High schools: Belchertown beats Pioneer, gets help to qualify for postseason

The Belchertown boys basketball team beat Pioneer Regional and got the help it needed to qualify for the playoffs.

Jordan Lanoue had 26 points, while Nathan Sajdak had 13 for the Orioles in a 66-62 victory in Northfield, Monday.

Belchertown (9-11, 4-4 Hampshire South) finished second in the league thanks to Mahar’s 59-55 victory over Turners Falls on Monday.

All three teams finished second at 4-4. Mahar needed to beat Turners to qualify for the postseason.

Owen Raines added 11 points for the Orioles.

Holyoke 84, Pope Francis 50 — Jovaughn Smith had 24 points, Brian Cristobal added 14 and Jesus Ibarra had 11 as the Purple Knights (11-8, 5-4 Valley League) won at home.

Monument Mountain 87, Granby 62 — Ryan Gaughan had 16 points and Josh Hart added 10, but the Rams (10-9) fell on the road.

Dion Brown had 37 points and four 3s for the Spartans (14-5).

St. Mary 45, Gateway 44 (OT) — Colin Ramos broke a tie with a 3-pointer with eight seconds left, but the Gators (2-18, 1-9 Tri-County South) couldn’t answer in the season-ending loss at home.

Evan Cortis had 20 points while senior Taylor Shedd added 14 in his final high school game.

Baystate Academy 78, Hopkins Academy 61 — Andrew Ciaglo had 26 points and five 3-pointers for the Golden Hawks (13-7), but it wasn’t enough to overcome Baystate’s shooting.

Baystate (14-6) had 12 3s, including five in a 29-point third quarter.

Ryan Antes added 12 points for Hopkins.

Both teams closed the regular season.

Athol 75, Smith Academy 57 — Caden Guimond had 20 points, while Aiden Pedersen and Nate Moynihan each had eight for the visiting Falcons (5-15, 2-6 Hampshire North).

Drury 60, Frontier Regional 46 — Peter Carey returned from a four-game absence due to an injury and had 15 points for the visiting Red Hawks (15-4).

Ware 59, Easthampton 58 — Nate Morse hit his second 3 with 20 seconds left to put the Eagles (2-18) up one, but the Indians (11-9) made two free throws with 11 seconds left and a last-second shot rimmed out in the season finale at home.

Gabe Colenback had 16 points, Owen Morse added 15 and Mike Brown had 12 for Easthampton.

It was the final high school game for Nate Morse (eight points), Brown and Sean Sabourin (seven points).

Girls basketball

Mohawk 39, Smith Academy 34 — Emma Kelly had 11 points and Karlie Guimond added 10 for the visiting Falcons (6-13, 2-5 Franklin West).

Boys basketball

Baystate Academy 78,
Hopkins Academy 61

Baystate (14-6)

Jordan 11-0-26, Rankin 0-1-1, Byrd Jr. 4-3-15, Mayfield 1-0-2, Candelera 7-0-18, Rodriguez 5-2-12, Heartley 2-0-4. Totals: 30-6-78

Hopkins (13-7)

Beck 0-0-0, Verdi 0-0-0, Ciaglo 9-3-26, Earle 1-0-3, Waldon 1-0-3, Berg 1-0-2, Tudryn 2-0-4, Phifer 4-0-8, Zina 0-0-0, Pipczynski 0-0-0, Feltovic 1-1-3, Michalak 0-0-0, Antes 5-2-12. Totals: 24-6-61

3-Pointers—Baystate 12 (Jordan 4, Byrd Jr. 4, Candelera 4) Hopkins 7 (Ciaglo 5, Earle, Waldon)

St. Mary 45,
Gateway Regional 44 (OT)

St. Mary (5-15, 5-5 Tri-County South)

Pepe 2-0-4, M. Nelson 1-0-2, Montanero 4-5-13, Collins 6-4-18, Reed 1-1-4, Ramos 1-0-3, O. Nelson 0-1-1. Totals: 15-11-45

Gateway (2-18, 1-9)

Cortis 7-4-20, Shedd 5-4-14, Balboni 2-2-7, Coffey 0-0-0, Federici 1-0-3, Wozniak 0-0-0, Pryzbyla 0-0-0, Krassler 0-0-0. Totals: 15-10-44

3-Pointers—St. Mary’s 4 (Collins 2, Ramos, Reed) Granby 4 (Cortis 2, Balboni, Federici)

Monument Mountain 87,
Granby 62

Granby (10-9)

Wishart 3-4-12, Torres Jr. 1-0-2, Breault 1-3-6, Sudsbury 0-1-1, Moriarty 2-2-6, Gaj 3-2-9, Gaughan 6-3-16, Hart 4-0-10. Totals: 20-15-62

Monument (14-5)

Giparakus 3-0-9, Hanavan 5-4-17, Brown 15-3-37, Kronenberg 4-0-8, Robbins 3-0-8, Griffin 4-0-8. Totals: 34-7-87

3-Pointers—Granby 7 (Gaj, Wishart 2, Breault, Gaughan, Hart 2) Monument 12 (Giparakus 3, Hanavan 3, Brown 4, Robbins 2)

Holyoke 84, Pope Francis 50

Pope Francis (1-17, 0-9 Valley League)

Davis 5-4-16, Foster 4-0-11, Sarlon 5-3-13, Love 0-1-1, Hall 3-0-7, Lafletch 1-0-2. Totals: 18-8-50

Holyoke (11-8, 5-4)

Smith 10-4-24, McKenna 2-0-5, Ibarra 2-7-11, Carattini 1-2-5, Consedine 3-0-8, Fernandez 0-0-0, Cristobal 5-0-14, Cruz 3-1-8, Johnson 1-2-5, Cabrera 2-0-5, Madera 0-0-0, Gubala 0-0-0, Cananaugh 0-0-0. Totals: 29-16-85

