HS Roundup: Hampshire Regional's Mary Thibault scores 100th career point in lax win over Chicopee Comp

Hampshire Regional’s Mary Thibault (16) carries the ball against Granby during a game last season.

Hampshire Regional’s Mary Thibault (16) carries the ball against Granby during a game last season. STAFF FILE PHOTO

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Published: 04-15-2025 10:01 PM

Tuesday will stand as an afternoon Hampshire Regional’s Mary Thibault won’t soon forget. The Raiders senior not only recorded a hat trick with three goals in Hampshire’s 10-5 victory over Chicopee Comp, she tallied her 100th career point in the process in front of a home crowd in Westhampton.

Thibault needed two points coming in to reach the milestone, and her second goal of the day built on the Raiders lead and helped her etch her name in the Hampshire record books. Hampshire head coach Grace Ahrensdorf said Thibault is now 30 goals away from 100 career goals, and at the rate she’s moving with 13 regular season games remaining, it certainly isn’t out of the picture.

Rylie Simmons had three goals and an assist, Emmie Collins found the back of the cage twice while Emma Erickson saved seven Chicopee Comp shots in goal for the Raiders – which improved to 3-1 with the win.

Hampshire travels to Amherst on Thursday for a 4:15 p.m. contest with the ‘Canes.

Baseball

Smith Vocational 21, Putnam 0 (5) — Pat Millin didn’t give up a hit in the Vikings three-touchdown rout of Putnam on Tuesday afternoon at Arcanum Field. Millin fanned eight Beaver batters and coughed up only three walks.

Five different Smith Voc hitters tallied at least two hits, led by Jared Baer’s three. Baer also drove in three runs and scored four himself. James Lavallee (home run, three RBIs) and Kaleb Jorritsma (two hits, two walks, two runs, three RBIs) each enjoyed big days at the plate.

Westfield Tech 22, Gateway 1 — The Gators managed only one run as they snapped a two-game winning streak and dropped to 2-2 on the spring.

Gateway next travels to Pathfinder on Monday afternoon.

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Hopkins 15, Ludlow 9 — Fifteen runs helped the Golden Hawks outlast the Lions in a high-scoring affair on Tuesday afternoon in Ludlow.

Hopkins improved to 5-2.

Softball

Belchertown 17, Putnam 0 (5) — Lila Roy tossed a no-hitter for the Orioles, striking out 11 in her five innings pitched while walking only one batter. Roy also added three hits (including a triple), three RBIs and four runs scored at the plate.

Vivian Ross also tallied three hits, two runs and an RBI for Belchertown and Julianne Cozine recorded two hits of her own.

Palmer 14, Smith Academy 2 — Quinn Carlson hit a triple and scored a run while Lily Harrington recorded an RBI base knock to pace the Falcons in a loss on Tuesday afternoon.

Sofia Cestero also scored a run and Nataly Slysz recorded a hit. Sophia Jagodzinski struck two Palmer batters out in the circle for Smith Academy.

Hopkins 12, Mohawk Trail 0 (5) — Cassandra Dion gave up just one hit and struck out eight in the Golden Hawks’ dominant win over the Warriors on Tuesday afternoon in Hadley – their fourth straight victory.

Nine different Hopkins players reached base, with Maggie Potter’s two doubles and a single leading the charge. Potter scored three runs and drove in a pair, Alayna Bailey notched three RBIs and cranked a solo home run and Isabella Bramucci singled twice and scored.

Frontier 11, Taconic 5 — Ashley Taylor smashed her 100th career hit in the fifth inning, driving in a pair of runs with her second double of the afternoon to help the Redhawks earn a Franklin County League West victory in South Deerfield Tuesday. 

Skyler Steele went 3-for-3 with two home runs and four RBIs while Delaney Fifield singled, homered and drove in two. Olivia Machon and Whitney Campbell each had a hit and an RBI while Raine Wonsey doubled at the plate and struck out five in the circle in the win.

Granby 17, Holyoke 9 — Make it three wins in a row for the Rams – which have scored at least 15 runs in all three of those triumphs – as they cruised to a win over the Purple Knights on Tuesday.

Kaitlyn Curran was a force at the plate for Granby, going 5-for-5 with four singles, a double, three runs and three RBIs. Katie Grabherr (three RBIs) and Mabel Carillon (walk) also tallied two hits in the Rams’ victory. Alexis Lapite, Ellie Szlosek and Cassie Flaherty each drove in two runs.

Boys volleyball

East Longmeadow 3, Frontier 0 — Co-head coach Courtney Parent said the Redhawks struggled with unforced errors in their straight-set loss to the Spartans on Tuesday afternoon in South Deerfield.

Set scores were 25-9, 25-19, 25-23.

Tegan Dexter (eight), Will Reading (seven) and Nate Rivera (six) all put down a good chunk of kills with Tavo Vincent-Warner dishing out 19 assists. Rivera added 17 digs and Dexter recorded four aces for Frontier.

Track and field

South Hadley 91, Belchertown 44 (girls); South Hadley 121, Belchertown 14 (boys) — Nathan Hutchinson won the mile (4:50.45) and the two mile (10:53.70) for the Tigers boys team while Matt Gillis added victories in the javelin (144-06) and 400m run (55 seconds). Anthony Adams finished first in two events (200m dash, 24.00 and long jump, 19-03) as well.

Belchertown’s George Wheeler was the long winner on the boys side for the Os, taking first in the shot put (31-02).

On the girls side, Maggie Crawford shined for South Hadley, winning the 110 hurdles (17.90), 400 hurdles (1:29.09) and 200 dash (26.40). Emma Levreault grabbed first in the shot put (27-01) and discus (73-08) while Quinlin Cook won the high jump (4-08) and two mile (14:15.50).

Belchertown’s Fallon Clancy triumphed in a pair of events, the long jump (15-05) and 100 dash (13.40).

Frontier 126, Turners Falls 19 (girls) — Lilly Novak won the shot put (30 feet, one inch) and the discus (96-4) while Hannah Davis came in first in the long jump (14-4.5), triple jump (29-0.5) and 100 hurdles (17.9 seconds) in the Redhawks’ win over the Thunder in South Deerfield Tuesday. 

Rounding out the Frontier winners were Bailey Cusson in javelin (86-3), Olive Klaus in pole vault (8-0), Mary Burt in high jump (4-10), Liv Christensen in the mile (6:23), Josie Fosnot in the 400 (64.9), Maddie Antes in the 400 hurdles (76.8), Addie Morrey in the 800 (2:37) and Sylvie DiBartolomeo in the 2 mile (12:29). The Redhawks won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. 

Frontier 107, Franklin Tech 32 (boys) — The Redhawks had the winner in each event, led by Garrett Dredge in the triple jump (37-9) and long jump (18-11.25), Ben Cachiguango in the 110 hurdles (15.7) and 400 hurdles (63.1) and Adrien Pazmandy in the 400 (52.1) and 200 (23.8) in Frontier’s win over the Eagles in South Deerfield Tuesday. 

Other Redhawk winners were Ezra Rich in the shot put (36-2), John Reloj in discus (106-1), Julian Adams in the javelin (111-4), Grayden Gifford in the high jump (5-6), Henry Pleasant in the pole vault (9-0), Ian Paciorek in the 100 (11.7), Evan Hedlun in the mile (4:48.7), Charles Dennis in the 800 (2:30.1) and Dominic Sarno in the 2 mile (13:59.3). Frontier won the 4x100 (47.7) and 4x400 (3:51.3) relays.