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By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – Throughout most of the first two periods, it seemed like neither UMass or Vermont would be able to break a scoreless stalemate. The beginning of Friday night’s Hockey East game was almost relaxed, and it looked like Vermont might be able to...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – If the Mahar School Committee votes in affirmative on Jan. 11, spectators at Senators football games next year might buy their hot dogs and candy at the Larry Fisher Snack Shack.Booster Club President Charles “Joey” Verhey approached the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

After the high of an overtime win against Northeastern and the rest from a long weekend has worn off, the UMass ice hockey team is back and ready to rumble against Hockey East foe Vermont this weekend. On paper, this should be a pair of very winnable...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass women’s basketball team put away its first win of the season in convincing fashion over Saint Peter’s Monday night, picking up a 56-44 non-conference victory at the Mullins Center. Junior Stefanie Kulesza put on a show for the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST — The hockey season can be a long and arduous grind, and it’s a given that a team can’t show up at its best every single night. The measure of a group is how they can perform on the nights when they aren’t playing up to their normal...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Consistency is the name of the game for the UMass ice hockey team. Against both Michigan and Boston University, the Minutemen had trouble finding their legs in the first game of back-to-back series. They came back strong against both teams in the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The UMass hockey team opens Hockey East play this year with a bang – the Minutemen will face No. 9 Boston University this weekend, the defending Hockey East champions, in a home and home series.The Minutemen and Terriers are the last two Hockey East...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

After getting their skates under them on the ice over the first two weekends of the season, this weekend’s tilts against No. 19/20 Minnesota State will be an important mental test for the UMass hockey team. For the first time this season, the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST — Through the first 15 minutes of the opening period, it looked liket he Massachusetts hockey team had shown up as its best self against No. 6 Michigan. UMass was pressing hard in the offensive zone, firing quality shots during their opening...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — The fast-growing sport of backcountry skiing is hitting the country by storm and Franklin County is a driver in this wave.On Thursday, the Western Massachusetts Backcountry Alliance held its inaugural party at Berkshire East Mountain...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Opening weekend went about as well as it could have for the UMass ice hockey team, as the Minutemen picked up a convincing 5-3 win against AIC on Saturday before securing a 5-1 win over Dartmouth in an exhibition contest on Sunday. While the Dartmouth...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Sometimes, the best thing for a team to do is wipe the slate clean and start over. It was a disappointing finish last year for the UMass ice hockey team – the squad stumbled to a 13-17-5 record and was ousted in the first round of the Hockey East...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass football team will suit up for its third home game of the season on Saturday afternoon against Arkansas State (2-2), and the Minutemen are still looking for their first victory at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.This will be the second consecutive...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

After winning a national championship in 2021, the UMass hockey team hasn’t been able to find the same success over the past two seasons. Their underwhelming finish to the 2022-23 campaign has landed UMass eighth in Hockey East’s preseason poll, one...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AUBURN, Ala. – For the first six minutes of the UMass football team's game against Auburn on Saturday afternoon, the Minutemen looked like they could pose a genuine challenge to the 35-point favorite Tigers. Though Auburn was able to carve up the...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

HOLYOKE — While the term “catfish” has come to refer to deceptively portraying oneself online to manipulate others, know that you’re not being catfished here — the jaw-dropping images you’re about to see are real.Millers Falls resident Brandy...

By BELLA LEVAVI

PLAINFIELD — Attendees of a one-day class on bow hunting will learn about game laws, tree stand safety, hunting strategies, equipment, tracking and game care.The free class will be held Sunday, Aug. 20, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Ashfield Rod and Gun...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Friday dawned bright and hot without a cloud in the sky, and UMass football coach Don Brown was ecstatic to see the weather forecast. With the first game of the season at New Mexico State, Brown wants his team used to playing in high temps. “It was a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The Frontier Regional boys volleyball program wouldn’t exist without Jesse Kurkulonis.Inspired by the success of his friends on the Redhawks girls team, which has won 11 state championships including last fall, he began inquiring with newly minted...