Natalie Denkiewicz scored four times on Monday afternoon and Frontier Regional School defeated Pioneer Valley Regional School, 4-1, in an independent girls’ soccer game in Whately.
Denkiewicz opened the scoring with a pair of goals in the first six minutes of the game. She gave the Red Hawks (9-1-2) a 1-0 lead in the first minute when she buried her 15th goal of the season on an assist from Maddie Crocker. She made it 2-0 in the fifth minute on an assist from Claudia Rajballie.
Pioneer cut the deficit in half in the 35th minute when Emily Raymond scored on an assist from Kaylee Gibson, but Denkiewicz struck again in the final minute of the first half with an unassisted goal for her hat trick.
Denkiewicz scored the lone goal of the second half five minutes into the frame on an assist from Rajballie, giving her 18 goals on the season.
“It’s hard to guard her because she is so fast and she is very direct with her moves and she can shoot the ball with both her left and right feet,” Frontier coach Phil Pittelli said. “She is doing a better job of picking her head up and trying to find the corner.”
Lexa Boyden (three saves) and Crocker (one save) split time in the Frontier net for the win. Leah Fuess made 13 saves in the loss.
SBS 5, Four Rivers 3 — Anna Goldstein scored twice on Monday but Four Rivers Charter School suffered a 5-3 loss to Stoneleigh-Burnham School in a River Valley Athletic League girls’ soccer game in Greenfield.
Stoneleigh-Burnham led 2-0 at halftime and and made it 3-0 before Goldstein scored on an assist from Alexis Dimitriou with 33 minutes to play in the game. The Owls came back with back-to-back goals to push the lead to 5-1 with 11 minutes to play.
Dimitriou and Goldstein scored in the final 11 minutes to pull the Otters close — Melina Coy assisted on Goldstein’s second of the game — but it wasn’t enough.
Four Rivers wraps up its regular season Wednesday at Buxton School.
Frontier 0, Holyoke 0 — Peter Bronke turned away five shots to earn a shutout, but visiting Frontier Regional School was unable to score a goal itself and settled for a 0-0 draw Monday against Holyoke High School in a Moriarty Division boys’ soccer game played at the Roberts Sports Complex in Holyoke.
“It was mostly a battle in the middle of the field,” explained Frontier coach Dale Totman. “Neither team had too many great chances.”
Sam Moreno totaled seven saves for Holyoke (7-4-3, 4-1-1), as Frontier (9-1-3, 4-0-1) held a 12-8 advantage in shots.
Sophomore Sam Felton-Emrick stepped into the lineup and made his first varsity start for the Red Hawks, which were missing two starters on the afternoon.
“He’s been working hard all year but hasn’t seen a whole lot of playing time,” said Totman of Felton-Emrick. “He played a really strong game defensively on the outside for us.”
Frontier travels to play at Chicopee High School Thursday.
FC Tech 1, Pathfinder 0 — Just one Tony Barilone goal was the difference, as host Franklin County Technical School clipped Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, 1-0, in a Tri-County League boys’ soccer game Monday in Turners Falls.
Barilone scored the game’s only goal in the 18th minute, taking a diagonal through ball from Rueben Galvez. Barilone made Pathfinder goalkeeper Trent Santos bite, and he slid a shot the other way to stake the hosts to a 1-0 lead.
Pathfinder held a 12-11 edge in shots, with FC Tech goalkeeper Grayson Funk recording nine saves to capture the team’s fifth shutout of the season.
The Eagles host St. Mary’s Parish School today.
Hopkins 3, Athol 0 — Dougie Pierce scored two goals and Ben Andersen added another, as host Hopkins Academy scored two of its three goals on penalty kicks to earn a 3-0 shutout of Athol High School in a Schmid Division boys’ soccer game Monday in Hadley.
Hopkins (13-1, 9-0) took a 1-0 lead into halftime as Pierce buried a penalty kick past Athol goalkeeper Jordan Carrasquillo (12 saves).
Pierce and Andersen scored in the second half, and the Red Raiders (9-5-1, 5-4-1) couldn’t get one of their three shots past Hopkins goalkeeper Adam Yahman.
The Raiders are off for a week before traveling to South Hadley High School on Monday.
Pioneer 2, Granby 0 — Michael Menard’s goal just eight minutes into the game set the tone, and Pioneer Valley Regional School locked down Granby High School from there en route to a solid 2-0 win in an independent boys’ soccer game Monday in Granby.
Menard’s unassisted tally put the visiting Panthers (10-1-1) up 1-0, and that advantage carried into halftime.
Eli Koester notched an insurance goal in the 65th minute, taking a feed from Dana McRae and extending the lead to 2-0.
Pioneer goalkeeper Ryan Underwood needed to make just two saves in net to earn the shutout, as the Panthers won their seventh game in a row while recording their fourth shutout in a row.
Smith Academy 1, Mahar 0 — Liam Pitrat scored an unassisted goal with two minutes to play in the first half and that was the only goal of the game as Smith Academy edged Mahar Regional School, 1-0, in a McGrath boys’ soccer game Monday night at the Woodward Complex in Orange.
Matt Bouley stopped all 12 shots he faced to earn the shutout.
Alex Gurganus made six saves in the loss.
Mahar hosts Monument Mountain Regional High School Wednesday at 4:30.
Sci-Tech 4, Mohawk 0 — Wyatt Bandy-Page recorded 13 saves in net, but host Mohawk Trail Regional High School dropped a 4-0 decision to Springfield School of Science & Technology Monday in a McGrath Division boys’ soccer game in Buckland.
Saad Sabih scored twice for the Cybercats, which led just 1-0 at halftime thanks to a late first-half goal from Jules Torres. Sabih tallied both of his goals after intermission, while Nevon Montaque also scored to account for the 4-0 win.
Sci-Tech held a 17-8 edge in shots, with goalkeeper Welmer Lopez making seven saves to pick up the shutout.
Mohawk (0-11-4, 0-7-2) travels to play at Mahar Regional School on Thursday.
Sabis 6, Greenfield 0 — Two goals from Dylan Hibbert opened up a close game in the second half, as Sabis International Charter School turned a 1-0 halftime lead into a 6-0 win over Greenfield High School in McGrath Division action Monday in Springfield.
Sabis (5-6-2, 5-3-2) looked like it was going to ease to victory early, as Mike Perez scored in the opening minute of the game for a quick 1-0 lead.
Greenfield (0-10-3, 0-6-3) held the Bulldogs off the board until the second half however, as goalkeeper William Lopez recorded six saves in total for the Green Wave, which were outshot by a 12-2 margin.
Sabis scored just three minutes into the second half however, as Chase Lamagdelaine tallied and the hosts took off from there en route to the 6-0 win.
The Wave take to the road against on Wednesday, when they’ll play at Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton.