The Amherst Regional boys soccer team clinched a postseason berth on Friday, and in the process put itself in position for a league title.
The Hurricanes knocked off rival Ludlow, 3-1, at Lusitano Stadium to qualify for the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament.
As for the Smith League championship, that will be determined in the final week. Amherst, Minnechaug and Ludlow are fighting for the title.
The Hurricanes (8-5-2, 5-2-0) visit Minnechaug (14-1-1, 5-1-0) on Oct. 28 for its last league game. The Falcons visit Ludlow (11-3-2, 4-2) on Tuesday. Ludlow closes with East Longmeadow.
Samson Heyer, Colton Spirko and Josiah Wilson each scored for the Hurricanes Friday.
Tim Felton and Marvin Rivas Ayala each had one assist, while Liam Carolan made seven saves.
Frontier Regional 4, Easthampton 1 — The Red Hawks (8-3-3, 6-0-1 Schmid) jumped out to a 4-0 lead en route to the win at home.
Ethan LaFleur scored the last two goals, while Ian Newman and Zach Hamilton gave Frontier a 2-0 lead.
Alex Gheorghita assisted the first two goals, while Ben Morse and Dan Bronke helped out on the final two.
Peter Bronke made three saves in the win.
Junior Sumba scored for the Eagles (4-9-2, 2-4) while Drew Caires made 11 stops.
Granby 5, Putnam 1 — Daylon Kongo (assist) scored twice, while Ryan Bachand (assist), Joe Desormier (two assists) and Michael Sosa each had one goal as the Rams (12-2-0) won in Springfield.
Doug L’Abbee made four saves in the win.
Gateway Regional 2, Smith Academy 0 — Jayden Marge and Joel Sakaske scored second-half goals as the Gators (10-3-3, 5-1 McGtrath South) pulled even with Granby atop the league standings.
Nick Copper and Marge each had one assist, while Shane Mastello made two saves.
Luca Lyons-Sosa made eight saves for the Falcons (5-10-1, 1-5).
Hampshire Regional 1, Monson 0 — Dan McColgan scored from Harry George as the Raiders (11-1-1, 6-0 Holley) beat the defending Division 4 state champions for the second time this season, this time on the road.
Mike McColgan made five saves in the shutout.
If the Raiders pick up at least one point at Palmer on Tuesday, they will clinch at least a share of the league championship.
Smith Vocational 6, Franklin Tech 1 — An own goal gave the Vikings a 1-0 lead at the break, but they pulled away for the win in the second half at home.
Tomaz Oliveira had three goals, while Anthony Palazzi and Louis Alyacera (assist) each had one for Smith (5-10-1, 3-3-1 Tri-County North).
Jake Rafus had two assists and Jamie Mikalonis added four saves in the win.
Agawam 2, Belchertown 1 — Alec Morgado scored and Tanner Clark made 11 saves but the Orioles (10-5-1, 4-2-1 Churchill) fell on the road.
Hopkins 4, Putnam 0 — The Golden Hawks (11-3-2) led 2-0 at the break en route to the win in Hadley.
Juliette Cook, AJ Mitchell, Allison Kowal-Safron and Sammy Fetler each scored. Hannah Berard had one assist and Miranda Pitta made two saves.
Ludlow 5, Amherst Regional 0 — The Hurricanes fell to 7-5-4 with the road loss.
South Hadley 2, East Longmeadow 0 — Savannah Sudika scored her first varsity goal to give the Tigers (7-7-2, 4-2-1 Central) a lead they never lost at home.
Kayla Carlton also scored, while Izzy Patruno had one assist. Brittany Cote had five saves for South Hadley.
Lenox 3, Easthampton 0 — Sam Sypek had 23 digs and three aces but the Eagles (3-11) fell 25-20, 25-21, 28-26 at home.
Devney Horne added six kills and one block, Autumn Pinard had eight assists and five digs, while Lisa Sikop chipped in with three kills and four digs.
Ludlow 3, Belchertown 2 — Cara McKenzie had 21 kills, four aces and two blocks, and Jenna Blain added 16 assists but the Orioles (14-4) fell 23-25, 25-14, 19-25, 25-21, 15-11 at home.
Audra Hale added four kills and two aces in defeat.