H.S. Roundup: Frontier pair shines in opening cross country meet

EASTHAMPTON — In its first cross country meet of the season, Frontier Regional High School runners secured individual wins in the boys and girls races against Easthampton and McCann Technical on Tuesday at Nonotuck Park. The Eagles, hosting the event, placed six runners in the top seven to win the boys side while the Redhawks took the girls race.

Senior Louise Flagollet opened her season with a win thanks to a time of 23:01, edging out Easthampton freshman Amelia Dodge by two seconds. Her win led Frontier in the 23-34 win.

“Feels really good (to get the win),” Flagollet said. “I was hoping to mirror last year a little bit, because it definitely boosts my confidence going into the season.”

Flagollet ended her outdoor track season with a trio of top-10 finishes in the MIAA Division-6 meet while getting 12th in the high jump at the Meet of Champs.

She was joined by sisters Liv (third, 23:21) and Maia Christensen (fourth, 23:50) in the top five. Farrah Lemay (seventh, 24:49) and Livy Byrne (eighth 25:26) also placed among the top 10 runners.

Gwen Banz (fifth 24:03) and Sabine Ritchie (sixth, 24:29) helped make it close race for Easthampton. Ferm Stauffer finished tenth (26:29) to round out the top 10.

“Gwen is super consistent and today was the same,” Easthampton head coach Lisa Ritchie said. “We had some great packs of Easthampton girls. I’m really excited about having a lot of runners who can work together and push each other.”

On the boy’s side, Deegan Austin-Dietz won his first race for Frontier with a time of 18:39. The sophomore made his debut for the Redhawks on Tuesday after running for Hopkins Academy last year.

While he gave Frontier another individual win, Easthampton flooded the top-seven to win 20-39.

A cluster of Easthampton runners came well after Austin-Dietz won the race. Finley Foster (second, 19:06) set a personal best and was the leading runner for the Eagles who had six consecutive runners cross the finish line. William Jourdain took third (19:19), while Otto Koen and Otto Ewing took home fourth and fifth after finishing a second apart (20:02 and 20:03).

“A bunch of us (had been training this summer) and you see we collectively improved times,” Foster said. “I’m pretty excited. I think it’s going to be a good season for us.”

Russell Grant, a seventh grader, rounded out the pack, placing seventh with a time of 20:36.

“This was his first 5K ever,” Ritchie said. “It’s just really fun to see what happens on race day.”

After the Easthampton pack, Frontier took 8-14. Caleb Libby (eighth, 20:44), Adam Paul (ninth, 20:56), and Braydon Abramson (tenth, 21:04) added a trio of top 10 finishes for the Redhawks.

McCann Tech’s Aliza Rozon gave the Hornets a top-10 finish by placing ninth in the girls race at 26:29.

Boys cross country

Smith Vocational 24, Monson 31; Belchertown 17, Smith Voc. 46; Belchertown 20, Monson 41 — Belchertown won by landslide in its race on Tuesday. The Orioles’ Asher Johnson-Jones won the race with a time of 14:17. Belchertown had seven runners finish in the top 10.

Smith’s Theo Wojcik finished fifth at 15:32 as the Vikings picked up a victory over Monson.

Amherst-Pelham 15, Westfield 50 — Amherst-Pelham’s Calvin Miller ran a time of 18:18 to win the team’s first meet of the year. The Hurricanes had runners each place in the top 14.

Hampshire Regional 22, Granby 38 — Hampshire Regional had seven runners finish in the top 10 to beat Granby on Tuesday. Owen Cubi (second) and Hobbes O’Sullivan (third) were the first two to cross for the Raiders at 16:44. Aidan Conklin was right behind the pair with a time 16:45.

Trevor Sullivan took home first place for the Rams with a time of 14:46. Thomas Evans notched a top-five finish at 16:54.

PVCICS 15, Gateway 50 — Led by Grafton Tolopko, the Dragons swept the top-five spots in their meet against Gateway.

Tolopko broke 20-minutes with a time of 19:55. Kristof Knyt, Ayden Klatte and Stephen Sims all posted sub 23-minute times.

Girls cross country

Monson 25, Smith Voc 30; Belchertown 15, Smith Voc. 50; Belchertown 15, Monson 50— The Belchertown girls took home the top nine spots in their first race of the year. Serena Jones won with a time of 19:21. Alex Peters was the top finisher for Smith with a time of 27:40.

