AYER – Last season, neither the Northampton or Amherst girls could crack the top 10 teams at the MIAA All-State Cross Country meet. Amherst placed 14th and Northampton finished 19th – respectable, but not elite. This year it was a totally different.
There’s potential for the local cross-country runners to take home some hardware at this weekend’s MIAA Divisional State Championships. The championship meet will take place at Fort Devens on Saturday, with the opening races starting at 11 am..
WESTFIELD – A chorus of shrieks sounded near the finish line at the MIAA Division 2 Cross Country state qualifying meet on Sunday afternoon. The Division 2A girls race had just concluded, and results were trickling out into the crowd. The Amherst.
AMHERST Volleyball is a game of ebbs and flows. Teams have to capitalize on the momentum they have and weather the storms when their opponent goes on a run. That’s exactly what No. 14 Amherst was able to do against No. 19 Revere on Thursday night in.
HOLYOKE Maybe it was nerves. Maybe it was being so close to a state tournament win that their exuberance was getting the better of them. Whatever the reason, Holyoke’s boys volleyball team was struggling to put away the third and final set against.