Sports
UMass notebook: Sam Breen named 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player Of The Year
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Add one more jewel to Queen Breen’s crown.UMass graduate student forward Sam Breen was named the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player Of The Year on Wednesday, becoming the fourth winner in the award’s history and first Minutewoman.“I am super blessed...
Girls basketball: Central takes down Amherst in Class A final, 61-47 (PHOTOS)
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
WESTFIELD — Blood pooled in the cut on Audrey Bowen’s lower lip.She and the Amherst Regional girls basketball team took a punch against Springfield Central in the Western Massachusetts Class A championship game Saturday.The defending champion Golden...
D2 girls state swimming & diving: Amherst collects 2nd-place trophy
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
CAMBRIDGE — Lucy Smith placed one hand on fellow Amherst Regional senior Deborah Wells’ back, said, “I’ve got something for you.”She handed over the MIAA Division 2 Girls Swimming state finalist trophy she’d held since the Hurricanes received it to...
Amherst’s Tamar Byl-Brann named Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year
By HANNAH BEVIS
Amherst’s cross country program has a long and storied history. Its one of the schools in the area that has been able to cultivate sustained success, with many impressive athletes leaving their mark.Even so, it’s rare that athletes like Tamar...
Amherst’s David Pinero-Jacome named Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Year
By HANNAH BEVIS
Before he ever laced up a pair of cross country spikes, David Pinero-Jacome was a soccer player.It seemed like an inevitability that he’d keep playing the game – soccer was the ‘sport of the house,’ with David playing striker and his twin brother...
Boys basketball: New faces called upon this winter
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
No area boys basketball teams reached the state semifinal round last season, and the three quarterfinalists Granby, Holyoke and Hopkins Academy will need new galvanizing forces after graduating large and impactful senior classes.The Purple Knights...
