Peter Loud and Mike Zager combined on a no-hit, shutout and Maniatty’s Real Estate beat Gilmore & Farrell Insurance, 18-0, in a Greenfield Minor League Major Division baseball game Thursday night at Lunt Field in Greenfield.
Loud struck out six and Zager struck out three in the no-hitter. Jared Hubbard homered in his third consecutive game when he belted a two-run bomb in the fifth inning, and Chris Ryan made it back-to-back jacks with a home run in the next at bat. Hubbard and Ryan were joined by Loud, Zager and Ian Simpson as players with multiple hits in the win.
Casey Hoffman and Casey Christi combined for 6 Ks in the loss.
• In other action, T.J. Thibeault pitched three scoreless innings and combined on a two-hitter with Drew Conant, Jacob Petrin, Luke Belhumeur and Ryan Cote as Tognarelli Heating & Cooling beat Smitty’s Pub, 8-3.
Cote went 2-for-2 with a home run, double and three RBIs, and Belhumeur tripled, singled and plated a pair of runs. Petrin, Thibeault and Ryan Guertin each had a hit.
Eathon Bryant and Dylan Archer each had a hit in the loss, and Matt Provencal pitched well.
• Also, Ben Wu, Paige Loughman, Alex Sulda, Tyler Podolski and Gabe Zaccheo each singled to help New Fortune Restaurant to a 5-3 win over Mowry & Schmidt.
Robert Provost Jr. and Ryan Potter each homered over the fence at Lunt, and Provost also added a single.
• Finally, Josh Bordeaux drove in the game-winning run in the fifth inning as Denny’s Pantry beat Kidder & Co., 9-8, at Pratt Field in Bernardston.
Ryan Pulizari and Jake Croteau each had two hits in the win, Tristan Duyck had three hits, including a double, Josiah Beck doubled, and Michael Pierce had one hit. Pulizari earned the win.
Jason Quinn and Hunter Haughey each hit an RBI triple and a single for Kidder, while Charlie Boyden doubled. Nate Fuess had two hits, and Sean Allen, Robby Kenyon and Brody Williams each singled.
Frontier Ripken
Jesse Kurkulonis had three hits Thursday night to help Delta Sand and Gravel defeat Hadley Burke, 16-9, in a Frontier Cal Ripken 40/60 Division baseball game at Herlihy Field in Whately.
AJ Mihalik and Ty Sadowski tripled, and Cameron Fifield had two hits and three RBIs.
GGSL
Kaela Hawkins struck out 14 Thursday night and Pipione’s Sport Shop beat Diamond Dusters, 9-3, in a Greenfield Girls’ Softball League game at Murphy Park in Greenfield.
Lillian Poirier finished with two hits and two RBIs in the win, Jillian Hopkins had two hits and three RBIs, and Madyson Kuchieski chipped in two hits.
Emily Young struck out nine in the loss, while Lilly Spera and Kelsey Richardson each had a hit.
• Chloe Cutting struck out 7 in the compete-game victory as Crocker Communications beat Camelot Carpet Cleaners, 19-4.
Aneesa Brewer tripled and drove in two runs in the win, and Lillia Kachelmeyer had two hits and one RBI.
K.K. Santiago struck out three in three innings for Camelot. Amaya Santiago singled and drove in a run, and Genny Jackson singled.
Tri-County League
Kailyn Fleury struck out 11 Thursday night to lead Hinsdale to a 17-7 win over the Northfield Cougars in a Tri-County League softball game in Hinsdale, N.H.
Chandra Burnham and Heather O’Keefe each had one hit and two RBIs in the win.
Kensey Gibson had two hits for Northfield, and Kathie Fuller added one. Sofia Holden made her pitching debut and struck out six in two innings.
McScholar Awards
Seventeen student-athletes from nine area public and private schools were honored as McDonald’s McScholar Award winners during the 20th annual McScholar Awards Banquet Wednesday evening at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.
Linda Cohn from of ESPN was the keynote speaker at the event, which honored a total of 91 student-athletes from 47 Western Mass. schools.
Folloing are the list of area students who were honored:
Franklin County Tech: Teagan Valeski and Tim Momaney.
Frontier: Katt Miner and Connor Hamilton.
Greenfield: Claire Abelson and Sam Kennedy
Mahar: Natalie Gonynor and Liam Bashista
Mohawk: Kayla Baus and Dan Burke
Pioneer: Julia Wallace and Phil Kang
Turners Falls: Jenna Putala and Ryan Lenois.
Stoneleigh-Burnham: Katlyn Grover.
Academy at Charlemont: Katherine Anderson and Matthew Plager.
3 locals honored
Three area residents received postseason awards from the Mass. State College Athletic Conference in softball.
Greenfield’s Colleen Bannister was named the 2016 Champion’s Choice Coach of the Year honors after the rookie skipper led Westfield State Owls to a 10-4 record and the third seed in the conference tournament.
Dakota Smith-Porter of Montague was named a First Team All-Conference selection at second base. The junior at Worcester State batted .425 with 10 doubles, three home runs and 27 RBIs in 35 games.
Angelica Perfido of Whatley was a Second-Team All-Conference pick, also at second base. Perfido, a senior at Mass. College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, batted .348 with four doubles, two triples and 10 RBIs.
GMS over Great Falls
Gianna Conte hurlded a one-hitter with nine strikeouts and smacked a triple to help the Greenfield Middle School softball team to a 4½-inning, 20-1 win over Great Falls Middle School Thursday in Greenfield.
Kacia Kinsmith singled and doubled for GMS, while Katie Haselton smacked a double and scored four times.
Morgan Pendriss had the only hit for Great Falls. Maralee Wiles pitched well in relief.
Timmons Memorial League
Kyle Matteson and Jack Letourneau claimed low gross with a 37 during the Timmons Memorialo Golf League Wednesday at Northfield Golf Course.
John Hodgman and Ray Kendrick took low net with a 31.
Pete Blake was closest to the pin on No. 6 (19 feet, 2 inches), and Mattseon was closest on No. 7 (5-0).
Hodgman and Matteson tied at 41 for medalist honors.