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By GEORGE MILLER

ATHOL — Aidan Melanson may be a young man of few words, but his Senior Night performance Friday sent booming volumes across the North Quabbin region.Athol's senior quarterback set the school's modern-day record for career touchdown passes, slinging...

After a 6-0 start to the season, the Franklin Tech football team suffered its first loss on Friday, putting the Intercounty League North title race up for grabs in the process.Taking on Ware in a road game, the Eagles scored the opening touchdown of...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

BELCHERTOWN — After being shut out two weeks in a row, the Frontier football team was in need of a fast start to gain some confidence against Belchertown on Friday. The Redhawks delivered. Utilizing its power run game, Frontier scored on both its...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Don Brown continued to bring up one word throughout his weekly press conference on Monday afternoon as the UMass football head coach and his team get ready for Wagner – the Minutemen’s second FCS opponent this season – coming out of its...

By GEORGE MILLER

GREENFIELD — Barely five minutes into Thursday night's game, Greenfield cashed in a 90-yard scoring drive and went on to have a fairly productive first half, but found itself in a real grinder of a 6-6 halftime tie with Palmer.The teams then matched...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The last three Thanksgiving football games against Smith Vocational have been meaningful for Franklin Tech running back Josiah Little. As a freshman, Little entered the Turkey Day showdown with the Vikings 249 yards short of the 1,000...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The UMass football team is coming out of a much-needed off week following seven consecutive games to start its season, the most recent a 45-3 defeat at the hands of nationally ranked Missouri in front of over 16,000 fans at McGuirk Alumni...

By GEORGE MILLER

TURNERS FALLS — With the milestone safely surpassed on only his second carry Friday night, Josiah Little and his Franklin Tech teammates could move on to the business of methodically grinding down Greenfield for their sixth win of the season.Little...

After knocking off Ware last week, the Athol football team kept its foot on the gas against Palmer on Friday. The Panthers opened up a 7-0 lead early and after the Bears responded with a pair of touchdowns, Palmer scored before the half to take a...

By MIKE MORAN

EASTHAMPTON — Senior captains Nelson Gomez and Connor Donnis combined for three touchdowns while the Easthampton defense silenced Frontier Regional in a 26-0 victory Friday night.Gomez scored twice in the first half, and Donnis added the night cap as...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It’s been a few days since the UMass football team played in its most prominent FBS home game to date, a contest in which Missouri roughed up the Minutemen en route to a 45-3 drubbing last Saturday.The Minutemen and head coach Don Brown have...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Not even a minute into UMass football’s marquee matchup with Missouri on Saturday at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, and it became clear what kind of afternoon the Minutemen were in for.On the second play from scrimmage, Tigers wide receiver and...

By GEORGE MILLER

ATHOL — Friday night's rough-and-tumble first half gave no hint whatsoever of the track meet that soon followed.Ware held the narrowest of leads at 7-6 after 24 minutes, but Athol roared back with 28 unanswered second-half points — carried on the legs...

The Franklin Tech football team’s unbeaten season carries on. Facing Palmer on the road Friday, the Eagles found themselves leading 14-0 at the half. The Panthers didn’t go away easy, however, scoring 22 points in the second half. That wasn’t enough...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Last year’s game between the Greenfield and Mahar football teams was a defensive battle, with the Sens grinding out a 13-0 victory. Through the opening few drives, it appeared another low-scoring affair was on tap. The Green Wave offense...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — UMass football fans far and wide grew skeptical around this time last year, wondering if Missouri — a team that had climbed its way into college football playoff talks — would actually come to Amherst in 2024 for its scheduled football game...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — Greg Landry, who quarterbacked UMass football to a pair of Yankee Conference championships in 1966 and 1967 behind his dual threat ability, died on Oct. 4 in Detroit. He was 77.Landry led UMass in passing from 1965-1967 and paced the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — For months, head coach Don Brown has said he doesn’t need to hype up his team as much when they play big-time schools. Saturday’s noon kickoff against No. 21 Missouri figures to be UMass’ biggest at McGuirk since the transition to FBS.UMass...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

With its MAC tour wrapped up after a 34-20 loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday, the 1-5 UMass football team turns its attention to the SEC portion of its schedule. The Minutemen host No. 21 Missouri on Saturday at noon on ESPN2, the only time this...

By GARRETT COTE

Don Brown essentially made the decision that he was fine with once again playing an opponent close and losing, as that was clear at the end of the first half with his UMass football team facing a 4th-and-1 inside the Northern Illinois 10-yard line.The...