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North Quabbin Notes, April 11
04-11-2024 11:21 AM

Knights of Columbus top free throw shootersATHOL – On April 6, Athol’s top free throw shooters returned from the Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Championship in Holliston with three trophies. All three boys won their age division at the council,...

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UMass basketball: Saint Joseph’s hands Minutemen another heartbreaking loss 78-77
01-23-2024 10:13 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Heartbreak struck the UMass men’s basketball team for the second time in three games on Tuesday night at the Mullins Center.Clinging to a one-point lead with 12.5 seconds left after Rahsool Diggins’ acrobatic layup put the Minutemen ahead,...


Local Roundup: Big fourth quarter lifts Mahar girls basketball past Easthampton
01-22-2024 9:47 PM

It was a fourth quarter to remember for the Mahar girls basketball team on Monday against Easthampton. The Sens trailed 31-24 heading into the final eight minutes of the Franklin County League North contest, but Mahar saved its best for last. It was...


UMass basketball: Rahsool Diggins keys second-half charge as Minutemen run away from George Washington 81-67
01-20-2024 5:02 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — UMass freshman guard Jayden Ndjigue stripped George Washington’s Zamoku Weluche-Ume, Jaylen Curry picked up the loose ball, and sprinted the other direction – leading a four-on-two fastbreak.Instead of taking it himself, which he certainly...


Mahar School Committee OKs naming snack shack after longtime Booster, coach
01-19-2024 4:07 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Mahar School Committee voted this month to name the football field concession stand after longtime varsity girls basketball coach and Booster Club member Larry Fisher.Booster Club President Charles “Joey” Verheyen approached the committee...


“Hoops for Hunger” game to benefit Athol High School Food Pantry
01-18-2024 5:00 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The girls basketball teams have created an event called “Hoops 4 Hunger” with the goal of raising money and collecting non-perishable food items for the Athol High School Food Pantry.Lonnie Bonenfant, a member of the ARRSD School Committee and...


UMass basketball: Philip Alston’s last-second three-point play lifts Loyola Chicago past Minutemen 79-78
01-17-2024 9:49 PM

By GARRETT COTE

Josh Cohen stepped to the line with his UMass men’s basketball team tied against Loyola Chicago on Wednesday night. The Minutemen were trying to avoid consecutive losses for the first time this season, and despite free throws being the weakest link in...


Hall of Fame coach David Hixon a true family man
08-10-2023 5:04 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Michael Hixon waggled his feet sitting on a LeFrak Gymnasium locker room bench.The Amherst College men’s basketball team sat around the toddler, feet on the floor, heads down. Some covered their faces with towels.“Dad, what’s the matter?” Michael...


Former UMass point guard Destiney Philoxy plays for Rwanda in AfroBasket tournament
08-10-2023 4:54 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

Fresh off proving people wrong at UMass, recent graduate Destiney Philoxy picked up right where she left off with Team Rwanda in the most recent AfroBasket tournament. Philoxy, whose mother and grandmother were both born in Rwanda, was invited to try...


TBT: The Commonwealth UMass basketball alumni team to face Virginia Dream after Rhode Island withdraws
07-21-2023 3:20 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — The Commonwealth invoked John Calipari when the news came out Friday morning.UMass’ alumni team will no longer face The Rhody Way, a group of Rhode Island alums, in the first round of The Basketball Tournament after Rhody withdrew “due to...


Former UMass stars ‘The Commonwealth’ readying for TBT debut next week
07-20-2023 9:22 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Freddie Riley never got to utilize the Champions Center while he was at UMass. The school broke ground on the basketball program’s dedicated practice facility the year he graduated in 2013 and completed it in 2015.“Not jealous. I mean,...


UMass basketball: Minutemen round out roster with Tarique Foster
06-26-2023 5:05 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The shifting seas of the UMass men’s basketball roster may finally be calm.After big man Wildens Leveque entered the transfer portal late in the process in mid June, the Minutemen filled the roster spot by adding freshman Tarique Foster on...


UMass alumni team ‘The Commonwealth’ to open TBT play July 24
06-21-2023 6:59 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

A longtime rivalry will welcome the UMass men’s basketball team’s alumni squad when it makes its debut in The Basketball Tournament.The Commonwealth, a team composed of players panning the program’s past decade, will face The Rhody Way, a Rhode Island...


UMass basketball notebook: Wildens Leveque makes late entry to transfer portal
06-15-2023 3:57 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The transfer portal snatched up one more Minuteman.Big man Wildens Leveque will leave the UMass men’s basketball program after just one season and enter the portal as a graduate transfer, the Brockton native confirmed on Twitter. He played three...


UMass basketball: Frank Martin evaluates new roster additions
05-18-2023 5:29 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Relationship building begets the UMass men’s basketball program coach Frank Martin wants it to become. He’s bringing in six freshmen during a national enthrallment with the transfer portal because he’s gotten to know them since he was hired....


UMass basketball: Former Minutewoman Makennah White transferring to Seton Hall
05-04-2023 7:52 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Another former UMass women’s basketball player has committed to a new school for next season. Makennah White announced via her Instagram she has committed to play at Seton Hall for the 2023-24 season. Seton Hall plays in the Big East, and finished the...


UMass basketball: Yolanda Cole and Samera Marsh named assistant coaches on Minutewomen’s staff
04-26-2023 5:20 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Mike Leflar has made his first hires as head coach of the UMass women’s basketball team. Leflar has brought on two new members to his staff, Yolanda Cole and Samera Marsh, according to a release from the school on Wednesday. Cole and Marsh will both...


Transfer portal: Angelique Ngalakulondi commits to Missouri; Tafara Gapare headed to Georgia Tech
04-25-2023 4:52 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Another former Minuteman is headed to the Power 5.Former UMass men’s basketball forward Tafara Gapare announced his commitment to Georgia Tech on Tuesday. The former four-star recruit originally pledged to DePaul as a member of the Class of 2023...


UMass basketball: Frank Martin coached Minutemen for more than a year without fully executed contract
04-19-2023 5:48 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Frank Martin coached his first season as the UMass men’s basketball coach without a fully executed contract, according to documents obtained Wednesday.The Daily Hampshire Gazette requested Martin’s contract last April after he was hired in late March,...


UMass basketball: Mike Leflar introduced as new Minutewomen head coach, “The amount of gratitude I feel is overwhelming” 
04-12-2023 8:37 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – There wasn’t an empty seat inside a packed Massachusetts room at the Mullins Center on Wednesday afternoon. It seemed as though the entire UMass athletics department had turned out for new women’s basketball coach Mike Leflar’s introductory...


UMass basketball: Mike Leflar promoted, will be Minutewomen’s new head coach
04-10-2023 4:41 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

Just a few days after Tory Verdi announced his departure for the coaching job at the University of Pittsburgh, UMass announced his replacement. The school didn’t have to look far for Verdi’s successor – he’s been at his side for the last five years....

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