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HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A car wash was held to raise money for a local youth basketball team in Holyoke. Proceeds from Sunday’s car wash will go directly towards the ladies’ Paper City basketball club, so the youth team can go to Ocean City, Maryland for a basketball tournament.

As far as basketball players go, Rollie Castineyra is as dedicated as they come. So much so, he used to write and brush his teeth left-handed because he thought it’d The post Marblehead native Castineyra headed to UMass appeared first on Itemlive.

SPRINGFIELD – No. 3 West Springfield baseball was down but not out as it entered the seventh inning against No. 1 Pope Francis during Tuesday’s Western Massachusetts Class A championship.

Enter your email address here to receive the best High School Sports news in your inbox each morning. WESTFIELD ― No. 1 Westfield defeated No. 2 Agawam in the Western Massachusetts Class A finals on Tuesday, 9-0, to clinch the Bombers’ third consecutive Western Mass. title.

NASHUA, N.H. – The Westfield Starfires used a seven-run second and nine-run third to key a franchise-record day as they defeated the defending Futures Collegiate Baseball League champion Nashua Silver Knights 20-1 on Tuesday. Westfield is 5-2 on the season with the win. After a scoreless first, the Starfires...

WESTFIELD – It’s official – it’s a three-peat!. Westfield sophomore pitcher Shea Hurley scattered four hits, struck out 11 batters and the Bombers won their third straight Western Massachusetts crown with a 9-0 shutout of Agawam in the PVIAC Class A softball championship game Tuesday at Westfield State University.

Students are choosing to engage in a variety of summer sports training and other programs, providing new opportunities and personal enjoyment for student athletes. “This summer, I will be training with some of my club team as well as attending the West Springfield volleyball camp,” said sophomore Gracie Swisher.

Enter your email address here to receive the best High School Sports news in your inbox each morning. Westfield’s Lauren Connor led all Western Massachusetts competitors at the North/Central/West girls golf spring sectional tournament at Cold Spring Country Club in Belchertown on Tuesday.

After missing out on Rhode Island DB Antonio Carter, Iowa remains focused on the transfer portal, looking to add depth to its secondary. The Hawkeye staff offered UMass defensive back Josh Wallace on Sunday afternoon. Wallace was a two-star 2019 prospect out of Dematha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. Thus...

MANSFIELD, Massachusetts – American International College senior Naomi Eckert Rivera of the women's volleyball team has been named a finalist for the Northeast-10 Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Per the conference, "eligibility requirements for nomination are that a student-athlete must be in their final year of athletic eligibility,...

HOLYOKE — For the third straight year, Gary Rome Hyundai was the site for the Western Massachusetts Council of the Boy Scouts of American Pinewood Derby races, where young scouts put their cars to the test after weeks of preparation in an exciting day of high stakes racing. Anticipation...

WESTFIELD — No. 1 Turners Falls’ second game of the year marked its worst loss of the season, a 14-run defeat to Hopkins Academy.

CHICOPEE – The Westfield High School boys volleyball team continues to age like a fine wine. For nearly a decade, the Westfield Bombers have dominated the high school volleyball landscape in Western Massachusetts. For a better part of that time, they have also proven to be the best in the state.

The Westfield Vocational Technical High School softball team will have a game with Franklin County Technical High School on May 29, 2023, 16:00:00 CST.

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WESTFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Westfield Starfires are launching into flight this summer season. The summer collegiate baseball team opened its gates and packed the stands at Billy Bullens Field for opening night on Saturday night. Megan Shibley of Westfield said, “Westfield is like a baseball city, so it’s really...

Jenn Rennich has been named the 2023 MASCAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Westfield State student-athlete to win the award twice. Rennich competed in both women's soccer and basketball during her time at Westfield State, setting records and earning accolades in both sports. She was named the 2022 MASCAC Offensive Player of the Year for soccer, and helped lead her team to the MASCAC Regular Season title every season she competed and the Tournament title three of the four years. In basketball, she ranked fourth in the league in steals per game in 2023 while helping the Owls to a repeat trip to the MASCAC Tournament title game.

WESTFIELD – The Westfield Starfires picked up their first win of the 2023 Futures Collegiate Baseball League season on Thursday, defeating the Worcester Bravehearts 5-4 in a tightly contested matchup on the Richards Jewelers Diamond at Billy Bullens Field. The Starfires are 1-1 on the young season.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Chicopee Police Department is promoting bicyclist safety by putting on their Bike Rodeo for kids to learn the rules of road when they are pedaling on city streets. “I’m having fun and I’m learning more about bike safety,” said Makenna Gechins of Enfield, Connecticut....

The Connecticut River is long, wide, great for wildlife and provides beautiful views for four of New England’s six states. A swimming hole it is not, if you ask folks in Springfield. Probably the furthest thing from it. That will all change on June 11, when the river will...