SECTION D Satur day,Augus t 5,2017 SP ORTS recor der.com 34TH GREENFIELD LIGHTLIFE TRIATHLON

CHIP AINSWORTH KEEPING SCORE Mr. Hockey, lunch is served

Good morning! Eddie Shore’s No. 2 hangs from the TD Gar- den, but his legacy lives in Springfield. Shore lived in Agawam and died at Mercy Hospital in Springfield when he was 82-years-old. After a 13- year career and four MVP trophies in Boston, he bought the Springfield Indians, where he played three seasons, scored 10 goals and racked up 145 penalty minutes. In his book, “Eddie Shore and That Old Time H o c k e y, ”author C. Michael Hiam wrote that Shore invested his entire life savings and mort- gaged his Alberta farm to buy the franchise. Be- fore closing the deal, Shore bought a 55-cent ticket into the cheap seats to watch his prospec- tive hockey team. When a reporter spotted him RECORDER STAFF/MATT BURKHARTT and asked if he was Mr. Hockey, Shore replied, “I Above, Jennifer Boucher, of Somers, Connecticut, races down Colrain Road during the bike leg of last year’s Greenfield Lightlife guess I do look a bit like him, but I’m glad I’m Triathlon. Below, swimmers navigate the first leg of last year’s triathlon. The 34th running of the annual event takes place Sunday not. The things I read about Eddie Shore, he morning at 8 a.m. at the Green River Swimming & Recreation Area. must be a bastard.” Later, Shore said it was the team’s fans that had most impressed him. “They hollered, they screamed like maniacs at everything the Indi- Champs return for Greenfield Triathlon ans did, even little things like poke checking and putting an elbow in somebody’s face.” Seven years ago, brothers Steve and Lou By JASON BUTYNSKI Bordeaux decided to perpetuate the spirit of pro Recorder Staff hockey in Springfield. With the help of Shore’s son Ted, and the enthusiasm of Springfield Re- Dan Bensen, JoEllen Reino publican columnist Garry Brown, they founded and Madeline Nagy will all be the Springfield Hockey Heritage Association. looking to go down in the Green- “We ’re hoping to set up an exhibit using some of field Lightlife Triathlon history the memorabilia we have, and some from other books Sunday morning during people,”they told Brown. “We know there’s the 34th running of the annual other collectors out there.” event. It worked. Memorabilia was donated, former The trio will each be vying for players agreed to return and next Saturday the their fourth-ever crowns, which SHHA will be hosting its seventh annual Hock- would tie a record set by Don eyday in Springfield. The catered luncheon will Dwight when he won four Inter- be inside the Clark Building on the Big E fair- national races in the 1990s. The grounds and will include Springfield Indians/ Triathlon kicks off at 8 a.m. on Kings/Falcons alumni. Sunday morning at the Green “We sent invitations to 93 former players and River Swimming & Recreation 17 or 18 are coming back,”said Steve Bordeaux. Area on Nash’s Mill Road in “We take care of their hotels and take them out Greenfield. The first heat of com- to dinner, and we’ll have a golf outing for them at petitors will hit the waters of the Tekoa Country Club in Westfield.” Green River and subsequent Bordeaux owns Steve’s Sports in West heats will follow. Springfield and his business specializes in high- The triathlon features two quality printing and embroidery. “We ’ll charge races: the Sprint and Interna- wholesale for Indians T-shirts and apparel. It tional. The Sprint is the shorter helps spread the word about old-time hockey in of the two races and consists of a Springfield.” .31-mile swim, 15.14-mile bike Tickets are $22 but must be purchased in ad- and 3.09-mile run, while the In- last year’s victory in 1 hour, 10 Poe is the two-time reigning field will feature a new champion vance. To buy and become a member, call 413- ternational course includes a .63- minutes, 24.8 seconds. Reino is m e n’s International champion af- this season as defending champ 746-1696 or go online at hockeyspringfield.org. mile swim, 30.28-mile bike and also a two-time defending ter completing last year’s course Katie Mason from Brooklyn, N.Y. I 7.09-mile run. w o m e n’s Sprint champion, al- in 2:25:07.1, which was over eight had not signed up for the race as The UMass athletic department has shown Bensen and Reino join Carson though all three of her crowns minutes faster than anyone else of Friday afternoon. One person the door to its most recent sports information di- Poe for another run at history as came as JoEllen Cameron, in- in the field. The Northampton who will look to take her place at rector. Molly O’Mara was hired two years ago by each of the three will vie for their cluding last year’s title which resident has used the Greenfield the front of the field is Hatfield’s athletic director Ryan Bamford, the incoming