SOUTH HADLEY — Small ball built just big enough of a lead for the Hampshire Regional baseball team in a 10-8 victory over South Hadley on Friday.

Just two of the Raiders’ nine hits went for extra bases, but Hampshire scored 10 runs in five innings.

“We scored enough runs to win, and I thought we had some good at bats,” Hampshire coach Mark Baldwin said.

Drew Thompson drove in two runs and threw six innings with 10 strikeouts to earn the win. Jack Boyle and Mikey Thompson (RBI) each doubled among their two hits and scored two runs each.

Cody Gaida (two runs), Jacob Sicard and Jacob Meunier each drove in a run for Hampshire.

The Raiders showed bunt on three straight at bats in the fourth inning. Edward Przybyla forced an error that brought in a run after he laid his down.

“Part of the reason is when we have a 2-1 game and we need it, we can do it,” Baldwin said. “We didn’t do it perfectly, but you can do it in practice all the time, but you have to do it in game situations when it’s harder to read.”

South Hadley responded with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, but the Tigers’ bats came alive in the bottom of the seventh. With their bats against the wall, Memphis Huertas, Ryan Netkovick and Ben Foley each singled to load the bases.

Huertas came home on a passed ball to make it 10-5, then a Jack Maziarz walk brought home another run. Matt Drobiak’s infield single cut the score to 10-7, then Burke Belsky hit into a fielder’s choice that brought around another run and left two runners on with two out and the go-ahead run at the plate.

A strikeout ended the game.

“We gave them a lot of free base runners, and that’s really difficult. That puts a lot of pressure on your defenders,” South Hadley coach Matt Foley said. “Their approach is good. They did not hang their heads badly. That’ll help us down the road.”

Ben Foley singled and scored three runs in the Tigers leadoff spot. Drobiak drove in two runs with two hits.

Belchertown 8, Athol 0 — Evan Ferguson struck out six on the mound and the Orioles limited Athol to just two hits in a tidy 8-0 shutout on Friday.

Josh Misiaszek was 2-for-3 with two RBIs to pace the Belchertown offense, which scored two runs in the first and two in the second. Brady Perkins also drove in two runs and Tyler McDonald doubled and scored twice.

Central 8, Holyoke 1 – Raul Lopez-Ofrey singled twice for the Purple Knights. Holyoke’s Braeden Lamirande and Anibal Diaz-Ofrey each singled once.

Hopkins Academy 10, Mount Greylock 0 – Patrick Fitzgibbons picked up three hits and two RBIs and Liam Flynn blasted a triple, going 3-for-5 at the plate. 

Cody West threw all seven innings, striking out nine and allowing just one hit. 

Granby 3, Greenfield 2 – Nick Misiaszek drove in two runs, as the Rams scored three times in the top of the seventh of a road win. Jonathan Santiago singled twice and scored a run for Granby. Daniel Gauvin added an RBI an struck out eight in a complete game, allowing just four hits.

Wahconah 15, Easthampton 3 — Chris Gallagher knocked a triple while Zak Thibodeau and Connor Perreault each had a base hit for the Eagles in a loss to the Warriors on Friday. 

Softball

Granby 24, North Brookfield 1 (5) — Kaitlin Curran and Quinlin Cook each had a pair of hits and RBIs while Alexis Lapite had a trio of hits and RBIs to lead the Rams to a victory over North Brookfield on Friday. 

Mabel Carillon had a hit and an RBI while Meredith Bartosz struck out one in the win. 

Hopkins Academy 14, Pioneer 1 – Kaelyn Zakaitis recorded the 200th strikeout of her young career, helping the Golden Hawks to a 14-1 win on Friday in Northfield.

Zakaitis accomplished the feat in the first inning, before giving way to Cassie Dion who struck out two the rest of the way.

Cassidi Mushenski smacked a bases-clearing double in the second to get the Hopkins offense off and running.