Amherst-Pelham 15, Duggan 50 — The Hurricanes swept the top five spots against Duggan on Tuesday. Anoushka Sen broke the 22-minute mark with a time of 21:56 to win the meet. Marit MacDonald finished second at 22:00.

Quynh Ly (third), Ella Austin (fourth), and Genevieve Dole (fifth) rounded out the top-five with sub-23:00 times.

Hampshire at Pioneer Valley — Kathleen Berry of Hampshire shattered a 25-year old course record with a time of 17:52 at Pioneer Valley. Teammates Brooke Hockenberry and Ada Corner took second and third with sub-19:00 times.

Harper Hake of Pioneer Valley set a school scored with a time of 18:57.

Hampshire swept the meet as Pioneer Valley and Granby did not have enough scoring runners.

PVCICS 17, Gateway 42 — The Lady Dragons took the top four spots against Gateway on Tuesday. Astrid Knyt won the meet with a time of 24:06.

Ella Maier (second, 24:27) and Adelaide Amias (third, 24:36) both broke 25 minutes. Eunice Lo took fourth at 25:04.

Field Hockey

Greenfield 7, Smith Academy 3 — Smith Academy scored three second half goals to avoid the shutout against Greenfield.

Alli Coughley scored an unassisted goal for the Falcons to put the team on the scoreboard at 65:02. Seven minutes later she found Emilia Barscz for the team’s second goal.

Alexa Sikorski scored the team’s final goal of the game off an assist from Barscz at 77:45.

Mohawk Trail 1, Northampton 0 — The Blue Devils were shut out in their first game of the season.

In her first game on varsity, Abby Xu made nine saves in net for Northampton. Ada Bellemare and Stella Ruberti provided strong defense up front to keep the game within striking distance.

Golf

Easthampton 166, Ware 240 — Easthampton’s Tanner Kmetz shot a match-best 39 as the Eagles had six golfers shoot 45 or lower. Jacob Murrett and Angelo Torchia tied for second on the team with a score of 42.

Lucus Jurczyk was the low-scorer for Ware after shooting a 53.

Frontier 162, Amherst-Pelham 170 — Amherst-Pelham dropped a tight match against Frontier at Cherry Hill Golf Course. Sawyer Ferro had the low score for the Hurricanes with a 40. Two golfers for Frontier broke 40 on the day.

Smith Vocational 174, Pioneer Valley Regional 175 — The Vikings sweated out a one-stroke victory in its second match of the year. Smith Voc’s top-four golfers shot 45 or lower.

Keller McMahon and Jaxson Clark each shot a 42. Pat Dabrowski and Andrew Persaud also tied with a score of 45.

Boys soccer

Wilmington 1, PVCICS 0 — The Dragons dropped their season opener in a defensive matchup against Wilmington. After a scoreless first half, Wilmington scored on a PK in the 60th minute.

Goalkeeper Simon Doherty-Girard recorded eight saves in the loss for PVCICS.

Granby 2, Monson 1 — Conor Callery and Gabe Helbock each found the back of the net in the Rams first game of the year.

The Rams led 1-0 at halftime after Callery was assisted by Chris Gregorio. Helbock knocked in the game winner in the second half on a pass from Brandon Carillon.

Mason Murphy made five saves for Granby.

Girls soccer

Granby 1, Hampshire 1 — Hampshire and Granby played to a tie in their opening match of the season. Margo Healy scored off an assist from McKenna Cudworth to give Granby the 1-0 lead in the first half. Meredith Bartosz had nine saves in net for the Rams.

Katelyn Krause scored the equalizer in the second half after being set up by a pass from Shayne Moynahan. Karaghan Rogalski stopped five shots.

Ludlow 2, South Hadley 0 — South Hadley failed to score at home in its season opener. Olivia Athas made eight saves in the loss.

Volleyball

South Hadley 3, High School of Commerce 0 — The Tigers swept in straight sets against Commerce to open the season. Nine players recorded a kill for South Hadley.

Tali Quinn had team highs in aces and assists with six apiece. Angelie Albano also saw success serving with five aces of her own.

On defense, Khloe Constantine and Grace Matyszewski had nine and eight digs, respectively, for the Tigers.