Westfield’s Sean Moorhouse, who belted a home run against Taconic, and the Bombers will attempt to take home a championship Saturday. (Photo by Chris Putz)
WESTFIELD – Jack Bauer has nothing on the Whip City.
Beginning with Friday night’s Division 1 boys’ volleyball state semifinal, the next 24 hours figures to be a thrilling adventure.
On Friday, the two-time defending Western Massachusetts champion Westfield Bombers (18-3) will take on the 2016 southern champ, Needham (21-2), at Wellesley High School at 7:30 p.m.
Westfield pitcher Hayley Moniz, right, and her Bombers’ defense, which first knocked off West Springfield, here in West Side, and then Minnechaug at UMass, will seek to continue their dominance in Saturday’s final. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Then, on Saturday, the Whip City’s attention will shift to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where the city’s top baseball and softball teams will vie for Western Mass titles of their own in what figures to be a pulse-pounding double header.
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No. 3 Westfield will get things started against fourth-seeded West Springfield in a D1 baseball final, beginning at 1:45 p.m. The D1 softball championship featuring the fifth-seeded Bombers and No. 3 Agawam Brownies will follow at 5.
The Westfield High School boys’ volleyball team, winners of two straight Western Massachusetts Division I titles, begins state tournament play Friday night. (Staff Photo)
“Having three teams in Western Mass championship games this week has been very exciting,” Westfield High athletic director Eileen Flaherty said. “We have one championship title already for boys’ volleyball, and we are looking forward to their state semifinal (Friday) night. I would love to see our softball and baseball teams experience the same success on Saturday.”
A total of eight teams from Westfield and Westfield Technical Academy qualified for the postseason. Several track and field athletes competed at the state level. Bombers’ senior track athlete Morgan Sanders hopes to keep that flame alive this weekend at the New England Track and Field Championships.
“We are having a great spring season,” Flaherty said. “I couldn’t be happier for our coaches and students.”
