H.S. Roundup: Wyatt Soriano, Hopkins boys soccer squeak past Greenfield

HADLEY — Wyatt Soriano scored the deciding goal for the Hopkins Academy boys soccer team in its 1-0 win against Greenfield on Monday.

Soriano’s 23rd minute strike set in motion an action-packed sequence late in the first half as the Green Wave earned a penalty-kick opportunity shortly after the Golden Hawks’ go-ahead goal.

Hopkins goalie Matt Feltovic made the stop to preserve the hosts’ lead, which wound up being enough as the Hawks earned its second win of the season.

“They grinded it out,” Hopkins head coach John Fillio said. “It’s always going to be a physical game with Greenfield and our league in general, so we just got to play smart, not let it get to us, keep our heads and continue playing the way we can.”

The Green Wave pressed hard during the second half searching for the equalizer as it floated multiple balls just outside the Hawks’ goalposts, but ultimately never found the back of the net.

“We talk all the time about, you got to do the whole 80 minutes,” Greenfield head coach Erich Leaper said. “I thought defensively, we did pretty well, just that one moment, we kind of lost concentration there. We moved the ball, plenty of shots, another little lapses of concentration. I feel like this [was] a pretty even one.”

Soriano had the best scoring chance during the second frame as the Hopkins sophomore nearly doubled its lead after corralling a loose ball inside the 6-yard box, but rang the shot off the post.

Later on, Greenfield nearly converted on a corner kick as the ball got through the box, but a Green Wave attacker missed wide of the far post with the kick.

Multiple yellow cards were handed out on each side as the intensity ramped up in the second stanza, however the Hawks did just enough to hold on and secure the victory.

“Control the ball, get it up the field, play possession passing,” Fillio said on his message to the team at halftime. “We got to clean up our defense. We got sloppy in the first half. We had to clean it up with clearing the ball and we did that a little bit in the second half, but it was still a sloppy game. Greenfield is physical and fast up front so it’s something we got to get ready for next time we play them.”

The defeat dropped Greenfield to 2-4-1 overall.

“We’re a team that we can’t afford to lose little moments,” Leaper said. “We lose a little moment here or there and it starts to go away, but you just got to keep pushing with it. We’ve had rougher games where they drop a moment and then they don’t figure it out. We kept moving, we kept playing, we just got to avoid the little things here and there.”

The Hawks (2-4) will play host to Holyoke next, while the Green Wave’s next matchup will be against Chicopee Comp at home.

Both games are on Wednesday and kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Gateway 2, PVCICS 0 — Two first half tallies were enough for the Gators to get past an injury-riddled Dragons squad on Monday in Hadley, as Elijah Chepurenko and Bow Briggs found the back of the night with Briggs adding an assist.

PVCICS had its opportunities, but couldn’t get past the Gateway back line. Gators keeper Zachary Hess had one save, and PVCICS keeper Grace Rachele collected two.

Smith Voc 1, Commerce 0 — The Vikings earned their third clean sheet of the season in the road victory.

Smith Voc moves to 4-1-1 on the season.

Easthampton 4, Taconic 1 — Two goals during each half helped the Eagles soar to their second straight win.

Easthampton bumps its record up to 3-5.

Longmeadow 6, Amherst 1 — The Hurricanes allowed a season-high six goals in their third consecutive defeat. David Teixeira netted their lone goal.

Amherst’s last win came Sept. 12 against Pittsfield.

Smith Academy 3, Westfield Tech 0 — Two goals from Cajun Benson and a pair of points from Boden Crevier (first points on varsity) powered the Falcons to the victory.

Goalie Callan Payne also picked up his first career shutout for Smith.

“We really needed a win today and got it,” Falcons head coach Jason Duncan said. “Boden’s goal with two seconds left gave us the result we needed for the Power Rankings. Our schedule is tough, so we have to keep putting in the effort.”

