Girls basketball: Skyler Steele, Harper Modestow help Frontier get past Belchertown (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier girls basketball team hasn’t had many tests this season. 

Indoor track: Mahar’s Stellina Moore, Pioneer’s Sahana Heilman earn first place finishes at seventh PVIAC meet

Greenfield and Pioneer competed in the early session while Athol, Frontier, Mahar competed in the late session of the seventh PVIAC indoor track meet of the season Sunday at Smith College. 

Fit to Play with Jim Johnson: The End of the Ice Age?

It’s Saturday morning and you’ve just come down on the side of your ankle while playing in the neighborhood basketball game. The pain is immediate as you limp to the sideline. “Get some ice,” someone yells. You lie down, put your leg up on a chair and wait for the ice. Upon arrival you wrap the ice tightly around the ankle. You have just satisfied the age-old rule of RICE, the recommended treatment for acute injuries for 46 years. RICE stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevation, all factors designed to reduce blood flow as well as inflammation. RICE was first proposed by Harvard physician Gabe Mirkin in his 1978 text “The Sports Medicine Book.”

HS Roundup: Greenfield boys basketball powers past Hopkins, 63-44 (PHOTOS)

The Greenfield boys basketball team celebrated its senior night in style on Friday. 

UMass hockey: Kenny Connors scores twice to lift Minutemen past Merrimack, 4-2 (PHOTOS)

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Two goals from junior Kenny Connors helped the No. 20 UMass hockey team take down Merrimack, 4-2, Friday night at the Mullins Center.

Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: Thayer’s Panthers hard to beat

Good morning!The top-ranked Pioneer boys basketball team isn’t looking ahead, not yet, but at this writing the only other undefeated team in Division 5 is J.J. Duggan Academy of Springfield. The Jayhawks are coached by Lavar Click-Bruce, a Ward 5 City Councilor from Sixteen Acres.

HS Roundup: Pioneer girls basketball earns third win in four games following 39-22 triumph over Franklin Tech (PHOTOS)

After a slow start to the season, a young Pioneer girls basketball team is finding its footing down the stretch. 

HS Notebook: Putting Max Millette’s scoring tear into perspective

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Since the return from the COVID-hiatus in 2020, there have been 15 occasions where a Recorder Area boys basketball player eclipsed 30 points in a game. 

UMass hockey: Minutemen prepare for important games vs. Merrimack, Maine

By RYAN AMES

The heat is on the No. 20 UMass hockey team.

UMass men’s basketball: Late second half run comes up short as Minutemen fall to URI, 88-82

The UMass men’s basketball team’s three-game win streak came to a close in Kingston on Wednesday. 

UMass women’s basketball: Big first quarter leads Minutewomen past George Washington, 71-54

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Make it two in a row for the UMass women’s basketball team, as the Minutewomen used a 17-2 first-quarter run to sail ahead of George Washington en route to a 71-54 win at Mullins Center on Wednesday night.

Bulletin Board: Greenfield basketball program holding spaghetti fundraiser

The Greenfield boys and girls basketball teams are holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on February 13th.

HS Roundup: Pioneer boys basketball defeats Greenfield, 61-44, to keep unbeaten season alive

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — In big games, you need your role players to step up. 

Hockey: Brady Poreda’s late goal leads Greenfield past Westfield, 5-4 (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — If high scoring hockey games are your thing, Collins-Moylan Arena in Greenfield was the place to be on Wednesday. 

HS Roundup: Big first half propels Drury boys basketball past Mahar, 57-49 (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — A valiant second half effort from the Mahar boys basketball team fell short against Drury on Tuesday. 

Updated Week 6 PVIAC indoor track meet results

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

My apologies for running the week five track results yesterday. Here are the local top 10 finishers at the Week 6 PVIAC indoor track meet at Smith College from Sunday:

UMass basketball: Streaking Minutemen eyeing fourth straight win head to struggling Rhode Island

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — After starting Atlantic 10 play 0-2 and having struggled throughout its non-conference slate, it looked as if the UMass men’s basketball team was headed back toward the bottom half of the league following a promising 20-win season a year ago.

HS Roundup: Max Millette finishes with 39 points in Frontier’s 73-62 loss to South Hadley (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Entering the fourth quarter trailing by 17, the Frontier boys basketball team saw the writing on the wall. Coming back from that deficit against South Hadley is no easy task, especially on the road in a hostile environment.

Bulletin Board: Turners Falls’ Coaches vs. Cancer Night to raise money for alum Jenna Putala

The Coaches vs. Cancer basketball game at Turners Falls High School has extra meaning this winter. 

Indoor track: Five local winners at sixth PVIAC indoor meet of season

The sixth PVIAC indoor track meet of the season took place at Smith College on Sunday, with Frontier, Greenfield and Pioneer competing in the early meet while Athol and Mohawk Trail competed in the late meet.