/2013/05/23/piccolo-award-given-to-chicopees-accorsi/
By Mike Leslie on May 23rd, 2013
Chicopee volleyball and lacrosse player Steffanie Accorsi was given the Brian Piccolo Award by the Springfield… Read more
/2013/05/23/longmeadow-stays-perfect-tops-south-hadley-in-ot/
By Mike Leslie on May 23rd, 2013
The Longmeadow Lancers improved to 19-0, thanks to a huge 4th quarter rally against South Hadley. The Tigers led 10-6, starting the 4th quarter. But Longmeadow finished on a 5-1 run, to force OT, and scored under a minute into OT, to win… Read more
/2013/05/09/athlete-of-the-week-eve-sullivan-minnechaug/
By Mike Leslie on May 9th, 2013
Minnechaug tennis player Eve Sullivan is our abc40 Athlete of the… Read more
/2013/04/19/suspect-2-wrestled-two-western-mass-competitors-in-2011-state-tournament/
By Mike Leslie on April 19th, 2013
(FBI Image) (WGGB) — Dzhokar Tsarnaev — widely known as Suspect #2 — has a bizarre link to Western Mass athletics. In the 2011 State Tournament, Tsarnaev wrestled against two student-athletes from Western Mass schools. Tsarnaev defeated… Read more
/2013/03/15/agawam-wins-diiia-state-championship-westfield-wins-in-semi/
By Mike Leslie on March 15th, 2013
Agawam fell behind 1-0, but came back to beat Grafton 3-1, in the Division IIIA State Championship. Anthony Ascioti made 26 saves in the win. Westfield, meanwhile came out on fire, against Wachusett, taking a 5-0 lead, on their way to a 6-4… Read more
/2013/03/15/athlete-of-the-week-kayjuan-bynum-putnam/
By Mike Leslie on March 15th, 2013
Putnam multi-sport star KayJuan Bynum is our abc40 Athlete of the… Read more
/2013/03/13/clean-sweep-western-mass-advances-3-boys-teams-to-state-finals/
By Mike Leslie on March 13th, 2013
Putnam, South Hadley, and Smith Academy all won Tuesday night, to advance to the State Championship games in Division I, II, and III respectively. They all play on… Read more
/2013/03/11/chicopee-sees-magical-run-come-to-an-end/
By Mike Leslie on March 11th, 2013
The Chicopee Pacers entered the Western Mass Tournament as the 7-seed, with very few people on their bandwagon. But the Pacers beat the 2-seed Longmeadow Lancers in the quarterfinals, then the 3-seed Holyoke Purple Knights in the semifinals,… Read more
/2013/03/09/putnam-pep-rally-honors-football-commits/
By Mike Leslie on March 9th, 2013
Putnam Vocational High School has had a pretty special week. On Wednesday night, they beat West Springfield in the Division I Boys Basketball semifinals, to advance to the Championship Game for the first time since 1984. On Friday, the school… Read more
/2013/03/09/cathedral-bounced-by-malden-catholic-in-super-8/
By Mike Leslie on March 9th, 2013
The Panthers carried an undefeated record into the final game of the 2012-13 season. They lost to Malden Catholic, to close out the regular season. And then, in the playoffs, Cathedral lost in back-to-back games, as Malden Catholic knocked… Read more
/2013/03/07/westfield-wins-8th-western-mass-hockey-title-in-12-years/
By Mike Leslie on March 7th, 2013
The Bombers got a hat trick from Sean Spohr, and 14 saves in a shutout for Nick Liberto, as Westfield won a Western Mass Championship for the 8th time in 12 years. It’s Westfield’s 2nd title in 3… Read more
/2013/03/07/agawam-wins-division-iiia-hockey-championship/
By Mike Leslie on March 7th, 2013
The Brownies got goals from five different players, and 17 saves from Anthony Ascioti, in a 5-1 win over South Hadley. Agawam beat a South Hadley team that they’d lost to in each of the last three Western Mass… Read more
/2013/03/07/athlete-of-the-week-maya-kerstetter-northampton/
By Mike Leslie on March 7th, 2013
Northampton Junior Forward Maya Kerstetter is this week’s ABC40 Athlete of the… Read more
/2013/03/06/central-putnam-set-up-city-final-in-division-i-boys-hoops/
By Mike Leslie on March 6th, 2013
Central outlasted Holyoke, 52-48, while Putnam ran away from West Springfield, to win 64-42, in the Division I Western Mass Semifinals. Central and Putnam will play Saturday, at 7:30 at the Curry Hicks Cage at UMass, for the Division I… Read more
/2013/03/06/northampton-chicopee-advance-to-di-girls-final/
By Mike Leslie on March 6th, 2013
Northampton topped Central, and Chicopee took down Holyoke, to advance to the Division I Girls Basketball Championship, on… Read more
