Karl Kapinos scored 21 points as the Hopkins Academy boys basketball team stunned Easthampton 62-53 on the road Monday night and gave their postseason hopes a boost in the process.

The Golden Hawks (9-9, 8-8 Hampshire East) need to win just one of their final two games at home - Thursday vs. Turners Falls, Monday vs. Smith Academy - to qualify for the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament for the first time since 2004.

Dan Sullivan added 13 points for Hopkins, while Scott Fournier and Eric Croft each had 10.

Casey White had a career-high 17 for Easthampton (14-3, 13-3 Hampshire East), and Brendan Rios added 10.

Frontier Regional 68, Turners Falls 53 - Matt Chamberlin had 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots as the Red Hawks clinched their 11th straight trip to the playoffs.

Dan White added 16 points and six boards for Frontier (10-7, 10-6 Hampshire West), and Kyle Bryant had seven points, 14 rebounds and seven assists.

Northampton 72, Longmeadow 56 - Jesse Coulon celebrated his senior night with 20 points and moved to within 36 of reaching 1,000 for his career.

Ellis Cooper added 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Blue Devils (15-4, 5-2 Suburban), who scored 25 points in the second quarter to take a 40-20 halftime lead.

Cam Roach added eight points, eight rebounds and four blocks for Northampton, while Pat Harrington finished with six points and five assists.

Belchertown 62, Southwick 39 - Christopher Ladd scored a career-high 27 points, 16 more than his previous top performance and more than seven times his season average of 3.8 points per game as the Orioles (13-5, 4-2 Bi-County North) earned the win on the road.

The sophomore knocked down eight of Belchertown's 12 3-pointers.

Pat Gooden finished with nine points for the Orioles, and Bill Courtney had 11 rebounds.

New Leadership 72, South Hadley 67 - Brian Chieco and Zach Garbacik combined for 41 points, but it was not enough for the Tigers (5-11, 2-4 Central) who were eliminated from postseason contention for the first time since going 2-18 in the 1998-99 season.

Chieco finished with 21 points and Garbacik had 20 .

Phil Warrick led all scorers with 30 points for the Wildcats (16-2, 5-1 Central).

Palmer 55, Granby 41 - Clinton Sapowsky and Andy Gifford scored 11 points each, but the Rams (6-11, 1-5 Bi-County North) were eliminated from postseason contention with the loss on the road.

Kraig Burke finished with 17 rebounds for Granby.

Franklin Tech 63, Smith Vocational 45 - Kieffer Staples scored 17 points, but the Vikings (1-15, 1-11 Tri-County League) lost in Turners Falls.

Andy Blair added eight points and 10 rebounds for Smith Vocational, and Scott Matusiewicz had four points and 10 rebounds.

Smith Academy 64, Athol 43 - Chris Sulda scored a game-high 20 points to go with seven rebounds and three steals as his all-around game paced the Falcons to a victory at home.

The Falcons (8-9, 8-8 Hampshire West) jumped out to an early lead and kept their playoff hopes alive after outscoring the Red Raiders (4-14, 3-13 Hampshire East) 40-13 in the first half, with 25 of those points in the first quarter.

Mat Sulda had 15 points, and knocked down three 3-pointers for Smith Academy, while Joey O'Connell finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.

Corey Mortimer had a game-high 11 rebounds for the Falcons.

Ware 65, Gateway Regional 54 - The Gators (6-10, 1-5 Bi-County South) moved to the brink of elimination from postseason contention with the loss in Huntington.

If Gateway is going to make the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Boys Basketball Tournament, it needs to win its final four games, which are all on the road at Pathfinder, Palmer, Holyoke Catholic and Pioneer Valley Christian.

J.J. Edinger had 18 points, all on 3-pointers, to lead the Gators, while Gabe Craig had seven points and eight assists.

Amherst Regional 72, Agawam 61 - Ben Brassord scored 21 points to lead the Hurricanes (8-8, 3-2 Suburban) who withstood a fourth-quarter surge by the Brownies (5-13, 2-4 Central) to win in Agawam.

Fellow seniors Sean Cunningham and Charles White scored 13 and 11 points, respectively, for Amherst.