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The Northampton track and field program has always had talent, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Blue Devils have lacked some of the depth they’ve had in past seasons. Teddy King-Pollet and Rowan Hodgson decided to take matters into their own hands...

Winning a state title isn’t just about talent and hard work – though that certainly plays a large part of it.For Amherst junior David Pinero-Jacome and his coach Bob Rosen, it was also about planning.The two spent the season experimenting with...

A dominant start to the season for Sofia Holden turned perfect on Monday.The Amherst ace tossed a perfect game to power the Hurricanes to a 1-0 victory over Pathfinder in Thorndike. Holden struck out 19 of the 21 batters she faced, helping the...

Eight of Northampton’s top track and field athletes went to race against the best of the best at the Nike Indoor Track and Field Nationals at The Armory in New York City over the weekend. The Blue Devils qualified two relay teams in the 4x800 meter...

ROXBURY – Anchor runner Jack Kamins hurtled around the final curve in the boys’ 4x800-meter relay and flew toward the finish line, his teammates yelling themselves hoarse along the sideline. As he crossed the finish line in second place, Northampton...

The MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships are upon us, and athletes all over Western Mass. are gearing up for one of the most competitive races of the season. Gazette area athletes will span across three divisions this week, with Amherst competing...

Abigail Gelinas and Emma Sanford won two events apiece, and the South Hadley girls indoor track and field team made an impressive opening statement for the 2022-23 season at PVIAC Meet No. 1 on Sunday at Wheaton College in Norton.Sanford won the high...

Jonas Clarke isn’t used to sharing the podium with anyone. But in his last year of high school track, he guessed that maybe, just this once, he’d be OK sharing a title. South Hadley’s Clarke and Frontier’s Jack Vecellio were named co-winners of this...

The best sprinters in the country couldn’t keep up with South Hadley senior Jonas Clarke over 200 meters.The South Hadley senior won the Nike Outdoor Nationals Championship division boys 200-meter dash at Heyward Field in Oregon on Sunday night....

WESTFIELD — Emma Sanford’s day at the track took hours. Jonas Clarke’s lasted a matter of seconds.Both South Hadley stars were rewarded with state titles for their efforts on Thursday.Sanford blew away the competition in the girls pentathlon on Day 1...