third straight wins. came in 1:17:11.4, putting her Triathlon as a warmup for an up- Nagy, who has won three previ- hotshot from Georgia Tech. Because John Sin- Bensen is a Greenfield native sixth overall. coming Ironman competition in ous Greenfield Triathlons. Nagy nett already had the job and accompanying con- who captured his first Greenfield Two weeks after her crown, September each of the past two captured her first crown in 2001 tract, Bamford created a new position for Triathlon men’s Sprint title in Cameron married fellow triath- seasons and he returns for his and then won again in 2013. Her O’Mara: Associate Director of Athletics for 2012. The University of Vermont lete John Reino (who won the third straight year. Poe is cur- most recent title came in 2015, Communications and Public Relations. graduate, who competed on the m e n’s 50-54 division last year in rently nursing a cold but should which was also the last time she That clunky title enabled O’Mara to push Sin- triathlon team while in school, 1:19:49.2) so JoEllen will now try be the person to beat once has run the event, missing last nett aside and be the primary media contact for has also won each of the past two for her fourth title, but first-ever again. football. Sinnett was shuffled off to cover tennis, m e n’s Sprint crowns, including as Reino. The women’s International SEE TRI ATHLON D3 w o m e n’s basketball and the like, but according to massopenbooks.org their annual salaries were only $100 apart. O’Mara was making $75,656 and Sinnett was making $75,556. PATRIOT S NFL HALL OF FAME A 2004 UMass grad, O’Mara had previously worked in athletic offices at Arizona, Arkansas, and Texas Tech. From this vantage, it was her imperious attitude that helped wear out her wel- Brady mum on Ca m pa i g n s come in Amherst. The winner is Sinnett, who returns to the football beat and has one less boss breathing down his neck. past medical issues and I The 14th annual Sgt. Gregory Belanger By KYLE HIGHTOWER Memorial Dinner is Aug. 26 at the South Deer- Associated Press ce l eb rat i o n s field Polish Club. Belanger grew up in Deerfield and captained the Frontier Regional School FOXBOROUGH —To m wrestling team. In 1999, he joined the Army Re- Brady says he prefers to keep serves and was called to action after the 9/11 at- any medical issues in his past at HOF tacks. private, including whether he He served in the 325th Military Intelligence had a concussion last season. In his first comments since By BARRY WILNER SEE SC ORE D3 the Patriots opened training Associated Press camp, the quarterback said Friday he is “not blind”to is- CANTON, Ohio —For several mem- sues such as CTE, but remains bers of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s confident in how he tries to class of 2017, it was a time to campaign avoid injury. while celebrating. Terrell Davis wants more attention Brady ’s wife, supermodel paid to the running game, and stronger Gisele Bundchen, told “CBS hall consideration for running backs — This Morning”in May that AP PHOTO something similar to this year, when Brady played through a con- Patriot s’quarterback Tom Brady (12) speaks with wide both he and LaDainian Tomlinson were cussion on his way to a fifth Su- receiver Danny Amendola (80) while warming up at training selected. per Bowl title. She also alluded camp Thursday. Morten Andersen, just the second to other concussions he has full-time kicker to make the hall, spoke had during his career. reports from independent neu- Brady, who turned 40 on out Friday for the guys who put the foot He declined to say whether rotrauma consultants and Thursday, hasn’t missed a reg- in football. her comments were accurate, trainers who worked at Brady’s ular-season game because of Kenny Easley can’t believe there are PHOTO COURTESY OF SPRINGFIELD HOCKEY HERITAGE SOCIETY adding, “I don’t want to get into injury since tearing a ligament only eight pure safeties enshrined. games during the 2016 season Springfield Indians’defensemen Dave things that happened in my in his left knee in the season So while enthusiastically embracing Amadio, Dale Rolfe, Jim Holdaway and Gary past, certain medical history and found no records that indi- opener in 2008. their entry into the hall, which will hap- Young pose for a photo on the boards of the and so forth.” cated he had a head injury or Big E Coliseum in 1964. The NFL said it reviewed all showed concussion symptoms. SEE BR ADY D3 SEE H ALL D3 D3 Satur day,Augus t 5,2017 SP ORTS recor der.com

BULLETIN BOARD Palmisano leads Frontier Blue past Agawam, 12-10

