For the second game in a row, the Greenfield hockey team fell behind early on Monday. The Green Wave made a comeback against East Longmeadow, but ultimately lost to the Spartans, 6-4, at Collins-Moylan Arena.
East Longmeadow scored the first three goals of the game.
“It goes to show the resiliency of these student athletes,” Greenfield coach Adam Bouchard said. “But at the same time it’s the second game in a row that we’ve given up three first period goals and we have to clean that up.”
Chase Zraunig scored on a backhand goal late in the first period before Brady Poreda cut the lead to 3-2 early in the second period. Zraunig scored a shorthanded goal late with 46 seconds left in the third period to make the score 4-3. Zraunig completed the hat trick for the Wave in the third period. The goal tied the game, 4-4.
Cody Shaw netted the game-winner with three minutes, 47 seconds left in regulation for the Spartans.
“It’s going to come down to everybody on the team needing to be consistent with the systems we have put in place,” Bouchard said. “It shows that when we follow those systems we are a good, hard hockey team to play against. “
Nico Siano (2), Anson Prunier, Shaun Baumann all had assists for the Wave. Greenfield (0-2, 0-1 Berry) plays Ludlow at Olympia Ice Arena on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Boys basketball
Turners Falls 67, Mohawk 37 — Jackson Cogswell scored 16 points for the Thunder in the home Tri-County North win over the Warriors.
Cam Johnson (12 points), Rob Goff (10 points) and Kainen Stevens (11 points) all reached double-figures for the Thunder. (1-0, 1-0 Tri-County North).
Noah Sprague and Malcom Briggs each had nine points for the Warriors (0-1, 0-1).
Hopkins Academy 55, Pioneer 28 — The Panthers dropped their second straight at home against the Golden Hawks in Hampshire North play.
Matt Richotte scored 16 points for Pioneer (0-2, 0-1 HN).
Franklin Tech 44, Smith Vocational 38 — Nolyn Stafford scored 19 points for the Eagles in the Tri-County North win over the Vikings at home.
George Gutierrez Jr. scored eight points, with Cole Bassett and Brody Hicks adding seven for the Eagles (2-1, 1-0 TCN)
Mahar 43, Smith Academy 34 — Aydon Davis scored 15 points in the road win for the Senators. Davis hit five 3-pointers in the game for Mahar. One of them came late in the fourth quarter to help put the game away.
Gavin Young and Max Kimball each added seven points in the Hampshire North victory for Mahar (1-1, 1-0 HN).
Wrestling
Wrestling at the Knighthawk Classic in Holyoke, the Frontier wrestling team saw Jacoby Merrill finish in third place on Saturday.
Merrill (175) went 5-1 on the day with four wins coming by pin. Konnor James (157) finished in fourth, going 3-2 with two wins by pin.
Jocelyn Antes (120) tied for fifth with three wins coming by pin.