High schools: Frontier boys and girls track defeat Athol (PHOTOS)

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Published: 04-12-2023 9:12 PM

The Frontier girls track team showed why it’s the defending Western Mass. Div. 2 champion on Wednesday in a meet against Athol. 

The Redhawks had the first place finisher in every event, pulling away with a 144-0 victory over the Bears in South Deerfield. 

Lilly Novak won the discus (76 feet, two inches) and the javelin (80-6), Summer Sobieski took the long jump (14-8.25) and the high jump (4-4), Abigail Howard finished first in the mile (5:56.5) and 800 (2:49.9) while Sophia Leone came in first in the 100 (13.3 seconds) and 200 (28.3) for Frontier. 

Other Redhawk winners were Cadi Wells-Robinson in the shot put (28-2.25), Brooke Davis in the triple jump (28-11.5), Ayla Starr in the pole vault (10-0), Caroline Crocker in the 100 hurdles (15.6), Claire McFarland in the 400 (68.1), Maddie Antes in the 400 hurdles (80.9) and Sylvie DiBartolomeo in the 2 mile (13:30.7). 

Frontier won the 4x100 (54.4) and 4x400 (5:05) relays. 

Boys track 

Frontier 127, Athol 12 — Alex Schreiber won the shot put (36-5.5) and discus (114-3), Ian Burt took the long jump (17-10.75) and triple jump (35-6.5) while Erich Brown won the high jump (6-0) and 400 hurdles (68.0) and Ben Cachiguango came in first in the 110 hurdles (17.0) and the 200 (24.1) as the Redhawks picked up a win over the visiting Bears on Wednesday. 

Other Frontier winners were Adrien Pazmandy in the pole vault (9-0) and 400 (55.2), Fernando Saravia in the 100 (11.6), Luke Howard in the mile (4:48.3), Aidan Valderrama in the 800 (2:11.4) and Evan Hedlund in the 2 mile (10:26.2). The Redhawks won the 4x100 (47.9) and 4x400 (3:50.3) relays. 

Riley Reed was the lone winner for Athol, taking first in the javelin with a toss of 112 feet, nine inches.

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Owen Babb tallied seven kills, Brady Burch had five kills, Aleks Carey recorded three kills while Ngawang Deter came up with 20 digs in the victory. 

Girls tennis

Mohawk Trail 3, Turners 2 — The Warriors won all three singles matches to earn a victory over the Thunder in Buckland on Wednesday. 

Palmer King beat Steph Peterson 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, Paige King won against Maria LaBelle 6-2, 6-1 in No. 2 singles while Hazel Foucault picked up a 6-4, 6-1 win over Olivia Wolbach in No. 3 singles. 

Turners’ Holly Hicks and Avery Heathwaite won 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in No. 1 doubles over Elias Crowell and Lauryn Lovett while Mady Lilly and Emma Haarman earned a 6-1, 6-2 triumph in No. 2 doubles over Mohawk Trail’s Ivan Hillenbrand and Landon Clark. 

PVCICS 3, Greenfield 2 — Lydia Wood and Isabella Semonelli walked away with a 6-2, 6-2 win in No. 1 doubles for the Green Wave in a loss to the Dragons on Wednesday at the Davis Street Courts. 

Lily Duong and Jessica Mihailicenco walked away with a 6-1, 6-0 victory in No. 2 doubles for Greenfield. 

Boys tennis

Pope Francis 4, Turners 1 — Noah Kolodziej had the lone win of the day for the Thunder, earning a 2-6, 6-1, 10-8 tie break victory in No. 2 singles over Cardinal Pat Morrow. 

Mike Boyle suffered a narrow 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 loss in No. 1 singles for Turners. 

Ultimate

Four Rivers 10, NMH 3 — Eleanor Herbert scored a goal and dished three assists while Grace Parzych had two asssists and a goal and Tirzah Skelton had two assists as the Otter girls defeated NMH on Wednesday. 

In boys ultimate, NMH defeated Four Rivers, 11-10, behind a big game from Toby Sol.

Sam Whitney played well for the Otters. 

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