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.

Monday Afternoon Quarterback Week 3

The Springfield Republican's Russ Held highlights the Commerce Red Raiders this week as they picked up its first win since the 2007 season.

After an 0-2 start, Commerce won 9-7 over city rival Putnam.

Other topics include streaks and Longmeadow is nowhere to be found this time.

The honors go to Frontier Regional (3-0) who holds the longest active winning streak in Western Massachusetts with nine dating back to last season.

And if you missed it, here's my recap of the Agawam vs. Taconic game from last Friday.

The Brownies were 45-14 winners in a game that took two and a half hours to play.