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Don Brown, the new head coach of the University of Massachusetts football program, addresses about 70 people gathered in the James and Helen Hunt Hospitality Suite of the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center for his introduction on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Amherst.

Don Brown not just a football guy, but a UMass football guy

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterDecember 1, 2021December 1, 2021

Keith Burch will handle captain duties for the home side Crumpin-Fox Club team during this weekend’s 22nd Franklin Cup against the Country Club of Greenfield in Bernardston.

Country Club of Greenfield, Crumpin-Fox set to battle for 22nd Franklin Cup

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2021

Field Hockey: Greenfield falls to Longmeadow in season opener, 4-0

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2021

Frontier’s Emily DeMaio, left, and Franklin Tech’s Kaitlin Trudeau battle for possession during a field hockey game played last season. Both players returns as key cogs for their respective teams this fall.

H.S. Field Hockey: What to expect from the 2021 season

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2021

In this 1992 photo, then-Athol football coach Mike Kuchieski calls out directions to his squad. Kuchieski, who has been the coach at Greenfield High School since 2004, enters this fall with 125 career wins between stints at Athol and Greenfield.

H.S. Football: Deep-diving Franklin County coaching wins

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterAugust 25, 2021

Frontier’s Josh Semaski, shown here running the ball against Smith Vocational last season, and the Redhawks find themselves in the Intercounty League South this fall. They’re the only Franklin County program in the South, as the other local programs will battle it out in the IL North.

H.S. Football: Realignment a hot topic for local programs

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterAugust 19, 2021

Hopkins Academy sophomore Alexis Selig, left, challenges Hampshire Regional sophomore Jaiden Kudeska in a Western Mass Summer Field Hockey League 7-v-7 game held at South Hadley Memorial Field on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Selig was filling in a spot on the West Springfield team in its match against players from Hampshire Regional.

Western Mass. Summer Field Hockey League continues growing in 3rd year

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterJuly 30, 2021

Former Deerfield Academy star Claire Collins rowing for U.S. at Olympic Games

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterJuly 26, 2021

The ninth hole at the Country Club of Greenfield was largely flooded on Sunday after heavy rainfall continued over the weekend. CCG Head Professional Kevin Piecuch said that the water hadn’t receded much on Monday afternoon.

Rain continues to hamper area golf courses

by Jeff Lajoie Staff Writers, and Thomas Johnston Staff WritersJuly 19, 2021

Legion Baseball: David Carey leads Greenfield Post 81 to win over Wilbraham Post 286

by Jeff Lajoie Staff WriterJuly 7, 2021