Bulletin Board: Plainfield’s Meghan Davis qualifies for NCAA Div. 3 Cross Country nationals 

While the Tufts women’s cross country team did not qualify for nationals, Plainfield’s Meghan Davis managed to qualify as an individual. The Mohawk Trail alum is running for the Jumbos as a graduate student and finished in 16th at the NCAA East...

Bulletin Board: Fasulo, Son named to All-State soccer team

Two players from the Frontier boys soccer team were selected as All-State performers by the Western Massachusetts Soccer Coaches Association this week.Chanhee Son and Nico Fasulo were the two Redhawks selected by the organzation. Son and Fasulo, both...

Orange’s Stacie Bourbeau becomes first woman to win back-to-back U.S. Amateur Pool Championships

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

A third U.S. Women’s Amateur Pool Championship trophy is heading to Franklin County.Orange’s Stacie Bourbeau won her first U.S. Women’s Amateur Pool Championship in 2015 and brought home her second championship trophy last year in Tampa, Fla. As the...

NMH boys soccer reaches NEPSAC semis with 3-0 win over St. Sebastian’s 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GILL — When you have depth like the Northfield Mount Hermon boys soccer team, opponents have a difficult time trying to keep up in the second half. St. Sebastian’s found that out the hard way on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the NEPSAC Class A...

Div. 5 volleyball: Second-seeded Bourne sweeps Turners Falls in state semifinals (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — The Bourne volleyball team wasn’t going to be denied on Tuesday in the semifinals of the MIAA Div. 5 state tournament. Third-seeded Turners Falls earned a trio of state tournament wins to reach the semis, but knew it was going to have its...

Through The Maroon: Tackling conference realignment, Josh Cohen’s ascension

By GARRETT COTE, HANNAH BEVIS and THOMAS JOHNSTON

In this week’s edition of Through the Maroon, our writers tackle both the football and men’s basketball teams ahead of important games.The men’s basketball team looks to stay unbeaten with a rare Friday night home game against Harvard while the...

On The Ridge: Hunters helping families

As November stretches toward the halfway point of the 2023 deer hunting season, it’s worth noting that hunters have already donated over 3,000 meals to the “Hunters Share the Harvest Program,” which provides an outlet for hunters to donate venison to...

Div. 4 volleyball: Frontier downed by Bellingham in state semifinals, loss marks Sean MacDonald’s final match with the program

By HANNAH BEVIS

FITCHBURG – After falling 3-1 to No. 2 Bellingham in the MIAA Division 4 state semifinals, the No. 3 Frontier girls volleyball team spent a little extra time in their huddle postgame Tuesday night. As family and friends who traveled 90 minutes to...

Bulletin Board: Racquel Provost, Assumption field hockey ready for top-seeded East Stroudsburg in NCAA Div. 2 Field Hockey Final Four

The Assumption field hockey team is heading to the NCAA Div. II semifinals. Taking on Saint Anselm College in the opening round of the tournament on Saturday, the Greyhounds picked up a 2-1 victory following a late goal to keep their season alive....

UMass basketball: Rahsool Diggins, Minutemen hit century mark in 102-81 win over Quinnipiac

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST – Rahsool Diggins showed a glimpse, rather a full examination of how good he can be on the offensive end of the floor on Monday night.The UMass junior guard poured in a game-high 22 points to pace the Minutemen in their 102-81 non-conference...

Bulletin board: Frontier PeeWees beat South Hadley for Super Bowl title

Tyson Serpone had a big interception and touchdown, Jack Carney scored a pair of TDs and Johnny Stanisewskialso scored, added a two-pointer and caused a red zone fumble as the Frontier Redhawks PeeWee club captured the Suburban Amateur Football League...

Girls volleyball: Frontier, Turners Falls primed for state semifinal matches Tuesday

As state tournaments across the Commonwealth wind toward their conclusions, a pair of Franklin County teams will play for title berths on Tuesday evening.Both the Turners Falls and Frontier girls volleyball teams will be in state semifinal action in...

Div. 3 Cross Country: Frontier, Mohawk Trail earn spots in states (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — It was a good day for local teams, as multiple Franklin County schools secured spots in the state cross country meet on Saturday during the MIAA Div. 3 qualifier at Northfield Mountain. Running in the 3B wave, the Frontier boys’ team...

Amherst takes down Williams, 21-14, in “Biggest Little Game”

By HOWARD HERMAN

AMHERST – There have been former National Football League players and All-Americans all over the history of the Amherst-Williams rivalry.Saturday afternoon, a first-year member of the Mammoths put his name squarely in that prestigious...

Football: Frontier blanks Monument Mountain 20-0 in season finale

The Frontier football team closed out its season on a high note on Saturday. Taking on Monument Mountain, Bray Arsenault and Ian Burt each ran in touchdowns to help the Redhawks secure a 20-0 victory in Great Barrington. Frontier closed out its...

Div. 4 field hockey: Sutton rallies from early deficit, edges Frontier 2-1 in state quarterfinals (PHOTOS)

By JEFF LAJOIE

SUTTON – The Frontier field hockey team shot out of the gates like a rocket for the opening 10 minutes of Saturday’s MIAA Division 4 quarterfinal. The 12th-seeded Redhawks had a lead, and looked primed for more.But No. 4 Sutton didn’t let in a second...

UMass hockey: Top line of Lucas Mercuri, Ryan Lautenbach and Michael Cameron lift Minutemen to 4-1 win over Vermont

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...

Franklin Tech football outscores Cape Cod Tech 16-0 in second half to advance to MVADA semifinals (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — It was a tale of two halves for the Franklin Tech football team on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Massachusetts Athletic Directors Associaton’s Small School playoffs. No. 8 Cape Cod Tech made the most of its two possessions in the...

Keeping Score: Leary family rides into the sunset

Good morning!Schoolboy baseball fans who’ve been around a while will tell you that two of the best umps to ever call the game in these parts were John Leary and Bob Gardner. Leary, who traded in his umpiring gear for religious robes when he became an...

Upbeat Bill Belichick hopes trip to Frankfurt can spur Patriots to improve against Colts

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH

FRANKFURT, Germany — Despite the Patriots’ 2-7 record, coach Bill Belichick was in an unusually upbeat mood Friday and said he hoped his team could enjoy the experience of playing against the Indianapolis Colts in Germany. Belichick and the Patriots...