Behind a Herculean effort from Sam Bucala, Franklin County Hockey Association’s Squirt White squad closed its season in fine fashion Sunday. Bucala scored five goals, lifting FCHA to a 9-5 victory over Holy Name Black in a Greater Springfield League hockey game at Collins-Moylan Arena in Greenfield.
Bryce Drowski notched a hat trick in the victory, and Austin Drowski also tallied for FCHA. Sam Noyes assisted on three goals for the club, while Patrick McCarthy recorded two markers and Nick Constantine also assisted on a pair of tallies.
Defensive efforts by Ben Johnson, Zachary Constantine, William Renaud and Grace Laurie helped goaltender Ryan Capen, who notched 12 saves to earn the victory between the pipes.
• In action Saturday, three different players found the back of the net to help FCHA GSB Squirt Green edge Nonotuck, 3-1, in GSL action at Collins-Moylan Arena.
Shawn Baumann, Luca Siano and Stefan Flaska all tallied, while Flaska added an assist and Vincent Grima notched two helpers.
The team received strong defensive work from Braedon Talbot, Carter Schloat and Jack Laurie, while Jay McGinnis made 10 saves.
GML signups
Registrations for the 2019 Greenfield Minor League baseball season continue Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. upstairs at the Greenfield Elks Lodge.
Please use the side entrance on Church Street.
There will be a coaches meeting on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. upstairs at the Greenfield Elks. Anyone interested in managing a team must attend the meeting. If unable to attend, contact Matt Zraunig 413-522-4016.
Coaching clinic at Frontier
A youth baseball coaching clinic hosted by Frontier’s Chris Williams and Pioneer’s Jordan Branson will be held April 14 from noon until 2:30 p.m. at the Frontier Regional School gymnasium in South Deerfield.
The cost of the clinic is $10.
Coach Williams will focus on structuring practices to maximize repetitions so kids improve and perform consistently, keeping it fun, and keeping kids accountable.
Coach Branson will focus on evaluation and improvement of individual hitting, pitching, and fielding – finding strengths but also how to help kids improve technique and attitude.
For more information, contact John Heffernan at johnsheffernan99@gmail.com or 413-320-5816.
GHS football Meat Raffle
The Greenfield High School football team will hold its third annual “Meat Raffle” on April 6 at 6 p.m. the Elks Lodge of Greenfield.
The benefit features $1,400 worth of meat and seafood prizes, which will be raffled off individually throughout the night. There will also be additional raffles from local merchants.
Admission to the event is free.