It was quite the Sunday for the Frontier Regional girls track and field team.
The Redhawks showed their mettle against some of the top high school teams in Western Massachusetts, finishing second as a team in the annual George Steele Relays at West Springfield High School.
Frontier took second place with 56 points, behind only first-place Northampton (69 points). Amherst was third with 45 points and Chicopee took fourth (42). Mahar was 15th as a team with five points.
“I’m really proud of our little school up here, going down there and really showing well against some big schools,” Frontier coach Bob Smith said.
The annual event pits schools against each other with each event serving as a team relay. Frontier won the girls 4×100 meter shuttle hurdle relay to highlight the track events.
The quartet of Caroline Crocker, Summer Sobieski, Hannah Davis and Alena Maes-Polan were dominant in the shuttle hurdles relay, finishing first by four seconds.
“They looked superb today,” lauded Smith of the relay squad.
Frontier also won the pole vault and discus relays on Sunday. The trio of Maes-Polan, Ayla Starr and Eve Dougan finished first in the pole vault with a combined clearance of 27 feet, while the discus team of Lilly Novak, Sadie Ross and Cadi Wells-Robinson took first with a combined distance of 236 feet, 3 inches.
Frontier was also an impressive third in the sprint medley relay, where Abigail Howard, Sophia Leone, Crocker and Josie Fosnot posted a time of 4:43.88.
“That was a really good accomplishment for them,” said Smith.
Ross was second individually in the javelin and fourth in the discus to aid the Redhawks, while Novak was second overall in the discus and both Starr and Maes-Polan were third in the pole vault.
Howard (third, high jump), Sobieski (sixth, high jump), Crocker (seventh, long jump), Brooke Davis (10th, triple jump) and Wells-Robinson (fifth, shot put) were other key top 10 contributors.
Mahar’s Sienna Moore had the top individual clearance in the pole vault at 10 feet even, while teammate Caroline Chase was sixth in both the discus and shot put.
On the boys side, Frontier took ninth place as a team with 19 points and Mahar was 19th with two points. West Springfield won the boys meet (69 points), edging runner-up Longmeadow (66).
Frontier finished third in the 4×800 relay, while Erich Brown was also third in the high jump and Jack Vecellio nabbed second in the long jump.
Mahar’s Dominic Whitman (third) and teammate Mitchell Krasco (fifth) were solid in the triple jump for their team.
Ultimate
It was a big weekend for the Four Rivers School boys ultimate team, as the Otters swept a trio of games against solid competition to improve to 6-2 on the season.
Four Rivers defeated Hartsbook (15-3), Frontier (15-4) and Northampton (12-7), with the game against Northampton proving to be especially impressive considering the Otters had already lost to the Blue Devils.
Four Rivers coach Terry Plotkin said he was pleased to see the growth from his team with the trio of the wins. The Otters return to action on Monday when they host Williston, and there’s a huge weekend of competition on the horizon as the club will compete in the Amherst Invitational with some of the best high school teams in the country May 7-8.
Softball
Hampshire 19, Turners 3 – In a battle of defending Western Mass. champions, it was all Raiders in an independent tilt on Saturday.
Hannah Wodecki homered while Joss Mettey had three hits and struck out seven in the circle as host Hampshire Regional scored a 19-3 win in Westhampton.
Turners fell to 6-5 on the season. The Thunder will aim to get back on the right foot when they travel to Wahconah for an FCL West contest on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Locals power Westfield State
Westfield State senior Amy O’Sullivan added two more MASCAC titles to her mantle, and first year Victoria Marin scored 37.5 points to help the Westfield State women’s track team to a second-place team finish at the 2022 MASCAC Championships at Bridgewater State University on Saturday.
Both are Greenfield High School graduates.
O’Sullivan pulled a distance double for the Owls, topping the 10,000 meters easily in 40:31.90, then adding the 5,000-meter title in 18:52.63.
Mohawk Trail alum Grace Poplawski of Rowe was also fifth in the 5,000 meters to aid the Owls.
Marin won the triple jump 11.11 meters, one of seven events she competed in on the day – earning points in each.
She placed third in the high jump (1.55m), second in long jump (5.26m), third in the 100 hurdles, fourth in the 400 hurdles, and was part of the Owls 4×100 relay which placed second, and finally part of the 4×400 relay where the Owls were third.
Westfield placed second in the team scoring with 136.5 points, easily outdistancing third-place finisher Worcester State (91). Host Bridgewater won the meet with 236.5 points.
McDonald sinks ace
Greenfield’s Bill McDonald notched the third hole-in-one of his golfing career over the weekend, sinking an ace at the Country Club of Greenfield.
McDonald accomplished the feat on the fifth hole, using a 6-iron from 135 yards out. It was witnessed by Sue McDonald, Bob Lively, Terry Sinclair and Jeff Cusson.
CCG Youth Golf Camp
The Country Club of Greenfield will host its youth golf game Monday, June 27 through Thursday, June 30.
The camp will be capped at 25 children on a first come, first serve basis. The fee is $165 ($165 for first family member, $135 for each additional family member).
The camp hours are 9 a.m. until noon each day. PGA Golf Professional Kevin Piecuch, who has over 30 years of experience, will lead the camp. Piecuch was named US Kids Golf Top 50 Kids Teachers Honorable Mention. Assistant Golf Professional Josh Cook, who is also the head coach at Greenfield High School and a graduate of the Golf Academy of America in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is also one of the lead instructors.
