The Hampshire Regional softball team began its state title defense with a 10-0 win over Chicopee on Monday at home.

Pitchers Alana Mohan (4 innings, five strikeouts) and Emily Halket (three innings, two strikeouts) allowed a combined six hits and no runs.

Senior Danielle McGan was 1-for-4 with two RBIs, and classmate Paige Sullivan went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple.

Northampton 12, South Hadley 0 — Blue Devils junior Anna Kerwood struck out 13 through six innings, and allowed just two hits to a struggling South Hadley (0-1) lineup.

Senior shortstop Zoe Driscoll-Sbar swung a hot bat for Northampton (2-0), going 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs.

Granby 15, Putnam 3 — Abi Beauregard hit for the cycle and struck out nine in the Rams’ first win of the season.

She added two RBIs, and allowed two hits and two walks in the circle.

Mallory Beauregard went 2-for-5 with an RBI, while Grace Sinclair added two hits for Granby (1-1).

Taconic 10, Frontier Regional 0 — Taconic’s Ashley Keegan blanked the Red Hawks (0-1) with 11 strikeouts and no walks through seven innings.

Frontier shortstop Sarah Meunier’s double in the bottom of the seventh broke up the no-hitter.

Ludlow 11, Belchertown 10 (8) — The Orioles (0-2) went ahead in extra innings, but watched the Lions walk off for the win.

Hannah Sugrue had two hits and three runs scored.

Emma LeBlanc went 2-for-4 and score three times. Lauren LeBlanc added two hits.

Smith Vocational 14, Commerce 13 — Samantha Von Haugg struck out 11 and went 4-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs, hitting a home run in the Vikings opener.

Allison Kowalczyk hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and was 2-for-4.

Avalon Darby added three hits in three trips and drove in four runs for the Vikings (1-0, 1-0 Tri-County).

Baseball

Pope Francis 4, Northampton 3 (12) — Zach Brittain pitched 6⅔ innings of scoreless relief and went 2-for-4 with a double, but the Blue Devils lost in extra innings.

A walk, a sacrifice, a Northampton (0-1) wild pitch and a throwing error to third allowed the winning run to score.

Joe Pion caught all 12 innings for the Blue Devils and hit a two-run single in the third inning.

“We played really good defense,” Northampton coach Mark Baldwin said. “We had like three diving catches in the outfield.”

Westfield Tech 3, Granby 2; Granby 4, Drury 2 — Joe Bessette had two hits, including a double and a RBI, but the Rams (1-1) fell on the road.

Dom Rosazza pitched six innings and struck out eight, giving up the three runs in the loss on the mound.

On Sunday, the Rams won at home. Noah Bleakley had 13 strikeouts in the win, and went 2-for-2 with an RBI.

Bessette added two hits and two RBIs for the Rams.

Belchertown 14, Gateway 4 — Aidan Baceski had two hits and two RBIs in a season-opening win.

Chase Kupinsky and Ryan French also drove in runs for the Orioles (1-0).

Josh Webster and Jake McKittrick each had two hits for the Gators (0-1).

Baseball

Westfield Tech 3, Granby 2

Granby                100 000 1 — 2 7 2

Turners Falls                101 100 x — 3 5 1

WP—Daniels LP—Rosazza

Records: Westfield Tech (1-0); Granby (1-1)

Pope Francis 4,
Northampton 3 (12)

Northampton          012 000 000 000 — 3 5 2

Pope Francis           100 020 000 001 — 4 8 1

WP—Donahue LP—McNamara

Records: Northampton (0-1) Pope Francis (1-0)

Belchertown 14, Gateway 4

Gateway 101 001 1 — 4 6 0

Belchertown 060 530 x — 14 14 0

WP—Bennes LP—Turban

Records: Belchertown (1-0) Gateway (0-1)

Softball

Taconic 10, Frontier 0

Taconic                600 300 1— 10 18 1

Frontier                000 000 0 — 0 1 0

WP—Keegan LP—MacDonald

Records: Taconic (1-1), Frontier (0-1)

Hampshire 10, Chicopee 0 (6)

Hampshire                220 105 – 10 10 0

Chicopee                000 000 —0 6 1

WP—Mohan LP—Rockwall

Records: Hampshire (1-0) Chicopee (0-1)

Granby 15, Putnam 3 (6)

Putnam                200 100 — 3 2 4

Granby                241 314 — 15 13 3

WP—A. Beauregard LP—Vazquez

Records: Granby (1-1) Putnam (0-1)

Northampton 12,
South Hadley 0 (6)

Northampton                103 404 — 12 13 0

South Hadley                000 000 — 0 2 0

WP—Kerwood LP—Bisson

Records: Northampton (2-0) South Hadley (0-1)

Hopkins 13, Franklin Tech 1 (5)

FCT                000 01 — 1 4 3

Hopkins                263 11 — 13 14 1

WP—Quinlan LP—Shearer

Records: Hopkins (1-0) Franklin (0-1)

Ludlow 11, Belchertown 10 (8)

Belchertown                300 000 52 — 10 11 5

Ludlow                032 010 23 — 11 4 3

WP—Annecchiarico LP— Roux

Records: Belchertown (0-2); Ludlow (1-0)

Smith Vocational 14, Commerce 13

Smith Vocational          100 832 0 — 14  28  11

Commerce     100 314 4 — 13  10  14

WP—Von Haugg LP—Marchenna

Records: Commerce (0-1, 0-1 Tri-County) Smith Vocational (1-0, 1-0)

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