Love for wrestling fuels major comeback for Cesar Alvan at Northfield Mount Hermon

By Dan­ny Barletta
MassLive
Decem­ber 2, 2020

Cesar Alvan cel­e­brates his 100th career wrestling vic­to­ry. Pho­to: Mark M. Murray

Cesar Alvan was one of the top high school wrestlers in Mass­a­chu­setts. Then, a freak knee injury threat­ened his career, but Alvan was deter­mined to make a come­back to the mat. He’s in the process of doing so and still has big future aspi­ra­tions in the sport.

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Ware football takes down No. 5 Northampton 22–12 on Senior Day

By Dan­ny Barletta
MassLive
April 17, 2021

Ware quar­ter­back Dil­lon Slat­tery runs up the mid­dle in a big win over Northamp­ton. Pho­to: J. Antho­ny Roberts

Ware foot­ball hon­ored its 11 seniors before their final home game. Then, the Indi­ans went out on the field and pulled off a big upset over one of the top teams in the region. Quar­ter­back Dil­lon Slat­tery and run­ning back Andrew Soltys led the way with big time performances.

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In final season competing for Gateway, Becca and Ben Hyjek earn All-State soccer recognition

By Dan­ny Barletta
MassLive
Jan­u­ary 18, 2021

Twins Bec­ca and Ben Hyjek both earned All-State hon­ors in soc­cer as seniors at Gate­way. Pho­to: MassLive

Twins Bec­ca and Ben Hyjek grew up com­pet­ing against each oth­er in every­thing, includ­ing soc­cer. Now, as seniors at Gate­way Region­al High School, both sib­lings were named All-State soc­cer play­ers. They cred­it each oth­er with mak­ing them the suc­cess­ful ath­letes they are today.

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