WESTFIELD — In order to break through and reach both the Western Massachusetts and state tournaments last year, the Minnechaug boys basketball team had to figure out how to win close games.That successful recipe carried over into Thursday’s season opener, as the Falcons kept their...
The Celtics seemingly couldn’t make a shot in the second half as they lost 116-101 to the Bucks on Thursday in Milwaukee. The loss snapped a five-game win streak for the C’s, falling to 15-10 on the season. The Bucks, after losing 10 of their...
The high school basketball season officially kicked off on Thursday with teams across the state meeting in hopes to start their season on a high note.In a close three-point contest, Holyoke hosted Northampton in its season opener. With a final score of 73-70, the Knights...
BELMONT - On the scoresheet, Catholic Memorial hockey could not have had a much better start to its Division I title defense campaign. On Thursday, the Knights traveled to face Belmont, the No. 6 ranked team in last year’s Div. I tournament, and drove home...
WEST SPRINGFIELD – "Too close for comfort."That is how Pope Francis boys’ hockey coach Brian Foley described Thursday’s game, as Rocco DeLuca scored one of his game-high two goals to help Natick make it a one-possession deficit with 8:04 left in regulation.Though the Red Hawks...
WELLESLEY - Wellesley showed up big in the second period scoring three different times to defeat North Attleboro 5-2, opening its season with a win. “We were telling the guys, it’s going to start on the (defensive) zone, now lead the offensive chances, and that’s...
Central Massachusetts is home to the best botanical garden holiday light display in the nation, according to USA TODAY readers.Night Lights — New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill’s holiday light display — was the winner of the newspaper’s 10BEST Readers’ Choice Award for botanical...
A Quincy man is facing charges after trying to shoot and kill another man on Route 128 in Beverly Sunday night, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Thomas Drequan Perkins, 26, pleaded not guilty to eight charges connected to the incident during his...
