High Schools: Gateway boys soccer shuts out Hopkins, 3-0

Take a look at the scoresheet from Gateway’s 3-0 win over Hopkins, and you might think you have double vision. Or triple vision.Eli, Ivan and Andrew Chepurenko all scored for the Gators, with Andrew’s goal coming from an Ivan assist. The Gators took a...

High school girls soccer: Tigers avenge loss to Raiders

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — When the South Hadley girls soccer team dropped its third game of the season, 1-0, a physical, chippy match with Hampshire Regional back on Sept. 6, the Tigers couldn’t wait to meet up with the Raiders again — this time on their home...

Hampshire Regional gymnastics team takes floor at new location

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — Only six tenths of a point separated the Hampshire Regional gymnastics team and its third consecutive Western Massachusetts championship last season. The Raiders put up 137.7 points, slightly behind Westfield’s top score of 138.3.As...

Local intergenerational pickleball team to compete in Washington DC

By AMALIA WOMPA

America’s fastest-growing sport has continued to find avid players in Franklin County, and now, two longtime residents are traveling to Washington D.C. to compete for the ultimate title.The intergenerational team, Todd “Happy” Boynton, 51, of...

Smith College Pioneers to honor local businesses

Smith College volleyball is hosting local business appreciation night on Oct. 1 when it hosts WPI at 7 p.m. at Ainsworth Gymnasium. Entry into the game is free and Smith College is planning to print and distribute game programs to fans that will...

High Schools: Alexa Jagodzinski’s late goal propels Smith Academy field hockey past Mahar

As the seconds ticked down between Mahar and Smith Academy, it seemed the Valley league rivals might play to a 1-1 stalemate.But with one minute, 20 seconds left, Alexa Jagodzinski scored her second goal of the afternoon – the game winner – to seal a...

Girls soccer: Northampton improves to 7-0 following win over Amherst (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Already ahead 3-0 against rival Amherst, the Northampton girls soccer team set up to take a corner kick about midway through the second half.Blue Devils sophomore Lilah Sage sat at the back post when the ball came hurling toward her....

Northampton youth football remains undefeated with wins over Ware, Ludlow

The Northampton Youth Senior Football team won back-to-back games over a six-day period to take its record to an unblemished 4-0, with convincing victories over Ware and Ludlow during that span.The Blue Devils, nicknamed, “The Main Event,” first beat...

Northampton’s Norah Reade off to fast start with Vassar College cross country team

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

When former Northampton cross country runner Norah Reade went on her official visit to Vassar College, she got to experience something new, but also got a taste of home.The current sophomore visited with former Northampton teammate Lily Shimpach, now...

UMass Men’s Basketball: Schedule released for final A-10 season

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

UMass men’s basketball on Tuesday released its conference schedule for its 49th and final season in the Atlantic 10, beginning with a road conference opener against Saint Joseph’s on Dec. 31.UMass released its non-conference schedule earlier in...

Northampton Community Rowing competes in regattas

On Sept. 7, Northampton Community Rowing youth boats raced in their first regatta of the fall season at the ninth annual Rockrimmon Regatta hosted by the Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club in Springfield. The boys A boat placed first (21:22.1) and the B...

High Schools: Frontier boys soccer defeats Wahconah, 3-0

Late goals in the first and second half proved to be the difference for the Frontier boys soccer team against Wahconah on Tuesday. The Redhawks broke the scoreless deadlock in the 39th minute to take a lead into the half. Frontier then proceeded to...

Girls Volleyball: Belchertown’s Ross nets 1,000 assists

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Coming into the Belchertown girls volleyball team’s match with Lenox on Tuesday night, Orioles senior captain Vivian Ross needed just one assist to reach 1,000 for her career – which has spanned four years including this fall.Although it...

High Schools: Smith Vocational girls soccer moves to 7-0 with win over Putnam (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — There was no shortage of goals during the Smith Vocational girls soccer’s senior night on Monday against Putnam, as the Vikings erupted for four tallies in the first half and added five more in the second to trounce the Beavers 9-0...

UMass football wide receiver Anthony Simpson no longer with program

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — During UMass football’s game with Central Connecticut State on Saturday, Minutemen wide receiver Anthony Simpson not only didn’t play — which wouldn’t have been questioned considering he left their Week 2 game against Toledo with an injury...

UMass Football: Minutemen earn ugly victory over CCSU

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The best word to categorize the UMass football team’s homecoming game victory against Central Connecticut State on Saturday is quite simple. Ugly.In the 35-31 win, both teams combined for 26 penalties resulting in a whopping 241 yards. The...

UMass football breaks through, tops Central Connecticut State University 35-31

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Of course the fate of the UMass football team’s homecoming game against FCS Central Connecticut State University was going to come down to Blue Devils quarterback Brady Olson — who transferred from UMass in the offseason — having the...

Football: Fast start leads Monument Mountain to 48-20 triumph over Easthampton

By HOWARD HERMAN

GREAT BARRINGTON — Twelve months ago, the Easthampton football team put a hurting on Monument Mountain.Friday night out in The Berkshires, Monument turned things around in a big way.The Spartans, who lost their season opener seven days ago at Lee,...

Football: Franklin Tech pulls ahead early to knock off Frontier, 36-7

By GEORGE MILLER

SOUTH DEERFIELD — If the key to football success is having a standout running back get his toe stepped on in the lead-up to a game, maybe more teams would make that annoyingly painful decision.Josiah Little didn't let his own banged-up toe slow him...

Football: South Hadley starts early to beat Greenfield, 27-14

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — It seemed as if the only team that was going to beat South Hadley on Friday night was itself.The Tigers coughed up five, that’s right, five, turnovers — four fumbles and an interception — to a pesky Greenfield defense, each one...