TURNERS FALLS — Holding onto a 41-24 halftime lead, the Greenfield boys basketball team turned it up a notch to open the third quarter to make sure a Franklin Tech comeback wasn’t on the horizon. 

The Green Wave opened the second half on an 18-2 run, with Caleb Thomas, Jon Breor, Petru Cojocaru, Ollie Postera, Caleb Murray, Grayson Thomas all getting in on the action to help Greenfield take a 59-29 lead with four minutes to play in the third. 

That run was good enough, as the Green Wave pulled away with an 80-45 independent victory. 

“It’s always good to win,” Greenfield coach Angelo Thomas said. “That team played hard. Coach [Ryan] Roberts has that team playing hard. They were down a couple players to injury. A win is a win. I think we gave up too many points but we’ll take the win here.” 

Franklin Tech (0-7) had positive flashes in the loss. Trailing 24-9 after the opening quarter and falling behind 34-12 in the second quarter, the Eagles went on a 12-3 run that cut the deficit to 37-24 late in the half. 

A game like this provides Franklin Tech coach Ryan Roberts positives to show the team on film while also things to clean up moving forward. 

“We’re trying to highlight the good without forgetting the bad,” Roberts said. “Losing sucks. You have to remember how losing feels and hate that feeling. You have to want to do something about not wanting to feel like that. It’s cliche but I hate losing more than I like winning. If you hate that feeling enough, you’ll do something about it.” 

Breor led the way with 18 points while Caleb Thomas (13), Grayson Thomas (12), Jacob Blanchard (10) and Cojocaru (10) joined him in double figures for Greenfield (4-2). Murray tossed in eight points while Krish Patel and Ollie Postera each scored three points in the win. 

Jack Gancarz led Tech with 12 points. Tyler Lafountain scored 10 points, Dylan Cullen finished with eight points while Gabe Mota and Cam Candelaria both scored six points in the loss. 

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. 

Mahar 55, Lenox 40 — A hot start powered the Senators to an impressive victory in Orange on Thursday.

Mahar jumped out to a 22-6 lead after one quarter and held a 39-15 halftime advantage.

Jayden Delgado put together a monster outing for Mahar, pouring in 33 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.

“Jayden Delgado was a one man wrecking machine tonight and we've seen it in practice and tonight he delivered,” Mahar coach Chad Softic said.

Marshall Ames followed with eight points for the Sens, and Softic lauded the play of Lucas Isrow who dished out six assists and swiped three steals.

Turners 63, Lee 56 — Branden Truesdell was on fire for the Thunder, putting up 33 points to help the Powertown walk away with a Hampshire League North victory over the Wildcats in Lee on Thursday. 

Turners led 25-24 at the half but pulled ahead 46-37 after three quarters. 

Jackson Cogswell scored 13 points, Cam Burnett finished with four points and 10 rebounds, Dylen Richardson scored six points while Caden Williams-Senethavisouk scored four points in the victory. 

Drury 45, Pioneer 42 — The Blue Devils took a 27-20 lead at the half but the Panthers stormed back to tie the game at 38 going into the fourth quarter. 

Drury outscored Pioneer 7-4 in the final eight minutes, handing the Panthers their first loss of the season with a 45-42 Hampshire League South victory in North Adams on Thursday. 

Josh Wood finished with 16 points, Brayden Thayer scored 12 points, Kurt Redeker finished with five points while Hugh Cyhowski scored four points for Pioneer. 

Myles Beauchamp led Drury with 16 points. 

Athol 42, Hampshire 35 — The Bears took a 31-21 lead into the fourth quarter and withstood a strong Raiders push late to hang on for a Hampshire League North victory at Mallet Gymnasium on Thursday. 

Ray Castine tallied 16 points, including 10 in the second half, and Angel Castillo finished with nine points despite facing a box-and-one throughout with Athol’s leading scorer Ben Kearney missing the game. 

“Wasn’t pretty but a win,” Athol coach Brian Patria said. “Ray Castine stepped it up the second half.”

Ethan Bacigalupo recorded five points while Hayden Barrieau and Aaron Ouellet both scored four points in the win.