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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS – It took a few innings for Greenfield No. 2’s bats to heat up, but once they got going they were tough to stop. Taking on Mohawk on Thursday, Greenfield found itself tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the fourth but it didn’t have a hit...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The high school basketball season is still over five months away, but that hasn’t stopped local teams from finding ways to improve during the offseason. One of those ways is at the Franklin Tech Girls Summer Basketball League, which...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

BELCHERTOWN — Hits were hard to come by Monday night between Belchertown Post 239 and Greenfield Post 81. Each team produced a run through three innings before Belchertown took a lead in the fourth following a Cody West sacrifice fly. It was a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The 2023 MIAA spring sports season officially concluded on Sunday, with champions being crowned across the state. The postseason run saw one Franklin County team hoist a state championship trophy while a number of other local teams went on big runs to...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

As the Greenfield Post 81 Senior Division Legion team looks to repeat as District 3 champions, it’ll be doing so with a mix of new and veteran players. Post 81 lost 12 of their 18 players from last year’s team that not only won the district title, but...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The long awaited MIAA baseball and softball tournament brackets were released on Wednesday. The road to a championship in the Division 5 softball field goes through the defending state champs. Greenfield (15-5) earned the top seed in the bracket, and...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — When you get pitching performances like the kind the Pioneer baseball team has received this season, it’s easy to see why the Panthers still hasn’t lost a game. Hugh Cyhowski, Ethan Quinn, Ian Simpson and Ben Werner — the top four in the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ATHOL — It was a senior day to remember for the Athol baseball team on Friday. Taking on rival Mahar, things looked heading toward a pitching duel between Senator Sam Connors and Bear Logan Cormier, but Athol senior Gabe Hume decided to break things...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It was a pitchers’ duel between Pioneer’s Hugh Cyhowski and Franklin Tech’s Alex Sulda on Tuesday in Northfield. Cyhowski allowed seven hits and struck out nine while Sulda came in after the Eagles had allowed three runs in the first and shut it down...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The Turners Falls baseball team consistently put runners on base on Tuesday against Smith Academy, though runs proved hard to come by. The Thunder stranded runners on base in all but one inning, while the Falcons put together a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Track athletes from Frontier, Mohawk Trail and Mahar braved the rain and cold to compete in the 2023 Dr. George Steele Relays on Saturday. The Frontier girls 4x100-meter hurdles team earned a first place finish, completing the race...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — It’s safe to say the next iteration of the MIAA Division 5 baseball power rankings will look a little different. Oxford, which held the No. 1 spot in the initial MIAA power rankings that were released Friday, came to Franklin County for a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The Turners Falls baseball team had scored eight runs in its first four games, but you’d never know it with the way it hit the ball on Wednesday against Hoosac Valley. The Thunder mustered 13 hits in five innings, with each part of the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sunderland’s Sara Smiarowski was taking pictures with her 2-month old daughter and husband, holding her medal with pride after completing the 117th Boston Marathon when she heard a loud boom. “I just thought it was fireworks for Patriots Day,”...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS – The Mohawk Trail softball bats couldn’t solve the pitching of Madi Liimatainen on Thursday. The Turners Falls ace tossed the opening five innings, striking out 13, giving up just one hit on a bunt and walking just four. On offense...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — It was a big second inning that put the Franklin Tech baseball team in control in its game against Mohawk Trail on Tuesday. The Eagles led 3-1 going into the bottom of the second inning but sent 12 batters to the plate in the frame,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’ll be a long time before Franklin County has a track season like it did last year. Between Frontier’s Jack Vecellio and Greenfield’s Liviu Mihailicenco, the Recorder Area had a pair of state champions last year as Vecellio captured the title in the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — Through four and a half innings Thursday, the Mahar baseball team was hanging tough against the defending Bi-County North champions. Then the Pioneer bats came to life. The Panthers led just 1-0 going into the bottom of the fifth inning,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Franklin County made its presence felt during the inaugural MIAA state softball tournament.Greenfield earned the top seed and showed why throughout, blazing its way to the Division 5 state championship game where it defeated West Boylston to take home...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It was a disappointing inaugural state tournament on the baseball diamond for many area teams.Well, for just about everyone except the team in Northfield.Franklin Tech won its preliminary round game but fell in the Round of 32 and Turners Falls lost...