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With 10 seconds left in his match, Holyoke’s Juan Santiago knew he needed to make a move, and quick. Santiago was grappling with Marlborough’s Kevin Desena in the championship match of the 220-pound weight class at the Western Mass. Division 2...

"Young people are crucial for Blount County and it's so important because they are the future," said Alexa Johns with the Blount County Young Professionals.

BUCKLAND – With things tightening in the third period of a championship bout, Alex Willard remembered something Saturday evening.“After six years wrestling, I realized I really wanted to win this,” he said with a laugh.The Hampshire Regional senior...

Payton Sladeski is still new to the sport of wrestling.The Frontier Regional senior didn’t begin his time grappling until he was a sophomore, and with his junior season canceled due to COVID-19, this past winter marked just his second in the sport.You...

DALTON — It’s been about as successful of a senior year athletically for Frontier Regional’s Payton Sladeski as anyone could have. Sladeski helped lead the Redhawks boys soccer team to a state final appearance in the fall. On Saturday the 120-pounder...

WESTHAMPTON – Going into his wrestling meet on Saturday, Alex Willard was feeling more pressure than usual.The junior wrestler was one win away from his 100th career victory at Hampshire Regional, a historic milestone for anyone participating in the...

Joe Meon netted a pair of goals, helping the South Hadley hockey team rally from a third-period deficit to score a 4-3 victory over Chicopee in a Fay Division contest Saturday at Fitzpatrick Arena in Holyoke.Caleb Lundgren and Austin Deren were the...

It’s an interesting moment in the sport of wrestling right now. Holyoke head coach Vin Silano said it best: “(It’s) a tough time for this sport due to its up close and personal nature in a time where we aren’t exactly supposed to be up close and...