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Turners Falls athletic director Adam Graves had an unenviable task during his first year as the Thunder’s athletic director back in 2014.With numbers too small to continue supporting a boys varsity soccer program, Graves made the difficult decision to...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield athletic director and football coach Mike Kuchieski was sitting on a Zoom call with the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association when he thought he heard his name mentioned. Confused, he figured he might have just misheard. He...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

CHARLEMONT — Racers from around Western Mass. made the trip to Berkshire East on Thursday, braving the rain to compete in the first PVIAC alpine ski race of the season. The defending state champion Mohawk Trail girls team looked like it didn't skip a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GILL — Deerfield Academy girls hockey coach Brooke Fernandez saw her team’s offense come to life in a 2-2 tie against Lawrenceville on Saturday, and the momentum gained from that carried over into Wednesday’s game against Northfield Mount Hermon. The...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

A year ago, the Mohawk Trail girls alpine ski team dominated the mountains. They’ll be looking to do the same when the season kicks off on Thursday. The girls team took home the PVIAC North division title and placed first at the PVIAC Championship...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Mohawk Trail varsity boys basketball season won’t continue.Following a pair of injuries, the already shorthanded Warriors — which had been playing this season with just six players — don’t have a roster large enough to field a team, leading the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Michael Shelton is prepared for the next challenge in his coaching career. Shelton — who spent the last three years as the head boys basketball coach at Governor’s Academy in Newbury — was hired in May for the same position at Northfield Mount Hermon...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Richard Larsen wasn’t even running 5-kilometer races until a year ago. The 70-year-old Shelburne Falls resident has been running competitively for over three decades, but in recent years has done more mountain running as it’s better on his body. After...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Deerfield Academy held its National Letter of Intent Signing Day on Nov. 7, with nine Big Green senior athletes signing on to continue their athletic careers at the next level. It’s a wide-ranging group of athletes, led by the men’s lacrosse team...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

If a challenge on the greens is what you’re searching for, Crumpin-Fox Club is the place for you. Golf Advisor ranked the Bernardston club’s 18-hole track the 33rd toughest public course in the country, making it the most challenging in all of...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — Northfield Mount Hermon wrestling coach Zachary Bates knows all about the tradition and pride of his team’s program.One of the top prep teams in New England year after year, Bates, who grew up in Leyden and attended Pioneer Valley Regional...