Guest columnist Richard Szlosek: The Swamp Fox

A Look Back, June 15

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Gazette All-Stars: Boys Volleyball

The Daily Hampshire Gazette sports department will be unveiling All-Stars that are comprised of Hampshire County athletes for the spring sports, starting with boys volleyball. Regular-season play and postseason performances were taken under consideration when putting together All-Stars. Each sport will also include several honorable mentions, for athletes that fell just short of All-Star consideration. […]

Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: South Hadley's Rios goes for glory

Good morning! Last week Natalie “Nat” Rios was the best MIAA javelin thrower in the commonwealth, and today she’ll try to be the best in New England. The former Pioneer student-athlete is in North Berwick, Maine, this morning to throw at the 79th annual New England Interscholastic Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Noble High […]

A Look Back, June 13

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Legion baseball: Belchertown Post 239 struggles in home opener, falls 13-1 to East Springfield Post 420

BELCHERTOWN — The Belchertown Post 239 Legion baseball team couldn’t match the success from its first game of the summer, suffering a 13-1 loss to East Springfield Post 420 in six innings in Friday night’s home opener. Just four days prior to the run-rule loss, the team opened the season with an emphatic, 14-6 win […]