Holyoke, Mass

Holyoke Tops in State

by Laurel | February 21st, 2007

[Adapted from the Berkshire Evening Eagle, 20 February 1946.]

The Holyoke High School basketball team is ranked No. 1 in Massachusetts, according to the Dunkel ratings, released by the Scholastic Sports institute. Coach Billy Sullivan’s team has a rating of 64 points. Somerville High is second with 62.4 and Sacred Heart High, Holyoke, eighth. Westfield is placed 12th.

Sacred Heart High, Holyoke is rated second for Western Massachusetts, Westfield third, Williston, fourth, Worcester Academy, fifth, Ludlow, sixth, Williams High, Stockbridge, seventh, Adams 12th and Drury 20th.

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Suggested Holyoke Books

Mountain Park -- The Holyoke destination we all loved.

Mount Holyoke College, Postcard History by Donna Albino. Many Holyoke women have attended Mount Holyoke. Author also maintains an amazing MHC website based upon her personal collection.

Holyoke-Chicopee: A Perspective, by Ella Merkel DiCarlo. DiCarlo, a former Transcript columnist offers a fascinating compilation of her essays. Published in 1982, this out-of-print book is worth looking for in the aftermarket.

Holyoke, by Craig Della Penna. The first Holyoke book in the Arcadia series, published in 1997.

Belle Skinner Collection, by Ruth Isabel Skinner. Published in 1933, this book is long out of print but copies are still available in the aftermarket.