The deadline to register will be June 25. To sign up, please call the golf shop (413-773-7530) or email (ccgreenfield@crocker.com).
GMLB
Kaydin Snow-Rose’s base hit, with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, drove in Landon Allenby to give Rotary Club a walk-off 11-10 victory over Denny’s Pantry in a Greenfield Minor League Baseball AAA Division game at Lunt Field on Saturday.
JJ Bones had a triple and Blake Grover had a hit and an RBI for Rotary. Parker Gerry and Jo Jo Pierce each had a hit and a run scored for Denny’s.
Maniatty Real Estate 11, New Fortune 5 (Majors Division, Saturday)
Maniatty: Bodie Burke (5ip, 3h; single), Carter Gerry (pitched well in relief), Nico Siano (two hits), Caleb Dillensneider (hit), Grayson Thomas (hit), Nolan Kalinowski (hit), Jakob George (strong defense at catcher).
New Fortune: Brodie Welcome (single), Wade Bardwell (single), Conner Bergeron (pitched well), Sam Bucala (great game defensively at catcher).
Aubuchon 6, Rotary Club 5 (AAA, Saturday)
Aubuchon: Jed Niquette (WP, 4ip, 0 runs), Amasa Shippee (game-winning run)
Rotary: Casey Burke (3ip, 0bb)
Bobby C 14, Pioneer Valley Tire 9 (AA, Friday)
Bobby C: Michael Locke (4 hits), Josh James (4 hits), Evert Turner (4 hits), Luciano Stoffolano (2 hits), Noah Stoffolano (2 hits)
Pioneer Valley: Riley Gray (3 hits), Brock Puchalski (2 hits), Adrian Lopez (2 hits), Quinn Gibbons (2 hits)
Lundgren Honda 8, Ruggeri 5 (AA, Friday)
Lundgren Honda: Joseph Locke (2 hits), Ben Keeler (2 hits), Damien Shields (2 hits)
Ruggeri: Jay Philstetler (3b), Jackson Collins-Bradbury (hit), Phoenix Maynard (hit)
Mohawk Youth
Dustin Reade pitched 2 2/3 innings, striking out seven, Cole Bassett was 3-for-4 with two doubles and Wyatt Bryant had two hits, including a home run, to lift Colrain past Bath Fitter, 12-5, in a Mohawk Youth Baseball contest on Saturday.
Bath Fitter’s Colin Healy had two hits, including a three-run triple, while Lucas Bailey had a hit and was strong catching behind the plate. Brady Gancarz scored a run in addition to three innings on the mound with five strikeouts.
Salmon Falls Builders 33, Brisson Lawn Care 4
Salmon Falls Builders: Wesley Jenks (3-for-4, 3 RBIs), Jed Amstein (2-for-4, 4 RBIs), Sawyer Thurber (reached base four times).
Brisson Lawn Care: Brayden Brison (3B, RBI), Landon Smead (2 RBIs, defense at catcher), Ezekiel Mirin (two walks, played shortstop).
Newt Guilbault
Emmett Spriggs recorded 12 strikeouts, helping Greenfield Savings Bank get past Pipione’s Sport Shop 10-2 in Newt Guilbault action on Friday in Turners Falls.
GSB’s bats came alive in the fifth, scoring eight runs. Everett Eichorn was 3-for-3 with two runs batted in, and Trevor Lyons added two hits and two RBIs.
Joey Disciullo recorded 10 Ks for Pipione’s. Bryce Hall tripled and Owen Blanchard had two hits and two RBIs.
GGSL
Abby Moffatt’s grand slam in the top of the fourth inning propelled Descavich past Greenfield Garden Cinemas, 12-9, in a Greenfield Girls Softball League Ponytail Division game on Saturday.
Moffatt also had two hits for Descavich, while teammates Kyra Tamsin, Kendra Steiner, Ella Rotkiewicz and Amy VanDoren all had a hit. Steiner controlled the plate as catcher.
Garden Cinemas’ McKenzie Hardy had a hit, while Savannah Brown was solid defensively behind the plate.
Greenfield Elks 5, Emblem 2 (Lil Nippers, Friday)
Elks: Lindsey Hawkins (5 hits), Aurora Reynolds (4 hits), Emma Prasol (hit)
Emblem: Emma Tuttle (3 hits)
It w as a good weekend for the Deerfield Academy baseball team, which swept a doubleheader at Exeter via scores of 6-4 and 4-3.
Elsewhere, the DA softball team rallied from a 3-0 deficit to edge Williston, 4-3.
It was a varsity lacrosse sweep for the Big Green, with the girls team edging Westminster, 8-7, and the boys team thumping Andover, 15-1.
The boys track and field team handled both Loomis and Hotchkiss in a tri-meet sweep, while the girls team split with both schools. Kaelin Creagh set a pair of new school records on Saturday, posting new marks in the 100 meters (12.59 seconds) and 200 (26.00). Wedner Cadet set a new school record in the boys high jump (6 feet, 7 inches).
In other action, the girls tennis team upended Hotchkiss, 7-2, and the boys team earned a 5-2 win at Hoosac.
The girls water polo team scored a convincing 12-4 win over Hopkins.
Finally, Will Lodge was tournament medalist for the Big Green golf team as the squad won the Newport Invitational.