By JASON BUTYNSKI night. B as eb a l l and JEFF LAJOIE •Elsewhere, Joey Brook Recorder Staff and Jared Hubbard combined Babe Ruth Fall Ball for 39 points as Hadley edged The Franklin County Babe Izzy Palmisano smacked Sunderland, 77-69, in over- Ruth Baseball Association will four hits and drove in a pair of time. hold registrations for its Fall runs, and Frontier Blue closed Joe Thomson had a team- Baseball League on four up- out its regular-season with a high 20 points for Sunderland, coming dates: 12-10 victory over Agawam No. while Cam Pleasant added 12. On Saturday and Aug. 12 the 1 in a 12U Suburban League Boys’JV league will hold registrations softball game Friday night at Steven Steele’s 20 points from 10 a.m. until noon, and on Sacred Heart Fields in sent Team X past Belcher- Sunday and Aug. 13 the league Agawam. town, 65-43, in DRIVE Boys’ will hold registrations from 1 Frontier Blue (7-5) starter JV action on Thursday. until 3 p.m. All registration ses- RECORDER FILE PHOTOS/MATT BURKHARTT Jillian Apanell went the dis- Dan Nunez scored 15 sions will take place at Aber- Above, competitors make their way up Nash’s Mill Road in Greenfield during the running tance, striking out six batters points for Team X, while crombie Field in Greenfield. portion of the Greenfield Lightlife Triathlon last season. Below, light reflects off the to pick up the victory. Belchertown was paced by The Fall League is open to goggles of swimmer during last year’s event. Kylie Laford helped pace Jordan Lanue’s eight points. anyone ages 12 through 14. the offense with three hits, and •In other action, Liam Cur- Babe Ruth is the next step for onto Green River Road. Par- courses please make sure to she ended the game in the tis helped Monadnock with 13 those players aging out of Cal Tr i at h l o n ticipants head south on have dogs on leashes that day field with a sparkling double points en route to a 57-28 win Ripken next season and Fall Green River Road, which so as to not interfere with the play to lock up the victory. over Hadley. Ball is a great introduction to a FROM D1 merges with Plain Road, race. The postseason begins Andrew Ciaglo was in dou- full-size diamond. which competitors take back Anyone who has not yet next week for Frontier Blue ble figures with 13 points for For questions contact Joe year ’s due to an injury. towards the Swimming Area. registered but is interested and the rest of the 12U field. H a d l e y. Mignault at 774-3876 or Phil Sunday ’s race marks the The Sprint competitors do can do so on Saturday from 4 •Elsewhere, Collin Holmes at 768-9660. third year since the return of two laps, while the Interna- to 6 p.m. at the Greenfield B asket b a l l Boudreau (15 points) and the covered bridge on Eunice tional competitors bike four pool. DRIVE Boys’Middle School Owen Morse (11) guided Fron- S chools Williams Drive in Greenfield laps. As always, Nash’s Mill Sam Gibson scored 11 tier Red past Noho, 57-35. Great Falls seeks football after it was rebuilt following After hoping off the bikes, Road and Eunice Williams points, leading Greenfield to a Ken Morrison was high- coach its destruction during Hurri- competitors gear up for the fi- Drive will be closed Sunday 47-20 victory over Deerfield in scorer for Noho (7 points). Great Falls Middle School cane Irene in 2011. Unfortu- nal portion of the race, the morning from 8 a.m. until a DRIVE Boys’Middle School •Finally, Charlie Carr in Turners Falls is seeking a nately, race officials got a bit run. The running course is noon. All other roads on the Basketball game on Thursday scored 14 points and the football coach for the upcom- of bad news, because this will different for the two divisions. course will be open but mo- at Indoor Action Sports in Green Mountain Raptors held ing fall 2017 season. Anyone in- mark the final year that the The International competi- torists are asked to use ex- Greenfield. off Frontier Blue, 48-46. terested should call TF ath- usual course will be able to be tors run one loop that is the treme caution. Spectators Will Chalfant paced Deer- Ethan Machon’s 7 points letic director Adam Graves at used due to scheduled con- same as the bike course. The who arrive before the race field with five points on the led Frontier Blue. 863-7314. struction on the one-lane Sprint Division actually sends begins will be able to park at bridge on Nash’s Mill Road. runners west onto Nash’s the Swimming & Recreation That bridge, which has been Mill Road, where they take a Area, but will not be allowed a thorn in the side to plenty of right onto Colrain Road. Run- to leave until the event is people in town, is scheduled ners go right at the fork, onto over. Spectator parking is B rady to be rebuilt, but it looks like Plain Road, and then take a also available at Murphy the race will need to reroute left onto Meadow Lane, and Field on Leyden Road as well FROM D1 competitors each of the next another left back onto Colrain as at the Academy of Early two summers. The Greenfield Road for the return stretch to Learning, and