Taconic 12, Frontier 6 — The Redhawks led 5-4 going into the fourth, but a pair of errors allowed the Thunder to take a 6-5 lead before they put up five in the fifth to defeat Frontier in a Franklin County League West win in South Deerfield on Friday. 

Liv Machon finished with three hits, one a solo home run. Skyler Steele had a double, a home run and brought in two runs, Delaney Fifield knocked three hits and knocked in a run, Gabby Adams tallied a double and a triple and added an RBI, Ashley Taylor recorded a pair of hits while Hailey Hutkoski and Sophia Pinardi each hit safely in the loss. 

Machon struck out two in the circle for Frontier. 

Girls lacrosse

Westfield 12, Northampton 10 – Chloe Denhart netted five goals and two assists and Imanni Power-Greene had a hat trick for the Blue Devils in a tight loss to Westfield. 

Boys tennis

PVCICS 4, West Side 1 — The Dragons received big performances atop their singles lineup from Hugo Shinn (No. 1, 6-0, 6-0 win) and Clayton English (No. 2, 6-1, 6-2 win) en route to the team victory on Friday in West Springfield.

At first doubles, Derek and Devan Ye scored a 6-0, 6-2 win for PVCICS, which also won second doubles via forfeit.

Northampton 4, Belchertown 1 — Durrell Patrick earned a 6-1, 6-0 win over Michael DeMento in No. 2 singles to help lift the Blue Devils to a 4-1 win over the Orioles on Friday Northampton. 

Ethan Metz and Oliver Levine picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win in No. 1 doubles over Jake Gormely and Camryn Kaczowka while Jackson Briggs-Nye and Maitreya Abend walked away with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph in No. 2 doubles over Tyler Burrows and Luke Dudek in No. 2 doubles for Northampton. 

Trevor Weiss had the lone win of the day for Belchertown, taking No. 1 singles 6-2, 6-0 over Max Cahllant. 

Girls tennis

Belchertown 5, Chicopee Comp 0 – The Orioles won all five matches against Chicopee Comp on Friday. 

No. 1 singles Ava Shea (6-1, 6-1), No. 2 singles Amber Drummond (6-1, 6-2) and No. 3 singles Zoe Bate (6-4, 6-4) took the singles, as did No. 1 doubles team Kasey Gibbon and Anna Stamp (6-1, 6-0) and No. 2 doubles team Alena Karabetsos and Audrey Sotiropoulos (6-2, 6-2). 

Girls track

Frontier 143, Turners 2 — The Redhawks had the winner in each event, with Cadi Wells-Robinson winning the shot put (27 feet, 11 inches) and the discus (74-11), Hannah Davis taking the high jump (4-8) and the 100 hurdles (18.2 seconds) and Sophia Leone coming in first in the 100 (13.8) and the 200 (29.3) in the win in South Deerfield Friday. 

Rounding out the Frontier winners were Lilly Novak in the javelin (75-8), Nicole Plasse in the long jump (15-9), Brooke Davis in the triple jump (30-4.25), Ayla Starr in the pole vault (10-0), Abigail Howard in the mile (6:09.8) and 800 (2:49.4), Claire McFarland in the 400 (69.1), Maddie Antes in the 400 hurdles (79.3) and Sylvie DiBartolomeo in the 2 mile (13:13.3).

The Redhawks won the 4x100 (55.3) and 4x400 (4:50.2) relays. 

Boys volleyball

Cambridge Rindge & Latin 3, Holyoke 0 – Jeduar Colon dug up 24 balls and had eight kills and Willie Lopez had 19 assists in a three set defeat (25-16, 25-13, 25-20). 

Westfield 3, Belchertown 0 — Nicholas Ibekilo dished out 12 assists and Connor White had two kills and three blocks for the Orioles in a 25-7, 25-12, 25-14 loss.

Belchertown’s Noah Yankson led the offense with three kills.

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