The South Hadley girls basketball team faced a stiff challenge Friday night, a trip to the Berkshires to face an unbeaten team
The Tigers accepted the challenge and returned with a 46-40 win over the Hurricanes.
The Tigers (5-0) pulled away in the second and third quarter and entered the fourth with a 12 point lead.
South Hadley had three players in double figures including Mikhaila Edge (10 points), Mia Kelly (13 points) and Sophie Gatzounas (12 points).
Pioneer Valley 50, Smith Academy 34 — The Falcons couldn’t stay with the Panthers at home.
Victoria Smiarowski had six points and six rebounds for Smith Academy (2-3).
Hannah Rickert added four points and six rebounds.
Easthampton 33, Franklin Tech 27 — Juli Korza scored 10 points, and the Eagles won on the road.
Lisa Sikop added eight points, and Karina Volpe had seven for the Eagles (5-1).
Belchertown 53, West Springfield 44 — Samantha Birks scored a career-high 10 points with 15 rebounds for a double-double in a road win.
Kayla Henry led the Orioles (6-1) with 22 points and seven steals to go along with three assists. Madi Duffy scored eight.
Hopkins Academy 57, Mohawk 19 — Samantha Jenks scored 26 points in a road win.
She added seven assists and five steals for the Golden Hawks (5-0).
Leah Picard also reached double figures with 10 points, while Allison Kowal-Safron scored seven.
Frontier 31, Amherst 25 — The Red Hawks outlasted the Hurricanes at home.
Lisa Portier had five points and 13 rebounds for Frontier (2-2). Lexa Boyden led the team with nine points to go with eight rebounds.
Ingrid Salvador scored 10 points for the Hurricanes (1-5)
Granby 43, Drury 33 — Nora Young scored 20 points with eight rebounds for the Rams in a road win.
Mallory Beauregard chipped in with 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Granby (2-2)
Maddie Sexton added 11 boards with seven points.
Amherst 3, South Hadley 3 — The Hurricanes and the Tigers skated to a tie in South Hadley.
Nathan Masteralexis scored twice with an assist for Amherst (1-2-1), who took a 3-1 lead into the third period.
Alex Joao, Nick Thibault and Sean Doherty scored for South Hadley (2-2-1).
Amherst’s Clayton Bowser stopped 25 shots while Jake Remillard made 28 saves for South Hadley.
Pioneer Valley 82, Smith Academy 18 — The Falcons struggled in Northfield.
Nick Leary scored seven points for Smith Academy (1-4, 0-3 Hampshire).
Girls Basketball
Pioneer Valley 50, Smith Academy 34
Pioneer Valley (3-3, 2-0 Pioneer South)
Vergobbe 2-0-4, J. Scoville 8-0-16, Rowe 4-0-8, Jobst 2-2-7, Marchand 1-0-2, Merkle 4-1-9, S. Scoville 2-0-4. Totals 23-3-50
Smith Academy (2-3, 0-3)
O. Cavanaugh 2-0-6, Kelly 1-0-2, Rickert 1-2-4, Whalen 2-1-5, Hession 1-0-2, Guimond 0-2-2. Smiarowski 1-4-6, Gilrein 0-0-0, T. Cavanaugh 1-0-2, Skawski 2-1-5 . Totals 11-10-34
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Pioneer Valley |
10 |
17 |
18 |
5 |
—50 |
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Smith Academy |
5 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
—34 |
3-Pointers—Pioneer 1 (Jobst) Smith Academy 2 (O. Cavanaugh)
Easthampton 33, Franklin Tech 27
Easthampton (5-1)
Blomstrom 0-1-1, Volpe 2-3-7, Copeland 0-0-0, McDermott 0-0-0, Sikop 3-2-8, Pioli 1-1-3, Korza 4-2-10, Hall 2-0-4, Mutevelic 0-0-0. Totals 12-9-22
Franklin Tech (0-5)
Townsley 1-3-5, Leh 2-2-6, Dugga 2-0-4, Crowningshild 1-1-3, Merritt 1-0-2, Adams 2-3-7. Totals 9-9-27
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Easthampton |
8 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
—99 |
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Franklin Tech |
4 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
—27 |
3-Pointers—None
Belchertown 52, West Springfield 44
Belchertown (6-1)
Duffy 3-0-8, Henry 8-5-22, Pikul 1-0-2, LeBlanc 0-1-1, S. Birks 3-4-10, McKenzie 3-0-6, J. Birks 1-0-3, Mastalerz 0-0-0. Totals 19-10-52
West Springfield (2-3)
Andrews 10-3-24, Vila 2-0-5, Czerenema 6-1-13, Conway 1-0-2. Totals 19-4-44
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Belchertown |
10 |
9 |
11 |
22 |
—52 |
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West Springfield |
9 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
—44 |
3-Pointers—Belchertown 4 (Duffy 2, Henry, J. Birks); West Springfield 2 (Andrews, Vila)
Hopkins Academy 57, Mohawk 19
Hopkins Academy (5-0)
