Gunnar Moore, representing Country Club of Greenfield, reached match play of the 2024 Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship and on Wednesday, competed in the Round of 16 and Round of 8 at Bayberry Hills Golf Course in Yarmouth. 

Taking on Will Spring — representing Concord Country Club — in the Round of 16, Moore won going away, winning with two holes to go while 4-up. 

He advanced to the quarterfinals, where he faced off against Nashawtuc Country Club’s Max McColgan. There, he went up three with two holes to go to win the round and make it to the semifinals. 

Moore will continue the tournament on Thursday, taking on Boston Golf Club’s Carson Erick in the semifinals. 

Knights of Columbus

Craig LeBlanc (plus-8) and Mike Morin (plus-5) finished with the top point quota in the Knights of Columbus League at Thomas Memorial this past week. 

Rod Demers won closest to the pin on No. 7 (one feet, nine inches) while Morin won on No. 9 (21-9). Charlie Peters, Darren Lenois, Craig LeBlanc and Wayne Lacey won skins while LeBlanc and Bob Bourbeau shot the low gross of 37. 

Baseball

Tri-County

Hilltown Tents was unable to get past PeoplesBank in the Tri-County Baseball League championship series. 

Taking on PeoplesBank in game one of the best-of-three series on Monday at Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke, Hilltown suffered an 11-1 defeat. 

Needing a win on Tuesday to keep its season alive, Hilltown fell to PeoplesBank, 8-3, at Mackenzie Stadium with PeoplesBank taking home the championship. 

Alex Gochinski drove in two runs while Maleek McMillan knocked in a run for Hilltown on Tuesday.