News

High School Basketball midway point; Frontier girls remain top local team

Photo: Clipart.com

GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The midway point of the local high school basketball season is upon us, and while there are many teams on the outside looking in at the upcoming state tournament, several teams are in contention.

The latest MIAA Power Rankings have been released, and the Frontier girls’ team remains the top local team. The Redhawks are 10-1 and sit at #3 in the state in Division 4.

In Division 5 Girls, Mahar is ranked 16th, Pioneer is 20th, Greenfield is at #32, Mohawk is 37th, Franklin County Tech 44th, Athol 50th, and Turners Falls is at #73.

On the Boys side, Frontier is 17th in Division 4, while Greenfield is the top local team in Division 5 at #22. Athol is 50th, Franklin Tech 59th, Mahar 62nd, Pioneer 80th, Turners Falls 81st, and Mohawk is at #86.

Recent Headlines

2 hours ago in Entertainment

The game’s afoot as armchair detectives mark Sherlock Holmes Day

From 221B Baker Street in central London to a cliffside waterfall in the Swiss Alps, generations of armchair detectives are celebrating International Sherlock Holmes Day on Friday.

2 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Paul McCartney helps Stephen Colbert say goodbye to ‘The Late Show’ in ambitious final show

Stephen Colbert chatted with Paul McCartney and joined him on stage for a raucous performance of "Hello, Goodbye" on the final broadcast of CBS' "The Late Show" on Thursday night, a bittersweet farewell for a canceled show that still had a few barbs left for the network that ended its 33-year run.

2 hours ago in Sports, Trending

2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after being hospitalized with a ‘severe illness’

Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No cause of death was given.

1 day ago in Entertainment

Rami Malek explores art, love and death in Ira Sachs’ Cannes entry ‘The Man I Love’

In Ira Sachs' 1980s-set drama "The Man I Love," Rami Malek finds the most well-tailored role since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody."

2 days ago in Entertainment

As ‘The Boys’ ends, actors reveal their craziest stunts and what’s next for Vought

After five seasons of death, depravity and digs at the capitalistic superhero-industrial complex, "The Boys" dropped its series finale Wednesday.