central Mass. Division I and Division II … 0

Athol knocks off Greenfield, qualifies for WM

Friday, May 24, 2013

Some things just never change. In what is quickly becoming a reoccurring theme to the spring, the Athol High School baseball team finished off its second consecutive late-season push to the postseason on Friday night with a 5-4 Hampshire League baseball victory over Greenfield High School at Veterans Memorial Field in Greenfield. The … 0

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Bleeding heart seems to drips off the vine next to the All Souls Church in Greenfield on Thursday.

A study in pink

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Marilyn Lorenzo of Greenfield gets a smooch from 3-year-old Romeo while she was training him at the Green River Swimming and Recreation area.

Not part of the training

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Pete Mallett releases some rainbow trout into an undisclosed location on the Millers River. Pete is president of the Millers River Fishermans Association in New Salem.

Stocking up

Other Local News

Tribe smacks Athol

Monday, May 6, 2013

Turners Falls High School coach Jay Liimatainen and Athol High School coach Josh Talbot entered Monday’s Hampshire League baseball game expecting a pitchers’ duel. Well, think again. They got an offensive showcase. The Indians outslugged the Red Raiders in the late innings of Monday’s game in Athol and … 0

Frontier roars back to beat Senators

Monday, May 6, 2013

Frontier Regional School rallied from an 18-point deficit with seven events remaining to beat Mahar Regional School,76-69, in an Intercounty League boys’ track and field meet on Monday in South Deerfield. “This was a big win for us,” said Red Hawks head coach Walt Flynn. “We’re so darn … 0

NORTHFIELD, MA - (May4, 2013) A Pole Vault only meet was held Saturday at Pioneer Valley Regional High School. This was the 5th year of the Vault-A-Palooza. Four schools participated in the sanctioned meet: PVRS, Monson, Greenfield, Athol. Sydney Martin, 17, of Pioneer won the girls event with a vault of 8'6". Photo by Beth Reynolds

Popusoi, Martin win vault titles

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Greenfield High School pole vaulter Vlad Popusoi likes to vault at Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield. Five days after Popusoi shattered the Green Wave’s school record in the event while taking on the Panthers in an Intercounty … 0

GREENFIELD, MA (May 3, 2013) Greenfield Vs Holyoke Tennis - Greenfield Senior Dustin Culter in a singles tennis match on Davis St. Photo by beth Reynolds

Greenfield netmen win, 4-1

Friday, May 3, 2013

Greenfield High School earned a pair of forfeits on Friday and won two of the three contested matches en route to a 4-1 independent boys’ tennis victory over Holyoke High School at the Davis Street Courts in Greenfield. … 0

Wave qualifies for WMass baseball tourney

Friday, May 3, 2013

Zach Bartak finished with two hits and three RBIs to lead Greenfield High School to an 8-4 Hampshire League baseball victory over Hopkins Academy Friday afternoon in Hadley. The Green Wave (10-1 overall, 8-1 HL) became the first local squad to qualify for the postseason. The Green Wave … 0

Red Raiders come alive late to get past Wave

Friday, May 3, 2013

Greenfield High School scored twice in the fourth inning to break open a scoreless game, but that only woke up the Athol High School bats as the Red Raiders scored six times over the next three innings to survive the Green Wave’s upset bid and take a 6-2 … 0

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Greg Betsold of Pioneer

Mohawk boys dump Panthers, 90-55

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Mohawk Trail Regional High School erased an eight-point deficit after the field events and cruised to a 90-55 win over Pioneer Valley Regional School in an Intercounty League boys’ track and field meet Thursday afternoon at Pollard Field … 0

Barisano, Greenfield beat Raiders, 3-1

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Drew Barisano scattered five hits over seven innings and Greenfield High School earned its first win against Athol High School since 2011 with a 3-1 Hampshire League baseball victory Wednesday afternoon in Athol. The Green Wave (9-1 overall, … 0

Frontier 5/1/13. Turners #2 Jenna Putala hussels to 1st but Frontier's 1st baseman #12 Cassidy Ciesluk makes the catch and tags out the runner at 1st in the 3rd inning.
photo by J. Anthony Roberts

Hawks jolt Tribe

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sometimes, one run is enough. Frontier Regional School pitcher Krystal Enko put that theory to the test Wednesday afternoon, delivering a three-hit shutout and receiving a near-flawless performance from her defense to propel the Red Hawks to a … 0

Lytle-Rich reaches milestone on courts

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Roz Lytle-Rich won her 1,000th game point Wednesday but the celebration was a bit muted as her Mohawk Trail Regional High School girls’ tennis team suffered a 3-2 independent loss to Holyoke Catholic High School in Buckland. Lytle-Rich is in her sixth varsity season and entered the match … 0

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