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NORTHFIELD — Saturday's MIAA Division 5 boys basketball state quarterfinal allowed Pioneer the chance to flip an old adage on its head, and discover just how hard it is to lose to the same team three times in one season.That's not to say the Panthers...

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...

By GEORGE MILLER

SOUTH DEERFIELD — It's got to do a basketball coach's heart a world of good when his team doesn't allow a single basket in the first quarter.Frontier Regional flexed its typically strong defensive muscles Thursday night, running out to a 20-2 lead...

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 GEORGE MILLER

ATHOL — Eighty-seven seconds at the end of the first half Thursday proved more than enough to turn the annual Thanksgiving Day game irreversibly in Athol's favor.The Bears protected a 14-8 lead over Mahar and went downfield on a 76-yard drive to score...

By GEORGE MILLER

AMHERST — It's been quite a while – five years, to be precise – since UMass football could allow itself to think and talk about winning streaks.The Minutemen put up 31 consecutive points Saturday against their FCS opposition from Merrimack,...

By GEORGE MILLER

ORANGE — A much-discussed key component of the MIAA's statewide power rankings is margin of victory. For Franklin Tech, a margin of at least 14 points would have been ideal entering Friday night, if the Eagles could manage to play at a sufficiently...

By GEORGE MILLER

AMHERST – UMass was clearly at its best very early in the game and coming down the end of the first half Saturday, with its first halftime lead of the season, but the Minutemen couldn't sustain that level over the final two quarters at McGuirk Alumni...

By GEORGE MILLER

ORANGE — A forgettable season opener in early September saw Mahar surrender 38 points to Hoosac Valley, but the Senators' defense since then has been nothing but stout, with only two scores allowed over its last four games.Friday night at the Woodward...

By GEORGE MILLER

GREENFIELD — On its way to a 4-0 start, Ware has now pitched three shutouts, and Greenfield became the latest opponent to find out just how hard it is to make headway against it on Friday night.The Greenfield defense rose to the occasion in its own...

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS – Protecting a narrow one-point lead, and backed up to its own 6-yard line, Franklin Tech chose a most opportune time Friday night to put together the game-sealing drive.That march started less than promisingly with a 4-yard loss back to...

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS – Frontier football was at its best Friday night when the Redhawks hit on big plays, and none was bigger than the “Aiden and Kaden Show” inside the final minute.Visiting Frontier held the lead from early in the second quarter until...

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS – Less than two miles lie between the schools on the map, and in Saturday night's MIAA Division 5 softball quarterfinal, not much separated the two teams on the diamond.All the scoring action squeezed into the sixth inning, when Franklin...

By GEORGE MILLER

NORTHFIELD — Tuesday night's last four minutes barely sufficed to contain the high tournament drama squeezed into that narrow space.Pioneer built a nine-point lead early in the fourth quarter, lost it to KIPP Academy, grabbed it back and needed two...

By GEORGE MILLER

NORTHFIELD – The new-look state basketball tournament reached back a full quarter-century Friday evening and served up a silver-anniversary rematch, straight out of the Golden Era of Pioneer basketball.The 2023 Panthers encountered little difficulty...

By GEORGE MILLER

GREENFIELD — It's never easy, despite what the scoreboard may say, but Greenfield has certainly made it look easy while mopping up its first two opponents in the boys MIAA Division 5 basketball tournament.The Green Wave used a dominant second quarter,...