Girls soccer

Hampshire 3, Granby 0 — After losing to the Rams earlier this season, the Raiders were dominant in the revenge game at home in Westhampton on Monday evening. Maggie Lashway, Rylee Joseph and Libby Puttick scored the Hampshire goals.

Assists went to Puttick (two) and Lashway (one), and goalie Karaghan Rogalski helped keep Granby’s offense off the board with five saves.

Rams goalie Meredith Bartosz stopped five shots in the loss. 

South Hadley 5, Agawam 0 — After potting just one goal in the first half, the Tigers poured it on in the second to cruise to a win over Agawam on Monday afternoon as five different players scored.

Mikayla Weaver, Hannah Haeseart, Ally Fluery, Kelcey Zraunig and Natalie Rios found the back of the net, with Taylor Bullough, Fleury and Olivia Athas (three) adding assists.

Athas recorded five saves and Cara Dean stepped in for one save as the two combined for a shutout.

Gateway 2, Westfield Tech 1 — Following their worst loss of the season, the Gators got right back in the win column.

Jayliana Rivera and Soleil Westley potted goals for Gateway, while its goaltending duo of Teagan Campagna and Evelyn Sadler combined for 11 saves.

The Gators fell to Lee, 7-0, in their prior game.

Pope Francis 4, Belchertown 1 — Ava Stelmokas stopped eight Cardinal shots in goal for the Orioles in the defeat.

Eleanor Mazzaferro scored Belchertown’s single tally, which came during the first half.

Northampton 3, West Springfield 1 — Three Blue Devils goal scorers helped them claim their first win in three games.

Willow Claps, Olivia Busone and Olive Little found twine for Northampton while Claps and Allie Sullivan secured assists.

Goalie Anna Oravec obtained three saves for the Blue Devils, who bettered their record to 3-2-1.

Field hockey

Frontier 3, Westfield 0 — Addie Harrington’s two-goal day sparked a dominant Redhawks win on the road in Westfield on Monday, securing a fourth consecutive victory.

Frontier’s Macy DeMaio tallied a goal and an assist, while Rowan Reilly added a helper. Brooke Charest didn’t see any action in goal, as the Hawks’ stingy defense held the Bombers without a shot the entirety of the game.

Hampshire 4, Palmer 2 — It was the Neely Rondeau show on Monday afternoon, as she scored all four of the Raiders’ goals to double up on the Panthers in the win.

Ella Pruzynski and Maddy Layman dished out one assist apiece, and goalie Grace Layman made two saves for Hampshire.

Smith Academy 2, Northampton 0 — Shae Moulton and Sophia Jagodzinski were the goal scorers in the Falcons’ victory over the Blue Devils on Monday. Both tallies were unassisted, and Smith keeper Chloe Avery had four saves in the shutout.

Northampton goalie Charlotte Johnson-Mersack played very well despite the loss.

“It’s always a fun match up when Smith Academy and Northampton get together and today was no exception,” Falcons head coach Karlie Guimond said. “Northampton’s goalie kept us on our toes and had a great game. Proud of Smith for their fight.”

Southwick 1, Amherst 0 — The Hurricanes couldn’t find the back of the net in their shutout loss to the Rams.

Amherst goalie Eden Polak finished with four saves in the defeat.

Golf

Easthampton 174, Ware 236 — Jacob Murrett earned medalist honors in the Eagles’ victory at Wyckoff Country Club on Monday afternoon, shooting a 4-over round of 40 at the par 36 course.

Amelia Gruber shot a 42, Evan Kalin turned in a 45 and Bryce Evans rounded out Easthampton’s scoring with a 47 in the victory.

Hopkins 160, Athol 167 — Another match, another medalist honor for Ryley Regan, as the Golden Hawks star shot a 38 at Westover Golf Course to lead her team to victory.

Chace Earle and Aiden Keeling-Lococo each shot impressive rounds of 39 to aid Hopkins’ season-best score of 160. Jessica Waskiewicz shot a 44 for Hopkins as well.

Hampshire 166, Amherst 181 — Nico Johnson shot a 38 at Amherst Country Club to earn medalist honors in the Raiders win against the Hurricanes.

