NORTHAMPTON — It has been quite the spring season for the Amherst Regional girls track and field team, and Wednesday added to the Hurricanes’ undefeated campaign. Both the Amherst girls and boys defeated Northampton behind terrific performances both on the track and in the field. The Amherst girls won by a score of 103-33.

On the girls side, the star quartet of Ololara Baptiste, Ruby Austin, Claire Fortin and Moriah Luetjen turned in a time of 49.3 seconds in the 4x100-meter relay. Fortin also won the triple jump (36 feet), Austin won the 100 (13.1) while Baptiste took first in the 200 (26.4) for Amherst.

Elizabeth Sawicki (400, 1:07.1 and 110 hurdles, 16.7), Genevieve Dole (two mile, 13:01.2), Skylar Fox (400, 58.7) and Brooke NeDeau (800, 2:31.9) were some more of the Hurricanes’ winners on the track. Juliana Albo swept the long (17 feet) and high jumps (5 feet). Yairelis Bachand grabbed first in the shot put (28-6) and discus (86-10), and Sanaa Johnson recorded a throw of 72-5 in the javelin to take first.

Charlotte Shimpach took first in the mile (5:53.6) for Northampton.

Amherst coach Chris Gould sang his team’s praises after the meet.

“They’re definitely where I want them to be at this point in the season,” Gould said. “The thing I dwell on most is not pushing them too often, not overworking them. I try to find the sweet spot where we’re competing hard and getting better, but they don’t come to me two or three weeks from now and say they’re cooked already. The girls are on track to have a very successful postseason.”

For the boys, Amherst’s Miles Jeffries raced his way to first-place finishes in the 100 (11.0) and 200 (22.2), Calvin Miller ran a 54.4 in the 400 to take first and Owen Platt finished first in the 800 (2:04.5) to round out Amherst’s track winners.

Logan Alfandari won the discus (164-1) and shot put (52-10¼), Peter Tanguay took first in the javelin (112-3), Xavier McCall won the high jump (5-4), Maxence Dorelien won the long jump (17-10) and Samuel Nunez took first in the triple jump (32-¼) for the Hurricanes’ field winners.

Northampton’s Henry Daggett and Finn Teague took home first-place finishes on Wednesday, with Daggett finishing the mile in 4:55 and Teague crossing the line in 22.2 in the 110 hurdles.

Girls tennis

Belchertown 5, Pope Francis 0 – Amanda Murray (6-3, 6-2), Mia Corish (6-0, 6-0) and Gianna Picardi (6-0, 6-1) were singles winners for the Orioles in another dominant victory.

Katie Collins and Edith Audette didn’t drop a game in a victory at first doubles for Belchertown (13-2), while Allie Randall and Kyla Giroux capped the win via a 6-3, 6-2 triumph at No. 2.

Frontier 4, Mohawk Trail 1 – Thanushi Ratenauge led a singles sweep for the Redhawks in the No. 1 spot, earning a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mohawk Trail’s Hazel Foucault.

Kayla Fagan (6-0, 6-0) and Ella Sibley (7-6, 3-6, 10-8) also won singles points for Frontier, while the No. 2 doubles team of Brooke Charest and Esther Ehle scored a 6-0, 6-3 win.

Amherst 5, Minnechaug 0 – Katie Gromacki (6-0, 6-0), Emma Learned-Miller (6-2, 6-3) and Mahina Ganesun (6-0, 6-0) cruised to singles victory for the Hurricanes on Wednesday.

Daniella Sherman and Aliya Osman were 6-0, 6-4 winners at No. 1 doubles, while Janaki Ewoton and Elena Ruiz took a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles to complete the Amherst sweep.

Boys tennis

PVCICS 5, Hampden Charter 0 – The Dragons moved to 9-2 with the shut out match victory. PVCICS swept the singles matches withought losing a game as Lee Ferguson beat Antonio Florio 6-0, 6-0 (first), Derek Ye defeated Sayvion Rivera 6-0, 6-0 and (second) and the Dragons won third singles via forfeit.

Teddy and James Scott won first doubles for PVCICS 6-2, 6-1, then second doubles needed a third set, but was ultimately won by James Ferrer and Alexander Rachele  7-6, (7-4), 6-3.

Northampton 4, Minnechaug 1 – Reilly Fowles (6-1, 6-1) and Durrell Patrick (6-0, 6-1) notched decisive wins at first and second singles respectively, and the Blue Devils picked up another team win.

Oliver Levine and Reed O'Connor were 6-0, 7-6 (7-1) winners at first doubles for Northampton, and the second doubles pairing of Jackson Briggs-Nye and Eli Wool scored a 6-3, 6-2 triumph.

Softball

Smith Voc 23, Amherst 3 – Maggie Lauder ripped three hits, and Makayla Tatro smacked two home runs and five RBIs to help the Vikings roll to a Bi-County League win on Wednesday.

Willow Hicks also had two hits and a home run to go with seven RBIs for Smith Vocational. Amherst’s Ava Eddy smacked two hits, including a double, to pace her side.

