A late-game offensive flurry pulled visiting Mahar Regional School even in the seventh inning, but host Hopkins Academy scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to walk off with an 8-7 victory in an independent softball game played Monday in Hadley.
Gabby Dyjach scored the winning run on a throwing error as the Golden Hawks won the season-finale.
The Senators finished their 2019 campaign with a 7-13 overall record.
Hailee Meeker pitched well in the loss, striking out eight batters in a complete-game outing. Sarah Graeff had two hits and three RBIs to pace the offense, and Meeker helped herself with three hits and a pair of RBIs.
Hopkins led 7-2 in the fifth inning, before the Senators scored three times in the fifth and one each in the sixth and seventh.
Olivia Brighenti led the Golden Hawks with three hits and two RBIs.
GMLB
Julian James, JJ Bartolon, Declan Joyce and Jorden Welcome all had three hits, and Welcome struck out five in two innings on the mound to send Berkshire Insurance to a 20-12 victory over Lundgren Honda in a Greenfield Minor League Baseball AA Division contest, Monday.
Lundgren Honda was paced by Casey Burke’s four hits, while Asa Bouchard and Parker Gerry had three hits apiece. Also contributing offensively were Bryce Zraunig and Deshawn Carter.
• In action from Saturday, Malik Moore clubbed his second home run of the season to help lead Smitty’s Pub over Rotary Club, 11-10.
Evan Tsipenyuk and Jonathon Ainsworth each had two hits while Bienvenido Santiago added a triple.
Brayleigh Burgh had a two-run double and Gavin Arsenault had a triple for Rotary. Aiden McGuinness pitched well.
• Elsewhere on Saturday, Aiden Shea smacked three hits, and Arthur Fitzpatrick drilled an inside-the-park home run to send Denny’s Pantry past Freedom Credit Union, 13-6.
Conner Bergeron, Arthur Fitzpatrick and Judah Glenn pitched well for Denny’s, while Dylan Breiwick and Bergeron had two hits apiece.
Freedom received two hits, including a triple, from Rowen Muzzy. Bryce Drowski hit an inside-the-park home run of his own, while Chase Zraunig added two hits.
Newt Guilbault
Mason Lehtomaki paced a big offensive night for Greenfield Savings Bank. He was 4-for-4 with three RBIs, helping GSB defeat Turners Falls Athletic Club, 12-2, in Newt Guilbault Community Baseball League action, Monday.
Nathaniel Trinque and Jake Jurek combined for six hits and seven RBIs in the victory for GSB.
TFAC’s Alex Knapp had a hit, and Brody Girard scored both of his team’s runs.
FC Babe Ruth
James Staelens smacked three hits and Jakob Stafford added two to help Smitty’s Pub slug past Akey Insurance, 15-12, in a Franklin County Babe Ruth League baseball game, Monday night at Abercrombie Field in Greenfield.
Jake Petrin, Dan Diemand, Olivia Noyes, Joey White and Ian Simpson (double) all added hits for Smitty’s, with Simpson driving in four runs. Petrin and Simpson combined to strike out 14 batters in seven innings.
Akey received four hits from Charlie Boyden, including a double, to go with three RBIs. Jivason Reil and Sasha Dragicevich had two hits apiece, with Dragicevich and Peter Loud driving in two runs each. The quartet of Jack De Bruyn Kops, Loud, Brody Williams and Boyden combined to toss the game on the mound.
GGSL
Margarette Howland went the distance, striking out 12 batters as Pipione’s Sport Shop picked up an 11-1 win over Conte Office Interior in a Greenfield Girls Softball League Ponytail Division contest, Monday at Murphy Park.
Offensively for Pipione’s, Anna Bucala was 3-for-3 with an RBI, Howland was 2-for-2 with a triple and four RBIs, Sophia Pinardi has a double and two RBIs, Shayla Freeland had a hit and two RBIs, and Mackenzie Clark and Kylee Gamache each had an RBI.
Ivy Rae went the distance for Conte, striking out 12 batters. Viktoria Vassar drove in Norah Drowski for Conte’s lone run.
• Elsewhere, Abby Moffatt, Molly Ross and Libby Amstein were all 3-for-3, and Madison Ross added two hits to help Lundgren Honda blank Pelletier Electric, 3-0, in Lil Nippers play.
Pelletier’s Ashlyn Koscinski was 3-for-3 and teammate Eliza Carew added a pair of hits.
• In other action, Chloe Bigelow, Autumn Thornton, Emilie Cleveland and Jamilyn Sears all smacked three hits to help the Purple Panthers tie Precision Driving School, 5-5.
Addison Martin and Riley Tine registered two hits apiece for Precision.
Montague Co-Rec
Maddy Atkocaitis was 4-for-4 with a double and four RBIs, while Angelica Perfido had three hits and a pair of RBIs to help Fairview Landscape defeat Business & Pleasure, 19-3, in a Montague Co-Rec League softball game played Monday at Unity Park.
Tom Anderson and Nate Crocker were both 3-for-4 with three RBIs for Fairview, and Josh Lashway and Danny Shedd had two hits each.
Greenfield Cup
The Greenfield Tennis Cup, sponsored by Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters, will be held June 17-20 at the Beacon Street Courts.
There will be separate men’s and women’s divisions, for players ages 16 and older. Singles, best-of-three set matches will start at 5:30 p.m. each night.
To register, call Rick at 413-824-1695. The deadline to register is June 16 at 6 p.m.
Monadnock results
It was another big night of racing at Monadnock Speedway, as a plethora of local drivers picked up wins on Saturday.
The day started badly for eventual Sportsman Modified winner, Joel Monahan of Whately. When a rear part disabled his primary car, Monahan’s team was forced to roll out his back-up car. Luck changed when he started on the outside pole in the 50 lap feature. Monahan jumped to the lead on lap one and rolled into victory lane.
Late Model Sportsman driver Soloman Brow of Vernon, Vt., collected his fifth consecutive win dating back to the end of the 2018 season. Veteran Dennis Stange of Athol collected the second spot at the checker.
The Mini Stock division ramped up the intensity in their 25-lap main event. Last week’s winner, Louie Maher of Baldwinville used a pole start to lead the field for 22 laps. Then the intensity kicked in. After challenging for the lead for on every lap, Kevin McKnight of Orange made an inside pass to take the lead from Maher on lap 23. McKnight would go on to earn the win after another driver was disqualified for a rules infraction in the post-race tech inspection.
The Young Guns 15 lap feature was a two-car race all the way. Jake Puchalski of Sunderland and Chris Phelps from New Salem traded paint before Puchalski claimed the win. Phelps was second, while JD Stockwell of Turners Falls crossed the finish line in third.