SOUTH DEERFIELD — The current No. 2 and No. 3 ranked softball teams in the Western Mass. Class B tournament met at Zabek Field on Monday to close out the regular season.

South Hadley made the trip to take on Frontier for the first of what could possibly be two matchups this week between the two. With Raine Wonsey pitching for the Redhawks and Ella Schaeffer in the circle for the Tigers, hits and runs were expected to be hard to come by and that’s exactly how the contest played out.

Schaeffer gave up just six hits but Wonsey and Delaney Fifield were able to put two of them over the fence. Wonsey held South Hadley to just two hits while the eighth grader struck out 18 to lead Frontier to a 4-2 independent victory.

“Raine was great today,” Redhawk coach Gary Deane said. “Sometimes she gets in a little trouble with her control but our defense played well enough today. We stranded a lot of runners on third and our infield was in a lot. We got out of jams because Raine was throwing strikes.”

For the Tigers (11-6), coach Ari Williams said she hopes to see more energy when her team kicks off the Western Mass. Tournament later in the week.

“Coming into the game we weren’t as ready as I would have liked,” Williams said. “For next game, we’ll be ready to go and much more amped and excited so we can play right from the start.”

South Hadley took the opening lead of the game in the second inning. Samantha LaFlesh walked, Grace Matyszewski bunted and LaFlesh was able to score on a wild pitch to give the Tigers the lead. Karli Carmody later singled to drive Matyszewski in to give South Hadley a 2-0 lead.

Wonsey helped herself in the bottom of the frame, drilling a solo home run to left field that cut the lead to 2-1.

The middle of the Frontier lineup came through in the fourth. Olivia Machon and Wonsey cracked back-to-back singles and Sophia Pinardi smashed a ball to deep right field to score both to give the Redhawks a 3-2 lead.

“We put together some pretty good at bats,” Deane said. “The middle part 0f our order — Machon, Raine and Sophia — were great. They came through for us today but it can be anybody on any given day with this team. We’re a good hitting team. That’s an outstanding pitcher we went up against.”

Fifield hit a solo home run in the sixth to add to the Redhawks (11-7) lead.

It was Wonsey who got herself out of multiple jams in the circle. South Hadley loaded the bases with one out in the fifth but the eighth grader recorded consecutive strikeouts to get out of the inning unscathed.

South Hadley put a pair of runners on in the sixth after Matyszewski walked and Sienna LaFlesh singled with no outs. A bunt moved the two over a base but Wonsey once again recorded a pair of strikeouts to get out of the inning.

Schaeffer finished with 11 strikeouts and six hits allowed for the Tigers.

Seeds for the Western Mass. Tournament will be available Tuesday, and if the seeds hold true to the last rankings, Frontier and South Hadley would play again in the semifinals if the two are able to win their quarterfinal matchups.

After a grind of a regular season, Williams said she and the Tigers are ready for the postseason to be here.

“I’m excited to have the chance to possibly play them again,” Williams said. “Everyone is ready to get into the next part of the season. After a while, the excitement goes down. I had to remind them that the season is really just getting started. We can’t carry this energy over into next game.”

Frontier is no stranger to making tournament runs, having reached the MIAA Div. 5 semifinals in 2022. With a senior-led team, Deane is hoping his team can create some magic as the Redhawks now have a win over South Hadley and a close game against Hampshire, the top seed in Class B, on its resume.

“We played Hampshire the first game and it was a 6-4 loss,” Deane said. “We’re there and we just want another opportunity. We’ve got this far to get this chance and what we do with it is up to us. The seniors have been great all year.”

Belchertown 34, Renaissance 1 — The Orioles ran away with Monday’s contest against Renaissance, cruising to a 33-run victory in Springfield.

Belchertown has one more regular season bout left, scheduled for Tuesday against Springfield International Charter School.

Easthampton 5, Smith Vocational 0 — Summer Routhier threw a complete-game gem for the Eagles, striking out 15 Vikings batters and allowing only four hits and walking zero in Easthampton’s victory on Monday.

Easthampton hosts Mohawk Trail on Wednesday while Smith Voc travels to Renaissance on Thursday.

Lee 25, Amherst 0 — Corinne Charlebois recorded the only two Hurricanes hits of the day, ripping two singles in her two at-bats on Monday.

Amherst will finish its season on Thursday against Mount Everett.

Baseball

South Hadley 4, Hampshire 2 — The only runs in Monday’s contest all came in the third inning, with the Raiders putting up two in the top half of the frame and the Tigers responding with four – which were enough to pull out the victory.

Jackson Keller’s two hits and two RBIs led the way for South Hadley, while Lincoln Belsky had two hits and an RBI and Ryan Netkovick added an RBI hit. Justin Moskal pitched a complete game, surrendering just five hits and two runs on six strikeouts.

Hampshire’s Vynce Carr tallied a pair of base hits and added an RBI, Zach Phakos doubled and walked twice while Riley Florek and Colin Hogan each hit safely and scored a run apiece in the loss. Hogan got the start on the mound before being relieved by Liam Nolen, and each struck out three batters.

Holyoke 9, Northampton 0 — A sixth-run fourth inning propelled the Purple Knights to a decisive triumph over the Blue Devils on Monday afternoon in Holyoke.

Aiden Robinson drove in three runs and Matthew Dumoulin had two hits and two RBIs for Holyoke.

Aiden Keeling-Lococo cracked a pair of hits for Northampton.

