Emily DeMaio scored a pair of goals, and the Frontier Regional School field hockey team captured the Valley League championship outright thanks to a 2-2 tie with South Hadley, Thursday afternoon in South Hadley.
It’s the second league title in three years for Frontier (11-2-1, 6-0-1), which looks to close out an unbeaten Valley League run on Saturday against East Longmeadow.
“Winning the league is a testament to the hard work and effort that they have put in every day since the beginning of the season,” Frontier head coach Missy Mahar said of her squad.
DeMaio notched her second of the day with an assist from Rebecca Wallace-West with 11:21 remaining to give the Red Hawks a 2-1 advantage. South Hadley (8-5-1, 3-3-1) drew even with 5:23 to play however, when Bella Yee buried her second of the day to make it 2-2.
DeMaio’s first-half goal was assisted by Olivia Vecellio.
“It was nice to see Emily play aggressive in front of the net,” Mahar said. “She has the capability to do that and it was nice to see her bring it to this game.”
Frontier held a 10-6 edge in penalty corners and a 15-9 advantage in shots. Goalkeeper Skyla Burniske recorded seven saves for the Hawks.
Holyoke 1, Mohawk 0 — Sairi Winkler scored the lone goal of the contest to lead the Purple Knights to a win in the Bi-County League tussle in Holyoke.
Maddie Gorrell made three saves for the Warriors, which outshot Holyoke by a 13-4 margin.
Greenfield 0, Pioneer 0 — Pioneer had 17 shots, but only six went on goal as shooting accuracy hurt the Panthers in a 0-0 McGrath Division draw in Northfield.
Green Wave keeper Alex Carballo saved all six shots.
“He made some great saves,” Pioneer coach Don Fraser said of Carballo.
Ryan Potter made two saves in goal for the Panthers.
Chicopee Comp 2, Frontier 1 — The Red Hawks struck quickly and dominated possession, but dropped a 2-1 decision to the Colts in a Moriarty League contest, Thursday.
Connor Waitkus scored on an assist from Avery Tuttle in the third minute for the Red Hawks (4-7-2, 0-6).
Frontier had 13 shots compared to five for the Colts.
“We just couldn’t put the ball away,” Frontier coach Evan Horton said.
Nick Jarvis made two saves for the Red Hawks.
Greenfield 8, Mohawk 0 — It was quite a day for Green Wave keeper Dina Samake.
The senior made three saves in the first half, but with Greenfield holding a 4-0 lead at intermission, she moved up to forward and scored a pair of goals on offense while also dishing out an assist in the dominating win against the undermanned Warriors.
Emma Savoy added two goals and two assists and Kaitlin Lavoine added a pair of goals. Kacia Kinsmith and Victoria Marin each had a goal and an assist while Emy-Elis Iavorschi tossed in an assist in the winning effort.
Lillian VanVleet made 23 saves in goal for Mohawk.
Four Rivers 3, Stoneleigh Burnham 1 — Tori Frangie scored off an assist from Sophie Reitz to put the Owls on top going into the half, but the Otters scored three straight in the second half to earn the River Valley Athletic League on Thursday.
Michaela O’Donnell, Alexis Dimitrou and Jessica Beck scored goals for Four Rivers, with Beck picking up an assist.
Sabis 3, Mohawk Trail 0 — Nola Bloomer had a dig and six aces and Cassidy Upton added a kill, six digs and an ace but Mohawk Trail suffered a 3-0 independent loss to Sabis in Buckland.
The Bulldogs opened up strong, defeating Mohawk 25-4 in the first set. Sabis then went on to win sets two and three, 25-18, 25-18.
Octavia Crawford dished two assists, had a kill, a dig and two aces in the loss, Clare Wasileski and Chloe Brothers had three digs and Alex Lilly added a kill and four digs for the Warriors.
Southwick 3, FC Tech 1 — The Eagles knew it wouldn’t be easy taking on Rams, the top team in the Metro Division, but put up a great fight, taking the first set, 25-17, before dropping three straight tight sets by scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-23 in a match in Turners.
Franklin Tech (6-10, 4-5 Metro) was led by Renee Reed, who had an ace, six digs, two kills and four assists. Kelly Trudeau added 13 digs and four kills for the Eagles and Mackenzie Martel had six digs.
GIRLS SOCCER
Greenfield 8, Mohawk 0
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Greenfield |
4 |
4 |
— |
8 |
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Mohawk |
0 |
0 |
— |
0 |
Goals: (G) Savoy (2), Samake (2), Lavoine (2), Kinsmith, Marin.
Assists: (G) Samake, Savoy (2), Kinsmith, Marin, Lavorschi.
Saves: (G) Samake 3, Poirier 3. (M) VanVleet 23.
FIELD HOCKEY
Frontier 2, South Hadley 2
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Frontier |
1 |
1 |
— |
2 |
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South Hadley |
1 |
1 |
— |
2 |
Goals: (F) DeMaio 2. (SH) Yee 2.
Assists: (F) Vecellio, Wallace-West. (SH) G. Moroney.
Shots: Frontier 15. South Hadley 9.
Saves: (F) Burniske 7. (SH) Lynes 13.
Corners: Frontier 10. South Hadley 6.
Holyoke 1, Mohawk 0
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Mohawk |
0 |
0 |
— |
0 |
|
Holyoke |
0 |
0 |
— |
1 |
Goals: (H) Winkler.
Shots: Mohawk 13. Holyoke 4.
Saves: (M) Gorrell 4. (H) Dunn 13.
BOYS SOCCER
Chicopee Comp 2, Frontier 1
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Chicopee |
2 |
0 |
— |
2 |
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Frontier |
1 |
0 |
— |
1 |
Goals: (CC) Scammon, Martinez-Burgos (F) Waitkus
Assists: (CC) Chavez (F) Tuttle
Saves: (CC) Carriveau 5. (F) Jarvis 2.
Greenfield 0, Pioneer 0
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Greenfield |
0 |
0 |
— |
0 |
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Pioneer |
0 |
0 |
— |
0 |
Saves: (G) Carballo 6. (P) Potter 2.