By JEFF TIRRELL

(Greenfield, MA) — After being postponed last fall due to the restrictions brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the local high school football season is finally about to happen. Football is one of several sports that are being played in the so-called “Fall 2 Season” under the guidance of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. There are five local schools participating:

  • Greenfield (a co-op program with student-athletes from GHS, Turners Falls High School, and Mohawk Trail Regional High School)
  • Franklin County Tech
  • Frontier Regional
  • Mahar Regional
  • Athol

The first two games of the seven-game slate on Bear Country 95.3 are this weekend. The Greenfield Green Wave travels to Orange to play the Mahar Senators Friday night at 6:00. Saturday, it will be Frontier hosting Franklin Tech at 1:00. Here is the complete broadcast schedule:

Fri 3/26 Gfld @ Mahar 6:00pm

Sat 3/27 FC Tech @ Frontier 1:00pm

Fri 4/2 Athol @ FC Tech 7:00pm

Fri 4/9 Frontier @ Gfld 6:00pm

Fri 4/16 Gfld @ Athol 6:00p

Fri 4/23 FC Tech @ Gfld 6:00pm

Sat 4/24 Belchertown @ Easthampton 12:30pm