Mason Willard and Michael Baldwin each placed second as the Hampshire Regional wrestling team tied for fifth at the Taconic Invitational in Pittsfield on Saturday.

The Raiders finished with 94 points to tie Monument Mountain. Wayland won with 222½. Minnechaug was second (172) and Taconic was third (152½).

Willard finished runner-up at 170 pounds, while Baldwin was second at 182. Alex Willard added a third-place finish at 113.

Holyoke finished 15th (39). South Hadley was 16th (35) and Northampton 18th (21). South Hadley had two fourth-place finishes. The Purple Knights and Blue Devils did not have a wrestler place in the top four.

Mason Willard pinned Anthony Cruz, of Holyoke, in 1:31 in the round of 16. He beat Julio Maralas, of Hampden Charter, 7-0, in the quarters and advanced to the finals with an 8-5 win over Mike Puskey, of Taconic.

Cameron Jones, of Wayland, beat Willard, 10-0, in the championship.

Baldwin also went 3-1. He advanced to the semifinals following pins of Pierce Bates, of Hampden Charter, and Omar Gomez, of Holyoke, in 2:00 and 1:10, respectively.

Baldwin beat Wayland’s Marcos Pereira, 3-1, in the semis, before falling 3-2 to Dyland Burke, of Taconic, in the finals.

Alex Willard went 4-1 to place third. He had four pins during his run, including a 2:21 stop of Liam Meeker, of Minnechaug, in the third-place match.

Willard’s loss came to eventual champ Jacob Motyl, of Minnechaug, in the semifinals.

Eli Pietrzykowski (195) and Noah Will (220) each placed fourth for South Hadley.

Pathfinder’s Emmitt Seibert (Granby) was fourth at 106.

Smith Vocational 36,
Frontier Regional 33

at Ludlow

106 — Wyatt Finch (F) won by forfeit; 113 — Payton Sladeski (F) won by forfeit; 132 — Abdullah Sheikh (S) won by forfeit; 138 — Victor McNutt (F) pinned Forrest McSweeney, 1:27; 145 — Joe Podolak (S) pinned Tanner Finch, 2:57; 152 — Jake Mattson (F) pinned Tanner Smith, 3:24; 160 — Ito McMillan (F) def. Casey Baldwin, 13-12; 170 — KC Mattson (F) pinned Race Drobiak, 1:12; 195 — Eric Leet (S) pinned Conner Hoffman, :34; 182 — James Buddluph (S) won by forfeit; 195 — Eric Leet (S) pinned Conner Hoffman, :34; 220 — Zac Martinez (S) won by forfeit; 285 — Joseph Lamanna (S) won by forfeit

Smith Vocational 45, Westfield 24

at Ludlow

113 — Tristen Conners (W) won by forfeit; 120 — Anthony Ross (W) won by forfeit; 126 — Zachary Cernak (W) won by forfeit; 132 — Abdullah Sheikh (S) def. Anthony Gustafson, forfeit; 138 — Joe Podolak (S) pinned Blake Braceland, :57; 145 — Tanner Smith (S) pinned Nathan Dinnie, 1:47; 152 — Tyler Prats (S) pinned Daniel Ptashuk, 1:39; 160 — Casey Baldwin (S) won by forfeit; 170 — James Buddluph (S) def. Cameron Foster, 10-2; 182 — Race Drobiak (S) pinned Jackson Krause, :58; 195 — Eric Leet (S) pinned Jeffrey Robinson, :48; 220 — Christopher Barber (W) pinned Zac Martinez, :33; 285 — Joseph Lamanna (S) won by forfeit

Frontier Regional 36, Ludlow 30

at Ludlow

106 — Payton Sladeski (F) pinned Alora Bertini, :35; 113 — Antonio Goncalves (L) won by forfeit; 120 — Gabby Walczak (L) won by forfeit; 126 — Alexa Forjmester (L) won by forfeit; 138 — Victor McNutt (F) won by forfeit; 145 — Jake Mattson (F) pinned Nathan Calabrese, 1:03; 152 — Tanner Finch (F) pinned Aiden Robert, 3:00; 160 — Gabriel Simard (L) pinned Ito McMillan, 3:59; 182 — KC Mattson (F) pinned Jack Paquin, :24; 195 — Conner Hoffman (F) won by forfeit; 285 — Donovan Dwyer (L) won by forfeit

Smith Vocational 54, Ludlow 30

at Ludlow

106 — Alora Bertini (L) won by forfeit; 113 — Antonio Goncalves (L) won by forfeit; 120 — Gabby Walczak (L) won by forfeit; 126 — Alexa Forjmester (L) won by forfeit; 132 — Abdullah Sheikh (S) won by forfeit; 138 — Forrest McSweeney (S) won by forfeit; 145 — Joe Podolak (S) pinned Nathan Calabrese, 1:12; 152 — Tyler Prats (S) pinned Aiden Robert, 1:36; 160 — Gabriel Simard (L) pinned Casey Baldwin, :58; 170 — Race Drobiak (S) won by forfeit; 182 — James Buddluph (S) pinned Jack Paquin, 1:16; 195 — Eric Leet (S) won by forfeit; 220 — Zac Martinez (S) won by forfeit; 285 — Joseph Lamanna (S) pinned Donovan Dwyer, 1:07