UMass football: Joe Harasymiak makes first staff hires with special teams, defensive backs coaches

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — New UMass head football coach Joe Harasymiak’s staff is starting to take shape, as Wednesday marked the official one week anniversary of his hiring.Sources told the Daily Hampshire Gazette that Tre’ Bell is to serve as UMass’ next defensive...

UMass football: Coaching staff and roster update for Minutemen under new coach Joe Harasymiak

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Wednesday marks one week as UMass football head coach for Joe Harasymiak, who replaced Don Brown and stands as the 32nd leader in program history.Harasymiak made quite the splash during his introductory press conference on Friday morning at...

Bulletin Board: Cooper Whitney’s 21 points lifts Four Rivers past St. Michael’s

Cooper Whitney finished with 21 points for the Four Rivers boys basketball team, which cruised to a 67-34 victory over St. Michael’s on Monday. Meir Dragon tallied 16 points and 14 rebounds in the win for the Otters.Greenfield Elks Hoop ShootThe...

Women’s hockey: Perennial power Amherst College off to unbeaten start entering winter break

By RYAN AMES

It’s been business as usual for the Amherst College women’s hockey team this season.Through seven games, the Mammoths are undefeated and sit atop the NESCAC women’s hockey standings.Since the 2020 season, Amherst has averaged 19.5 wins per season. The...

Bulletin Board: Sixty deer checked into Franklin County check stations over weekend

With Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season heading into week 2, a total of 60 deer were checked into Franklin County stations over the weekend. Deerfield’s Austin Snape came in with largest buck, measuring 180 pounds with nine points. Here's the...

UMass hockey: Minutemen put it all together in 4-0 shutout win against Boston University

By RYAN AMES

BOSTON – History was made on Saturday night – in more ways than one.For the first time ever, the UMass hockey team shut out Boston University in a 4-0 win over the 11th-ranked Terriers at Agganis Arena.For the first time this season, the Minutemen...

NATIONAL CHAMPS! Amherst College men’s soccer takes down Connecticut College in PKs to claim D3 title

By GARRETT COTE

Hollywood script writers couldn’t have come up with a more perfect story for the Amherst College men’s soccer team on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas.After 110 minutes of soccer wasn’t enough to decide a winner (0-0) between the Mammoths and...

UMass basketball: UMass Lowell runs past Minutemen for convincing 96-83 victory

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There couldn’t have been a more stark difference in tone and body language in Frank Martin and Pat Duquette’s post game interviews, and rightfully so.Martin, the UMass men’s basketball head coach, was visibly upset with his team’s lack of...

UMass soccer: No. 3 Denver halts Minutemen’s Cinderella run with 3-0 victory in the Elite 8

By GARRETT COTE

The UMass men’s soccer team’s dream season finally came to a close in the NCAA Division 1 Elite Eight, as the Minutemen fell 3-0 on the road to No. 3 Denver on Saturday afternoon.Denver advanced to play Vermont in the College Cup Final Four.The common...

UMass soccer: Denver all that stands in the way of Minutemen’s Final Four berth

By GARRETT COTE

They have been road warriors nearly all postseason, and the UMass men’s soccer team will have to embrace that narrative one more time if they want to advance to their first College Cup since 2007.The Minutemen (13-3-5) travel to Denver (12-3-4) to...

Bulletin board: Day 5 Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season

A total of 36 deer were checked to Franklin County stations on Friday, capping Day 5 of Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season.The largest buck was checked by Northwood, N.H.’s Randy Herk — a 176-pound, 11-pointer at the Orange Gun Club.At...

UMass hockey: Pair with Boston University left for Minutemen before winter break

By RYAN AMES

A pivotal Hockey East set awaits the UMass hockey team as it’ll face off against No. 11 Boston University for two games over the next five days — the first coming Saturday night on the road.The Minutemen (7-6-2) have just one Hockey East win in seven...

Greenfield Pickup celebrates 40 years of ultimate Frisbee

By AMALIA WOMPA

GREENFIELD — What began as just a few friends playing at the Green River Swimming and Recreation Area has turned into an inter-generational group of ultimate Frisbee players who meet, rain or shine, at the Greenfield Community College fields on a...

UMass football: Behind the discussions that led to the Minutemen hiring Joe Harasymiak

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak spent most of Thanksgiving Day watching film and planning an effective scheme to use against Michigan State. When he finally got home that night, he bypassed turkey and gravy and reached for his...

Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: UMass football gets its man

Good morning!Last week in this space UMass money man John Kennedy defended embattled athletic director Ryan Bamford, who I blamed for the football team’s terrible record (18-82) since he was hired.Kennedy’s comments didn’t go over well on social...

College soccer: Mohammed Nuhu’s PK lifts Amherst College past Middlebury, into NCAA Div. III national championship game

By RYAN AMES

One more to go.The Amherst College men’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Division III title game after beating Middlebury, 2-1, during the Final Four semifinal Thursday night in Las Vegas.The Mammoths secured two second-half goals versus the Panthers...

UMass basketball: Minutewomen rout Northeastern 80-51, halt 3-game skid

After dropping three games in a row, the UMass women’s basketball team was very much in need of a bounce back performance on Thursday night.The Minutewomen certainly got that – and then some.UMass stormed out to a 26-8 lead after one quarter and...

Bulletin board: Day 4 Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season

Snowy conditions to start the day produced low numbers Thursday on Day 4 of Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season.Franklin County stations reported just 29 deer checked on a day where snow led to school delays and cancelations. Gould’s Sugarhouse...

UMass basketball: Minutemen's struggles continue in 73-69 loss to Central Connecticut State

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It may be time to lower expectations for the 2024-25 UMass men’s basketball team.The Minutemen have had a tough start to the year – a five-game skid sandwiched in between their season-opening win over New Hampshire and a pair of sluggish...

Bulletin Board: Day 3 of Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season

Day 3 of Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season brought in fewer tags at Franklin County spots on Wednesday.Here’s the list of checks from three area stations (Gould’s Sugarhouse did not report by deadline):Orange Gun Club (10)Michael Grover,...