Western Mass. Championships: Tickets only available online, how to buy for basketball and hockey

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Attention all award winners: Western Mass. High School Basketball Awards Banquet set for May 4

SPRINGFIELD – Bigger and better, the “Banquet’’ is back. The All-Western Massachusetts High School Basketball Awards…

Travis Best's 81-point game: An oral history (video)

The late 80s and early 90s were a booming time for basketball in Springfield. In 1987,…

Springfield Central High School is much more than Western Massachusetts' largest school

December 16, 2013 – Staff photo by Michael S. Gordon – Springfield – Springfield Central High…

Western Mass. hoop legends Henry Payne, Gene Ryzewicz recall their wondrous 1964 season

061113 gene ryzewicz, henry payne.JPG Gene Ryzewicz, left, and Henry Payne were so good in 1964,…

Western Massachusetts coaching legend John Kurty fondly recalled

John Kurty, shown in 2007 at Holyoke Community College Bartley Fitness Center where he took care…

Western Mass. Relics relish their softball success

Republican file photoIn this photo from 2005, Vinnie Harackiewicz of Ludlow flashes the form that’s made…

Rosters released for Western Mass. Senior High School Basketball All-Star Games

The Republican file photoEast Longmeadow’s James Bertier is one of the many seniors set to participate…

Western New England is rated seventh nationally in men's lacrosse

Courtesy Western New England CollegeBrewster Knowlton The lacrosse world is expecting another big season from the…

Western Mass. College Sports Notebook: Springfield College men's basketball team ready for Babson in NEWMAC opener

There’s a reason the Springfield College men’s basketball team plays such a hard early-season schedule, and…