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Former UMass star Cale Makar named cover athlete for NHL ’24 video game
By GARRETT COTE
Former UMass hockey star Cale Makar can now add another achievement to his ever-growing list.Earlier this week, EA Sports took to social media to announce that Makar will be on the cover of NHL 24 — the latest edition of the sport’s premier video...
Bulletin Board: Lasek wins Patty Berg Flight at CCG
Annie Lasek shot a 38 while Sue Plante finished with a 39 to top the Patty Berg Flight in a 3 Clubs and a Putter contest in the 9 Hole Women’s League at the Country Club of Greenfield on Tuesday. Ann McHugh (43) and Diana Fordham (44) had the top...
Spain beats Sweden 2-1 with last-minute goal and advances to its first Women’s World Cup final
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Spain will play for its first Women’s World Cup championship after Olga Carmona’s goal in the 89th minute lifted La Roja to a 2-1 victory over Sweden in the Tuesday semifinal.Spain, which overcame last year’s near mutiny by its...
PHOTOS: Northfield Scouts present colors at Fenway Park
Bulletin Board: Troy Miller wins 2023 Crumpin- Fox Club championship
Crumpin-Fox Club held its club championship over the weekend, with Troy Miller firing a 69 in his third and final round to finish 2-over-par in the tournament and pull off a comeback victory to take home the title.Miller shot a 73 in his opening round...
Will Sanders wins 43rd Bridge of Flowers Classic (PHOTOS)
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SHELBURNE FALLS — Will Sanders ran the Bridge of Flowers Classic for the first time in 2019 and finished in third. The Marlborough, Conn. resident returned on Saturday for the 43rd running of the race and wasn’t going to be denied a win. Sanders, 36,...
Amherst College’s Dave Hixon one of five coaches being inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The five coaches that will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday represent nearly every wrung of the profession. They’ve combined to win 4,856 games among them.Amherst College’s Dave Hixon spent...
Bulletin Board: Frontier to host youth basketball clinic on Aug. 20
Frontier is hosting a summer basketball youth skills clinic on Sunday, Aug. 20 at Goodnow Gymnasium. The clinic will be led by current college and high school players, including former Redhawk Peter Carey who is now playing at Syracuse. The cost is...
39th Greenfield Triathlon: JoEllen Reino captures ninth title (PHOTOS)
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — South Deerfield’s JoEllen Reino is going to need to add another shelf to her trophy case with the way she continues to dominate the Greenfield Triathlon. Reino, now 60 years old, has came out the winner in the women’s sprint race the last...
Frontier’s Ben Johnston competes in 2023 Junior World Bass Fishing Championship
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
Ben Johnston got to test his fishing skills against some of the best fisherman in the country. Johnston — who is going into his eighth grade year at Frontier Regional School —has been fishing the last six years and a few years ago, started attending...
Six former Greenfield football players continue playing career together at Castleton
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
The 2020 high school football season had a different feel to it. After all the season was pushed back from the fall to the spring due to COVID, with teams playing just a four game schedule with no postseason. It’s easy for the memory to brush past a...
Fit to Play with Jim Johnson: Train to Prevent Injury
Millions of youngsters will soon return to playing fields and gymnasiums as fall sports begin. Sport injuries will inevitably follow, some by the very nature of sport, but many injuries occur because participants are unprepared. Many injuries can be...
On The Run: Bernd Heinrich’s Big Race
Bernd Heinrich lives off the grid in the woods of western Maine, at the upper end of a rutted jeep track. Inside his cabin, you see his shelves of books on natural history, at least a dozen of which he wrote.Bernd is 83. Born in Germany in 1940, he...
Keeping Score: Hooked on soccer
Good morning!The month of July was a blur, but that’s what happens when you’re having fun. I rented a new Nissan Frontier down at Bradley Airport’s new rental palace and drove to the White Mountains and Saratoga Race Course, watched a Swamp Bats game...
Over 200 athletes set to compete in 39th Greenfield Triathlon on Sunday
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
The longest running triathlon in New England returns this weekend. The 39th running of the Greenfield Triathlon will kick off at 8 a.m. on Sunday at the Green River Swimming Area, with 230 athletes from all over the country registered as of Friday to...
UMass defense “further ahead” than it was at this point last season
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
AMHERST — As the Massachusetts football team looks to take the next step this fall, the UMass defense is far ahead of where it was at this point last year according to defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. With a...
Bulletin Board: Dinner on the Bridge set for Aug. 20
Want to have dinner on the Iron Bridge this summer? The Mohawk Trail Athletic Department is giving you the opportunity to do that. The Mohawk Trail Athletic Association is taking over the Dinner on the Bridge fundraiser from the Shelburne Falls...
Frontier takes Franklin County Girls Summer Basketball League title with double OT win over Franklin Tech
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
TURNERS FALLS — Points were hard to come by in the championship game of the Franklin Tech Girls Summer Basketball League between Frontier and Franklin Tech on Thursday. That was until about two minutes left in the second overtime, however. The...
Bulletin Board: Jackson Caron wins Northfield Summer Road Race (PHOTOS)
Jackson Caron was the winner of this weeks Northfield Summer Road Race, completing the 3.3 mile course in a time of 21 minutes, 46 seconds. David Thomas came in second (23:30) followed by Neal Gifford in third (23:33), Ben Emberley in fourth...
Bulletin Board: Flyers defeat the Bombers to win FCL title (PHOTOS)
It was a high-scoring affair between the Flyers and the Bombers in the Franklin County Summer Softball League championship game on Wednesday. The Flyers took an early lead, but the Bombers stormed back to get in the game. In the end it was the Flyers...
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