Matt Lavoine’s hustle play lifted the Greenfield hockey team to another huge independent victory on Saturday night.

With his team locked in a 2-2 game in the third period against Longmeadow, the senior forward intercepted a clearing attempt and cashed in. Lavoine picked up the puck in the Lancers zone, deked a defender and somehow tucked a shot inside the post with 7 minutes, 29 seconds remaining. That goal ultimately stood as the game-winning tally in a 3-2 victory at Collins-Moylan Arena in Greenfield.

It was the second of the night for Lavoine. Trailing 1-0, he tallied the Green Wave’s first goal of the afternoon with 2:20 left in the second period. On the power play, Lavoine took control of the puck, skated into the slot and fired a shot that found the back of the net.

Still on the power play just over a minute later, Sammy Knight one-timed a loose puck through traffic in front of Longmeadow goalie Dimitri Beach (27 saves) to give the hosts a 2-1 lead with just 1:15 to go in the middle frame.

Dom Giampetro tied it back up for Longmeadow with 10:26 remaining in the third period, as he deposited a wrist shot into the back of the net to make it a 2-2 game.

Greenfield goalie Joshua Bordeaux made 35 saves in net to earn the victory, helping the Wave improve to 6-3 overall on the season. It was the team’s second straight win against Berry Division competition, after taking down Minnechaug by an identical 3-2 score on Thursday.

Jack Laurie and Jake Jurek each had an assist for the Wave.

Next up is a Wright Division game against Mount Everett on Saturday night back at Collins-Moylan (6:30 p.m.).

Indoor track

PVIAC Meet No. 3

Senior Caroline Crocker and the Frontier girls indoor track team had quite a Sunday at Smith College.

Competing at PVIAC Meet No. 3 in Northampton, Crocker won a pair of individual events, and the Redhawks swept a trio of dual meets over Pope Francis, Commerce and Sci-Tech.

Crocker took first overall in the 55-meter hurdles (9.53) and long jump (15-½) for Frontier.

The Redhawks had plenty of top 10 performances across the board on the girls side. 

Leah Gump was the runner-up in the 1-mile (6:03.19) and took third in the 2-mile (12:39.20). Abigail Howard was second in the 600 (1:54.19) and Summer Sobieski cleared 4-9 in the high jump to also earn a second-place showing.

Other top 10 finishes for the Redhawks included Sophia Leone (fifth, 55-meters and sixth, 55 hurdles), Nicole Plasse (fifth, 300), Claire McFarland (third, 600), Una Millette (fifth, 600), Sasha Malo (fifth, 1000 and fourth, 2-mile), Maia Christensen (fifth, 1-mile), Phoebe Radner (10th, 1-mile), Hannah Davis (third, 55 hurdles and sixth, high jump), Sobieski (seventh, 55 hurdles and eighth, long jump), Lily Novak (third, shot put), Micky McCarthy (fourth, shot put) and Julia Walkowicz (10th, shot put).

Greenfield’s Ava Fortin cracked the top 10 in both the 1,000 meters (eighth, 3:58.95) and 1-mile (fourth, 6:32.60).

Mohawk Trail senior Savannah Simmons posted three top 10 finishes for her side. Simmons was sixth in the 1,000 meters (3:55), sixth in the 1-mile (6:36.68) and ninth in the high jump (4-1). Teammate Sophia Goodnow wound up fifth in the shot put (25-1½). 

In the boys late meet, Greenfield junior Jackson Caron ran to a pair of first-place finishes. Caron took first in the 1-mile (4:59) and 1,000 meters (2:58) for the Green Wave.

Senior Deion Brewington also had a big day for Greenfield, as he was second in the shot put (40 feet) to go with an eighth-place finish in the 55 meters and a sixth-place finish in the 300 meters.

Frontier’s Ben Cachiguango notched three top 10 finishes on the day. He was sixth in the 55 meters, fifth in the 300 meters and third in the 55 hurdles.

Frontier eighth grader Evan Hedlund was third in the 600 meters and second overall in the 2-mile. Other top 10 performances from the Redhawks included Aidan Valderrama (seventh, high jump and fifth, 1000), Oliver Brown (eighth, 1-mile) and Amory Maxey (ninth, 1-mile).

Mohawk Trail’s Chay Mojallali also performed well on Sunday, taking third in the high jump (5-9) and fifth in the 55 hurdles (9.60). Freshman Emerson Spence was 10th in the 600 meters.

In the early meet on Sunday, Mahar eighth grader Stellina Moore posted a trio of top 10 finishes to pace the local pack, while Athol sophomore Anthony Lopez-Hippler captured an individual victory in the high jump.

Moore was third overall in the 55-meter hurdles (10.36 seconds) and third in the high jump (4-5), and also nabbed seventh place in the long jump (14-½). 

Athol’s Sydney Gauvin took seventh overall in the shot put with a top heave of 25-4¾. 

