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Boys’ varsity soccer was off to a rousing start this season, with 15 wins and 5 losses in November. They’d taken down Monument Mountain, Mount Greylock, West Springfield, Minnechaug, Agawam, Westfield, Woodstock Academy, Northampton,...
Winning the Massachusetts state bass fishing championship is an impressive accomplishment and going on to place third in the northern conference makes you a name in the national bass fishing community. But doing all...
In the Spring of last year, Cricket Club brought a sport rarely played in the U.S. to ARHS. Started by Louis Triggs, the club now meets on Fridays, depending on the weather, and is...
“The feeling of losing’s not a good feeling. We want to win,” said senior boys’ basketball guard Iani Ferreira, who echoed the sentiments of the entire squad. After losing to Putnam two years in...
A severe lack of snow didn’t stop either the Alpine Ski Team or the Nordic Ski Team from making great progress this past season. The Alpine Team sent six people to States, more than...
After the ARHS girls’ volleyball team won the title of Western Mass champions this year, a group of students at ARHS started asking if there was a boys’ volleyball team, too. When the answer...
The Amherst Hurricanes’ baseball, Ultimate, track and field, softball, lacrosse, and tennis teams are excitedly preparing for the upcoming spring sports season. All have high hopes as the new season offers an opportunity to...
The nationally recognized ARHS girls’ Ultimate team will say farewell this year to their coach of seven years, Joshua Nugent. They will be coached by the current assistant coach, Hannah Baranes, starting this March....
“We haven’t been very successful over the past few years,” said Ingrid Salvador, a sophomore guard and the captain of the girls’ basketball team. The team, under second year coach Dustin James, has struggled...
Amherst Regional High School’s fan section, also known as ‘Canes Nation, has been filled with devoted fans of various sports since its uprising. The Nation’s main goal is “to have the most lit fan...
At the beginning of their season, the ARHS boys’ indoor track team had high hopes of winning Western Mass for the sixth year in a row, and then competing in Nationals. Junior Aiden Foucault...
At this point in his life, ARHS junior Luca Brashear is accustomed to greatness. He remains undefeated in the diving event in school dual meets and easily qualified for the Western Mass and States...
The ARHS hockey team won Western Mass last year, and this year they planned on doing it again. “Our goal for this season was to be back-to-back Western Mass champions,” said senior and captain...
The LSSE basketball season came to a close on Sunday March 12 with the Integrity Hammers beating Dick’s Sporting Goods 59-48. The Hammers were led by All-Star Game MVP Dante Citino and 3 point...
Earlier this month, Coach Michael Rudd was awarded the NSCAA High School Coach of the Year Award for his work with the ARHS boys’ soccer team. The award was given based on the candidates’...
While ARHS has many star athletes that help the school win games, matches and titles, what happens when some of the high school’s best and brightest go off to college? I spoke with three...
It is 30 minutes before game time and ARHS senior Egeria Koehn is sitting in the dugout eating a packet of skittles, throwing the green ones on the ground. She has headphones in and...
The Amherst girls’ varsity soccer team started strong this fall with a 7-2-4 record. Girls’ varsity has been incorporating some new freshman players into their team, which is made up of half upperclassmen and...
“We’re just a bunch of young savages,” said ARHS senior and golf team co-captain Stephen McCudden. As one of three other seniors that play for the ARHS team, McCudden was chosen to become co-captain...
After winning their first home game against Monument Mountain 32-12, morale is up on the football team. With the goal of winning their league, the team said they have buckled down and are working...
“The thing we all love most about volleyball is that it is exciting, fast-paced, challenging, and everyone on the court is involved in every play,” said ARHS coach Kacey Schmitt. “It’s also fun to...
The dominant girls’ cross country team is having another strong season with their only loss coming at the hands of an incredibly strong Northampton team. Their top runner, Sophia Jacobs Townsley, is one of...
Amherst Regional High School was criticized for its fan behavior at a girls varsity soccer game on September 23 against Holyoke. Receiver of Holyoke Public Schools Dr. Stephen Zrike alleged that Amherst students used...
Girls’ lacrosse captain Meghan Sharick’s goal for this season is to “win some games.” This year’s core members of the team are goalie Savanah Robinson and defensive leader Madison Rodriguez. Also important to the...
It was a Monday night this spring at Amherst Regional High School, and Amherst Track and Field was facing off against East Longmeadow. However on this night, one of the main events was not...
Mat ball Mondays, Football Fridays, basketball, team handball, and floor hockey are just some of the reasons why ARHS’s Team Sports class is constantly full every trimester. This elective class is taught by Elizabeth...
According to time magazine, U.S female soccer players earn about 40% of the salary of U.S male soccer players. During the 2014 World Cup, the U.S men’s soccer team was 11th place over all...
Having a team of mostly returning seniors, along with very talented underclassmen, the girls’ varsity Ultimate Frisbee team put on a strong showing this season. The team finished the season 13-0 in high school...
Even though I have always been a basketball fan, watching the Warriors’ rise to greatness has been special. This team showed me something I had never seen on the court before: a team that...
The Amherst Regional High School varsity softball team started off the season this spring with a new head coach, physical education and health teacher Brittni Upchurch. A member of both her high school and...
