Jeff Lajoie

Pioneer girls soccer team defeated Mahar 3-1, with Dzelila Cecunjanin scoring two goals, while Athol broke out for a season-high five goals in a Bi-County League thumping of the Falcons, and Greenfield sparked a 6-0 independent rout of the Hurricanes in field hockey.

On the road in Athol, the Franklin Tech girls soccer team notched its first shutout of the season to snag an impressive victory. Kaelyn Mclean tallied the only goal of the game late in the first half, and the Eagles held serve from there en route to a 1-0 Bi-County League victory under the lights […]

The Pickleball Dropouts pairing of Nate Smith and Colin Hamill took down Four Aces (Tricia Pancione/Kelly Caniff), 6-3, 6-4, to capture the Greenfield Tennis Association B Division Doubles League championship on Tuesday evening at the Highland clay courts. The A Division had their semifinals on Monday, where No. 1-seeded The Bratts (Jared Berthiaume/Jason Hopkins) beat […]

Raine Wonsey struck out 14 in six innings of work, helping sixth-seeded Menace edge No. 3 Magic, 3-2, in a Franklin County Summer Softball League quarterfinal round playoff contest on Wednesday at Murphy Park.

It would’ve been easy for the Greenfield Post 81 Senior American Legion team to call it a summer. With one game remaining in their season on Wednesday night, Post 81 was already eliminated from postseason consideration with a lengthy trip to Chicopee to play Aldenville Post 337 at Szot Park on tap.

A dominant effort in the championship game propelled the Valley Storm 14U Black softball team to a title at the Greylock Thunder Summer Storm Tournament over the weekend in North Adams.

A dream summer continued for the Greenfield 8U All-Stars on Monday night.

For the first time in nearly a decade, Western Massachusetts will play host to the state’s biggest amateur golf tournament.

LOWELL – Scott Thayer turned to the swarm of Pioneer fans in the stands and raised both fists in the air. Just a few feet away, his son, Brayden Thayer, dribbled out the final seconds of the Panthers’ dominant 49-28 state championship game victory over Hopedale at the Tsongas Center.

LOWELL – Scott Thayer turned to the swarm of Pioneer fans in the stands and raised both fists in the air. Just a few feet away, his son, Brayden Thayer, dribbled out the final seconds of the Panthers’ dominant 49-28 state championship game victory over Hopedale at the Tsongas Center.

State championship weekend (a three-day affair!) is upon us.

TURNERS FALLS – The Franklin Tech football team rode the emotional rollercoaster in its state vocational quarterfinal game against Assabet Valley on Saturday.The top-seeded Eagles trailed into the fourth quarter before a dynamic pick-6 score from Cam...

The challenge is substantial, but the Frontier field hockey team is ready.Three-time defending state champion Uxbridge stands in the way of the fourth-seeded Redhawks and a spot in the MIAA Division 4 championship game. Frontier and the top-seeded...

WESTFIELD – Impressive performances from the Frontier cross country teams highlighted a beautiful Sunday at Stanley Park for the Western Mass. Cross Country Championships.The Redhawks finished third as a team in a tight boys race, while the girls team...

WESTFIELD – Impressive performances from the Frontier cross country teams highlighted a beautiful Sunday at Stanley Park for the Western Mass. Cross Country Championships.The Redhawks finished third as a team in a tight boys race, while the girls team...

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Three goals in the first quarter set the tone for the Frontier field hockey team, as the top-seeded Redhawks handled their business to set up yet another sectional championship matchup with rival Greenfield.Addie Harrington netted...

SOUTHWICK – Kameron Normandie was a one-man band against the Franklin Tech field hockey team on Wednesday.The Southwick senior continued to score goals in bunches, netting all four tallies for the second-seeded Rams en route to a 4-0 win over the...

A quarter century of competition will be celebrated this weekend at the Country Club of Greenfield, as host CCG will tangle with Crumpin-Fox Club in the 25th annual Franklin Cup.The yearly event, which alternates between the two clubs, will hold two...

Two was nice, but three is better.In a surprise twist, Florence’s Gabby Thomas did not close out her Olympic Games with a gold in the 4x100 meter relay.That’s because Thomas still had one more event left in the tank on Saturday – the 4x400...

Two was nice, but three is better.In a surprise twist, Florence’s Gabby Thomas did not close out her Olympic Games with a gold in the 4x100 meter relay.That’s because Thomas still had one more event left in the tank on Saturday – the 4x400...