Amherst Regional’s Evan Rutherford shot a 6-over-par 41 and earned co-match medalist honors as the Hurricanes defeated South Hadley, 15½-8½, Wednesday at Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley.
Jared Waite matched Rutherford’s 41 for South Hadley.
Amherst pulled away behind victories in the No. 3 through No. 5 spots.
Piet Hartman beat Nick Cirone, 3½-½ at No. 3. Chase Lashway swept Sean Sears at No. 4 and Ben Oats beat Ben Gardiner, 3½-½ at No. 5.
Amherst (3-0, 3-0 Suburban East) stayed perfect on the young season. It was the first loss for South Hadley (3-1, 2-1).
Golf
Amherst Regional 15.5,
South Hadley 8.5
at Orchards Golf Club, par 35
Medalist: Evan Rutherford (A), 41; Jared Waite (S), 41
No. 1: Rutherford def. Logan Waite, 3-1; No. 2: Waite (S) def. Eli Kaiser-Hirsh, 3-1; No. 3: Piet Hartman (A) def. Nick Cirone, 3½-0.5; No. 4: Chase Lashway (A) def. Sean Sears, 4-0; No. 5: Ben Oats (A) def. Ben Gardiner, 3½-0.5; No. 6 : Nick Hartley (S) def. Skylar Ferro, 3½-0.5
Amherst Regional (3-0, 3-0 Suburban East); South Hadley (3-1, 2-1)
Frontier Regional 24,
Hopkins Academy 0
at Holyoke Country Club, par 35
Medalist: Mike Corduff (F), 40; Kyle Maynard (F), 40
No. 1: Corduff def. Alvin Li, 4-0; No. 2: Maynard def. Connor Asselin, 4-0; No. 3: Gunnar Moore (F) def. Taylor Barry, 4-0; No. 4: Porter Clancy (F) def. Colin Laflamme, 4-0; No. 5: Bryan Baumann (F) def. Tyler St. Hilaire, 4-0; No. 6: Rowan Blair (F) def. Christian Ciolkos, 4-0
Frontier Regional (4-0, 3-0 Suburban West); Hopkins Academy (1-2, 1-2)
Northampton 15.5, Chicopee 8.5
at Northampton Country Club, par 35
Medalist: Evan Yurko (N), 42
No. 1: Camille Richmond (N) def. Kendall Walsh IV, 3½-0.5;No. 2: Yurko def. Logan Los, 4-0;No. 3: Nathan Kelleher-Mochak (N) tied Collin Kendra, 2-2;No. 4: Alex Niedermeier (N) tied Caleb Smith, 2-2;No. 5: Anthony Mezzetti (C) def. Dillon Moggio, 3-1;No. 6: Anthony Azzaro (N) def. Travis Lavigne, 3-1
Northampton (2-3)
Westfield 161, Belchertown 173
at Cold Spring Country Club, par 36
Belchertown (2-3): Ryan O’Neil, 38; Ben Anderson, 43; Timothy Roda, 45; Brady Perkins, 47
Boys cross country
Belchertown 24, Ludlow 37
Belchertown 15, Central 50
Belchertown 15, Duggan 50
at Ludlow High School, 3.1 miles
Winner: 1. Darius Housey (L), 18:11
Belchertown (3-0): 2. Evan Dunigan, 18:55; 4. Derek Rose, 19:11; 5. Matthew Talbot, 19:38; 6. Evan Harrington, 20:14; 7. Caiden Boscher, 20:25
Girls cross country
Ludlow 15, Belchertown 46
Belchertown 26, Central 30
at Ludlow High School, 3.1 miles
Winner: 1. Kendyl Vermette (L), 20:41
Belchertown (1-1): 7. Molly Vail, 24:29; 8. Sierra Crisostomo, 25:01; 18. Elisha Wenc, 28:37; 19. Natalie Shaw, 29:28; 20. Abigail Potter, 29:28
