The Mohawk Trail Regional girls basketball team stayed unbeaten after a 32-27 road win over Franklin Tech in a Franklin South contest on Monday night.
The Warriors (3-0, 1-0 Franklin South) pulled away in the final frame. Mohawk trailed by seven in the third quarter.
“We felt like even when we were down points, we were winning the game,” Mohawk coach Steve Bzomowski said. “We were missing free throws. We were throwing the ball away. But we had confidence. We felt that we could push them into turnovers and get the shots we wanted.”
After a Brayleigh Burgh to Ariel Peters set up in the paint, the Eagles (1-3, 0-1 Franklin South) led 25-24 midway through the fourth quarter. That’s when Zephyr Jetzon got aggressive and took it to the rim. The sophomore finished the play through contact to give Mohawk the lead.
“We’ve lost to this team so many times,” Jetzon said. “Last year for the first time, we beat them. That was really exciting for us. We knew we had to come back with that energy today.”
After Jetzon’s take, Emmalee Inman snared a rebound and hesitated for a moment. Inman saw an opening and took it for the Warriors. Inman went coast-to-coast for a bucket at the rim to give the Warriors a 28-25 lead.
“Normally when I get a rebound there’s not an opening,” Inman said. “I saw the opening and I just took it. “
The icy Natalie Lanoue would make a pair of free throws to extend the lead to five points with two minutes, 30 seconds left in the game. Lanoue led the Warriors with 10 points. Sadie Wilcox’s bucket off glass put the game out of reach for Mohawk.
Peters scored eight points for the Eagles. Burgh added six points, going 4-for-4 from the free throw line.
“We made some nice adjustments at halftime,” Franklin Tech coach Joe Gamache said. “We came out and executed those adjustments. When Mohawk counterpunched, kids started to scramble a little bit and panic. Instead of continuing to execute the gameplan.”
Abigail Dobias added five points with a 3-pointer for the Eagles.
Frontier 43, Drury 34 — The Redhawks traveled to the Berkshires and picked up a win in Suburban league play. Addie Harrington scored 16 points with six rebounds and eight steals for Frontier (3-1, 2-0 Suburban).
Whitney Campbell dropped nine points with six rebounds and three assists. Skyler Steele was in double-figures with 11 points and added three assists with three blocks.
Greenfield 38, Smith Academy 28 — Tayler Bergeron and Natalia Cody both scored in double-figures in the Green Wave’s Franklin South win over the Falcons in Hatfield.
Bergeron finished with 16 points while Cody added 11 for Greenfield (2-1, 1-0 Franklin South).
Hopkins Academy 29, Pioneer 23 — The Golden Hawks pulled away from the Panthers in the fourth quarter a Franklin South contest in Hadley.
Maggie Tsipenyuk had eight points with15 rebounds and two steals. Kyler McClelland added seven points with four rebounds and three steals for Pioneer (1-2, 0-1 Franklin South).
Deveney Pillsbury chipped in with five points.
Boys basketball
Frontier 86, Pioneer 52 — The Redhawks handled the Panthers in Northfield in a Hampshire North contest.
Max Millette led Frontier (4-1, 2-0 Hampshire North) with 27 points. Alex Ellis was right behind him, dropping 26 points. Carter Miller also hit double-figures, scoring 11 points.
Matt Richotte scored 27 points for Pioneer. Hayden Girard added eight points for the Pantthers (0-4, 0-2 Hampshire North).
Greenfield 77, Athol 47 — The Green Wave defeated the Bears in Tool Town in a Hampshire North match up.
Greenfield (3-1, 2-0 Hampshire North) had three players in double figures with Grayson Thomas leading the way with 30 points. Connor Bergeron added 20 points with Bodie Burke chipping in with 10 points.
Ethan Goodwin (11 points) and Karim Thompson (16 points) were in double figures for the Bears (1-3, 1-1 Hampshire North).
St. Mary’s 34, Mohawk 31 — Noah Sprague scored 11 points, but the Warriors lost at home to the Saints in an independent match up.
Malcolm Briggs added eight points for the Warriors.
Boys swimming
Turners Falls 80, Renaissance 2 — The Thunder won their third straight to open the season against the Phoenix in a Constitution contest in Montague.
Liam Bliss picked up a win in the 100 free (54.26) for the Thunder (3-0, 3-0 Constitution). Mario Pareja took first (29.38) in the 50 free for Turners Falls.
Girls swimming
Turners Falls 79, Renaissance 8 — The Thunder swam past the Phoenix at home in a Constitution match up. Alice Fortin blazed past the Phoenix in the 50 free, finishing first (31.07). Rose Fortin placed first (1:14.19) in the 100 free for Turners Falls.
Avery Houle took first in the 100 back (1:25.11) for the Thunder (3-0, 3-0 Constitution). The 200-free relay squad consisting of Grace Fortin, Kairi Chubb, Nicole Porter and Brenna Guilbault placed first.
Weekend results
Wrestling
Frontier 36, Mohawk 21 — In a quad meet in South Deerfield on Saturday, the Redhawks defeated the Warriors.
At 132 pounds, Mohawk’s Luke Reed won a 9-6 decision over Thomas Bagdon. At 190 pounds, Frontier’s Casey Brewster pinned (1:09) Jared Lanoue. At 215 pounds, Larry Grincavitch pinned his opponent in 19 seconds.
Hampshire 54, Mohawk 6 — Outside of a forfeit for Lanoue at 190 pounds, the Red Raiders swept the Warriors.
Belchertown 48, Frontier 28 — The Redhawks fell to the Orioles in part of quad meet. Jocelyn Antes of Frontier pinned (3:02) Alex Maroney at 120 pounds.
Frontier’s Konner James pinned (1:11) Luke Roy at 165 pounds. Jacoby Merrill picked up a win by pin (3:48) at 175 pounds over Rulon Anderson.
At 190 pounds, Casey Brewster won my major decision (15-5) over his opponent. At heavyweight, Max Hunter of Frontier pinned (2:47) Eli Grillo.
Hampshire 48, Frontier 30 — Merrill pinned Jacob Fissette in 45 seconds at 175 pounds in Frontier’s loss to the Red Raiders.
Hunter picked up another win at heavyweight, pinning (2:47) Sam Matthews.
Minnechaug 70, Frontier 12 — Merrill (175) and Jack Phillips (190) won by pin in a loss to the Falcons.