Northampton 5, Pioneer 3 – The Blue Devils plated all five runs over the first four innings, then held off a late Panthers push to improve to 5-7 on the season.

Talia Garretson grabbed a double to score three runs for Northampton while Haly Doucette-Kaplan and Jayda Alejandro added single RBIs. Greta Lepore allowed five hits and three runs (two earned) over seven innings, striking out seven and walking three for the Blue Devils to secure the victory.

Pope Francis 9, Belchertown 7 – The Orioles out-hit the Cardinals, 15-13, but dropped a tight Tri-County league contest on Wednesday. Pope Francis raced out to a 8-3 lead after three innings, yet Belchertown (7-3) clawed back with two runs during the fifth and seventh innings to make it a much closer decision compared to the first meeting between these two teams. THe Cardinals took the first game, 19-0, on April 17.

Five Orioles batters belted multiple hits, with Kina Roy leading the way with three on a single, double and triple. Valerie Williams paced Belchertown with two RBIs.

SICS 16, Smith Academy 1 – Nataly Slysz had a hit and Caitlin Graves scored the lone run for the Falcons in a loss on Wednesday. Pitcher Quinn Carlson recorded three strikeouts for Smith.

Baseball

Easthampton 11, Holyoke 0 (5) – Hunter Montalvo-Greene struck out seven and allowed just one hit on the mound to help the Eagles cruise to a run-ruled victory on Wednesday.

Chris Gallagher was 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored for Easthampton, while Patrick Larson and Andrew Symolon added two hits apiece and combined for five RBIs to aid the offensive attack.

Arthur Mazzu and Aryan Sabathia each had a hit for the Purple Knights.

Westfield Tech 3, Smith Voc 1 – The Tigers broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of the seventh to capture a key Tri-County League North victory on Wednesday in Northampton.

Kaleb Jorritsma had two of the Vikings’ four hits, and Jared Baer drove in the lone run in the fifth. James Lavallee racked up 10 strikeouts on the mound in six innings of work.

Pioneer 7, Hampshire 0 – Unbeaten Pioneer held the Raiders off the scoreboard under the lights in Northfield on Wednesday.

Riley Florek and Tom Moore each had a pair of hits for Hampshire, while Ethan Kudelka and Cam Hunsicker added singles. 

Boys volleyball

Granby 3, Holyoke 2 – It was a much-needed win for the Rams, which avenged a recent loss to Holyoke with a gritty 27-25, 15-25, 21-25, 25-19, 15-3 victory on Wednesday.

Braeden Gallagher went for 15 kills and 11 digs to lift Granby, which halted a two-match skid. Nathan Walsh dished out 30 assists to guide the offense, while Daniel Santiago (six kills) and Durant Garden (five) also had strong nights.

Belchertown 3, Veritas Prep 1 – A 12-kill outing from Noah Yankson helped the Orioles pick up their third win of the season Wednesday – 25-20, 25-17, 17-25, 25-22.

Colin Mullen and Nicholas Ibekilo dished out 13 assists apiece, and Gabriel Ibekilo put down seven kills to aid the cause.

Late results

Track and field

South Hadley 118, Easthampton 22 (boys) — Anthony Adams won the long jump (19-04 1/2) and 100 (11.5), Jack Loughrey took first in the triple jump (39-05), Gavin Losty triumphed in javelin (119-01) and high jump (5-06), Michah Litovich won the discus (127-05), Jameson Webber grabbed first in the shot put (33-03 3/4), Nathan Hutchinson won the 800 (2:08) and one mile (4:52.2) and Ari Alatalo took first in the 400 (55.7) for South Hadley in the rain on Tuesday.

South Hadley 82, Easthampton 54 (girls) — Emma Levreault won the discus (72-04) and shot put (28-03) to help the Tigers to a win on Tuesday. Other winners for South Hadley were Stella Martinez (triple jump, 31-03), Aimee George (javelin, 81-02), Quinn Cook (high jump, 4-08), Izzy Scott (one mile, 5:47.3), Grace Cooney (two mile, 13:09.1) and Grace Sherman (800, 2:48.3).

Easthampton’s winners on Tuesday included Arie Kuchyt (long jump, 13-07) and Morgan Wijnhoven (100, 13.4 and 400, 1:04.8).

Youth baseball

Amherst 13, Ludlow 12 — Tyler Bray lined a walk-off single into the outfield to score Daniel Lebron and lift the ‘Canes to a nail-biting victory last Friday evening. Amherst led 12-5 at one point, but Ludlow stormed back to tie it at 12 apiece heading into the bottom of the last.

The Hurricanes offense got going off of extra base hits from Miles Fox, Oliver Howard, Jack Bajnoci, Nick Stinson and Lebron.  Jesse Drinker was 3-for-3 from the plate and Julian Park singled, as well as continued to play lock-down second base for the ‘Canes defense. Nick Stinson threw three effective innings as the starter, Jonah Sommers and Howard held Ludlow scoreless in the fourth and fifth and Cyrus Arwade picked up the win in relief.