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“ERRRRNTT!” Putnam 57. ARHS 55. It was the last 15 seconds of the game. Both teams had defeated each other once in the regular season and knew that the winner of this third match-up...
The chilly Mullins Center felt a little bit warmer on the night of December 8, 2018, as a sellout crowd of 8,412 packed the arena to see the UMass Minutemen take on the Quinnipiac...
With a winning record of 8-3, the Amherst golf team is headed straight to the playoffs. “Amherst golf has been steadily improving throughout my time at the high school, and I think it will...
Led by a group of elite runners, the ARHS cross country programs are at the top of their game in 2018, with ambitions to win big this year. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams...
The ARHS boys’ soccer team hold themselves to a high standard on and off the field. This is in part due to the environment and culture fostered by head coach Michael Rudd. Junior defender...
“All the people who don’t play field hockey and say it’s not a sport or whatever, they’re just jealous,” said Jenna Schilling, a member of the JV ARHS field hockey team, embodying the mentality...
As the varsity volleyball season comes to a close, the team has been able to clinch a spot in the playoffs with a current record of 9-7. The team won against Wahconah but lost...
Last season was the first time since 1999 that the Amherst varsity football team qualified for the playoffs. The team is hoping to reach that goal again this year and with a 5-2 record...
Amherst girls’ soccer had a difficult time finding their footing this year, but they were tenaciously finding ways to move forward from their 0-12 record in late October. The team has been rebuilding their...
For the first time since 2012, the Amherst girls’ lacrosse team went to playoffs. Confidently winning a game 20-4 against Pope Francis secured the girls a playoff seed in the MIAA D1 western central...
Amherst boys’ tennis enjoying a very successful season, with only one loss so far. The team is ranked second in Western Mass and has already qualified for the playoffs with three matches left in...
Walking through the Amherst High School parking lot you can hear yelling all around you. You turn the corner of the school to see the fields engulfed by dozens of tents and Frisbees flying...
The 2018 boys’ recreational basketball championship took place on March 11, 2018 at 4:05 p.m. in the high school gym. This year was the battle between the Bulls and the Celtics. The bleachers were...
ARHS, is face to face with his opponent before a wrestling match. Sweat gathers on his palms, his heart racing fast, but his mind is calm. Although his opponent is significantly larger than him,...
After a thrilling season, the boys’ basketball team lost in the semi-finals to Putnam 55-57, finishing the season 13-9. Senior captain Tate Rietkerk said he began the season ready to work hard after a...
Reaching playoffs for first time in six years, the girls’ basketball team is excited to see where the future leads their team. They finished the regular season 8-12, improving on last season’s record 3-17...
With the indoor track season wrapped up, Amherst runners are looking forward to a strenuous and ambitious outdoor track season. The indoor season was a mixture of success and setback, but with a season...
A change is coming for both the baseball and softball teams at ARHS this season as the respective teams will each gain a new head coach. These changes occur after both of the previous...
Despite finishing the 2017-18 season with a 4-8-5 record, the ARHS hockey team still has hopes for its future. The team has made their division’s playoffs in each of the last three years, but...
The Amherst Swimming and Diving team capped off an exciting season in February that had been filled both with great successes and fraught with disappointment. “This season was challenging with a young team, where...
Willy Wright led Amherst’s Nordic ski team in the 2018 season by placing third in Western Mass. Coaches Nathaniel Woodruff and Steve Bruner and captains Piper Lacy, Luke Sedor-Protti, Stella Wenczel, and Willy Wright...
At ARHS, there are many sports teams which compete in statewide and national competitions. Many are very focused on winning; our team versus theirs. But Alpine skiing stands out from the rest. “Skiing is...
I can’t move. Even if I wanted to. I’m perfectly content right here, even though my first priority should be my defensive duties. I stand mesmerized watching this yellow shirt move effortlessly across the...
The last hundred feet of the five kilometer race. It’s now or never. You can hear your teammates screaming, cheering you on, but you zone them all out. Your one focus is on the...
This year’s football team had one of its best seasons in quite a while with six wins and three losses in late October. They won against Monument Mountain, Ludlow, Drury, Woodstock Academy, and Belchertown,...
By making the postseason and winning their first game since the 2014 season, the girls’ field hockey team made history. “I think we accomplished our goal of winning a game,” said senior and co-captain...
Newly elected senior class president Peter Treyz, in an attempt to prove he is “not all talk,” brought the first ever Spikeball tournament to ARHS on September 27. Sixty students participated in the tournament,...
Starting off the 2017 fall soccer season, the girls’ Amherst varsity soccer team haddealt with many setbacks. The loss of 11 seniors this year put the team through some rough circumstances, but it hasn’t...
The ARHS golf team had high hopes of improving after a 2016 season finish at 9-8. As of late October, the Hurricanes were 7-6 and looking to make the MIAA playoffs behind the leadership...
After losing five key seniors at the end of their successful 23 win, one loss season last year, the girls’ varsity volleyball team didn’t know what to expect for the upcoming 2017 fall season....
