Anna Kerwood went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, as the Northampton softball team beat West Springfield, 8-6, to qualify for the postseason, Thursday.
Northampton (10-1) scored two runs in the fifth inning to break a 6-6 tie.
Zoe Driscoll-Sbarr added two hits and two RBIs, while Abby Pelis went 2-for-4 with three RBIs.
Anna Connly and Emelia Pelis both had hits.
Athol 12, Frontier Regional 9 — Maddie Fifield hit a solo homer in her first varsity game for the host Red Hawks.
Lexa Boyden had three hits with two RBIs, while Kelsey Jarvis added two hits, including a double, with three RBIs for Frontier (3-5).
Minnechaug 23, Amherst 0 — Egeria Koehn-Cooper had the lone hit for the Hurricanes (1-7) in a home loss to undefeated Falcons.
Hopkins Academy 28, Smith Vocational 16 — Maegan Quinlan went 4-for-6 with a double and a triple and eight RBIs in a road win.
Macy Ring hit a home run and had five hits, while Kelsea Cristoforo went 5-for-5 with seven RBIs for Hopkins (3-7).
McCann Tech 12, Gateway 0 — Dayna Britland had the only hit for the Gators (1-11, 0-6 Bi-County West) in a road loss.
Williston 1, Ethel Walker 0 — Jordan Strum had two hits and the game-winning RBI for the Wildcats (5-2).
South Hadley 20, Belchertown 4 — Julia Miele tallied three goals and three assists for the Tigers (3-6). Sarah Lacey and Marley Medina had two goals and two assists each, while Briana Couture found the net three times.
Bridget Sears added a goal and an assist, while Hanna Kopec made seven saves for South Hadley.
Lauren Pope, Katie Hislop, Elise Pikul and Morgan Mathusin all scored for Belchertown (0-10).
Emily Sayball-Wimmer made 21 saves.
Boys lacrosse
Longmeadow 11, Northampton 3 — Tyler Allcroft had two goals for the Blue Devils, while Henry Higgins with a goal and an assist.
Ryan Heng made 14 saves for the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils (9-2) trailed 2-1 after the first half, but the Lancers pulled away, outscoring Northampton 7-1 in the third.
Williston 15, Frontier Regional 6 — Alex Bzdel scored two goals and added two assists for the Wildcats.
Softball
Athol 12, Frontier 9
Athol 530 202 0 — 12 12 2
Frontier 200 400 3 — 9 9 4
WP—Soccie LP—Wesoloski
Records: Athol (6-3) ; Frontier (3-5)
Minnechaug 23, Amherst 0 (5)
Minnechaug 756 50 — 23 14 0
Amherst 000 00 — 0 1 9
WP—Crafts LP—Cousland
Records: Minnechaug (12-0); Amherst (1-7)
Northampton 8,
West Springfield 6
West Springfield 004 200 0 — 6 7 3
Northampton 003 320 x — 8 9 2
WP—Kerwood LP—Adam
Records: Northampton (10-1) West Springfield (8-5)
Hopkins Academy 28,
Smith Vocational 16
Hopkins Academy 807 135 4 — 28 26 2
Smith Vocational 170 215 0 — 16 19 4
WP—Markowski LP—Start
Records: Hopkins Academy (3-7) Smith Vocational (5-5)
McCann Tech 12, Gateway 0
Gatweay 000 00 — 0 1 5
McCann 014 25 — 12 14 1
WP—Goyette LP—Gamble
Records: Gateway (1-11, 0-6 Bi-County West); McCann (4-4, 2-1)