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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — How do you go undefated and win a state championship? It starts with culture, which was evident watching the Pioneer baseball dugout late on Saturday. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — It’s always hard for a state championship game to live up to the hype, especially a title game featuring one team going for an unbeaten season and another looking to defend their crown. 

By JEFF LAJOIE

AMHERST — As the innings ticked by Saturday – seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th – and tension grew across Sortino Field, the opportunity arose for someone to etch their name into Franklin County softball lore on the sport’s biggest stage.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Northfield Recreation Commission Cougars won the Tri-County League softball championship against Vernon this past week, capping an undefeated season. 

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town administrator plans to suggest that voters at Monday’s Annual Town Meeting table voting on the town’s budget and revisit the matter after a scheduled Proposition 2½ override vote.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

This decade of MIAA Division 5 softball has been dominated by Turners Falls and Greenfield. It only makes sense that the two powers will duke it out for a second time with a state championship game on the line. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Pioneer Valley Regional is going to need to invest in a bigger trophy case. 

By CAROLYN BROWN

Earlier this year, three Massachusetts artists were chosen to create six wheatpaste murals total to decorate the town of Montague, a public art project funded by a $15,000 grant. The most local of the three – graphic designer and illustrator Sophie Foulkes – recently installed her murals at Montague Town Hall and 20 Masonic St. in Montague.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Most people who have worked retail and food service jobs have dealt with customers who were rude, annoying, or just plain strange. A new comedy TV series written and filmed in the Pioneer Valley wants to answer the question: what if those customers were actually from Hell?

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

For the second week in a row, Isaac Bingham led the pack by winning the Northfield Summer Road Race Series event on Thursday.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WESTFIELD — After needing to come from behind against West Boylston to reach the MIAA Division 5 Final Four, the Greenfield softball team wasted no time taking command of its semifinal contest against third-seeded Hopedale on Thursday. 

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH DEERFIELD – For the second straight season, Ella Hoogendyk took first place in the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association (MSTCA) West Heptathlon, winning with 3,742 points, following Day 2 of events on Wednesday at Frontier Regional.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Crumpin-Fox Club Women’s League opened its season on Wednesday with a Throw Out 3 Hole contest, with Taylor Berry-Schumacher taking first with a score of 1-over. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

LOWELL — The defending MIAA Division 5 softball state champions showed championship mettle on Wednesday. 

By GARRETT COTE

WESTFIELD — The No. 1 Pioneer baseball team is no stranger to the MIAA Division 5 Final Four. Including this spring, the Panthers have earned a trip to the state semifinals in four consecutive seasons — however they failed to punch their ticket to the championship game in each previous instance.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Frontier boys volleyball team is still in its infancy, though coach Sean MacDonald noted a milestone reached in the team’s season finale will take a long time to break. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

There’s always pressure being the top seed in a tournament. 

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Voters defeated a motion to create a new principal assessor role during the second part of Annual Town Meeting Monday night, a proposal that had some town officials feeling caught off guard.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The opening day of the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association (MSTCA) West Heptathlon and Decathlon got underway on Monday at Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield. The heptathlon and decathlon are combined events in track and field where athletes compete in multiple disciplines. The heptathlon is a seven-event competition that the girls compete in while the decathlon is a 10-event competition for the boys.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Evie Abercrombie had four hits while Madison Bernard tacked on three hits in Freedom Credit Union’s 5-2 Greenfield Girls Softball League victory over Pipione’s Sport Shop on Monday at Murphy Park.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Developer Jeff Bruscoe brought his plan to build a senior housing facility at 75 Oak Hill Road before the Planning Board last week, discussing the possibility of building it as a cluster development or condominium association.