SOUTH HADLEY — Under a sun-filled field at South Hadley High School, the Granby boys lacrosse team used swarming defense and a tenacious effort to win nearly every ground ball en route to a 7-2 victory over Monson on Friday afternoon.

The win marked the Rams’ third in their last five games, and improved their record to 7-5 overall this spring.

“Guys are building and getting better every day,” Granby head coach Jack O’Brien said. “Came out here on a beautiful Friday and got the job done. It took a second for them to wake up, but once they got into things they controlled the ball well all game and controlled the pace of the game. It was a good team win.”

It was Granby’s defense that took over the game early and often. The Rams were physical from start to finish and held the Mustangs scoreless in the first quarter. After leading 5-1 at halftime, they only gave up one goal in the second half to pull away with their second win over Monson in 2025.

“The defensive slides are something we’ve been a lot better at,” O’Brien said. “They pretty much went from zero to 100 in the last three weeks thanks to some of our assistant coaches. They’ve done a really great job with that. And there’s a lot of great individual play as well, and the guys won the ground ball battle and took care of things on that end of the field.”

Nick Koch, Tuler Quist, Riley Goodhind and Andrew Koch each scored goals for Granby in the win.

“On the offensive side of the ball, we’ve had a lot of different guys stepping up and it’s great to see,” O’Brien said.

Granby next plays on May 8, when it hosts Smith Vocational at 7 p.m. at South Hadley High School.

Northampton 10, Chicopee Comp 4 – Four Blue Devils players had multi-point nights to extend their winning streak to 12.

Keller Mahoney (four goals, assist), Jack Carpenter (three goals, assist), Jackson Oravec (goal, two assists) and Bryce McGinn Stevens (goal, assist) all played well for Northampton. Goalie Henry Fallon made six saves.

Girls lacrosse

West Springfield 22, Belchertown 7 – McKenzie LePage and Lia Pikul netted hat tricks for the O’s in the defeat.

Baseball

Westfield Tech 10, Smith Voc 2 — The Vikings lost their second straight, despite out-hitting the Tigers, 9-6. Six errors from Smith Voc proved to be the difference.

Kaleb Jorritsma and Josh Cole each smacked doubles while Logan Brothers went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Vikings. Pat Millin started on the mound for Smith Voc and tossed four innings for three hits, seven runs (two earned) and six strikeouts. Jared Baer took the loss, pitching the final three innings.

Granby 9, SICS 2 — Gavin Moreno went 3-for-3 from the plate to lead the Rams to their second win this spring. Moreno and Anthony Misiaszek (2-for-2) combined for five of Granby’s seven total hits.

Joseph Barret nearly threw a complete game for the Rams, allowing seven hits and two runs with 11 strikeouts and three walks to go along with it in 6 2-3 innings.

Agawam 10, Holyoke 0 — The Brownies bested the Purple Knights for the second time this season, this time blanking Holyoke.

Jayden Diaz recorded two hits to pace the Purple Knights in the loss.

Belchertown 10, Chicopee Comp 0 (5) — The Orioles claimed their seventh consecutive win Friday to improve to 8-2.

Joshua Misiaszek went 1-for-1 from the plate with three RBIs, Ian McDonald cracked a triple (1-for-2, two RBIs) and Joseph Jordan had a pair of base knocks as Belchertown’s best batters in the victory.

Jake Waller allowed zero runs in five innings with seven strikeouts and one walk for the Orioles.

Frontier 7, Easthampton 5 — The Redhawks led 7-1 after four before the Eagles cut it down to 7-5 in the seventh. Catcher Kaden James switched to the mound and earned the save for Frontier to deliver it a Suburban League West victory on Friday in Easthampton.

Anthony Incampo reached base three times for Easthampton.

Southwick 14, Amherst 3 — The ‘Canes managed three runs in a loss to the Rams on Friday night.

Longmeadow 10, Northampton 3 – An eight-run third inning from the Lancers helped keep the Blue Devils winless on the season (0-12).

Hampshire 15, Hopkins 4 –  Cam Hunsicker and Vynce Carr each smacked four hits for the Raiders, who improved to 6-5.  Liam Nolen earned his first varsity win on the mound for Hampshire with seven strikeouts and five hits allowed.

The Golden Hawks were led by Chase Earle, who hit a two-run home run, plus a single, to move to 99 career hits. JJ Scanlon also did well for Hopkins (9-7), recording two doubles and a sacrifice fly.

Softball

South Hadley 7, West Springfield 1 — Ella Schaeffer struck out 11 and allowed just two hits in a complete-game gem on Friday afternoon in South Hadley.

Nine different South Hadley players recorded hits, led by Samantha LeFlesh’s three hits and two RBIs and Sienna LeFlesh’s two hits and RBI. Karli Carmody notched two hits and a run, Violet Carillon added a hit and two RBIs and Ryley McMahon notched a pair of hits.

Greenfield 27, Northampton 0 (5) — Jani Gotay, Ella Daillie, and Ryleigh Pease each collected one hit for Northampton in Friday’s defeat.

Boys tennis

Northampton 5, Longmeadow 0 – The Lancers did go down quietly, forcing three sets in third singles and first doubles. Reilly Knowles moved to 8-0 as the Blue Devils first singles’ player.

Northampton previously lost to Longmeadow, 4-1, on April 10.

Minnechaug 3, Amherst 2 –  Eli Ferris and Kai Roopnarine won for the Hurricanes. Ferris (second singles) beat Hayden Richard, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8 (tiebreaker), then Roopnarine (third singles) downed Josh Lawrence, 6-2, 6-2.

Boys volleyball

Holyoke 3, Granby 2 — The Rams held a 2-1 lead after three sets, but the Purple Knights came from behind and took the next two sets and pull out a 20-25, 25-15, 22-25 25-19, 16-14 victory in a match that was as close as it gets.

Daniel Santiago put down 12 kills, Braeden Gallagher had seven kills, two aces and four digs, Nathan Walsh dished out 36 assists and Durant Garden tallied six kills in the Granby loss.

Veritas Prep 3, Belchertown 2 — The five-set thriller was decided by a 16-14 final set as the O’s sank to 2-12 this season. Set scores came in as 25-23, 25-23, 25-22 and 25-16, with Belchertown winning sets one and four.

Shea Maclean (16), Noah Yankson (15) and Brian Burns (14) concluded with the majority of the kills for the Orioles while Colin Mullen contributed 45 assists in the loss.

Springfield Central 3, Frontier 1 — The Redhawks rallied to win the third set, but the Golden Eagles proved to be too much in a four-set victory on Friday evening.

Set scores were 25-18, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17.

Tegan Dexter (10 digs) and Will Reading combined for 13 kills, Tavo Vincent-Warner dished out 20 assists and added four aces and Nate Rivera put down six kills.