HADLEY — When the Hopkins and Northampton softball teams met earlier this season, the Golden Hawks handled the Blue Devils with ease – winning 15-2 back on April 9. But on Monday, the two sides matched up a second time and Northampton more than held its own.

The Blue Devils trailed just 2-0 through four innings, but a three-run fifth gave Hopkins ace Cassandra Dion plenty of cushion the rest of the way. Dion struck out 10, allowed just four hits and one walk and pitched all seven innings in yet another strong outing in the circle, leading the Golden Hawks to a 5-0 win to extend their winning streak to nine.

Isabella Bramucci and Olivia Earle had one hit apiece and each drove in runs for Hopkins, Alayna Bailey ripped an RBI double and Allison Skwisz tallied a single as well. The Golden Hawks capitalized on five Northampton errors to score timely runs. Lilly Ellia, Dion, Alayna Bailey, Bramucci and Skwisz scored the runs.

On Northampton’s side, Greta Lepore continued her solid season pitching for the Blue Devils despite only being in eighth grade. All five runs Lepore surrendered were unearned, and she struck out five while walking just two. Offensively, Northampton was led by Lily Pelis’ two hits, Sasha Rodriguez and Haly Doucette-Kaplan each recorded singles while Jayda Alejandro earned a walk.

Hopkins (10-2) has two more games this week and looks to increase its winning streak to double digits. Northampton (4-6) next travels to Greenfield on Friday.

Hampshire 13, Easthampton 0 (5) — Kalin Dubay and Rachel Hickox tied for a team-high two hits each, with Hickox driving in three runs and Dubay bringing home two. CC Thayer added an RBI triple while Chelsea Vanasse and Mariah Pacinella tallied two RBIs apiece.

Ryanne Dubay (three innings, five strikeouts) and Hickox (two innings, two strikeouts, one walk) combined for a no-hitter in the circle for the Raiders, which improved to a flawless 11-0 with the win.

Madison Urban (walk) was the lone Eagles base runner, and Summer Routhier fanned six Hampshire batters in her five innings pitched.

Springfield Central 18, Smith Academy 3 (5) — Marissa Belina knocked a triple and drove in a pair of runs, Alex Jagodzinski hit a ground-rule double and Sofia Cestero singled for the Falcons in a loss on Monday afternoon.

Smith Academy pitcher Quinn Carlson had two strikeouts while Lily Harrington and Olivia Bodzinski each scored one run.

Lee 8, Smith Vocational 0 — Willow Hicks and Maggie Lauder recorded the only two hits for the Vikings in a shutout loss on Monday afternoon on the road in Lee.

Grace Simpson racked up eight strikeouts pitching for Smith Voc.

Granby 17, Palmer 4 (6) — The Rams’ bats showed no signs of cooling down, as they scored three or more runs in five of six innings and scored 15 or more runs for the sixth time in their last eight games in Monday’s win.

Cassie Flaherty had a monster day at the dish, crushing a home run and doubling as part of a seven-RBI game. Mabel Carillon (two RBIs), Ellie Szlosek (five runs, two RBIs), Kaitlyn Curran (three runs, two RBIs) and Katie Grabherr (run, RBI) all tallied multiple hits for Granby.

Baseball

Easthampton 3, South Hadley 0 — Two runs in the first and another in the second were all the Eagles would need thanks to a stellar showing from Patrick Larson on the mound. Larson struck out eight and gave up only five hits in a complete-game shutout on Monday at Nonotuck Park. The win was Easthampton’s second of the season and snapped a five-game skid.

Jason Sigda (two hits, one run) led the Eagles’ offense, Anthony Incampo drove in a run and Ethan Mullaly singled and scored for Easthampton.

South Hadley’s Lincoln Belsky tallied two hits including a double, Gavin Carpenter added a single while pitcher Justin Moskal tossed six innings and struck out a half dozen batters.

Belchertown 12, Chicopee 1 (6) — Perhaps nobody in Hampshire County is as hot as the Orioles baseball team right now, and they added another blowout win to their resume on Monday afternoon in Chicopee.

Trailing 1-0 entering the third, Belchertown scored four runs in the third, four in the fourth and plated four more runs in the sixth to put the game on ice. Ian McDonald (four RBIs), Thatcher Rudnik (RBI) and Evan Ferguson (run) each tallied three hits for the Os, Kamden Houle drove in two runs and Ferguson struck out nine in his four innings on the bump to earn the victory.

Westfield 10, Holyoke 0 — Justin Rivera, Jovaughn Rivera and Aryan Sabathia recorded one hit apiece for the Purple Knights in a shutout loss on Monday.

Holyoke’s Jeremy Francisco struck out four on the mound.

Minnechaug 8, Northampton 2 — A 2-0 lead belonged to the Blue Devils through three innings, but the Falcons scored eight unanswered to grab the win on Monday afternoon in Wilbraham.

