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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

LOWELL — Over the course of a long season, every team is susceptible to a bad night. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

LOWELL — For the first time in 28 years, a boys basketball state championship trophy is heading back to Northfield. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer boys basketball coach Scott Thayer remembers looking up after defeating Hopkins Academy to win the 2018 Div. 4 West sectional title and seeing his son, Brayden Thayer, and his friends watching from above the indoor track at the Curry Hicks Cage in Amherst.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — The end goal is in sight for the Pioneer boys basketball team. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Pioneer boys basketball team has taken a step forward each year in the MIAA Division 5 state tournament. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Eventually over the course of a state tournament run, there will be a night where shots aren’t falling. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

After cruising to a 75-29 victory over Ware in a MIAA Div. 5 state quarterfinal contest, Pioneer seniors Brayden Thayer, Alex McClelland and Kurt Redeker were asked if they had a preference of playing fourth-seeded Drury or fifth-seeded Boston English in the state semifinals.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WATERTOWN, Conn. — Before the season started, Deerfield Academy girls hockey coach Brooke Fernandez believed she had a team capable of capturing a NEPSAC championship. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — Good luck stopping the Pioneer boys basketball team. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

And then there was one. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

For the first time in its storied history, the Franklin Tech wrestling program has an All-State champion. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The top-seeded Deerfield Academy boys hockey team looked every bit the part in its NEPSAC Elite Bracket quarterfinal contest against Noble & Greenough School on Wednesday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

BOSTON — With a spot in the MIAA Division 4 quarterfinals on the line, neither Greenfield or the O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science boys basketball teams were giving an inch Tuesday night. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield’s Gloria McDonald will get to showcase her talent on the field hockey pitch against some of the best players in the state. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — Mahar boys basketball coach Chad Softic had been waiting for the kind of performance his team put together on Friday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After a hard-fought loss to Pittsfield in the Western Mass. Class B semifinals, the Frontier girls basketball team was more than ready for its MIAA Division 4 tournament opener against Manchester Essex on Thursday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Since the MIAA All-State Wrestling Tournament returned in 2022 following a hiatus due to COVID-19, eight Recorder area wrestlers have qualified for the meet but just one has placed.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — After taking the Williston Northampton girls hockey team to overtime the last two years, Deerfield Academy finally got over the hump on Wednesday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Greenfield hockey team has been preparing for Thursday’s contest all season. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — It might not have been the regular season the Greenfield boys basketball team had hoped for, but the Green Wave are hoping a run in the MIAA Division 4 state tournament can make up for it. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

CHARLEMONT — There’s a new dynasty in Buckland.