The Franklin Tech boys golf team had the best showing of area schools at the PVIAC Boys Two-Ball Invitational on Monday, snagging third place.
The Eagles shot a combined 69 at Franconia Golf Course in Longmeadow, which was good enough to put them in a tie with Pope Francis.
Ludlow won the competition with a 67, while Westfield Tech followed close behind with a 68.
Area schools scores are as follows: Amherst (83), Athol (76), Belchertown (71), Easthampton (91), Frontier (70), Hampshire (75), Hopkins (84), Northampton (80), Pioneer (89), Smith Voc (94) and South Hadley (73).
In a two-ball, two players from each team play their own ball throughout the day and the pair takes the best score from each hole to make up the team’s official score.
Boys soccer
Westfield Tech 0, Franklin Tech 0 — The Eagles couldn’t find the back of the net in the scoreless draw.
“We are getting away from our system and we need to find our way back,” Tech head coach Daniel Prasol said. “We’re lost in the woods right now with our style of play, but the season is far from over and we can find our way back.”
Smith Academy 5, Pioneer 1 — Cajun Benson’s first half hat trick lifted the Falcons over the Panthers.
Matt Scagel (goal), Jason Fahmy (goal, assist) and Oscar Higuera and Jacob Gingras (two assists each) also supported the Smith offense, which led 4-1 at the break.
“We got a win and much needed differential tonight,” Falcons head coach Jason Duncan said. “The boys took care of business. Kudos to Pioneer for bringing the effort for 80 minutes.”
Judah Glenn netted Pioneer’s goal.
Smith goalie Callan Payne had four saves.
Girls soccer
St. Mary’s 4, Athol 1 — Aliyah and Aluana Choquette connected on the Bears’ lone goal.
Ava Adams (11) and Vivian Satkowski (9) stopped 20 saves together in goal for Athol.
Pioneer 3, Franklin Tech 2 — Deveney Pillsbury punched in the game-winning goal with about eight minutes left in regulation to push the Panthers to the win.
Maddie Keefe and Jaelyn Boliski added goals for Pioneer while Dzelila Cecunjanin sent out two assists.
Mady Lynde and Layla Hammond scored for the Eagles and Carly Walsh pocketed an assist too.
“A tremendously hard-fought match between two teams that brought a lot of energy and intensity,” Panthers head coach Matt Killeen said.
Frontier 5, Monson 4 — Three points from Maddie Fagan put the Redhawks past the Panthers in Monday’s barn-burner.
Fagan (two), Addy Morey, Mara Allium (penalty kick) and Danica Kapcza found the back of the net for Frontier.
Greenfield 5, Palmer 1 — Elderina Cecunjanin and Tayler Bergeron combined for seven points in the Green Wave’s huge win.
Cecunjanin collected two goals and two assists while Bergeron had two goals and an assist.
Zephyr Jetzon also scored for Greenfield.
Green Wave goalie Lexi Berry made seven saves.
Mahar 2, Smith Academy 1 — Two first-half goals were enough as the Senators edged the Falcons.
Lexi Murcell and Maggie Ringer scored for Mahar, with Lexi Ares assisting on both tallies.
Smith’s single goal came during the second half from Anna Scagel.
Saves favored the Falcons 13-6 as Vivian Higuera finished with more than Mackenzie Matthews.
“It was a great soccer game,” Mahar head coach Chad Softic said. “I was very pleased with my girls for the sense of urgency we played with throughout the game, which has been an issue. It was contagious today and I thought Addie Almeida, Lexi Ares and Cordelia Rhodes were immense in the middle of the field for us and Stella Moore was also outstanding. Both goalies were in fine form. It is nice to get a W next to our name.”
Volleyball
Mahar 3, Hampden Charter 0 — The Senators used a team effort to take care of business in the sweep.
Madelynn Burgess filled the stat sheet for Mahar, concluding with three digs, three kills, nine aces and eight assists.
Set scores were as follows: 25-22, 25-21 and 25-14.
Field hockey
Frontier 1, Agawam 0 — Brooke Charest turned aside all 10 shots to lead the Redhawks to the shutout win.
Macy DeMaio (goal) and Haly Doucette-Kaplan connected on Frontier’s deciding goal.
East Longmeadow 5, Greenfield 3 — Four goals in the first half helped the Spartans sink the Green Wave.
Greenfield clawed back to make it a one-goal game with three tucks in the third quarter, but East Longmeadow sealed the victory with an insurance strike in the final frame.
Mohawk Trail 1, Hampshire 0 — Jayda Waters scored the game’s only goal for the Warriors.
Brynlee Purington secured the shutout with two saves. Raiders goalie Grace Layman recorded six saves in the defeat.
Weekend Results
Boys soccer
Frontier 2, Belchertown 2 — A pair of assists from Tim Haley late in the second half helped the Orioles erase a 2-0 Redhawks advantage and draw Saturday’s matinee.
Grayden Gifford assisted on Frontier’s first goal scored by Xavier Fripp during the first half, then doubled its lead with a strike in the 45th minute.
Eleven minutes later, Belchertown’s Tyler Burrows buried its first goal of the contest, before Chase Connor tied it with a strike in the 60th minute.
Luke Dudek (Orioles) concluded with seven saves while Jack Cusson (Redhawks) finished with five stops.
