More snow throughout Franklin County had hunters up to their knees on Tuesday, but sunny skies later in the day warmed temperatures up on Day 2 of the Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season.
Franklin County hunters put down 42 deer on Day 2, two more than Day 1.
Lawrence Petrowicz of Blackshear, Ga., put down a 175-pound, 5-point buck registered at Bitzer Hatchery. Seven deer were registered at Bitzer on Tuesday.
Evan Douglas of Shelburne Falls brought in his first deer ever, a 92-pound doe to Gould’s Sugarhouse, which had a day-high 13 deer registered.
Flagg’s Fly and Tackle registered seven deer, the largest by Tom Cleveland of Petersham, who put down a 150-pound, 9-point buck.
Amherst’s Frank Thornton put down a 163, 11-point buck as he was one of eight people to register their deer at Sunderland Hatchery. Hadley’s Paul Wanczyk put down a 153-pound buck and Ben Clifford of Ware registered a 147-pound catch.
Overwatch Outpost saw seven deer be registered on Tuesday, with the largest being put down by Jeffrey Johnston of Heath with a 166-pound buck.
■ The final numbers are in for the first day of the 2019 Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season.
Gould’s reported eight more deer from Monday to bring the Franklin County total to 40.
Peter Boisvert of Wilmington, Vt., checked in with the largest buck (177 pounds, 8 points).
Kris Jamrog of Conway (113 pounds, 6 points) and Ethan O’Brien of Colrain (111 pounds, 4 points) put down the next biggest bucks from Monday at Gould’s.
Here’s a look at the full list of deer checked on Day 2:
Flagg’s Fly & Tackle (7)
Kenneth Fish Jr., Athol, 113, doe; Russell Bailey Jr., Athol, 99, 2; Michael Gardner, Orange, 100, doe; Tom Cleveland, Petersham, 150, 9; Bruce Spencer, New Salem, 104, doe; John Piragis, Lempster, N.H., 87, 2; Josh Stone, Athol, 103, 6.
Sunderland Hatchery (8)
Ethan Wickline, South Deerfield, 100, doe; Paul Wanczyk, Hadley, 153, 8; Ben Clifford, Ware, 147, 8; Peter Reynolds, Whately, 119, 4; Frank Thornton, Amherst, 163, 11; Shawn Wood, Leverett, 79, doe; Dustin Culver, South Hadley, 100, doe; Raymond Rex III, Hadley, 102, 6.
Overwatch Outpost (7)
Peter Wimmelman, Charlemont, 103, buck; Joseph Stanford, Rowe, 113, 2; Joseph Stanford, Rowe, 108, doe; Jeffrey Johnston, Heath, 166, 9; Gerard Thomas, Ashfield, 103, 3; Brandon Fox, Charlemont, 124, 9, Judie Shippee, Rowe, 100, 2. Monday checks: Bartholomew Howes, Heath, 127, doe; David Clayton, Heath, 117, doe; Joshua Horstman, Holden, 153, 7.
Bitzer Hatchery (7)
Charles Fisher, Northfield, 103, doe; Jennifer Blair, Erving, 76, button buck; Lawrence Petrowicz, Blackshear, Ga., 175, 5; Jeffrey Hendricks, Northfield, 66, doe; Aaron Bordner, Northfield, 65, button buck; Douglas Bassett, Erving, 136, 7; Kevin Tirrell, Deerfield, 81, button buck.
Gould’s (13)
Gregory Schena, Chelmsford, 58, doe; Chester Chadwick, Ashfield, 131, 7; Phillip Damone, Chesterfield, 106, 3; Jeffrey Belanger, Deerfield, 125, 6; Donald Jordan III, Leyden, 147, 5; Evan Douglas, Shelburne Falls, 92, doe; Robert Kaeppel, Gilford, 83, doe; Colin Scott, Buckland, 111, doe; Russell Pritling, Brattleboro, 119, doe; Douglas Beckwith, Bernardston, 123, 7; Thomas Henry, Gilford, 114, doe; Joshua Jordan, Ashfield, 106, 2; Barry Nye, Ashfield, 76, button buck.
Monday checks
Joseph Thane, Rowe, 86 pounds, 2 points; Taylor Crawford, Jacksonville Vt., 96, 2; Silbert Lanoue Jr., Colrain, 110, 2; Peter Boisvert, Wilmington, 177, 8; Ethan O’Brien, Colrain, 11, 4; Kris Jamrog, Conway, 113, 6; Craig Rice, Charlemont, 84, 2; Kyle Johnson, Ashfield, 107, 3.
Awards continue for Esposito
Postseason honors continued for the Lasell University field hockey team on Tuesday as the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced the Longstreth/NCAA Division III All-Region Teams for the 2019 season.
Seniors Mindy Esposito (Sunderland, Mass./Frontier Regional) and Sam Taylor (Hanover, Mass./Hanover) represented the Lasers with selection to the New England East Region Second Team. They are the first two Lasers to earn All-Region honors in the same season.
Esposito and Taylor were two of the seven players from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) to earn All-New England honors, joining three from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine and one each from Simmons University and Johnson & Wales University.
A senior defender, Esposito capped her career that included her selection as GNAC Defensive Player of the Year and her second straight All-Conference First Team honor. She anchored a Laser defense that posted four shutouts and a 1.67 goals against average. Esposito started all 20 games and was regularly assigned to defend the left side against the opponents’ top-scoring forwards.
A starter on defense in all 80 games in her career, Esposito finished with seven goals, 12 assists and 26 points while collecting six defensive saves.