Jordan Grenier continued to dominate on the mound with five innings of no-hit pitching as Mohawk Trail Regional High School improved to 2-0 on the season with a 15-0 whitewashing of Turners Falls High School in a six-inning Hampshire League crossover baseball game Wednesday in Buckland.
Grenier, who no-hit Franklin County Technical School in a 6-0 season-opening victory a week ago, continued his streak of hitless innings with five more against Turners Falls. He left after striking out eight and walking one. Wyatt Bandy-Page pitched the sixth inning, allowing three hits, but stranded all three baserunners.
“Jordan is throwing strikes, pitching smart and using his breaking stuff at the right times,” Mohawk assistant coach John Finck said.
Brian Allen had four hits and drove in three runs to pace the Mohawk offense, which scored in every inning but the fourth. Luke Viens had three hits, four stolen bases and two RBIs. Will Guyette singled and doubled and drove in three runs, and Bandy-Page singled, doubled and drove in one run.
“They were aggressive in their approach and put the ball in play, and that’s basically what we ask them to do,” Finck said.
Hadyn Patenaude suffered the loss, allowing four runs and two walks in two innings. James Robison struck out three and walked two in three innings of relief, allowing eight runs. Jake Dodge, Jon Fritz and Kyle Dodge each had one hit in the loss.
Turners 5, Greenfield 0 – Jimmy Vaughn set the tone at first singles, where the Turners Falls High School senior defeated Greenfield High School’s Kevin Gifford, 6-3, 6-0, to help the Powertown to a 5-0 victory over its rival in a Tri-County League boys’ tennis match played Wednesday afternoon at the Davis Street Courts in Greenfield.
Turners (1-1, 1-1) picked up straight-set wins in all three singles matches. Brian Poirier was a 6-1, 6-4 winner at No. 2, holding off Greenfield’s Luca D’Angelo. At third singles, Turners’ Will Turn was a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Connor Pedigree of Greenfield.
The closest match of the outing came at first doubles. The Turners tandem of Brody Trott and Josh Gaulin avoided a third set thanks to a hard-fought 6-3, 7-5 win over Greenfield’s Brandon Siow and Jacob Frank.
Turners finished the 5-0 sweep thanks to a forfeit win at second doubles.
Both teams have home matches Friday, when Turners hosts Chicopee Comprehensive High School and Greenfield entertains Holyoke High School.
PV Christian 3, Mohawk 2 — Pioneer Valley Christian Academy won a pair of matches at singles en route to a 3-2 victory over Mohawk Trail Regional High School in a Tri-County League boys’ tennis match Wednesday in Springfield.
Ethan Ondrick defeated Avery Miraglia, 6-1, 6-2 at first singles for one point for PV Christian, and Andrew Taft downed Dan White, 6-0, 6-0 at second singles. The decisive point for the Eagles came at first doubles, where Andrew Rossoshanskiy and Emil Tumasyan bested Sam Nelson and Tristan LaCross, 6-1, 6-2.
Mohawk picked up a point at third singles, where Tommaso Accornero earned a 6-1, 6-2 win over Nathaniel Brousseau. The Warriors also picked up a point at second doubles as Evan Shippee and Elliot Sargent defeated Leo Chen and Daniel Dockter, 7-5, 4-6, 11-9 (super tiebreaker).
Chicopee Comp 4, Frontier 1 — Tori Speth captured the lone victory of the day at first singles, but her Frontier Regional School girls’ tennis team dropped the season-opener to Chicopee Comprehensive High School, 4-1, in an independent contest Wednesday in South Deerfield.
Speth defeated Comp’s Arriana Hasiuk, 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) in the top spot to pace the Red Hawks (0-1).
The visiting Colts won the other four matches in straight sets. Frontier’s first doubles tandem of Cassidy Bardwell and Sofia Patten had the closest match of the four, as the duo fell, 6-2, 6-2.
Frontier travels to Palmer High School today.
Athol 3, Putnam 2 — Lengthy matches have been a theme for the Athol High School boys’ volleyball team early this season. The Red Raiders came through in the clutch yet again Wednesday.
Athol won for the fourth time in five matches to open the year, dispatching Putnam Vocational Technical Academy, 22-25, 25-20, 25-15, 17-25, 15-10, in a PVIAC East match Wednesday at Mallet Gymnasium.
Hudson Carlson paced the offense with nine kills, while Hayden Herk tossed in eight kills. The balanced effort also featured six kills from setter Colby Soltysik (who also had 32 assists), while Anthony Potenti and Jordan Carrasquillo chipped in five kills each. Colby Mason tossed in three kills.
The defensive effort was paced by Herk and Carlson, as the pair totaled 11 digs apiece.
Athol (4-1, 3-1) continues league play Friday night with a trip to Chicopee High School.