Boys basketball: Jack Loughrey’s 24 points leads South Hadley past Northampton, 51-47 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Northampton’s Naihmond Peters-Wolfe drilled a tough stepback jumper to put the Blue Devils boys basketball team ahead of South Hadley 46-40 early in the fourth quarter on Friday night, upping his total to 25 points for the game.

Colleges notebook: Mount Holyoke College basketball team on a 4-game winning streak

By GARRETT COTE

For the first time in 13 years, the Mount Holyoke College women’s basketball team has a winning streak longer than three games.

High schools: Billy Warren paces Hampshire Regional in opening PVIAC alpine ski race

By GARRETT COTE

CHARLEMONT — The Hampshire Regional alpine ski team was ready to go for the season-opening meet at Berkshire East Mountain Resort on Thursday night as the boys took on the giant slalom course.

Hockey: Ben Remensnyder’s goal lifts Amherst past Easthampton 1-0 (PHOTOS)

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST — Two days after falling 1-0, the Amherst hockey team flipped the script in its 1-0 victory against Easthampton on Thursday at Orr Rink.

UMass hockey: Minutemen return to Hockey East action with home-and-home against Northeastern

By RYAN AMES

The push to the postseason begins now for the UMass hockey team.

Former Amherst basketball star Jamila Wideman named Washington Mystics GM

By GARRETT COTE

Jamila Wideman has added another chapter to an already illustrious basketball career, as the WNBA’s Washington Mystics announced Wideman as the organization’s general manager late last month.

High school notebook: Granby wrestling staying competitive early in the season

By RYAN AMES

Anthony DelValle has the Granby wrestling team in a good spot.

UMass basketball: Career night from Marqui Worthy helps Minutemen stun Atlantic 10 power Dayton 76-72

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — With the best team in the Atlantic 10 rolling into the Mullins Center on Wednesday night, the struggling UMass men’s basketball team put its recent poor performances in the rearview and played its best game of the season when it needed it most.

High schools: South Hadley boys basketball drains 15 3-pointers in win over Belchertown

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY — The South Hadley boys basketball team made anything and everything from 3-point land in their 71-48 victory over Belchertown on Wednesday.

UMass basketball: Minutewomen edged by Dayton, 67-64

The UMass women’s basketball team refused to go away against Dayton on Wednesday. 

PVIAC alpine ski preview: Can Northampton challenge perennial power Mohawk Trail?

By GARRETT COTE

For the last several years, the Northampton boys and girls alpine ski team has been chasing after Mohawk Trail for first place in the PVIAC League North. The Warriors are the cream of the crop when it comes to skiing in the area, and the Blue Devils are seemingly always right behind them year in and year out.

H.S. Basketball Notebook: Holyoke riding home court advantage to undefeated start

By GARRETT COTE

We are about one-third of the way through the high school basketball season, so it’s time to begin rolling out our weekly high school basketball notebook. This series will run in print every Thursday through the rest of the winter, highlighting streaking teams, standout individual performances, important games and more. (Do you have any tips for notebook items that should be featured? Email me at gcote@gazettenet.com).

High schools: South Hadley falls to Mahar in dual wrestling meet (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Although the Mahar wrestling team had already clinched a dual meet win over South Hadley, the 175-pound bout between the Senators’ Tristen Gaj and the Tigers’ Jasiel Ramos was the best of the night. The two went back-and-forth...

Boys hockey: AJ Stupak's goal lifts Ludlow past Amherst 1-0

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – AJ Stupak’s third-period strike halted the Amherst hockey team’s winning streak as visiting Ludlow downed the Hurricanes, 1-0, Tuesday night at Orr Rink.Amherst had been winners of three straight heading into Tuesday’s battle, before Ludlow...

UMass football: Yale QB Grant Jordan, UTSA RB Rocko Griffin among new transfers signing with Minutemen

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It’s become quite clear that UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak was very busy recruiting throughout the holidays, as he’s signed five transfers since Christmas – four coming in the month of January alone.On Tuesday morning, he made his biggest...

High schools: Olivia Athas, South Hadley wear down Pope Francis in 58-40 win (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — All signs are pointing to yet another dominant regular season from the reigning Division 5 state finalists.The South Hadley girls basketball team put its versatility on full display in front of its home fans during Monday night’s 58-40...

UMass basketball: Frank Martin, Minutemen optimistic amid recent rough stretch

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Frank Martin has seemingly spent a lot more time shaking his head and throwing his hands up in frustration on the sidelines this season than he has anything else, and given his basketball team’s 5-10 record at the midway point of the...

Amherst’s Ryan Leonard named MVP of World Juniors as Team USA wins gold in OT

OTTAWA, Ontario — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game.The Boston College winger — a healthy scratch at the start...

Indoor track: Northampton’s Maeve O’Neil, Allie Sullivan among winners at PVIAC Meet No. 3

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The third meet of the PVIAC indoor track season took place at Smith College on Sunday, and  four Hampshire County schools competed while two enjoyed their bye week.Frontier, Northampton and South Hadley all participated in the early...

Fit to Play with Jim Johnson: Backyard playground

Last month I wrote about the benefits of unsupervised play, that children who play outdoors with other children learn not only physical skills but how to get along with other children, how to play fair, to be creative, to learn how to get up when...