Tucker Zakon-Anderson scored the only goal of the game Thursday to lead the Academy at Charlemont to a 1-0 win over Four Rivers Charter School in a River Valley Athletic League boys’ soccer match in Charlemont.
Nat Boyd-Owens assisted on the goal, which was scored in the second half. Kyle Nitzsche pitched the shutout in goal.
Mahar 6, Duggan 1 — Riley Drew notched two goals and one assist to lead Mahar Regional School over John J. Duggan Academy, 6-1, in an independent boys’ soccer match Thursday at the Woosdward Complex in Orange.
Brennan Mailloux and Cecil Talbot both finished with one goal and one assist, while Matt Jenks and Zach Duguay also scored for the Senators (5-6-1), who led 2-0 at halftime.
Slygence Rejouis scored on a penalty kick early for the Falcons’ only tally.
Bryce Cleveland and Alex Gurganus each made 2 saves for Mahar, which outshot Duggan 19-5.
Juan Hernandez made 13 saves for Duggan.
Mahar (5-6-1) travels to Greenfield tonight at 6.
Hopkins 2, Athol 1 — Julia Carey’s direct kick was disallowed in the final minute and Athol High School fell to Hopkins Academy, 2-1, in an independent girls’ soccer game Thursday night at O’Brien Field in Athol.
The Red Raiders (5-8-1) fell into a 2-0 hole but tried to climb out as Carey scored on a direct kick midway through the second half, and then got another chance with under a minute to play when she lined up another kick and hit it home past Hopkins goalie Miranda Pitta. The officials waived the goal off, however, ruling that Carey did not stop the ball from rolling prior to taking the kick. She retook the kick and put it on net, but Pitta was able to make one of her six saves to keep Hopkins in the lead.
“We had plenty of opportunities to score against a good team tonight,” Athol coach Tim Cleveland said. “We are a young team, and I am happy with our effort.”
Hopkins scored three minutes into the game on a miscommunication in the Athol backfield, and the Golden Hawks took the 1-0 lead into the break. Athol had chances to score in the first half, including a play that saw Aly Raymond nearly score but have a shot cleared off the line by a Hopkins defender. The Red Raiders also had a shot nearly miss the post, that another forward almost got to in time to redirect.
“Those were two big plays that could have changed the first half,” Cleveland said.
Hopkins made it 2-0 nine minutes into the second half as Juliette Cook scored on an assist from Samantha Fetler.
Peyton Parker stopped 7 shots in the loss.
Hoosac Valley 3, Frontier 1 — Hoosac Valley Regional School scored twice in a six-minute span of the second half to put away Frontier Regional School during a 3-1 independent girls’ soccer game Thursday evening in Cheshire.
Olivia Bresett scored from Madi Vigna in the 31st minute to account for the only goal of the first half, and the Hurricanes put away the Red Hawks (4-7-1) with two straight in the second half. Claudia Bresett scored on an assist from Carah Cote in the 52nd minutes, and six minutes later Madison Graves struck with an unassisted goal to put the Canes up 3-0.
Julia Riordan scored in the 76th minute to break up the shutout bid by Hoosac goalie Kailynne Frederick, who stopped 2 shots in the win.
Eliza Desmarais made seven saves in the first half, and Alexa Boyden stopped six shots in the second half in the Frontier net.
Mahar 10, Greenfield 0 — Kenzie Tenney scored five times Thursday night and Mahar Regional School cruised to a 10-0 win over Greenfield High School in a Franklin County League girls’ soccer match at the Woodward Complex in Orange.
Tenney scored the first four goals of the game for the Senators (8-3-1), who led 6-0 at the break. Delaney Parker set up the first three Tenney goals, then added a goal in the second half to give her a four-point night.
Tori Tenney had one goal and two assists in the win, and Ella Fontaine, Katie Cleveland and Carrie Gilmore each added one goal. Kianna Reilly and Sam Rowe each chipped in an assist.
Maddie Leary stopped one shot to earn the shutout. Dina Samake stopped 20 shots in the Green Wave net.
Four Rivers 3, Buxton 1 — Maddy Wallenius-Duda scored once in each half to help Four Rivers Charter School to a 3-1 win over Buxton School in a River Valley Athletic League girls’ soccer game Thursday in Greenfield.
Wallenius-Duda scored the only goal of the first half when she buried a direct kick from just outside the box. She made it 2-0 in the second half on an assist from Kin Wildman-Hanlon, and Lyra Macek finished the Four Rivers scoring later on an assist from Hjordis Aho.
Buxton cut the deficit to 3-1 with a late goal, but Teagan Cardaropoli made one save to pick up the victory.
Four Rivers (7-2) travels to Williamstown on Wednesday to once again face Buxton.