Picard 5-0-10, S. Jenks 11-1-26, Hanscom 1-2-4, Sieracki 0-0-0, Kowal-Safron 3-0-7, Palmisano 0-2-2, A. Jenks 2-0-4, Mitchell 2-0-4, Wackerbarth 0-0-0. Totals 24-5-57
Mohawk (0-5)
Lowell 1-0-2, Reid 2-0-5, Reynolds 1-3-5, Poplawski 3-1-7. Totals 7-4-19
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Hopkins Academy |
15 |
20 |
10 |
12 |
—57 |
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Mohawk |
5 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
—19 |
3-Pointers—Hopkins Academy 4 (S. Jenks 3, Kowal-Safron); Moahwk 1 (Reid)
Frontier 31, Amherst 25
Amherst (1-5)
Klaes 3-2-9, Salvadore 4-1-10, Laier 2-0-4, Nolan 1-0-2, Dalkas 0-0-0, Khalsa 0-0-0, Bumgardner 0-0-0. Totals 10-4-25
Frontier (2-2)
Diemand 2-1-6, DIaz 2-2-6, Portier 1-3-5, Meunier 1-0-2, Boyden 3-3-9, Deane 1-1-3, Walker 0-0-0, Hickey 0-0-0, Speth 0-0-0.. Totals 10-10-31
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Amherst |
6 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
—25 |
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Frontier |
7 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
—31 |
3-Pointers—Amherst 1 (Klaes); Frontier 1 Diemand)
Granby 43, Drury 33
Granby (2-2)
Croteau 2-0-4, Frappier 0-0-0, Burger 0-0-0, Sexton 2-2-7, McCreary 0-0-0, M. Beauregard 5-2-12, A. Beauregard 0-0-0, Young 7-6-20. Totals 16-10-43
Drury (1-3)
DiGennaro 4-3-14, Wissman 0-1-1, Thomas 4-0-8, Sondrini 1-0-2, Felix 3-0-6, Gardner 1-0-2. Totals 13-4-33
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Granby |
13 |
9 |
6 |
15 |
—43 |
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Drury |
8 |
6 |
11 |
8 |
—33 |
3-Pointers— Granby 1 (Sexton); Drury 3 (DiGennaro 3)
Boys Basketball
Pioneer Valley 82, Smith Academy 18
Smith Academy (1-4, 0-3 Hampshire)
Hession 0-1-1, Ferrara 0-0-0, Zigmont 2-1-5, Zygmont 0-0-0, Gratz 1-0-2, Lyons-Sosa 0-0-0, Leary 3-2-7, Woodward 0-0-0, Bouley 0-1-1, Bartlett 0-2-2, Leuschner 0-0-0. Totals 5-7-18
Pioneer Valley (3-3, 2-1)
Llewelyn 7-4-19, Emond 5-0-10, Dobisz 2-0-4, Willis 2-1-5, Cote 3-1-8, Loughman 1-0-2, Menard 3-1-8, Wheeler 4-0-10, Williams 5-3-13, Hill 1-13 Totals 33-11-82
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Smith Academy |
4 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
—18 |
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Home |
15 |
25 |
21 |
21 |
—82 |
3-Pointers—Smith Academy 1 (Leary); Pioneer 5 (Llewelyn , Cote, Menard, Wheeler 2)
Boys swimming & diving
Belchertown 135, Easthampton 22
at Williston
200 medley relay — (B) 1. Ben LaClair, Aaron Almeda, Christopher Cumbley, Cameron Szarkowski, 2:02.59; (E) 3. Gregory Norris, Jackson Kanelong, Christopher Vayda, Jordan Rubeck, 2:30.50
200 free — (B) 1. Dennis Lelic, 1:55.73; (E) 4. Norris, 2:45.16
200 IM – (B) 1. LaClair, 2:10.99; (E) 2. Vayda, 2:25.5
50 free — (B) 1. Chumbley, 23.6; (E) 4. Rubeck, 32.31
100 fly — (B) 1. Jarred Veroneau 1:07.78
100 free — (B) 1. LaClair, 50.39; (E) 4. Rubeck 1:15.06
500 free — (B) 1. Chumbley, 5:24.25; (E) 4. Kanelong, 7:53.91
200 free relay — (B) 1. LaClair, Bruce Douglas, Jacob Bresnahan, Cameron Wright, 149.55; (E) 3. Vada, Rubeck, Norris, Kanelong, 2:09.92
100 back — (B) 1. Kagan Sherson, 1:10.52; (E) 4. Norris, 1:42.76
100 breast — (B) 1. Lelic, 1:12.20; (E) 3. Vada, 1:16.48
400 free relay — (B) 1. Alex Szarkowski, Veroneau, Matthew Soja, LaClair, 4:01.46;
Records: Belchertown (3-0); Easthampton
Girls swimming & diving
Belchertown 117, Easthampton 63
at Williston
200 medley relay — (B) 1. Audra Hale, Wiktoria Kaczor, Hailey Synan, Nicole Beaumont, 1:59.37; (E) 2. Saige Harper, Victoria Dreisja, Brielle Bergeron, Abby Tobin, 2:09.89
200 free — (B) 1. Brooke Podsiadlo, 2:10.25; (E) 2. Harper, 2:10.81
200 IM – (B) 1. Hale, 2:27.30; (E) 2. Dreisja, 2:30.97
50 free — (B) 1. Synan, 26.79; (E) 2. Harper, 26.65
Diving — (E) 1. Amelia Craig, 166.2
100 fly — (B) 1. Hale, 1:10.88; (E) 2. Morgan Bates, 1:16.19
100 free — (B) 1. Kaczor, 1:00.74; (E) 4. Kiernan Jones, 1:29.23
500 free — (B) 1. Synan, 5:27.52; (E) 3. Tobin, 6:38.62
200 free relay — (B) 1. Hale, Kaczor, Tara Mazza, Podsiadlo, 1:55.79; (E) 3. Morgan Bates, Craig, Tobin, Dreisja, 2:02.42
100 back — (B) 1. Beaumont, 1:08.92; (E) 4. Paige Roy, 1:52.03
100 breast — (B) 1. Kaczor, 1:12.80; (E) 2. Dreisja, 1:19.59
400 free relay — (B) 1. Mazza, Beaumont, Podsiadlo, Synan 4:50.82; (E) 2. Ashlee Carberry, Craig, Bergeron, Morgan Bates, 4:45.84
Records: Belchertown (3-0), Easthampton (1-3)

