Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir out for 2009-10 season

New Leadership's Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir who is a freshman at the University of Memphis on a full basketball scholarship is out for the 2009-10 season due to a torn ACL. Here's the video of the story from abc40.

Agawam pounces early with defeat over Northampton

Agawam scored three quick touchdowns in the first quarter ignited by a 65-yard TD pass from senior quarterback Kevin Fruwirth to junior running back Tesfaye Bihonegne as the Brownies rolled to a 40-6 win over its AA conference foe.

Northampton continues to struggle now 0-6 on the season and 0-4 in the conference.

Check out the full game recap in today's Republican.

Chicopee backs Eddie Green and Raheem Kelly-Reid pace 27-8 football win over Putnam

Senior running backs Eddie Green and Raheem Kelly-Reid ran for a combined 312 yards and scored two touchdowns as Chicopee paced itself past Putnam 27-8 in a Suburban League match-up at Szot Park Friday night.

Chicopee improved to 4-1 overall and 4-0 in the league. 

Click here to read the full recap.

Monday Afternoon Quarterback Week 4

This week's topic features defense.

The Springfield Republican's Russ Held recaps key defensive plays that led to wins.

Highlighted plays

Casey Blachard's blocked punt for Pioneer Valley Regional who came from behind to beat Ware, 20-16.

Quarterback D'Shane Smith intercepted an intended touchdown pass as Central held on to defeat Westfield 34-26.

Jacory Gonzalez had an interception at the Holyoke 1 yard line with 52 seconds to play to seal the deal for the Purple Knights as they upset Agawam 21-14.

I covered the Central/Westfield game. You can check out the game recap here.