3-Pointers—Holyoke 11 (McKenna, Carattini, Consedine 2, Cristobal 4, Cruz, Johnson, Cabrera) Pope Francis 6 (Davis 2, Foster 3, Hall)

Westfield Tech 41,
Smith Vocational 38

Smith Vocational (9-10, 8-2 Tri-County South)

Ortiz 3-0-6, Venne 4-0-8, Adorno 0-0-0, Rivera 2-1-5, Pierce 6-2-14, Boisvert 0-0-0, Zink 2-0-5, Boissonault 0-0-0, Torres 0-0-0, Welch 0-0-0, Wall 0-0-0, Herrin 0-0-0. Totals 17-3-38

Westfield Tech. (9-9, 8-2 Tri-County South)

Sevostyanov 1-0-3, Reopel 2-0-4, Sanchez 7-0-15, Sturmer 2-0-4, Navarro 1-0-2, Slack 2-2-6, Hall 3-0-7. Totals 18-2-41

3-Pointers— Smith Voc. 1 (Zink), Westfield Tech. 3 (Sevostyanov, Sanchez, Hall)

Amherst Regional 58,
Northampton 49

Northampton (5-14, 2-7 Valley League)

Rankins 3-3-11, Cancel 3-2-10, Lockett 4-1-9, Tobin 1-0-2, Lanier 1-0-2, Brittain 0-2-2, Bullock 1-0-2, Finnessey 1-0-2. Totals 13-8-49.

Amherst Regional (8-11, 4-5)

Sadiq 5-12-23, Stewart 5-3-14, Robles 3-0-7, Castro-McCauley 2-0-5, Katz 1-0-3, Nagy 1-1-3, Pope 1-0-3. Totals 18-16-58.

3-Pointers—Northampton 6 (Cancel 2, James-Salus 2, Rankins 2), Amherst 6 (Pope, Robles, Sadiq, Stewart, Castro-McCauley, Katz)

Athol 75, Smith Academy 57

Smith Academy (5-15, 2-6 Hampshire North)

Guimond 6-6-20, Pederson 4-0-8, Moynihan 2-4-8, Ferrara 2-1-7, Jeffress 1-2-5, Intrator 2-0-5, Belina 1-2-4, Smiarowski 0-0-0, Dobson 0-0-0. Totals: 18-15-57

Athol (9-11, 5-3

Pottinger 7-0-15, King 8-2-20, Ferrari 6-2-15, Heath 1-0-2, Gordon 4-1-11, Paine 2-3-7, Fields, Lamarche 1-1-3, O’Lari 1-0-2. Total: 30-9-75

3-Pointers—Smith Academy 6 (Guimond 2, Ferrara 2, Jeffress, Intrator) Athol 6 (Pottinger, King 2, Ferrari, Gordon 2)

Drury 60, Frontier Regional 46

Frontier (15-4)

Hoffman 2-1-5, Robinson 1-0-3, Richter 3-0-9, Carey 4-7-15, Jones-Thomson 1-2-4, Boudreau 4-0-8, Walkowicz 1-0-2, Michon 0-0-0, Gochinski 0-0-0, Sperance 0-0-0. Totals: 16-10-46

Drury (12-7)

McGuire 8-3-22, Sarkis 3-2-10, Guillotte 7-1-17, Vidal 1-1-3, Breazeau 4-0-8. Totals: 23-7-60

3-Pointers—Frontier 4 (Robinson, Richter 3) Drury 7 (McGuire 3, Sarkis 2, Guillotte 2)

Ware 59, Easthampton 58

Ware (11-9)

J. Soltys 7-3-20, Slattery 3-6-12, A. Soltys 4-3-12, Smith 4-4-13, Auchter 1-0-2. Totals: 19-16-59

Easthampton (2-18)

Colenback 5-2-16, N. Morse 3-0-8, Robbins 0-0-0, O. Morse 4-3-15, O’Donnell 0-0-0, Navarro 0-0-0, Brown 5-1-12, Dyer 0-0-0, Sabourin 2-3-7. Totals: 19-9-58

3-Pointers—Ware 5 (J. Soltys 3, A. Soltys, Smith) Easthampton 11 (Colenback 4, N. Morse 2, O. Morse 4, Brown)

Belchertown 66,
Pioneer Regional 62

Belchertown (66)

Schiffer 2-0-4, Zawistowski 0-0-0, Sajdak 5-0-13, Raines 4-2-11, Lanoue 11-2-26, Boscher 1-0-2, Klingensmith 1-0-2, Corish 2-2-8. Totals: 26-6-66

Pioneer (62)

Fox 3-1-7, Emond 5-2-14, Hubbard 5-0-12, Potter 8-1-22, Bradley-Curtis 1-0-3, Glazier 2-0-4. Total: 24-4-62

3-Pointers—Belchertown 8 (Raines, Sadjak 3, Lanoue 2, Corish 2) Pioneer 10 (Emond 2, Hubbard 2, Potter 5, Bradley-Curtis)

Girls basketball

Mohawk 39, Smith Academy 34

Smith Academy (6-13, 2-5 Franklin West)

Goldman 2-0-4, Guimond 4-2-10, McCoy 2-0-4, Fill 1-0-2, Kelly 4-3-11, Deyer 1-1-3. Totals: 14-6-34

Mohawk (4-15, 1-6)

Lesieur 5-1-12, Tatro 1-0-2, Allen 1-0-2, Ward 2-2-6, Poplawski 4-2-11, Clark 3-0-6. Total: 16-5–39

3-Pointers—Mohawk 2 (Lesieur, Poplawski)