Cullen Brown and Dennis Simmons won three individual events apiece, and the Mohawk Trail boys indoor track & field won its season-opening meet against Hampshire Regional, 47-39, in action Wednesday in Westhampton.
Indoor track is being contested outside during the Fall II season, though all the indoor events will still be held.
Simmons took first place in the 2-mile run (11 minutes, 9.75 seconds), 1-mile (5:28) and 1,000 meters (3:04). Brown was victorious in the long jump (18 feet even), 55-meter dash (7.0 seconds) and 300 meters (38.6).
Dylan Wooldridge also captured the shot put for the Warriors, with his best heave measuring in at 28 feet, 10½ inches.
The 4×200 meter relay team of Wooldridge, Brown, Michael Harrison and Quinton Romer captured first place.
Mohawk Trail 46, Hampshire 43 – Serena Bardwell captured wins in both the 300 meters (47.8 seconds) and 55 meters (7.8 seconds), helping the Warriors pick up the victory.
Courtney Allen won the long jump with a leap of 13-1.
Athol’s Sadey Lehtomaki, competing this season as the lone representative from her school, won the shot put (19-9) and 600 meters (2:07.9).
FC Tech 3, Pioneer 0 – On Senior Night in the Powertown, host Franklin Tech eked out a tight opening set and then turned it up to secure a 3-0 sweep of Pioneer on Wednesday.
The Eagles scored a 25-23 win in the opening set before closing with identical 25-14 victories in the next two frames.
“There are always those nerves in the first set, but they were able to put things together and get back for a win,” Tech coach Jade Cuevas lauded.
The Eagles honored their five seniors – Mackenzie Martel, Maggie Charlton, Lily Nieves, Paige Bonarrigo and Jolene Dunbar prior to the match.
Martel led the offense with seven kills, and also tossed in five digs and four aces. Renee Reed amassed 10 assists, four aces and two digs, while Nieves had two kills and two digs and Maria LaBelle chipped in three aces.
Pioneer’s Emily Tibbetts had a big match for the visitors with three aces, five kills and nine assists. Teammate Alana Redeker (seven kills, two aces, two blocks) and Kayla Gauthier (three assists, 10 digs) also made key plays for the Panthers.
Mohawk Trail 3, Athol 2 – Octavia Crawford put down 10 kills and teammate Elly Patnode also aided the offensive effort with nine kills to power Mohawk Trail past Athol, 3-2, in another tightly-contest Franklin County League volleyball match Wednesday evening.
Set scores were 25-22, 16-25, 25-13, 18-25, 15-9.
Alex Lilly went for seven digs, three aces and three assists in the win for the Warriors. Palmer King had a busy outing in the win, as she totaled 17 aces, six kills, eight assists and three digs, while Sophie Guy tossed in three kills and two aces.
Athol’s Lexi Forte paced her team’s effort with 14 aces and 26 points from the service line, and she added six assists and two kills. Kate Mahan put down six kills and two aces, while Alma White added three kills and three aces and Lindsey LeBlanc dished out three assists and three service points. Shaelyn Doherty’s diving save in the fourth set highlighted the Bears’ defensive effort on Wednesday.
“It was a serving battle,” offered Athol coach Donna Lajoie. “Both teams struggled with serve receive, especially us.”