An explosive third quarter from Tayler Bergeron ignited the Greenfield girls basketball team in a 33-25 win over Mohawk Trail Regional on Friday night in Franklin South competition.
After a tightly contested first half, Bergeron scored 12 of her 15 points in the third frame. Greenfield had a 17-14 lead after halftime at Nichols Gymnasium. Bergeron hit a 3-pointer during the third quarter, but did most of the damage near the rim.
“I just started making my layups,” Bergeron said. “I think we actually ran our plays this game. Rather than just trying to go too fast.”
Greenfield (3-2, 2-0 Franklin South) recovered nicely after a road loss to Baystate Academy. Getting Bergeron involved more was a focus after halftime.
“We tried to open up Tayler a little more,” Greenfield coach Ben Johnson said. “She was getting focused. They (Mohawk) have some tall girls that kind of sat in the paint a little bit so we wanted to spread them out a little bit more. Open those lanes to let Tayler drive.”
After a jumper by Gloria McDonald, the Green Wave went into the fourth quarter with a 31-24 lead. The defense held from there for Greenfield. McDonald finished with nine points for the Green Wave.
Mohawk (3-1, 1-1 Franklin South) lost its first game of the season. Sadie Wilcox scored 10 points for the Warriors. While the defense did its job, the Mohawk rebounding needs some improvement.
“I thought it (defense) was okay until the ball was shot,” Mohawk coach Steve Bzomowski said.
Emmalee Inman scored six points for the Warriors. Natalie Lanoue added five.
Greenfield travels to Hopkins Academy on Monday. The Warriors travel to Hatfield next to take on Smith Academy.
Frontier 76, Lenox 31 — The Redhawks won their fifth-straight game after a 45-point drubbing of the Millionaires at Goodnow Gymnasium in Suburban league play.
The Redhawks spread out the scoring, with Addie Harrington and Harper Modestow both scoring 19 points. Whitney Campbell (15 points) and Skyler Steele (16 points) also reached double figures for Frontier. Steele had six steals in the game.
Harrington filled the stat sheet with eight rebounds, six assists and four assists. Campbell added four assists.
Pioneer 37, Franklin Tech 32 — Pioneer’s Jaelyn Boliski scored a career-high 12 points in the road win over Franklin Tech in Franklin South competition.
Maggie Tsipenyuk had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Pioneer (2-3, 1-2 Franklin South). Tsipenyuk went 3-for-4 from the line with Pioneer protecting a lead late in the fourth quarter. Kyle McClelland added eight points for the Panthers. Cobi Tyminski corralled seven rebounds.
Madyson Lynde scored nine points for the Eagles (2-4, 1-2 Franklin South) while Ariel Peters (four steals) added seven. Lynde grabbed six rebounds with three steals for Franklin Tech.
Athol 46, Turners Falls 22 — Abigayle Spooner scored 16 points for the Bears in the road win over the Thunder in a Tri-County North match up.
Athol (2-5, 2-2 Tri-County North) also got 10 points from Maliah Clark. Ava Adams chipped in with eight points.
Autumn Thornton scored eight points with two 3-pointers for the Thunder. Ivy Lopez added six points for Turners Falls (0-5, 0-2 Tri-County North).
Boys basketball
Frontier 70, Gardner 63 — The Redhawks (6-1) went on the road and picked up an independent win over the Wildcats.
Alex Ellis the the way with 20 points for Frontier. Max Millette (14 points), Garrett Dredge (11 points) and Rowan Modestow (12 points) all reached double-figures for the Redhawks.
Franklin Tech 47, Mohawk 19 —Brody Hicks scored a game-high 14 points for the Eagles in a home win over the Warriors in Tri-County North league play.
Nolyn Stafford added 13 points for Franklin Tech (3-3, 2-1 Tri-County North).
AJ Redeker scored six points for Mohawk (0-5, 0-3)
Hockey
Longmeadow 5, Greenfield 0 — The Green Wave (0-4-1, 0-3-1 Berry) lost to the Lancers in Berry Division play at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. The Lancers scored three goals in the second period to pull away.
Cooper Smith made 18 saves for the Green Wave. Greenfield had 25 shots in the loss.
Late Tuesday results
Wrestling
Franklin Tech 66, Mohawk 12; Mount Greylock 59, Franklin Tech 18 — The Eagles handled the Warriors at home on Tuesday night. On the same night, the Mounties handed the Eagles (2-1) their first loss of the season.
Dillon Laffond (285) and Carsten Couture (144) picked up wins against the Mounties. Against the Warriors, Paul Giard won by fall (1:56) at 113 pounds for Franklin Tech. At 120 pounds, Johnathan McIntyre (1:19) won by fall. Zachary Brown also won for the Eagles at 138 pounds (fall, 3:50).
At 175 pounds, Mohawk’s Christopher Gianfrancesco picked up a win by fall (45 seconds) over Keith Warger.
Jackson Morey also won (fall, 1:17) at 215 pounds for Franklin Tech.