On the boys side, Lopez-Hippler won the high jump with a top clearance of 5 feet, 7 inches.

Mahar sophomore Mathieu Soucy ran to a sixth-place finish in the 55-meters (7.30) and 300 (42.10).

Mahar’s Jeffrey LaPlante (eighth, 5:29) was a top 10 finisher in the 1-mile, while senior Peter Frost nabbed ninth in the 2-mile (12:48).

Wrestling

Frontier at Minickiello Tourney

Connor Hoffman captured the championship at 170 pounds, helping Frontier to a 12th-place finish at the Minickiello Wrestling Tournament in Keene, N.H. on Saturday.

The Redhawks amassed 88 points as a team. Host Keene took the team title with 248 points.

Hoffman was a perfect 5-0 on the day to claim the 170 title. He secured a trio of first-round pins to earn a spot in the semifinals, where he pinned Joseph McDowell of Bow (N.H.) in the second round. That set up the title match, where he captured an 11-3 win over Colby Reid-Lamonda of Spaulding, Vt.

Frontier’s Miles Keefe went 5-1 in the 160-pound bracket to finish third overall. He pinned Con-Val’s Eric Bergeron in the third-place match.

At 195 pounds, Frontier’s Jake Mattson nabbed fourth place behind a trio of victories, while Jocelyn Antes (120) and Tavo Vincent-Warner (126) each added a victory toward the team total.

Mahar, FC Tech at Tri-County

Zaydrian Alamed (126 pounds), Dillan Gagnon (132), Jackson Morey (145) and Jacob Guilemette (170) all won a pair of matches for the Franklin Tech wrestling team in action at Tri-County Regional Vocational in Franklin on Saturday.

Cameron May (160), Collin Eddy (182) and Atlithonatiu Gonzalez-Jayne (195) were other winners for the Eagles. 

Northbridge 60, Mahar 18
Mahar 54, Walpole 16
Tri-County 62, Mahar 18 – Domanic Cacciolfi won all three of his matches at 138 pounds for the Senators in action at Tri-County Regional Vocational in Franklin on Saturday.

Abduli Gilmore won twice at 113 pounds for Mahar, which also received victories from Mateo Torres (285), Elias Roberts (120), Colby Chiasson (132), Sayyid Roberts (145) and Tristan Gaj (152).

Youth basketball

Suburban League

Jonathan Bones went for a game-high 22 points along with three assists and three rebounds, helping Turners Falls take down Ware, 39-35, in Suburban League action on Saturday.

Tyreek Rivera tossed in eight points, three assists and two steals, while Spencer Town contributed six points, two boards and a block. The defensive effort was powered by Quest Peterson, Tyler Newton and Carmelo Bashaw.

Elsewhere, Grayson Thomas registered 25 points to help Greenfield take down South Hadley, 54-36, in a grades 7 and 8 boys basketball game on Sunday.

Aiden Holliday scored 14 points in the victory for Greenfield.

Northfield Recreation

Collin Winslow went for 10 points, while Parker Stacy added five points and Elijah Lawler contributed four points to power the Northfield Junior Wolves to a 23-11 win over the Greenfield Raptors on Saturday.

Greenfield’s Chazz Badillo led the way with four points for the Raptors. Other scorers included Ian Degan (2 points), Madax Sherman (2), Gabriel Ortiz (2) and Spirit Vega (1).

Northfield’s Griffin Buxton (2) and Ryan Martineau (2) rounded out the scorers.

Bowling

Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley high score results for the week ending Jan. 6:

Monday Mixed League

Women’s High Single-Karen Lavallee 102; Women’s High Triple-Karen Lavallee 269. Men’s High Single-Don Healy 125; Men’s High Triple-John Rodgers 330.

Wednesday Mixed League

Women’s High Single-Jill Jablonski 107; Women’s High Triple-Cherie Semanie 294. Men’s High Single-Erich Price 108; Men’s High Triple-Erich Price 284.

Thursday Mixed Social

Women’s High Single-Beth Wiles 110; Women’s High Triple-Colleen Barrows 279. Men’s High Single-Bruce Palmer 122; Men’s High Triple-Josh Slysz 309.

Preps

Deerfield Academy results

Natrel Allen drilled the game-tying 3-pointer and subsequent free throw after being fouled in the waning seconds, as his four-point play propelled the Deerfield Academy boys basketball team past Williston, 52-51, on Saturday in Easthampton.

Elsewhere, the DA girls basketball team dropped a 78-33 decision to Worcester, while the boys hockey team tied Salisbury, 3-3. The girls hockey team tied Lawrenceville, 2-2, and dropped a 2-1 decision to St. Paul’s, while boys squash swept Exeter (7-0) and Belmont Hill (6-1). The girls squash team split a pair with Exeter (7-0 win) and Sacred Heart (5-2 loss).

The Big Green wrestling team fell in a quad meet with Pomfret (41-24 loss), Hopkins (48-33 loss) and Suffield (48-36 loss).

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