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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,...

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...

The Northampton golf team continued their hot start to the season and move to 7-1 with a tight win against Ludlow, 169-171 at the Ludlow Country Club on Friday afternoon.Reilly Fowles (38) shot the low score for the day and teammate Aiden...

By JESSE KOLODKIN

PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield football team didn’t play with its food against Belchertown.The Generals didn’t punt throughout the entire first half, a half that saw PHS score on all five of its offensive possessions and get an extra score on a punt...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The host Northampton field hockey team found itself in the mix with powerhouse Westfield on Thursday afternoon, trailing just 1-0 midway through the third quarter.But unlike the Blue Devils, the Bombers capitalized on their chances in...

TURNERS FALLS — After the opening frame between the Easthampton and Turners Falls volleyball teams on Wednesday, it looked like a potential five-set match was in store. The Eagles took an early lead and led late in the first set when the Thunder...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Dina Brunetti was having flashbacks of her team’s rock fight of a game with Tantasqua last season during halftime on Wednesday.The Belchertown field hockey head coach felt her team controlled possession and had plenty of opportunities in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

On Saturday, Hopkins Academy alum and Worcester Polytechnic Institute defensive lineman Ryan Antes tallied five tackles, a tackle for loss, a sack and a blocked field goal.Come Monday morning, he was back to work. And not just on the football field.In...

The microwave cooked the competition on Tuesday.Hopkins Academy’s Caprial DiBartolomeo, nicknamed ‘Microwave,’ took first-place in the Gateway-Hopkins-Smith Vocational-Southwick quad meet, pacing the field with a time of 19 minutes, 16...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Rich Marjanski had high praise for his defense following the South Hadley girls soccer team’s 1-0 win over Chicopee Comp on Tuesday afternoon.Now in his eighth season as head coach of the Tigers, a tenure in which his teams have won a...

The South Hadley girls volleyball team breezed past Metro opponent Granby on the road Monday evening, 25-13, 25-19, 25-11; for its fifth win in its first six matches. Granby dropped to 0-5 with the loss.The Tigers bounced back after a loss to Division...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Trailing 13-8 and facing a fourth-and-3 in his own territory midway through the fourth quarter, Northampton football head coach Joe Kocot kept his offense on the field hoping a conversion would spark the team’s struggling offense.And on...

Smith Academy’s Caitlin Graves totaled an unbelievable eight goals and one assist on Friday to reach 100 career points in the Falcons’ 10-0 win at Taconic.Graves is the third player in Smith Academy soccer history to reach the milestone, joining Riley...

Putnam and Amherst’s season-opening football game has been rescheduled and will be played without fans due to a social media threat, according to a MassLive report.Seth Keevaenthal, media and climate specialist for the Amherst Regional School...

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — It may not have been playing its most disciplined football, but the Holyoke football team capitalized on a gift from Pittsfield in the second quarter of its season opener at the Roberts Complex on Thursday night.Trailing 18-6 in the second...

TURNERS FALLS – Following a 5-10-1 campaign in 2023, the Amherst field hockey team looks like a renewed group this fall. The Hurricanes opened the season with County League wins over Palmer, Hampshire and Holyoke to start 3-0, gaining confidence in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Hampshire County football teams start their first full week of games on Friday, with five teams in action.The Daily Hampshire Gazette calculated the strength of schedule for each Hampshire County football team this fall. Strength of schedule numbers...

By GARRETT COTE and CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — After four weeks of practice, the start of the high school football season in Hampshire County begins for most teams on Friday, with four crossover games for local teams. Frontier began its season on Sept. 6 with a loss...

Haly Doucette-Kaplan netted the game-winning goal with 3 minutes, 18 seconds remaining, and the Northampton field hockey team moved above the .500 mark on the season thanks to a 2-1 Valley League victory over Mohawk Trail on Wednesday in...

Michael Murray and Daniel Hulmes both fired rounds of 2-over 37, helping the Belchertown golf team edge Frontier, 154-158, in action played Tuesday at Cherry Hill Golf Course in Amherst.Jared Haynes shot 38 and Ryan Shea followed with a 42 for the...