Bulletin board: Day 2 of the Massachusetts shotgun deer hunting season

It was an impressive day for Hans Harris, as the Petersham resident checked two deer at Flagg’s Bait & Tackle in Orange to highlight Day 2 of the Massachusetts shotgun deer hunting season locally.Harris recorded two of the 68 deer checked at Franklin...

Bulletin board: Massachusetts shotgun deer hunting season gets underway in Franklin County

The post-Thanksgiving Day winds kicked off opening day of the Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting season on Monday in Franklin County.Charlemont’s Nicholas Johnston bagged the largest deer reported in the area, as his nine-point buck weighed in at 185...

With Delaware set to join Conference USA, UMass once again in the conference alignment discussion

By JEFF LAJOIE

Following Saturday’s 31-18 loss to Connecticut, the UMass football team’s 2023 season officially came to its conclusion. It’s a big offseason for the Minutemen, and work has begun immediately in hopes of continuing to build a program that finished 3-9...

Keeping Score: UMass-UConn rivalry closes out football season

Good morning!Today’s UConn-UMass football game at McGuirk Alumni Stadium is a throwback to the days when the rosters were composed of players who came from New England schools, stayed four years and graduated on time.Teams knew their place in college...

Through The Maroon: UConn-UMass rivalry, Stefanie Kulesza and packing the Mullins Center

By HANNAH BEVIS, GARRETT COTE and THOMAS JOHNSTON

Thomas JohnstonOne of the great things about college sports is the rivalries between local schools. It's what makes weekends like this so exciting, getting to see Michigan play Ohio State, Auburn take on Alabama, etc. It's one of the best weekends in...

Thanksgiving football: Late 2nd quarter flurry helps Athol blow past Mahar, 40-8 (PHOTOS)

By GEORGE MILLER

ATHOL — Eighty-seven seconds at the end of the first half Thursday proved more than enough to turn the annual Thanksgiving Day game irreversibly in Athol's favor.The Bears protected a 14-8 lead over Mahar and went downfield on a 76-yard drive to score...

Thanksgiving football: Franklin Tech defeats Smith Vocational, 42-6, for fourth-straight Turkey Day win 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — Make it four wins in a row on Thanksgiving for the Franklin Tech football team. The Eagles were firing on all cylinders, scoring touchdowns on four of their opening six drives while their defense kept visiting Smith Vocational off the...

UMass basketball: Matt Cross, Josh Cohen combine for 57 points as Minutemen blast Central Connecticut State, 89-60 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST – Questions lingered about how the UMass men’s basketball team would respond to its devastating overtime loss against Harvard in front of the biggest Mullins Center crowd since before COVID-19.The Minutemen, a team filled with young freshmen...

Thanksgiving football: Athol, Mahar set for another edition of oldest rivalry in western Massachusetts

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

A tradition that began in 1894, the 82nd Thanksgiving meeting between Athol and Mahar on Thursday will feature two programs on the rise. The Bears are coming off one of their best seasons in recent memory, going 6-4 and reaching the MIAA Div. 8...

On The Ridge: Thanksgiving, a hunting conundrum

Thanksgiving at home with my family is one of the highlights of my entire year. But as I look back over the decades of Thanksgiving dinners, at least the ones I can remember, I’ve been known to fall into a temporary funk on Thanksgiving Day, usually...

Bulletin Board: Gill CC Woodworking wins Greenfield Touch Football League

The championship game of the Greenfield Touch Football League took place on Sunday, with Gill CC Woodworking scoring an early touchdown and holding on to defeat Sirum, 13-0. Kashon Brantley got the scoring going with a 26-yard touchdown pass from Pat...

Div. 3 Cross Country: Mohawk Trail, Frontier show well at states

By HANNAH BEVIS

DEVENS – Evan Hedlund has been Frontier’s top performer all season, and he showed why he’s one of the best runners in the state on Saturday at the MIAA Division 3 Cross Country Championships at Fort Devens.Hedlund walked away from Saturday’s race with...

Tri-County defense stifles Franklin Tech in MVADA football semifinals

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — Getting anything going offensively was going to be a tall task against the Tri-County RVT defense on Saturday. Top-seeded Franklin Tech struggled to move the ball throughout its MVADA Small School Vocational semifinal contest against...

Bulletin Board: Frontier Youth Football Turkey Raffle scheduled for Saturday

The Frontier youth football team is holding its annual turkey raffle on Saturday. The event will take place at the South Deerfield Polish American Citizens Club at 46 South Main Street in South Deerfield, beginning at 5 p.m. BowlingShelburne Falls...

MIAA cross country: Frontier, Mohawk Trail set for Div. 3 state race at Fort Devens

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Frontier, Mohawk Trail and Greenfield will be represented at the MIAA Division 3 Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Fort Devens in Ayer. The Redhawk boys picked up a fifth-place team finish in the 3B wave of the MIAA Div. 3 qualifier last...

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...