Girls lacrosse

Northampton 21, Granby 6 — It was a goal-scoring clinic from the Blue Devils on Monday, with Makayla Fydenkevez, Kaydence Braman and Teagan McDonald all tallying four in the Northampton win.

Imanni Power-Greene had five points (three goals, two assists), Mia James added three goals and Jenna Talbot added two for the Blue Devils. Ainsley Dawson saved three shots in the cage.

For Granby, Kalli White recorded five goals and an assist while Mylin Laliberte rounded out the goal scoring. Rams keeper Faith Ramos made eight saves.

Wahconah 15, Belchertown 1 — Gina Moson notched the lone Orioles goal in a loss to Wahconah on Monday afternoon.

Natalie Bodon recorded seven saves in the cage for Belchertown.

South Hadley 13, Amherst 8 — The Tigers continued their recent stretch of strong play with a win over the ‘Canes on Monday, behind Margo Watkins’ four goals and three from Raquel Losty. Hannah Haesaert and Caitin Dean each put home two goals while goalie Riley Nestor made eight saves.

Emilia Luetjen netted a hat trick for Amherst, and Kiko Bhowmik notched two goals of her own. Eden Polak stopped a dozen shots in the ‘Canes cage.

Girls tennis

Frontier 5, Renaissance 0 — Esther Ehle and Eleanor Wade won 6-0, 6-0 at first and second singles to power the Redhawks past Renaissance on Monday afternoon in Springfield.

Ella Sibley fought hard to earn a 6-1, 7-5 victory at first singles, and the doubles tandem of Brooke Charest and Hailey Fernandez grinded out a gutsy three-set win at first doubles (6-4, 5-7, 14-12 tiebreak). Aimee Talbot and Jimin Ahn rounded out Frontier’s winners with a 6-3, 6-0 sweep at No. 2 doubles.

Late weekend results

Baseball

Smith Vocational 7, Pathfinder 0 — The Vikings met with Pathfinder twice over the weekend, the first coming on Saturday with Smith Voc taking care of business behind a James Lavallee shutout. Lavallee gave up four hits and four walks, but struck out 12 and didn’t allow a run over seven innings of work.

At the plate, Pat Millin paced the offense with three hits, two runs and two RBIs while Lavallee added two RBIs of his own. Kaleb Jorritsma recorded a pair of hits as well.

Smith Vocational 7, Pathfinder 6 — Heading into the bottom of the seventh, it looked as if the Vikings were going to pick up a second 7-0 win over Pathfinder in as many days. But Pathfinder rattled off six runs in the frame to make things interesting, however Pat Millin came in and slammed the door with two strikeouts to secure the victory on Sunday.

Jared Baer notched three hits, two runs and two RBIs for Smith Voc, Millin ripped two hits, Lavallee brought home a pair with a base hit and Gavin Kukucka tallied an RBI hit.

Girls lacrosse

Amherst 16, Belchertown 6 — Ava Carey (four goals, three assists), Kiko Bhowmik (four goals, one assist) and Claire Kennedy (four goals) were stellar for the ‘Canes on Saturday morning at Amherst College.

Emilia Luetjen added five points (two goals, three assists) of her own and Ursula Lunquist put up a goal and dished out two assists for Amherst. Eden Polak made six saves in the win.

Lily Tellier led the way for Belchertown, potting a pair of goals. Veronica Dymbowski scored and had two assists while Lia Pikul, Izabella Haggerty and Aubrey McCain all scored for the Os. Natalie Bodon stopped seven shots in the cage.

Northampton 20, Hampshire 8 – The Blue Devils reached 20 goals for the second time this season in their eighth consecutive victory. Makayla Fydenkevez’s 11 points paced Northampton while Imanni Power-Greene netted five goals and two assists in the big win on Sunday.

Rylie Simmons led the Raiders with four goals.

Youth baseball

Amherst 12, Pioneer Valley 2 — The Hurricanes (6-1) put up crooked numbers in the first, second and third innings on the back of a five-RBI, three-hit game from Agho Mankin. The top of the Amherst order (Gus Garrett Peltier, Cyrus Arwade, Daniel Lebron, Mankin and Nick Stinson) combined to go 13-for-16 over the course of those three innings.

Tyler Bray contributed a late single coming off the bench, while Arwade struck out 10 to earn the win on the mound.

Amherst 28, Chicopee 3 (4) — The Hurricanes (7-1) capped off their perfect weekend with a blowout win over the Galaxy from Chicopee in a Western Massachusetts Suburban League contest Saturday morning at Amherst Middle School.

Gus Garrett Peltier led the way with four hits and four RBIs, and every player who played for the ‘Canes reached base. Jesse Drinker reached base four times, scoring on each of those trips. Jack Bajnoci started from the hill, allowing three runs over three innings. Jonah Sommers closed out the third and Oliver Howard pitched a clean last inning in the victory.

Northampton 25, Chicopee 0 — Bradyn Rios and Dylan Lawrence-Riddell each had multiple hits and drove in four runs to lead the Blue Devils 14u Koufax team past the Chicopee Galaxy on Saturday.

Lawrence-Riddell earned the win for Blue Devils. The right-handed pitcher struck out six and allowed zero hits and zero runs over two innings. Layne Nagle, Elias Almeida, Oliver Yau and Tait Kennedy each threw shutout innings for the Blue Devils in relief.

Northampton amassed 16 hits in the game. Kennedy, Elliott Frankl and Alex Visentin-Laing also collected multiple hits apiece.