A strong defensive effort for the Greenfield girls basketball team led to a 35-23 win over Hopkins Academy at Nichols Gymnasium on Friday night.
Tayler Bergeron (7-8, 5-4) scored 15 points for Greenfield in the Franklin South contest. As the postseason approaches, Greenfield now turns to things that need to be improved to compete at a high level in the postseason.
“Just our confidence,” Greenfield coach Ben Johnson said. “I feel like we are starting to move the ball better offensively. We are being aggressive shooting the shots that are open. Definitely for us it’s establishing down low a little bit more. We are primarily shooting 3s a lot. I’d like to see the inside outside game work a little bit more.”
Greenfield ranks 27th in the latest MIAA power rankings for Division 5. In the PVIAC Western Mass. rankings for Class C, the Green Wave are ranked 10th. The defense held the Golden Hawks to two points in the fourth quarter.
“Defensively I think we are flying around,” Johnson said. “We are working together. We are on the same page defensively. It’s just about coming together offensively.”
Gloria McDonald scored eight points for Green Wave. Sarah McCloud and Natalia Cody each added four points. A 17-point second quarter helped Greenfield pull away from the Golden Hawks.
Greenfield plays at Franklin Tech on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Mohawk 55, Smith Academy 27 — The Warriors were all over the Falcons in a Franklin South win in Buckland. Mohawk built a 27-9 lead by halftime.
Sadie Wilcox led the way for Mohawk (7-7, 5-4) with 24 points. Emmalee Inman added 17 points for the Warriors. Natalie Lanoue chipped in with six points on two 3-pointers.
Mahar 62, Franklin Tech 29 — Hayden Comeau scored 18 points for the Senators in the Franklin South win over the Eagles at Grzesik-Bixby gymnasium.
Adalynn Almeida added eight points for Mahar (12-2, 8-1). Taylor Paluk and Lexi Ares both chipped in with seven points.
Brayleigh Burgh scored seven points for Franklin Tech (4-11, 1-9). Abigail Dubias and Lindsey Taylor both added four points for the Eagles. Ariel Peters worked the glass for six rebounds.
Boys basketball
Athol 41, Smith Academy 24 — The Bears used a big fourth quarter to pull away from the Falcons in Hatfield. Karim Thompson scored eight of his 11 points in the final frame in the Hampshire North contest. The Bears outscored Smith Academy 19-7 in the final quarter to pull away.
Dominik St. Andre and Ethan Heuer added eight points each for the Bears (9-5, 6-3). Nate Perrault chipped in with seven points.
Greenfield 69, Pioneer 36 — The Green Wave pulled away in the second quarter in the Hampshire North win over the Panthers at Messer Gymnasium.
Grayson Thomas scored 13 of his 27 points in the second frame for Greenfield (10-3, 7-1). Conner Bergeron (21 points) and Davian Bala (11 points) were also in double-figures for the Green Wave.
Hayden Killeen led the Panthers with 15 points. Matt Richotte added 13 points for Pioneer (0-14, 0-10).
Turners Falls 64, Franklin Tech 54 — The Thunder enacted some revenge on the Eagles in the road win in Tri-County North play. Turners Falls (4-11, 3-7) outscored Franklin TEch 17-6 third quarter to pull away.
Jackson Cogswell and Freilyn Abarua went wild for the Thunder, both scoring 25 points. Sergey Alexeyenko added 11 points for Turners Falls.
Nolyn Stafford (18 points), Hunter Donahue (10 points) and Mason Bassett (15 points) were all in double-figures for the Eagles (7-7, 5-5).
Late Thursday results
Wrestling
Franklin Tech 46, Longmeadow 33 — The Eagles downed the Lancers at home behind seven individual wins. Paul Giard started with a win by fall (1:23) over Ryan Sandler at 113 pounds. Landon Purington (3:29) pinned Ben Wetzel at 138 pounds. Carsten Couture (144) and Wade Purington (150) also won by fall.
Coleton Sabolevski won a major decision (15-6) over Locklan Burns at 190 pounds. Jackson Morey (215) and Dillon Laffond (285) were the winners among the heavyweights.
Boys basketball
Hoosac Valley 71, Pioneer 40 — The Hurricanes took down the Panthers at Messer Gymnasium in an independent match up. Matt Richotte led the way for the Panthers with 19 points.
Hayden Killeen also reached double-figures for Pioneer with 15 points. Judah Glenn added nine points for the Panthers.