Valley Medical “I really don’t think that’s anybody’s busi- Triathlon Committee has yet the Greenfield pool. Center. For a map of parking ness, what happened last year and I’m focused to figure out a new route but Organizers ask that any- go to www.greenfield- on this year and improving and working on rest assured it will get done. one living along any of the triathlon.com. things I need to get better at,”he said. The current course sees Brady sat out the first four games of the 2016 competitors hit the water season as punishment for his role in the “De - near the dam at the Swim- flategate”scandal. He missed practice late in ming & Recreation Area and the season for leg, thigh and ankle injuries. swim upstream. Competitors But he wasn’t listed on the league-required emerge from the water on the injury reports for a concussion or head injury at western side of the play- any point during the 2016 calendar year or 2016 ground and hit the bicycle season. transition area. From there, A recently released study by the brain bank competitors head out onto at Boston University found evidence of disease Nash’s Mill Road and pedal in the brains of 110 of 111 former NFL players it up the steep hill toward Ley- examined. It linked repeated head blows as the den Road. Competitors take a culprit, in what is the largest update on chronic left onto Leyden Road and begin the long trek out to Eu- traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a debilitat- nice Williams Drive. A left ing brain disease that can cause a range of AP PHOTO onto Eunice Williams takes symptoms, including memory loss. Patriot s’quarterback Tom Brady runs with competitors over the covered Brady said he tries to learn from athletes who the ball as offensive coordinator Josh bridge and up another steep came before him. McDaniels looks on Thursday. Brady turned climb, where they emerge “I’m confident in what I do,”he said. 40 years old Thursday. Though he’s now the oldest player on the Pa- triots roster, Brady said he has no plans of slow- He also maintained his desire to play at least ing down. another five years. “I’ve got a great regimen and it’s a process Bill Parcells, ran second in the Curlin Stakes “I’ve never thought about not playing. At S core at the Spa. Parcells’stable is named August for me,”he said. “The best part about it is I enjoy Dawn Farm and its all-time money earner is what I’m doing so it never really feels like I’m least until my mid-40s, I said, so that’s a pretty FROM D1 Saratoga Snacks ($693,000). Several of the working at it because I really love doing it. ... good goal in and of itself,”Brady said. “Then names have sports connotations: Bats Hopefully (I can) just keep it going.” we’ll see when I get there.” Battalion and was stationed in Hillah, Iraq. On Cleanup, Infield is In and Bavaro (named af- Aug. 27, 2003, he volunteered for a convoy and ter former New York Giants’tight end Mark was killed by a roadside bomb. Bavaro). The event in his name has helped raise I years of eligibility before get- Brian Dawkins, Darren Wood- money for scholarships and veterans organi- Speaking of big tuna, N.H. state trooper Hall ting in. son —any of those four are zations. This year organizers are asking Nick Cyr reeled in a 646-pound bluefin off the Considering the role kick- fine, or all of them. friends to buy gift cards (Big Y, Stop & Shop, coast of Rye on July 20. According to seacoas- FROM D1 ers play, especially in today’s “I prefer all of them,”he CVS) that will be donated to veterans. tonline.com, Cyr was reading a book and had game, he believes that trend added with a laugh, calling for The festivities will include a buffet, dessert two lines out when the big fish hit. He said it pen Saturday night along with will change. a“megasafety class.” and dozens of raffle prizes. For more informa- spun the boat in circles and dragged it about Kurt Warner, Jerry Jones and “With my election to the Beyond that quartet — tion call Kathy Belanger at 413-774-7300. two miles but at $8.50 a pound it was worth the Jason Taylor, Davis and An- Hall of Fame and the level of Lynch has been a frequent fi- I 90-minute effort. dersen and Easley repre- skill today, it moves the con- nalist in the voting —Easley SOX OF A DIFFERENT COLOR: Chris I sented. versation along,”Andersen recognized another group that Sale was 14-3 a year ago for the White Sox and SQUIBBERS: Jonny Gomes’best bit of “The running game is not said. “I would argue that, be- soon will be eligible. this year he’s 13-4 for the Red Sox. Last year, analysis on NESN was when Alcides Escobar just go to minicamp and then sides the quarterback posi- “We ’ve got a lot of guys he was suspended for cutting up $12,700 worth worked Matt Barnes for a two-run single on training camp in shorts and T- tion, kickers affect the