GREENFIELD — The Greenfield girls basketball team made things interesting late against Easthampton on Friday at Nichols Gymnasium. 

Trailing by as many as 14 points in the fourth quarter, Greenfield’s Amber Bergeron willed the Green Wave back in the game. 

The senior scored 11 of her game-high 30 points in the final eight minutes of action. Bergeron went on a personal 6-0 run, getting to the line for a free throw, knocking down a 3-pointer and forcing a steal and converting a layup that cut the lead to 49-43 with 30 seconds left. 

Easthampton’s Kayley Downie knocked down her free throws late however, allowing Easthampton to hold on for a 54-43 Franklin County League North victory. 

“We made it interesting late,” Bergeron said. “We just need to work better as a team. Our press was really good toward the end of the game. If we can do that for a full game we’ll be OK.” 

Greenfield (2-3, 0-3) led 16-15 at the end of an entertaining first quarter. Bergeron scored eight points in the frame while Gloria McDonald made a pair of shots and Tayler Bergeron added a basket. 

The Easthampton defense took over in the second quarter. Tayler Bergeron was the lone Green Wave player to knock down a field goal in the frame while the Eagles (6-0, 3-0) opened on a 7-0 run, helping them take a 28-20 lead into the half. 

Amber Bergeron kept Greenfield in the game in the third quarter, scoring seven of Greenfield’s 10 points, but Easthampton was able to get the ball to the basket to hold a 40-30 lead after three quarters. 

Tayler Bergeron scored seven points while McDonald finished with eight points for the Green Wave. Sophia Faginski led the Eagles with 19 points, while Kayley Downie added 14 points, Samone Young tallied 10 points while Veronica Rapoza scored seven points in the win. 

While not a win, a young Greenfield team has hung tough in all of its FCL North contests thus far, with plenty of positives and things to build on moving forward.

“Coming into the season we knew we were a really young team,” Bergeron said. “We didn’t think we’d be able to compete with these really good team. We’re out here competing with them and it’s really encouraging.” 

Greenfield heads to Hadley to play Hopkins Academy on Monday night at 7:30 p.m.

Pioneer 55, McCann 21 — It was a blistering start for the Panthers, who built a 17-0 lead after one before cruising to an independent victory in Northfield on Friday. 

Kyler McClelland knocked down seven 3’s to finish with 24 points in the win. Hailey Ring scored 10 points, Natalie Rios finished with 10 points, Addie Harrington scored seven points, Fota N’Diaye scored four points while Leah Potter had two points for Pioneer. 

Frontier 41, West Springfield 29 — The Redhawks stayed unbeaten and moved to 8-0 on the season after Claire Kirkendall scored 17 points to help Frontier knock off the Terriers in South Deerfield on Friday. 

Olivia Machon and Hailey Hutkoski each finished with nine points while Harper Modestow and Jazzy Hayes both scored two points in the win for the Redhawks. 

Putnam 54, Athol 28 — The host Beavers connected on 10 3-pointers, earning a convincing victory Friday night in Springfield.

Athol’s Anna Duquette led the way offensive with seven points, and added five blocks and four rebounds. Olivia Horrigan, Jenna Bonenfant and Abigail Lutz all added five points for the Bears.

• Athol won the JV game, 18-16, behind Maddie Desrosiers’ team-high 11 points.

Ware 39, Mohawk Trail 20 — The Ware defense limited the Warriors to just five points in the first half, with Mohawk Trail falling in a Franklin County League South contest in Ware on Friday. 

Valerie Bzomowski led the way with 12 points for the Warriors. Kaylin Sumner scored three points while Natalie Lanoue and Bella Pettengill each finished with two points in the loss. 

Late Thursday results

Boys basketball

Frontier 57, Hopkins 54 — Max Millette came through in the clutch for the Redhawks. 

Knotted up at 64 with two seconds to go, Millette drained a 3 that put Frontier ahead. The Redhawks forced a turnover to walk away  with a Hampshire League South victory in Hadley on Thursday. 

Owen Babb was a force for Frontier, scoring 27 points while pulling down 24 rebounds. Millette finished with 15 points, Sasha Dragicevich scored seven points while Nico Fasulo, Garrett Dredge, Alex Ellis and Rowan Modestow each tallied two points in the win.