HATFIELD — A fourth-quarter surge sent the Smith Academy girls basketball team past Hampden Charter, 64-46, on Monday night.

The Falcons scored 21 points in the final eight minutes to pick up their 10th win of the season.

“They kept their composure, they stayed calm, they didn’t let the outer elements take over them,” Smith Academy head coach Tomie Lafond Zerneri said. “They really just continued to stick to our basics.”

The first half was a parade to the free-throw line, as opposed to the second half that had more of a flow. In total, the Falcons took 36 shots from the foul line against the Wolves.

“The message was patience, contain, and keep going to the basket,” Lafond Zerneri said. “The message was no more reaching, no more stealing, just contain the ball and don’t let the outer influences affect our game.”

Jane Lavallee and Alexa Jagodzinski each had 15 points as Smith Academy’s top scorers, followed by Anna Scagel’s 12 points.

“Molly O’Brien has been sick for a week, today was her first day back, and I said go out there and just spread your arms out and she did amazing coming back,” Lafond Zerneri said. “Caitlin Graves did great. [Jagodzinski] had foul trouble, she did the best she could in that, she perservered. Honestly, every single one of them were fantastic tonight.”

The Falcons host Gateway next on Thursday, Jan. 30

Easthampton 47, Mahar 30 – The Eagles overcame a slow first quarter to improve to 9-4 on the season.

Nola Roos (13 points) and Veronica Rapoza (10 points) helped Easthampton come back from a 13-5 first-quarter deficit.

Northampton 65, SICS 36 – Anna Oravec’s 19 points powered the Blue Devils to the home victory.

Northampton had a well-balanced attack on offense as Emme Calkins and Bri Heafey (both 13 points), plus Liv Joensen (10 points) all hit double figures in points.

The Blue Devils were also dangerous from deep, totaling eight 3-pointers in the win.

Frontier 59, Hopkins 24 – A strong first half helped the Red Hawks soar past the Golden Hawks for win No. 12 on the year.

Harper Modestow had 14 points to lead Frontier, with 12 of those coming during its 34-point first half. Addy Harrington added 12 points for the victors.

Hopkins received a team-high seven points from Cora White.

Girls swimming

Amherst 120, West Springfield 51 – The Hurricanes earned three qualifications for the state meet plus a sectional qualification in the victory on Monday.

Emory Albertson’s 200-yard freestyle time of 2:08.22, Finnley Chambers’ 100-yard backstroke time of 1:06.29 and the 4x400 relay team’s time of 4:01.40 all were fast enough for a state’s cut. Chambers also got a sectionals cut in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:29.37.

Central 127, Northampton 38 – Elise Marks led the Blue Devils in the defeat, winning the diving competition with 173.9 points.

Late weekend results

Boys basketball

Palmer 51, Belchertown 46 — The Orioles entered the final frame down by one, but the Panthers used a 15-11 quarter to sneak out with a road triumph over Belchertown.

Belchertown’s Shea MacLean scored 12 points while Jake Pacunas and Kyle Dunigan both scored nine points.

Ware 56, Hopkins 35 — The Golden Hawks outscored Ware 16-9 in the fourth quarter, but their 36-11 halftime deficit was too much to overcome on Saturday night.

Eric Cruz Perez and Harry West scored nine points each while Owen Cain tossed in seven for Hopkins.

Boys ice hockey

Easthampton 5, Nashoba Valley Tech 1 — Anthony Torchia scored twice and Rob Herman dished out a trio of assists as the Eagles cruised to a blowout win on Saturday evening.

Cal Gworek, Brayden Fennessy (assist), and Jae'vian Lopez rounded out Easthampton’s goal scorers while Zach Phakos (two), Grayson Prevey-Catrambone (two), Parker Christy and Jimmy Bresnahan each tallied assists in the victory.