Natalie Denkiewicz and Angela Self each scored in the first 10 minutes of play and Frontier Regional School ended the season with a 3-0 win over Mohawk Trail Regional High School in an independent girls’ soccer game Monday evening in South Deerfield.
Denkiewicz scored in the seventh minute off a feed from Julia Riordan, and Self made it 2-0 in the 10th minute on a helper from Jamie Byrne.
Kara Felton added an unassisted goal in the second half to close out the scoring.
Frontier outshot Mohawk, 20-5, and Eliza Desmarais and Alexa Boyden split time in goal, with Boyden stopping the only two shots the Warriors put on net. Lilly Seaver made eight saves but had to leave the game late after a collision.
Smith Voke 5, FC Tech 0 — Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School scored three times in the first half and eliminated Franklin County Technical School from playoff consideration with a 5-0 victory in a Tri-County League girls’ soccer match Monday in Northampton.
The Eagles (4-7-6) needed to beat the Vikings and then defeat High School of Commerce in today’s season finale to be tournament eligible but fell short.
Frontier 3, Southwick 0 — Frontier Regional School will get a chance to defend its string of 11 western Mass. Division III girls’ volleyball titles.
The Red Hawks qualified under the 70 percent rule Monday afternoon as they defeated Southwick-Tolland Regional High School, 25-14, 25-7, 25-13, in an independent match in Southwick.
Frontier (7-13) plays in the Eastern Division against all Division II opponents, and the 70 percent rule states that if a team plays in a league that mandates it plays 70 percent or more of its games against opponents in a higher division, that team can still qualify for the tournament by winning 50 percent of its games against teams in its division. This season, Frontier only played two matches against Division III opponents. The Red Hawks lost a five-set match to Lee High School a couple of weeks back, which made Monday’s season-finale against Southwick do-or-die.
“The girls were pretty excited after the last ball fell in tonight,” Frontier coach Sean MacDonald said. “It’s something that has been on everybody’s mind. We wanted to get in and see how we do against Division III teams.
“I think we’ve played seven or eight matches against the top 10 teams in the state,” he continued. “Those are the teams we want to play, but we are in the deep end of the pool right now, and we are just not old enough or experienced enough to win those matches. But the girls care about the tradition and their part in it. They didn’t want to be the team that broke the string of tournament appearances.”
MacDonald also credited Southwick for scheduling the Red Hawks after other teams balked at playing the perennial powerhouse.
“We needed one more match and it’s a credit to Southwick that they scheduled us,” he said. “Southwick is a young program and their coach is trying to do what we do when we schedule stronger teams. She wants to see how they stack up.”
Lauren Davenport finished with 14 kills, 3 aces and 3 digs in the win, while Selayna Bathurst had 5 kills, 4 aces and 5 digs. Hailey Orloski had 8 serves and 2 digs, and Ella Deane had 20 assists and 5 digs. Grace Randall had 4 kills, and Bri Thurber added 6 digs.
Frontier and the other girls’ volleyball teams in the area will find out their fate in the WMass Division III Tournament when the seeds are announced today.
FC Tech 3, Central 0 — The season might not have gone exactly to plan but the Franklin Tech field hockey team was able to end on a winning note.
Devon Brown scored a pair of goals Monday afternoon to lead the Eagles to a 3-0 win over Springfield Central High School in a West Division match in Springfield.
The win ends a 3-15 Eagles campaign. Franklin Tech scored twice in the final four minutes of the first half, then added a goal in the second half en route to the win.
Shannon Kurkulonis got the Eagles on the board with four minutes to play in the first frame when she finished off a pass from Erin O’Neil. The Eagles then earned one of their 14 first-half corners in the final seconds of the half and Brown scored on a feed from Kristin Slowinski with no time left to put Franklin Tech ahead, 2-0, at the break.
Brown closed the scoring in the second half from Ashlee Townsley.
Kailynn Mason-Emond stopped the only shot she faced to earn the shutout.
Mahar 9, Mohawk 2 — Rachel Latwis recorded a hat trick Monday night and Mahar Regional School closed out the season with a 9-2 North Division field hockey win over Mohawk Trail Regional High School at the Woodward Complex in Orange.
Joslyn O’Brien had two goals and one assist in the win, and Lilly Fellows tallied three helpers. Kadie Jillson had a goal and an assist, and Anna Weatherbee, Erin Sandova and Hannah Bergquist each had a goal. Lauryn White and Ali Lundgren chipped in one assist apiece.
Hannah Birch earned the win with seven saves.
Mikayla Bompastore and Cailtin Johnston each scored for Mohawk, and Isis Moon stopped six shots in the loss.
Frontier 2, Wahconah 0 — Frontier scored twice in the first half Monday and earned a 2-0 win over Wahconah Regional High School in an independent boys’ soccer game in Dalton.
The Red Hawks (10-3-3) will celebrate their Senior Day today at 4 p.m. in South Deerfield against Mt. Greylock Regional High School before preparing to defend their WMass Division III title.
Ian Newman got the Red Hawks on the board in the 17th minute on an assist from Ethan LaFleur, and Tyler Mayrand made it 2-0 five minutes before halftime on an assist from Ben Arnold.
Frontier outshot Wahconah, 23-6. Peter Bronke stopped all six shots he faced to earn the shutout.
Pioneer 9, St. Joseph’s 0 — DaShawn Sadri scored three times, Dana McRae had one goal and four assists and Pioneer Valley Regional School defeated St. Joseph’s Central High School, 9-0, in an independent boys’ soccer game Monday afternoon in Northfield.
The Panthers (9-7-2) led 6-0 at halftime as they tuned up for the upcoming WMass Division IV Boys’ Soccer Tournament. Sadri scored three of the first four goals of the game, and McRae assisted on all four. Noah Keith, Jordan Loughman and Jack Loud each added one goal in the first half, while McRae, Nate Mousseau and Jacob Quinn each scored in the second half.
Julian Trenholm, Felix Pruitt-Dahl, Eli Koester and Tristen Orloski each added an assist for the Panthers. Ryan Underwood, Trenholm and Joel Emberley combined to stop eight shots to earn the shutout.
Hunter Fox made 20 saves in the loss.
The boys’ soccer seeds come out on Wednesday.