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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — Following a three-and-out on its opening drive of the game, the Mahar football team locked in for the remainder of the first half in its season opener against Drury on Friday. After the stop, the Senators proceeded to score touchdowns on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Franklin County has a rich history of talented field hockey programs, and in the last three years, three programs in particular have had tremendous success.The seniors on the Frontier, Greenfield and Franklin Tech field hockey teams have played in a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After 25 minutes on Thursday, it appeared the Greenfield and Pioneer boys soccer teams were headed for a high-scoring affair. The Green Wave popped in a goal 14 minutes into the contest and the Panthers were able to answer nine minutes...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — After arriving on the job late in the process a year ago, Mahar football coach Percy Eady spent the precious little time he had learning about his team and trying to find their strengths and weaknesses going into the 2023 season. Now with a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Preseason scrimmages allow coaches to experiment, try new things and find out what will work best during the regular season. For Frontier football coach Scott Dredge, the answer was simple: go back to playing Frontier football. The...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier and Greenfield field hockey teams played four times last fall. Both teams won two games, though the Redhawks took the big one in the Western Mass. championship tilt. There wasn’t much separation in any of those four...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

If Tuesday’s opening race of the season is any indication, it’ll be tough to dethrone the Frontier cross country teams in the Pioneer League North this fall. Both the Redhawk boys and girls won the league title a season ago — the Frontier girls...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS – The Athol golf team went through the expected struggles of having a group of brand new golfers when it brought its program back last fall, but the lessons learned along the way are paying dividends this season, evident in how the Bears...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

There were bound to be growing pains with the Greenfield girls soccer team last fall, as over one-third of the roster was comprised of middle school athletes.Despite that, the Green Wave were able to win seven games including their final two of the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Frontier boys soccer coach Evan Horton made his team do something none of them were looking forward to last week: rewatch last season’s MIAA Div. 4 Round of 16 loss to Monomoy. It wasn’t the way the Redhawks hoped to end their 2023 season. After...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Think you’re the strongest person in Franklin County? Franklin County’s YMCA might be able to help you answer that question this weekend. The YMCA is hosting its first-ever strongman competition, called Pioneer’s Strongest, on Saturday,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Franklin Tech golf team has played its best under the brightest lights the last few seasons. The Eagles have reached the state tournament the past two years after strong showings at the Western Mass. Div. 3 championship — where they placed third...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

As the 2024-25 high school sports season approaches, three new athletic directors in Franklin County are settling into their posts.Glenn Sullivan is taking over at his alma mater, Frontier Regional, for Dave Sanschagrin, while in Northfield, Nick...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Two athletic fields at Greenfield High School will have new names beginning this fall. The Greenfield City Council voted Wednesday to name the athletic fields behind Greenfield High School “Donna Woodcock Field,” and the baseball diamond at Veterans...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The 43rd Montague Mug Race gets underway on Saturday. The 5.5-mile road race begins at 8:30 a.m. at Village Common in Montague. The two-mile mini mug race/walk begins at 8:35 a.m. As always, pewter mugs are awarded to the top male/female finishers...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield's MacKenzie Paulin grew up dreaming of playing softball at the Division I level. This month, she made that dream a reality. Paulin committed to continue her softball career at Merrimack College, as the rising senior at Greenfield High...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SHELBURNE FALLS — After hearing about the Bridge of Flowers Race from former AIC teammate Amos Sang — the winner of the 2018 event — Agawam’s Ezra Mutai decided to compete on Saturday. You would never know it was his first time completing the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Some of the top high school volleyball teams in western Mass. have been getting together on Wednesdays at Springfield’s American International College to compete in the Pioneer Valley Juniors Volleyball Summer League. On Wednesday,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

A strong field is expected in the 44th running of the Bridge of Flowers Race on Saturday in Shelburne Falls. After over 600 runners competed in the 43rd running of the race last summer, over 700 are expected out on Saturday as the race continues to...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Frontier boys soccer team capped off its summer on a high note over the weekend.The Redhawks competed in the Pioneer Valley Summer Soccer League to prepare for the upcoming fall season and had great success in the B Division. During the regular...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Harvard’s Magnus Hermans was the first to cross the finish line at the 2023 Greenfield Triathlon, but South Burlington, Vt.’s Tom Direnzo — competing in a later heat — managed to have a better time to take the win, forcing Hermans to...