out- coming behind them, you of throwback uniforms and this year he’s been Sunday: “You never really can get hurt with shirts and think you will be come of games more than know, Ed Reed, Troy Pola- quiet, cooperative and responsible. It’s hard down-and-away fast balls,”said Gomes, “but successful,”Davis said when anyone. malu,”Easley said. “We got the unusual presence of two “There are a lot of guys I some guys who (annually) will to reconcile the two Sales, but one note of con- you can’t showcase ’em the same pitch too running backs in the same feel should be looked at more be genuine contenders.” cern is his 18-21 record in August and Septem- many times. Four down-and-out heaters and hall class was mentioned. s e r i o u s l y, ”he added, mention- Davis’election was delayed ber the last five years. then right there on the fifth (he singles).”… “You need the pads on, need ing not only kickers such as by questions about such a I Say a prayer for Jerry Remy, who continues lots of hitting and repetitions. Gary Anderson and the still- short career: Davis played On Sunday at Gulfstream Park, jockey Al- to recover from cancer surgery. … The It’s like an orchestra. active Adam Vinatieri, but seven NFL seasons, the last varo Donis got the ride of his life aboard Iwan- UMass home opener in three weeks kicks off “I think now they are real- special teamer Steve Tasker two wrecked by injuries. But natalkaboutme. The rank 2-year-old filly took at 6 p.m. and the rest are at 3:30, including two izing in the NFL you’ve got to and punter Sean Landetta. the other five were spectacu- the lead on the backstretch, backed off, in late October when the sun will be setting find other ways of getting the “It’s a tight squeeze. l a r. clipped heels and threw Alvaro into the path and the wind will be whipping in from the running game going.” “It feels good to be on the His comparison, he noted, of two oncoming horses. west. Whatever happened to those 1 p.m. kick- Davis pushed for more other side, and now it’s my is Gale Sayers, who also had a Asked about Donis’well being, communi- offs? Right, the students are still sleeping. … Broncos in the hall. From the obligation to enhance their mercurial career but was a cations director David Joseph emailed, “He Actor Jeremy Renner told Howard Stern this two Denver teams he helped chances. I hope it’s not an- first-ballot entry. That led to got right up, walked to the jock’s room on his week that he had a 225 bowling average as a win NFL titles in 1997 and ’98, other 21 years where no one more campaigning by Davis. own and was none the worse. He even had a 12-year-old. Renner’s IQ is 175. …The NFL’s only John Elway and Shannon gets in.” “Now the precedent is re- smile on his face. The horse was fine as only roster cut is Sept. 2 to give teams enough Sharpe also are in. Andersen doesn’t expect a set,”he said. “It should not be well.” players to get through the preseason. …The “Steve Atwater, Jason special teams player to get in how long you played. What it I Boston Globe’s Ben Volin reported that veter- Elam, Rod Smith, (owner) Pat yearly, instead targeting “ev- should be based on is how well After listening again to the June 29 game of ans are paid $1,900 a week in training camp, Bowlen,”he said, reeling off ery three to five years.” you played in the NFL.” infamy, CSN’s Felger & Mazz determined and rookies make $1,075. …Tournament di- the names. “Those are ones I Easley, selected by the se- Asked about the exclusivity what Dennis Eckersley said that irked David rector Brent McLaughin was given the heave- played with and I certainly niors committee, is in more of of any hall of fame, Davis said: Price: “What are you going to do now Mr. ho after the second round of last week’s Cana- think they will all be in.” a rush to see safeties in- “That’s what makes it special, Price? Two-and-one…Couple of deep dian Open. He said he wasn’t upset because Andersen joins Jan ducted. everyone can’t get in.” breaths, couple of spits and we’ll have our an- he lasted longer than Anthony Scaramucci. Stenerud as the enshrined “We set the tone on de- Then he chuckled. s w e r. ” Chip Ainsworth is an award-winning colum- kickers; Ray Guy is the only fense,”the former hard-hit- “But when you’re on the Ah Eck, that’s why we love you. Welcome nist who has penned his observations about pure punter in the hall. Al- ting Seahawks star said. other side, you say, ‘C a n’t they back. sports for four decades in the Pioneer Valley. though Andersen is the NFL’s “We ’re going to get a lot of open the floodgates and un- I He can be reached by email at sports@ scoring leader and kicked for these guys in the hall. Be- plug the hole and let guys Small Bear, a 3-year-old gelding owned by re c o r d e r. c o m . 25 seasons, it took him eight tween John Lynch, Atwater, in?’”