Three points from Judah Glenn and Dani Paquet bolstered the Pioneer boys soccer team past Athol, 5-1, at O’Brien Field on Tuesday. The duo each tallied two goals and an assist as Pioneer picked up its first win in five games.
Thaddeus Loud (goal, assist) also played well for the Panthers up front. Matt Richotte anchored the back end with two saves in goal for Pioneer.
Athol’s goal came off the foot of Karim Thompson, while goalie Drake Wing concluded with nine saves for the Bears.
Frontier 2, Agawam 2 — Leading 2-1 at halftime, the Red Hawks couldn’t close out the contest against the Brownies, surrendering a late, game-tying goal to post their third consecutive tie.
Ian Paciorek potted both Frontier goals and goalie Jack Cusson obtained six saves.
The Red Hawks’ record reads 8-2-5 with one regular-season game remaining.
Field hockey
Hampshire 1, Mahar 0 — The Raiders snapped a two-game losing streak in its one-goal victory against the Senators
Lily Connor was the game’s lone goalscorer, off an assist from Neely Rondeau, as Hampshire improved its record to 6-8-1 with the win.
Mahar goalie Bella Burnett turned in a busy performance, making 16 saves in the loss.
Volleyball
Mahar 3, Veritas 0 — Madelynn Burgess, Mia Santana and Hayden Comeau all filled up the stat-sheet for the Senators in the shutout victory.
Burgess compiled nine assists, five aces, five kills, a dig and block, Santana slotted five digs, three kills an ace and assist and Comeau contributed seven digs, six kills, ace and an assist.
Mahar won by set scores of 25-16, 25-13, 25-18.
Pioneer 3, Athol 0 — The Bears’ margin of defeat in each set was by two points as the Panthers squeaked by with the win.
Pioneer won with scores of 25-23, 25-23 and 26-24.
Sophia Wood (five kills, 12 digs, 16 assists) and Evangeline Lewis (three kills, block, 25 digs) were two of several notable players for the Panthers.
Giana Vaillancourt notched five kills, seven assists and seven digs in the loss for Athol.
Franklin Tech 3, Holyoke 0 — The Eagles got the better of the Purple Knights in the sweep.
Jenna Petrowicz (two aces, three kills, seven digs, block) Laura Fuess (three aces, dig, assist, block) and Madison Pettengill (ace, five kills, seven digs, block) topped Tech’s contributors in the victory.
Set scores came in at 25-23, 25-17 and 25-23 for the Eagles.
Smith Voc 3, Mohawk Trail 0 — The Vikings capped off their regular season in style with the shutout win against the Warriors.
Smith Voc received strong performances from Irelyn Marcoux (six aces, two assists, seven digs and two kills), Ainsley Chrzanowski (ace, two assists, two digs, kill) and Leah Franklin (two aces, block, three digs and seven kills).
The Vikings closed out their regular season with a sparkling 11-2 record.
Frontier 3, Baystate Academy 1 — After losing in set one, the Red Hawks ran the table in sets two through four to emphatically put an end to their losing streak.
Frontier had lost its previous three matches and after falling during the first set, 20-25, to Baystate, it was looking like its fourth loss in a row was ahead. However, the Red Hawks ripped off set wins by scores of 25-22, 25-19 and 25-16, to win its fifth match of the year.
Caitlin Mao’s 11 kills and Kaelyn Johnson’s 17 digs helped bring Frontier back to the win column.
Golf
Athol 170, Pioneer 180 — Ethan Hever earned medalist honors for the Bears, carding a 39 to lead them past the Panthers at Northfield Golf Course.
Owen Stoddard (41), Dominik St. Andre (44) and Brandon Adams (46) followed Hever as Athol’s only golfers in the match.
Pioneer’s four best scores were credited to Weston Jones (42), Carter Gerry (46), Chayton Massa (46) and Mike Cyhowski (47).
MONDAY RESULTS
Turners Falls 6, Smith Academy 2 — Two goals each from John Martin and Yolvin Ovalle-Meija helped the Thunder take down the Falcons.
Rojelio Mendez and Kainen Stevens also found the back of the net for Turners in the big win.
Smith secured goals from Matt Scagel and Sebastian Giraldo, which needs a strong finish to secure a spot in the MIAA state tournament after falling to 6-8 overall.
“We didn’t play our best game but Turners Falls is a very good team,” Falcons head coach Jason Duncan said. “We need to get positive results the rest of the week to keep our postseason hopes alive.”
Girls soccer
Smith Academy 3, Greenfield 1 — Anna Scagel’s hat trick powered the Falcons past the Green Wave. Emma Tisdell racked up three assists as well for Smith.
Tayler Bergeron netted Greenfield’s only goal.
Goalies Vivian Higuera (Smith, nine saves) and Lexi Berry (Greenfield, seven saves) were each peppered throughout the contest.
Volleyball
Dennis-Yarmouth 3, Frontier 2 — The Red Hawks squandered a two-set lead in the five-set defeat to the Dolphins.
Frontier won the first two sets, 25-8 and 25-16, but then fell in the next three by scores of 20-25, 23-25 and 12-15.
Mahar 3, Mohawk 0 — The Senators blanked the Warriors to claim win No. 9 on the season.
Madelynn Burgess (nine assists, nine aces, four kills, dig) and Serenity Packard (nine kills, six digs, ace) lifted Mahar to the victory.
Set scores favored the Senators, 25-19, 25-15, 25-21.
Riley Dyer notched three kills for Mohawk.
Greenfield 3, Granby 1 — The Green Wave grabbed their second straight win after besting the Rams.
Set scores finished at 25-19, 14-25, 25-14 and 25-15 in favor of Greenfield, which moved to 12-4.
Turners Falls 3, Drury 0 — Maddie Dietz and Abby Moffat stepped up for the Thunder in their shutout victory on their home court.
Dietz finished with 10 digs, five aces and five assists while Moffat managed nine digs and seven assists.
Turners will play its final two matches on the road.
WEEKEND RESULTS
Hampshire 1, Frontier 1 — Each team potted one goal, leading to Saturday’s draw at Dorunda Field.
Mara Allium put the Red Hawks in front, 1-0, during the first half, but the Raiders responded with a second-half strike from Claire Pickard.
Frontier’s Jazzy Hayes had 10 saves while Hampshire’s Karaghan Rogalski recorded seven stops.
