Eighth-grader Aly Raymond scored twice in the first half and Athol High School went on to defeat Frontier Regional School, 3-1, in a Pioneer North Division girls’ soccer game Monday night at O’Brien Field in Athol.
Raymond now has three goals in her past three games since Athol coach Tim Cleveland moved her up to forward from the midfield.
“She has been very creative,” Cleveland said of his budding star. “She is very smart for such a young player. She knows how to get to the net, and most importantly, she knows how to finish.”
Raymond scored 12 minutes, 21 seconds into the game on an assist from Julia Carey, then struck again in the 33rd minute on an assist from Amber Mahony.
Frontier cut the deficit in half three minutes into the second half when Olivia Denkiewicz scored on a shot from 45 yards out that she snuck in under the crossbar, but Athol went back up by two goals in the 67th minute when Carey scored on a direct kick.
“We finally played an 80-minute game,” Cleveland said. “We dominated them from the get-go. It was a great possession game for us, and I’m pretty happy to see the young kids play up to their potential.”
Mohawk 4, Greenfield 0 — Sarah Gokey put on a clinic Monday evening, netting all four goals to lead Mohawk Trail Regional High School past Greenfield High School, 4-0, in a Franklin County League girls’ soccer match at Veterans Memorial Field in Greenfield.
Gokey recorded a natural hat trick in the first half. She scored unassisted in the fourth minute, converted a feed from Lily Shearer in the 21st minute, and booted home the third marker in the 30th minute.
Gokey finished it off with her final tally in the 46th minute.
Lilly Seaver earned the shutout in goal by making 2 saves. Green Wave keeper Dina Samake was credited with 14 saves.
“Holding them to only one assist made this our best defensive effort of the season,” said Greenfield head coach Patrick Garland. “Mckenna Wells did a great job marking Gokey for the 80 minutes, but she just put on a great individual performance tonight. Dina continues to impress in goal.”
Smith Academy 6, Pioneer 0 — Carrie Ellis registered a hat trick to lead Smith Academy past Pioneer Valley Regional School, 6-0, in independent girls’ soccer play Monday in Hatfield.
Olivia Niedbala, Maggie Hession and Hannah Rickert also scored for the Falcons, who outshot the Panthers 25-6. Rickert, Charlotte Vannah and Carley Pedruczny all contributed an assist.
Leah Fuess made 13 saves in net for Pioneer.
Gabby Tisdale recorded the shutout for Smith by making 4 saves.
Renaissance 6, FC Tech 0 — Desiree Crawford collected two goals and one assist to help Renaissance School beat Franklin County Technical School, 6-0, in Tri-County League girls’ soccer play Monday in Springfield.
Cassandra Brandofino added one goal and two assists, and Alexandra Brandofino and Zoya Plunkett also scored for the Phoenix.
Da-Sha Wilson made 5 saves for the shutout.
Tabi Hamilton had 10 saves and Abi Corey made 1 stop for the Eagles.
Mahar 7, Mohawk 0 — Mahar Regional School clinched its third straight McGrath Division North title with a 7-0 whitewash of Mohawk on Monday at the Woodward Complex in Orange.
Matt Jenks scored two goals and added two assists to lead the Senators’ offense. Cecil Talbot added a goal and an assist, while Brennan Mailloux, Jamie Temple, Brian Nye and John Blattenberger also rippled the twine.
Bryce Cleveland had 3 saves and Alex Gurganus added 2 stops to share the shutout in goal.
Mahar travels to Smith Academy Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Duggan 1, Greenfield 0 — A second-half tally was all Duggan Academy needed to knock off Greenfield, 1-0, in an independent boys’ soccer match Monday in Springfield.
Slygence Rejouis scored the only goal, unassisted, of the contest for the Falcons in the 69th minute.
Greenfield and Duggan each finished with 9 shots on goal. Will Roman stopped all 9 shots he faced for the shutout, while Hunter Campbell turned aside 8 shots in the Green Wave net.
Four Rivers, 2, PVPA 1 — Evan Leaf scored with two minutes to play and Four Rivers Charter School earned a 2-1 win over Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School Monday in South Hadley.
Four Rivers dominated the game in the first half but went into the break tied at 0-0 and PVPA took a 1-0 lead in the second half thanks to an own goal when a Four Rivers defender accidentally headed the ball into the net.
Mac Almeida tied the game in the 65th minute, and Leaf won it in the 78th. Josh Gibson made six saves in the Four Rivers net to earn a win.
Four Rivers (8-3 overall) closes out the regular season Wednesday in Hardwick at Eagle Hill School.