High schools: Amherst Regional girls basketball holds off Granby

Mayouri Yath hit a go-ahead layup with 20 seconds as the Amherst Regional girls basketball team held off Granby, 52-51, Monday in Granby.

The ending wasn’t without some drama though.

Granby coach Tom Burke opted not to call a timeout after Yath’s basket. The Rams turned the ball over on their possession and fouled Amherst forward Petua Mukimba.

She missed the front end of the one-and-one, and Granby called a timeout with 2.8 seconds left.

Julia Gauvin threw an inbounds pass to Nora Young, who dribbled twice and lined up a shot inside the 3-point line but missed at the buzzer.

“We got it right where we wanted it,” Burke said.

Erin Klaes made three 3s and led the Hurricanes (4-6, 2-0 Central) with 22 points. Delaney MacPhetres also reached double digits with 10 points. Yath added nine points, while Mukimba scored eight.

Young had 17 points for Granby (4-7, 1-1), while Faith Bergeron and Julia Frappier chipped in eight points each.

Amherst led by 10 after a quarter and banked in a 3 at the second-half buzzer to go up 32-21.

Granby led for most of the fourth quarter after scoring 18 in the third to retake the lead.

“Too many mistakes late,” Burke said.

Smith Academy 54, Duggan 34 — Emma Kelly had 23 points and 20 rebounds Saturday in the Falcons Holiday classic.

Karlie Guimond added 14 points, while Victoria Smiarowski contributed eight points and 17 rebounds for the Falcons (6-5).

They’ll face Gateway Regional in the tournament’s rescheduled title game Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Hatfield.

Boys basketball

Frontier Regional 49, Palmer 42 — Tim Barrington turned in a career-high 10 points off the bench to turn the tide for the Red Hawks (10-1).

Frontier buckled down on defense late, fueling their offense and allowing it to overtake Palmer in the fourth quarter.

Carsten Carey led Frontier, which qualified for the Division 3 tournament, with 13 points.

Ware 70, Belchertown 67 — Corey Lanoue hit three 3s and scored 25 points in a road loss.

Nate Wright added 21 points for the Orioles (3-10), and Jordan Lanoue had 14.

Sutton 70, Easthampton 46 — Senior Ronan Mottor scored 17 points for Easthampton (8-3).

Jack Bacis and Mike Brown added seven points apiece for the Eagles in a rematch of last season’s Division 3 state semifinal.

Hockey

Greenfield 9, Mount Everett 2 — Bryan Baumann scored four times, as the Green Wave secured a spot in the postseason.

Jacob Bryant added two goals and two assists, while Cam Rice had two assists.

Sean O’Sullivan (assist), Kyle Barnes (assist) and Derek Lenois also found the net. Lenois potted his first varsity goal.

Kevin Baumann, Booie Harris and Jake Croteau had assists for the Green Wave (9-0-2, 4-0-2 Wright).

Riley Drew made 12 saves and Jordyn Lavalle stopped five shots.

Girls basketball

Smith Academy 54, Duggan 34

Duggan (4-5)

Flores 5-2-15, Mitchell 2-0-4, Franco 2-1-5, McCray 2-3-7, Oquendo 1-1-3. Totals 12-7-34

Smith Academy (6-5)

Guimond 5-4-14, Hession 1-0-2, Cavanaugh 1-0-2, Kelly 10-3-23, Smiarowski 3-2-8, McCoy 10-2, Gilrein 1-0-3. Totals 22-9-54

3-Pointers—Duggan 3 (Flores 3), Smith Academy 1 (Gilrein)

Amherst Regional 52, Granby 51

Amherst (4-6, 2-0 Central)

Klaes 8-3-22, Nolan 0-0-0, Yath 4-0-9, Shea 1-0-2, Bumgardner 0-1-1, Zabko 0-0-0, MacPhetres 3-4-10, Mukimba 3-2-8. Totals 19-10-52

Granby (4-7, 1-1)

Croteau 1-0-2, Frappier 3-2-8, Sexton 2-0-4, McCreaty 4-2-10, Gauvin 1-0-2, Young 7-2-17, Bergeron 3-0-8. Totals 21-6-51

3-Pointers—Amherst 4 (Klaes 3, Yath), Granby 3 (Young, Bergeron 2)

Boys basketball

Frontier Regional 49, Palmer 42

Frontier (10-1)

Sharp 1-0-3, Evans 4-0-8, Barrington 4-0-10, P. Carey 4-0-8, Morse 1-0-3, C. Carey 5-3-13, Walkowicz 2-0-4. Totals 21-3-49

Palmer (6-6)

Pardo 1-0-2, Placanico 1-1-3, Venne 1-0-2, Pappaceno 1-0-3, Lombardi 5-4-14, Bigos 4-0-11, Tenczar 2-3-7. Totals 15-8-42

3-Pointers—Frontier 4 (Barrington 2, Morse, Sharp), Palmer 4 (Bigos 3, Pappaceno)

Ware 70, Belchertown 67

Belchertown (3-10)

Schiffer 1-1-3, Wrona 1-2-4, Wright 9-2-21, C. Lanoue 10-2-25, J. Lanoue 6-2-14. Totals 27-9-67

Ware (11-1)

Soltys 3-5-13, Dillon Slattery 5-0-10, Devin Slattery 8-0-20, Smith 4-2-10, Doty 6-3-17. Totals 26-10-70

3-Pointers—Belchertown 4 (C. Lanoue 3, Wright), Ware 8 (Soltys 2, Devin Slattery 4, Doty 2)

Sutton 70, Easthampton 46

Sutton (8-3)

Towle 2-0-4, B. Grenon 7-1-16, Sartiah 3-0-6, T. Grenon 10-0-22, Faucher 6-0-14, Lorkiewicz 4-0-8. Totals 32-1-70

Easthampton (8-3)

Soucy 0-2-2. G. Colenback 0-0-0, Mottor 6-3-17, Caires 2-2-6, Kugler 0-0-0, S. Colenback 0-2-2, Morse 0-0-0, Bacis 3-1-7, Brown 3-0-7, Sabourin 2-1-5. Totals 16-11-46.

3-Pointers—Sutton 5 (T. Grenon 2, Faucher 2, B. Grenon), Easthampton 3 (Mottor 2, Brown)