The Hampshire Regional boys and girls cross country teams swept their four-team races on Tuesday to remain perfect on the season. Belchertown, the host of the meet, picked up a win over Mohawk on both sides to take second.
Hampshire’s Hobbes O’Sullivan (17:14) beat out Belchertown’s Asher Johnson Jones (17:16) by two seconds for first place in the boys race. Owen Cubi (17:52) and Ben Zajac (18:05) took third and fourth to lift the Raiders over the Orioles 25-32. Hampshire beat Mohawk Trail by a wider margin of 15-49.
The Raiders had nine of the top-15 finishers in the boys race.
Aidan Conklin (eighth, 18:47), Sam Monette (ninth, 18:55), and Frankie Dunn (10th, 18:58) all finished under 19 minutes for the Raiders. Conklin and Monette both scored to the team total.
The top runners for the Orioles competed well, picking up four top-10 finishes. Belchertown picked up a win over Mohawk Trail 17-42.
Cian Lindsey took fifth, missing out on fourth by two seconds, and received a time of 18:07. Emmett Howard (sixth, 18:21) and Ryan Toner (seventh, 18:34) ran well for the Orioles.
Mohawk’s Virginia Krezmien took first in the girls race, but she was followed by a string of seven Hampshire runners. All of whom crossed the finish line under 23 minutes. Her victory gave Mohawk some points, but it still fell to the Raiders 20-43.
Ada Corner ran the fastest for Hampshire. Her time of 20:08 was good for second place.
After a gap, Charlotte Letendre took third at 20:52. Fourth-place finisher Kathleen Barry was not far behind at 20:54. Tula Marino (fifth, 20:58) and Kai Calabretta-Rek (sixth, 22:32) rounded out the scoring for Hampshire.
The group finished prevented Belchertown from picking up points and got Hampshire a clean 15-50 win.
A trio of Orioles came in behind the Hampshire crowd. The three runners finished in front of the rest of Mohawks team to win 24-33.
Serena Jones led the way for Belchertown. Her time of 23:05 was good for ninth place. Kylie Fitz joined her in the top-10, clocking in at 23:39.
Wren Duncan rounded out the group of three with a time of 23:41, over 20 seconds faster than the next Mohawk runner.
McCann Tech was the fourth team at the meet, but did not have enough runners on either side to score in the team event.
The Orioles finish the regular season at home next Tuesday with a tri-meet. Hampshire also heads home for their last meet, hosting Frontier.
PVCICS 20, Greenfield 43; PVCICS 19, Pope Francis 44 (boys) — Grafton Tolopko was the top finisher for the Dragons, coming in at 14:34 and receiving second place overall.
Kristof Knyt placed fourth overall with a time of 17:49. Stephen Sims and Owen Sup crossed the line right behind him for fifth and sixth places with times of 17:50 and 17:51. Calvin Bauman rounded out the scoring for the Dragons by placing seventh at 17:57.
Gateway 15, Palmer 50; Gateway 15, Hampden Charter 50 (girls) — A record-setting run from Gateway’s Ava Christie led the way for a dominate day for the Gators. Christie’s time of 15:21 set the course record at Palmer by almost two minutes.
If not for Christie, two other Gateway runners would have set the record themselves. Anya Niles finished closely behind Christie for second place at 12:25. Third-place finisher Charlotte Hansen’s 17:02 would have beaten the record by eight seconds.
Laurel DeMoss (17:25) and Lila Castro (17:49) took fourth and fifth to round out the scoring for Gateway.
PVCICS 15, Greenfield 50; PVCICS 16, Pope Francis 44 (girls)— The Dragons took six of the seven spots at their tri-meet at Whiting Reservoir.
Astrid Knyt (first, 18:56), Eunice Lo (second, 18:57) and Violet Lukens (third, 18:57) all broke 19 minutes. Fourth-place finisher Ella Maier crossed at 19:20.
Adelaide Amias was the fifth PVCICS runner to finishing coming at 19:35 and sixth overall.
Golf
Easthampton 185, Pathfinder 213 — The Eagles ended the regular season 15-0 after a dominate win on their home course Wyckoff Country Club. All four scorers shot 48 or lower.
Brady McGinn-Stevens was the low-shooter of the day with a 44. Tanner Kmetz was one stroke behind him with a score of 45. Amelia Gruber and Jacob Murrett each shot 48.
Boys soccer
Smith Vocational 8, Mt. Everett 1 — The Vikings won their third game in a row thanks to an explosive scoring day that saw contributions from multiple players. Leading scorer Josh Cole had four goals and one assist.
Nolan Bloomrose and Alex Bajracharya each netted a goal and recorded an assist. Jaxie Parshall and Andre Latour rounded out the scoring. Jacob Maloney and Tiago Paiva both had an assist on the night.
The win pushes Smith Voc to 6-4-2 this season with two regular season games remaining.
Southwick 5, Granby 1 — The Rams dropped their second consecutive game. Brandon Carillon scored the lone goal for Granby.
Oliver Helbok made eight saves for the Ram.
Longmeadow 2, Belchertown 0 — Longmeadow snapped the Orioles’ two-game winning streak on Tuesday. Belchertown entered the second half in a scoreless tie but a pair of late goals handed it the loss.
Andrew Lambert made nine saves for the Orioles.
Gateway 1, Hampden Charter 0 — The Gators blanked the Wolves for their fourth win of the season.
Jacob Maynard netted the game-deciding goal while Zack Hess totaled six saves for Gateway.
Girls soccer
South Hadley 1, Pope Francis 0 — Hannah Haesaert broke the deadlock during the second-half in the Tigers’ win over the Cardinals.
South Hadley goalie Olivia Athas made seven saves.
Volleyball
Amherst 3, Easthampton 1 — The Hurricanes improve to 12-1 this fall beating the Eagles. Easthampton won Set One 25-23 before dropping the next three sets.
Camilla Corsello led Easthampton on both sides of the ball with seven kills and four blocks. Brooke Skowron had 15 assists. Summer Routhier had a busy day on defense with 16 digs.
Amherst won its three sets by scores of 25-13, 25-21, and 25-17.
Late Monday scores
Boys soccer
South Hadley 3, Westfield 3 — The Tigers picked up their fourth tie of the season and second against Westfield. Kaysen Gauthier recorded a goal and an assist on the night.
Joan Hernandez and Brandon Bregu scored for South Hadley as well. Hunter Keller tallied an assist. Goalkeeper Xzavies Rosario made seven saves.
Field hockey
Franklin Tech 3, Hampshire 2 — The Raiders fell to a strong one-loss Franklin Tech team despite goals from Adriana Fini and Trinity Fellows. Bella LaFortune recorded an assist.
Hampshire’s freshmen goalie duo Grace Layman and Sarah Zajac combined for 13 saves. Layman is five saves away from 100 in her career.
