UMass football coach Don Brown brings eight players, seven transfers, in to add to his roster. Former UMass hoop star Tre Mitchell is transfer…
Howard Herman
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The season might have ended earlier than anticipated for the Williams College softball team, but that did not keep Eph utility player Mara Kipnis from earning a first-team, NESCAC All-Conference honor.
Former Mount Everett softball standout Gwendolyn Carpenter leads a group of Berkshire County athletes and coaches into their respective NCAA postseason tournaments.
The Williams College women's golf team hopes to complete a daily double this week. The Ephs are looking to win an NCAA Division III championship, and raise money for NAMI in Berkshire County.
Former UMass defensive back Bryce Watts will get his NFL opportunity after signing a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sixty-two Division III softball teams will play for the right to win an NCAA championship. If Williams College is to get to Salem, Va., the ro…
Howard Herman
Sportswriter-Columnist
UMass wrapped up spring football practice with its Spring Game on Saturday. Coach Don Brown said he's happy with where the Minutemen are at, b…
Howard Herman
Sportswriter-Columnist
Pittsfield's Brendan Stannard and his Williams baseball teammates need to sweep a doubleheader from Amherst on Saturday to keep hopes alive fo…
Howard Herman
Sportswriter-Columnist
UMass held its final practice Thursday morning, and will participate in Spring Game activities on Saturday at noon.
Howard Herman
Sportswriter-Columnist
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Bleachers installed at Wahconah Park ahead of Friday's Pittsfield Suns home opener
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Six student-athletes from Mount Greylock commit to play collegiate athletics
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Western Mass Class B Baseball: Matt Lee sends No. 1 Taconic by Hampshire; Monument rolls through Wahconah
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Mount Greylock boys win Western Mass Track and Field Championship; Locals haul in 7 individual event titles
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Lenox girls get 4 titles, finish 2nd at Western Mass Track and Field Championships; Garceau, Boudreau nab individual wins
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In the case of UMass football assistant coaches Ben Albert and Valdamar Brower, returning to Amherst to work for Don Brown isn't just a job. Albert says it's more like a calling.
Frank Martin, the new men's basketball coach at UMass, is attacking recruiting with two commitments and one more possible commitment.
Defensive backs are the last line of defense for a football team. New UMass defensive backs coach Darrell Perkins says the Minutemen will be ready for the challenge in the fall.
Here's a look at how teams at the Berkshire County colleges are doing as the clock ticks toward the end of their campaigns.
The members of the UMass football team's defensive unit are taking what appears to be graduate-level courses in defense as they preprare for the fall.
UMass basketball coach Frank Martin has hired his staff, bought pizza for students in Southwest Residential Area, and has been busy on the recruiting trail. All in two weeks.
For the first time, the Williams College football team is allowed to have spring practice. The Ephs met on Farley-Lamb Field Monday for the first of 14 full, but padless and non-contact, practice sessions.
If there's one word to describe the UMass football defense, it might be aggressive. That is the word bandied about most frequently at spring practice.
After four practices, UMass football coach Don Brown says the depth chart is a work in progress. He said it might not be settled until later in the summer.
UMass coach Frank Martin gets a first commitment from the transfer portal. Forward Ta'Quan Woodley is leaving South Carolina to join his former coach in Amherst.
Former Taconic High School baseball player Austin Rachiele, who plays at MCLA, is the MASCAC player of the week.
The first day of spring football practice went well, according to UMass football coach Don Brown.
Frank Martin was introduced Tuesday morning as the 23rd men's basketball coach in University of Massachusetts history.
Ben Meyers' overtime goal gave Minnesota a 4-3 win over Massachusetts Friday night in the second game of an NCAA Division I hockey doubleheader.
It is official. Frank Martin is the new men's basketball coach at the University of Massachusetts. Martin replaces Matt McCall, who was fired at the beginning of the month.
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It was a pitcher’s duel until it wasn’t, as Wahconah racked up nine runs in a home win over Easthampton in the Class B semifinals on Thursday.
The Eagles were locked in a tight one at Granby, before the Rams pulled away late and eliminated Mount Everett 16-2.
Chase Racine's grand slam ignited a monster frame for PHS, as the Generals eliminated the Spartans and set a title date with Taconic for Monday afternoon.
Sam Sherman had a double, triple, homer, drove in four runs and scored four times. He also pitched Taconic past the Eagles and into the Class B title game.
Thursday marked the fourth time this year the Wildcats and Millionaires met on the tennis court this season. In a battle for a Western Mass. title, it was Lee that came out on top.
Rylynn Witek shut out Smith Academy and belted a three-run homer as part of the Hurricanes' home victory on Thursday.
The Mounties came up empty too many times at the plate Thursday afternoon in a 6-0 loss to Franklin Tech.
Derek Paris, Anthony Welch, Jack Cangelosi, Kate Swann, Jack Catelotti and Parker Winters all celebrated their post-grad decisions in a ceremony on Thursday.
Lone senior Carolina Chassi led the Millionaires by example on Wednesday in a 4-1 Western Mass semifinal win at the Lenox Community Center
An early lead against No. 1 Greenfield didn't hold up as Taconic battled the Green Wave on the road Wednesday afternoon.
Mount Greylock advances to the Class C baseball championship game after beating the Vikings 5-0. The top-seeded Mounties will face No. 2 Frontier in the final.
The MIAA Basketball Committee has approved a recommendation from the National Federation of State High School Associations to change the shot clock from 30 to 35 seconds.
Wahconah advances to the Class B semifinals with a 12-0 victory over Chicopee at Pine Grove on Tuesday.
Hoosac Valley topped Ware 5-1 Tuesday afternoon at Russell Field behind Rylynn Witek’s brilliant complete game two-hitter.
Mitchell Manning scored eight goals to send PHS to a 13-12 win, while Ainsley Abel's six tallies weren't enough to get the Mounties by Northampton.