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By RYAN AMES
Only one game on the docket this week for the No. 18 UMass hockey team, but it's a big one as it'll wrap up a three-game season-series with UConn on Friday in Storrs.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — It was a competitive game at halftime between the Greenfield and South Hadley boys basketball teams on Wednesday at Nichols Gymnasium.
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — It’s become almost normal at this point. In recent memory, any time the UMass men’s basketball team starts to play well and garners attention from the fan base, it seemingly finds a way to let them down. Such was the case on Tuesday night in front of a season-high 3,745 fans at Mullins Center as the Minutemen fell 73-71 to Saint Louis with third place in the Atlantic 10 on the line.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
With the race for the Hampshire League North title so tightly-contested, the Athol boys basketball team knew it would likely need to win its final three league games to have a shot at the crown.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
With the state tournaments kicking off in just a few weeks, it’s a good time to get a refresher on where the local teams sit in the latest MIAA power rankings, which were released on Tuesday.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
ERVING — After a year of searching, the Selectboard voted to appoint Greenfield resident Glenn Johnson-Mussad to serve as town planner starting at the end of March.
By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY – The town and its Police Department are investigating vandalism to Herlihy Park that damaged the baseball and soccer fields Friday night.
By RYAN AMES
AMHERST – Two goals from junior Kenny Connors helped the No. 20 UMass hockey team take down Merrimack, 4-2, Friday night at the Mullins Center.
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — Franklin County has a new sheriff, as Lori Streeter took the oath of office on Friday afternoon with staff members looking on.
By CAROLYN BROWN
Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, one of the world’s most prestigious poetry awards.
By CHRIS LARABEE
Civil rights activists, war tax refusers, supporters of local agriculture and advocates of simple living Wally and Juanita Nelson left an outsized impact during their decades in Franklin County.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
Since the return from the COVID-hiatus in 2020, there have been 15 occasions where a Recorder Area boys basketball player eclipsed 30 points in a game.
By RYAN AMES
The heat is on the No. 20 UMass hockey team.
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Make it two in a row for the UMass women’s basketball team, as the Minutewomen used a 17-2 first-quarter run to sail ahead of George Washington en route to a 71-54 win at Mullins Center on Wednesday night.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — In big games, you need your role players to step up.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — If high scoring hockey games are your thing, Collins-Moylan Arena in Greenfield was the place to be on Wednesday.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — Gill-Montague Regional School District’s $1.3 million projected budget shortfall for fiscal year 2026 has been mitigated, and a revised preliminary budget was unanimously approved by the School Committee Tuesday night.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
ORANGE — A valiant second half effort from the Mahar boys basketball team fell short against Drury on Tuesday.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
My apologies for running the week five track results yesterday. Here are the local top 10 finishers at the Week 6 PVIAC indoor track meet at Smith College from Sunday:
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — After starting Atlantic 10 play 0-2 and having struggled throughout its non-conference slate, it looked as if the UMass men’s basketball team was headed back toward the bottom half of the league following a promising 20-win season a year ago.
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — Entering the fourth quarter trailing by 17, the Frontier boys basketball team saw the writing on the wall. Coming back from that deficit against South Hadley is no easy task, especially on the road in a hostile environment.
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