One night after scoring a career-high 26 points, Belchertown junior forward Brianna DelValle netted 25 in a 52-32 win over Holyoke Catholic on Saturday.

DelValle scored 19 of her points in the first half to help the Orioles (13-5) jump out to a 29-15 lead at halftime.

The Gaels (9-9) made things interesting in the second half, however, storming back to cut the deficit to two, but ran out of gas down the stretch.

Olivia Pare had a double-double for Belchertown, which lost at Monument Mountain Friday night. DelValle added nine rebounds in the win.

The Orioles held Holyoke Catholic standout Kaitlyn Veit, who had scored 78 points in her previous three games, to just five.

Annie Broda led the Gaels with 17 points, matching a career-high.

Caitlin Rooke added eight in the loss.

Boys basketball

Scituate 85, South Hadley 70 - Roberto Agrait scored 27 points as the Tigers took a 40-32 lead into halftime, but suffered the loss at home.

Joe Crespo scored 12, and Zach Garbacik added 11 in the loss for South Hadley (6-12).

South Hadley center Brian Chieco finished with 11 points in the game, and was the key for the Tigers 40-32 lead at the half. However, Chieco got into foul trouble early in the second half, and South Hadley was dominated in the paint by the Sailors (15-3) with Chieco on the bench.

South Hadley (6-12) could not contain Scituate's star guard Rodney Beldo, one of state's top players, who scored 33 points in the game.

Ice hockey

Holyoke 5, West Springfield 4- The Purple Knights continued their hot streak Saturday, as the defending state Division 3A champions fired 53 shots on the Terriers (3-12-1) en route to a victory.

After being knotted 2-2 midway through the game, Holyoke (16-1-1) scored three unanswered goals wrap up the win.

Chris Menard, Cody Miller, and Luke Dilisio each finished with a goal and an assist for the Purple Knights, while Mike Bakos and Kevin Stefanik also had goals.

Tadd Goff finished with 24 saves, while senior Derek Pinciak tallied two assists for Holyoke.

Agawam 2, Easthampton 0 - Eagles goalie Matt Dziok made 40 saves in Saturday's loss to the playoff-bound Brownies.

Easthampton (5-7-5, 0-4-2 Fay) struggled offensively, and now needs five points in their final three games to be eligible for the postseason.

Amherst Regional 5, Northeast Metro 2 - Ian Maloney, Steffen Herter, and Erik LaMotte each had a goal and an assist as the Hurricanes defeated the Knights on Saturday. Amherst (12-3-2) cruised to victory led by a solid game by goalie Alex McGeoch, who finished with 34 saves.

Justin Satkowski and Buck Hebb also notched goals for the Hurricanes.

Belchertown 5, Taconic 3 #- In a rematch of last year's Division 3A Western Massachusetts semifinal, Jon Martins led the Orioles with two goals in the victory on senior night.

Belchertown was eliminated from the playoffs last season by Taconic, but they got the better of the Braves this time around, as Matt Henry, Matt Zalucki and Jonathan Duperre each notched goals for the Orioles (10-5-3), who fired 35 shots on net in the game.

Senior goalie Phil Ashley had 13 saves for Belchertown, while senior Brandon Leyden also saw his first varsity action in net for the Orioles in third period.

St. Mary 4, Turners Falls 1 - The Indians (6-8-2, 4-5 Wright) were eliminated from playoff contention with the loss.

Fran Palazzo made 21 saves for Turners Falls.