Hannah Gilbert’s play on the softball field has gained her national recognition. 

The sophomore has been a big part in Franklin Tech’s 7-1 start to the season with her play in the circle and at the plate. 

For her play running from Apr. 17-23 — one in which the Eagles went 4-0 — Gilbert was one of 16 girls from around the country to be nominated for SBLive’s National Girl Athlete of the Week. 

In those four games, which included wins over Mahar (24-3), Smith Academy (26-4), Hopkins (11-9) and Pioneer (15-2), Gilbert combined for eight hits at the plate. Four of those were home runs, another a triple and another a double, totaling 12 RBIs in the process. 

Gilbert pitched three of those games in the circle, striking out eight against Mahar, allowing just one hit and striking out 17 in a shutout against Lee and recording 10 strikeouts against Hopkins. 

To vote for Gilbert, visit scorebooklive.com. Voting ends Sunday at midnight. 

Golf

The Mass Golf Spring Cup got underway on Thursday, with the Country Club of Greenfield falling to the Country Club of Pittsfield, 47-43. 

Elizabeth Archer scored 6.5 points while TC Emerson (9.5), Irene Woods (8), Kathy Nicoll (7.5) and Wendy Blanchard (11.5) rounded out CCG's lineup. 

Youth baseball

In a Mohawk Youth Baseball League game on Wednesday, Cyrus Richardson struck out eight and had two hits, Caleb Kimberley smashed three doubles and Wade Purrington and Jayden Baez each had a hit to lead Colrain past Hawlemont, 12-1. 

Youth softball

Dani Zraunig and Shaye Tyler each had three hits while Elis LaPrade, Marlee Pratt and Adeline Ebbinghausen each had a base hit to lead Franklin First Credit Union to a 4-1 win over Freedom Credit Union on Thursday in a GGSL contest. 

Emma Reardon and Ella Worden both had two hits while Emma Prasol had an RBI in the loss. 

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