One, two, three, title.
Mohawk Trail Regional High School garnered the top three overall spots to clinch the win early and eventually posted a 24-32 victory over Greenfield High School to win the Pioneer North Division girls’ cross country title Tuesday afternoon at Highland Park in Greenfield.
Both schools posted 15-50 win over St. Mary’s Parish School of Westfield, which was unable to field a full team.
It was the fourth consecutive league title for the Warriors (11-0, 6-0) since realignment placed all local teams in the same division with St. Mary’s, Granby High School and and McCann Technical School.
“Our record shows we’re undefeated in the league over those four years, but we’ve had some close meets,” said Warriors’ Hall-of-Fame head coach Joe Chadwick. “We’ve also had some (like today) where we’ve had to take 1-2-3.
“It was our fourth meet in 10 days,” he added “The kids have taken on a heavy load, and they labored a bit (today), but they got the job done and I’m really proud of them.
Sophomore Meghan Davis led the Mohawk charge by winning the 3.1-mile race in 20 minutes, 35 seconds. Teammate Jackie Wells — just an eighth-grader — followed close behind in 20:57 to put the Warriors in a prime position for the win, even though Greenfield’s depth was expected to play a factor.
It never materialized, as Mohawk junior Lily Wells crossed the line in 21:18 to clinch the title.
Greenfield took the next three spots — Jamie Day finished in 22:55, followed by Amy O’Sullivan in 22:58 and Jenna Silk in 24:22.
The Warriors’ Clarissa Pollard came in seventh in 25:55, and Greenfield’s Johanna Guiod (25:58), Courtney Danielson (25:59) and Sarah O’Sullivan (26:18) completed the top 10.
The Green Wave completed its dual-meet season at 10-1 and 5-1.
“The girls were really relieved after the meet, they were worried about Greenfield,” said Chadwick. “Stu (Elliot, Greenfeld coach) has done a great job with them. He’s got a good group of girls.”
Mohawk and Greenfield gears up for the postseason, which begins on Oct. 29 with the PVIAC Championships at Stanley Park in Westfield. The Western Mass. Championships are on Nov. 13, also at Stanley Park.
Frontier 17, Pioneer 46
Frontier 15, McCann 50
Pioneer 19, McCann 38 — Frontier Regional School claimed the top three positions and eight of the top 10 as the Red Hawks earned a 17-46, win over Pioneer Valley Regional Schools and a 15-50 win over McCann Technical School in an Pioneer North Division girls’ cross country meet Tuesday afternoon in Northfield.
Fiona Ferry was the overall winner on the 2.79 mile course with a time of 21:16 while Greyson Young finished second in a time of 21:40. Olicia Warren rounded out the top three in a time of 21:53.
Chloe Cutting was the top finisher for Pioneer, placing 4th overall in a time of 22:02 to help Pioneer edge out a 19-38 win over McCann.
The Red Hawks then captured the next four spots as Emily Laus (22:08) finished 5th, Lia Vichi (24:05) took 6th, Kensington Young (24:38) placed 7th and Meaghan Cohoon (24:44) grabbed 8th.
Adrienne Josephs of Frontier rounded out the top 10 in a time of 24:54.
Frontier 15, Pioneer 50
Frontier 15, McCann 50
Pioneer 28, McCann 29 — Frontier officially claimed the outright Pioneer North title and put the finishing touches on an undefeated regular season with its sweep of Pioneer (15-50) and McCann Tech (15-50) in a tri-meet Tuesday in Northfield.
Carsten Carey was the top finisher for the Red Hawks (12-0, 6-0) in a time of 16:08 while teammate Alex Sharpe finished second in a time of 16:44. Frontier would then place six of the next eight runners as Aaron Dorshow (17:11) finished 4th, Ben Litskoski (17:13) finished 5th, Brandyn Robinson (17:20) took 6th, Jake Meier (17:45) grabbed 7th, Andy Paul (17:51) came in 9th and Dan Dejnak (17:54) rounded out the 10th spot.
Pioneer narrowly defeated McCann 28-29 in the head-to-head matchup.
Mohawk 27, Greenfield 29
Monawk 15, St. Mary’s 50
Greenfield 15, St. Mary’s 50 — Mohawk Trail Regional High School placed four of the top six runners as the Warriors earned a narrow 27-29 victory over Greenfield High School in a Pioneer North boys’ cross country meet Tuesday at Highland Park in Greenfield.
Zach Coburn of Mohawk won the race in a time of 19:28 but it was Henry Howe (19:39) and Tyssen LaBombard (19:57) of Greenfield who took the next two spots.
Mohawk then took control of the match as Luke Viens finished fourth with a time of 20:01, Seth Hoynoski finished 5th (20:19) and Brian Allen placed 6th in 20:35.
Matteo Velez placed 7th for Greenfield in a time of 20:38 while teammates Dylan Badillo (21:30), Sam Knight (21:52) and David Giurgiu (22:11) rounded out the top 10.
FC Tech 27, Mahar 28 — Sohan Tyner of Franklin County Technical School finished with a time of 17:59 and took first place as the Eagles edged Mahar Regional School 27-28, in a Pioneer North boys’ cross country meet Tuesday in Turners Falls.
Tyner blazed around the 3.1-mile course while Andrew Hill of Mahar (19:56) finished second and teammate Thor Mead (20:08) took third.
Scott Martin finished fourth for the Eagles in a time of 21:03 and Seth Michell came in 6th for the Senators while teammate Edward Bennington placed 7th in a time of 22:31.
The Eagles won the meet with the next two runners as Liam Berry (23:31) and Brodie Church (24:43) finished eighth and ninth to claim the victory.
Alex Downing rounded out the top 10 for Mahar, coming across the line in a time of 25:00.