Matthew Walko smashed a two-run home run for Northampton.

Monument Mountain 12, Amherst 0 — The Hurricanes lost their sixth in a row in a shutout loss to the Spartans on Monday afternoon in Great Barrington.

Amherst looks to get back on track on Wednesday against a different Berkshire County opponent when it hosts Wahconah.

Girls tennis

SICS 3, Frontier 2 — The Bulldogs swept singles to earn a victory in South Deerfield Monday. 

Esther Ehle and Aylen Shaw won in No. 1 doubles (6-1, 6-1) while Brooke Charest and Hailey Fernandez took No. 2 doubles (6-0, 6-0) for Frontier.

Belchertown 3, Minnechaug 2 — As has been the case for much of this season, the Orioles swept doubles play to help them get past the Falcons in a close match on Monday afternoon in Belchertown.

Katie Collins and Edith Audette (6-0, 6-2) continued their winning ways at first doubles while Emma Kornbluth and Allie Randall (6-2, 6-1) handled business at No. 2 doubles. Gianna Picardi made quick work of her opponent at No. 2 singles, winning 6-0, 6-0 to be first off the court.

Boys tennis

Northampton 5, Amherst 0 — Reilly Fowles defeated Brock Waldman (6-0, 6-0) at first singles, Durrell Patrick got past Eli Ferris (6-0, 6-3) at No. 2 singles and Reed O’Connor knocked off Kai Roopnarine (6-1, 6-2) at third singles to help Northampton sweep the ‘Canes on Monday.

Ollie Levine and Kaz Sugihara beat Alex Pobezinskiy and Amitav Dhingra (first doubles, 6-3, 6-2) while Jude McCutcheon and Eli Wool defeated Noah Magnus and Archer Young (second doubles, 6-0, 6-2) to round out competition.

Lenox 4, Frontier 1 — Casey Bestler earned a 6-1, 6-2 win in No. 1 singles for the Redhawks, who fell to the unbeaten Millionaires in Lenox on Monday.

The loss marked the first for Frontier in 2025.

Boys lacrosse

Northampton 5, Lenox 3 — Nick Biddle’s two goals and Keller Mahoney’s three points (one goal, two assists) propelled the Blue Devils past Lenox in a low-scoring battle on Monday afternoon.

Bryce McGinn-Stevens and Eli Reid each scored for Northampton while Jack Carpenter added two assists and Henry Fallon made eight saves in the cage.

Girls lacrosse

South Hadley 16, Belchertown 7 — Five different Tigers players scored multiple goals in a decisive win over the Orioles on Monday afternoon – sweeping the season series with Belchertown.

Kelcey Zraunig netted four goals, Hannah Haesaert recorded five points (two goals, three assists) as did Ava Asselin (three goals, two assists), while Caitlin Dean (three) and Margo Watkins (two) combined for five goals.

Belchertown’s Lia Pikul and Veronica Dymkowski scored two goals each to lead the Os.

Boys volleyball

Belchertown 3, Putnam 0 — The wait is finally over, as the Orioles snapped their 10-match losing skid to grab win No. 2 of the season on Monday afternoon in Belchertown. The Os hadn’t won a match since March 31.

Set scores were 25-15, 25-18, 25-20.

Shea MacLean had a monster day, putting down 13 kills and adding a team-high three blocks, Colin Mullen dished out 16 assists and recorded a team-high three aces while Noah Yankson added seven kills of his own for Belchertown.

Longmeadow 3, Frontier 0 — Nate Rivera put down 12 kills and made seven digs in the Redhawks’ 25-10, 25-23, 25-20 loss to the Lancers in Longmeadow on Monday. 

Tavo Vincent-Warner dished 23 assists, Tegan Dexter tallied nine kills and 11 digs while Will Reading put down three kills for Frontier.

Late weekend results

Youth baseball

Amherst 4, South Hadley 2 — The defending-champion Hurricanes hosted South Hadley under the lights on Friday night at Ziomek Diamond for the Western Mass. Suburban League season opener, and the crisp seven-inning tilt that saw only two errors went in favor of Amherst.

Nick Stinson set the tone on the mound for the ‘Canes, throwing three scoreless, no-hit innings to start the game while striking out five. He also singled in the third and scored. The other Amherst runs were scored by Agho Mankin, who reached on a second-inning triple, and Gus Garrett-Peltier and Oliver Howard, who both reached on singles. Cyrus Arwade drove in two of the Amherst runs with a third-inning double and recorded the save with six consecutive strikeouts across the sixth and seventh frames.

For South Hadley, Landon pitched four effective innings as the starter, holding the Hurricanes to just two earned runs, and Jacoby threw scoreless fifth and sixth innings to keep the Tigers within striking distance. The Tigers offense was led by Jacoby, who scored after doubling, and Lucas, who scored after a sixth-inning single.

NOTE: The last names of South Hadley players were not provided.