Colby Cabrini (41), Cole Boissoneault (43) and Riley Florek (44) scored for Hampshire, which improved to 9-3 on the season.

Amherst (0-10) was lead by Ben Scott (41), Graham van Giesson (43), Owen Howard (47) and Phin Pyecroft (50).

Belchertown 166, Frontier 175 — Michael Murray started 3-over through his first two holes, but played the next seven 1-over en route to a team-best round of 40 on Monday at Cold Spring Country Club.

Luke Heroux (41), Nathan Fink (42) and Wesley Hill (43) all contributed for Belchertown.

Girls volleyball

South Hadley 3, Chicopee Comp 2 — The Tigers gutted out a five-set victory to move to 5-4 on the season.

Set scores were 21-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20 and 15-8.

West Springfield 3, Belchertown 0 — Each set was decided by three points or fewer in the Orioles defeat as set scores read 22-25, 24-26 and 25-27.

Layla Liminski led Belchertown with nine digs, 18 assists, three aces and 14 digs.

Central 3, Easthampton 1 — A convincing first set victory didn’t last as the Eagles dropped their fifth straight.

Easthampton took the first set 25-17, but then fell in the next three by scores of 15-25, 19-25 and 19-25.

Kaylin Dumas (four kills, two digs) and Brooke Skowron (three assists, nine digs, ace) played well for the Eagles.

Amherst 3, Frontier 0 — The Redhawks couldn’t avenge its season-opening defeat in another three-set loss to the Hurricanes.

Frontier fell to 2-5 after set scores favored Amherst 18-25, 24-26 and 15-25.

Late weekend results

Cross country

The Amherst Regional boys and girls cross country teams hosted the Amherst Invitational at UMass over the weekend, and the Hurricanes girls team took second place with 58 points while the boys team took third with 74 points. Brookline won the boys race, and Concord-Carlisle won the girls race.

Amherst’s top finishers on the boys side were highlighted by Calvin Miller’s fifth-place mark in a time of 16:19.89. Peter Nedeau joined him in the top 10, finishing right at 10th in 16:36.93. Rounding out Amherst’s best five was Otis Fairey (16th, 17:29.36), Calvin Cusick (20th, 17:43.59) and Nico Lisle (23rd, 17:58.52).

For the girls, Marit McDonald turned in the best finish of the day, as the sophomore crossed the line sixth with a time of 20:38.52. Lilly Pope slid into 10th (20:49.33) for the ‘Canes. Amherst also received strong performances from Genevieve Dole (15th, 21:10.22), Quynh Ly (16th, 21:15.36) and Kristina Barseghyan (19th, 21:39.06), with each of them cracking the top 20.

Football

Smith Vocational 36, Ludlow 6 — The Vikings earned their first win on Friday and did so in dominant fashion, running all over the Lions en route to a 36-6 victory on the road at Ludlow. After losing 10-0 in its season opener, Smith Voc’s offense erupted.

Smith Voc (1-1) heads to Easthampton this Friday night at 7 p.m. looking to keep the momentum rolling at Mountain View School.

Boys soccer

Easthampton 3, Lenox 2 — The Eagles snapped a five-game losing streak with Friday’s victory at Nonotuck Park.

Easthampton scored just once during its five-game skid, but broke open with three goals against the Millionaires.

Southwick 2, Smith Academy 0 — Ten saves from Falcons goalie Callan Payne wasn’t enough as Smith sank to 1-6 overall after the loss.

Darren Sposato and Aaden Filipiak registered goals for the Rams.

Girls soccer

Hopkins 5, Athol 0 — Olivia Earle’s two goals extended the Golden Hawks’ winning streak to four straight in the shutout on Saturday.

Layni Bailey, Daniella Valle Dardano and Bridget Benoit also found the back of the net for Hopkins. Reese MacGregor added an assist for the victors.

Hawks (6-0-1) goalie Abril Cabrera concluded with two saves.