Westfield sophomore Dante White celebrates after scoring a goal while Chicopee Comp defenders look on. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)
WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School boys’ soccer team avoided the dreaded “letdown” game, following up a dramatic comeback with a sound victory.
Dante White recorded his second hat trick of the season, scoring three goals to lead Westfield past visiting Chicopee Comp 4-1 Wednesday.
Eric Shilyuk also scored for the Bombers.
“I was a little bit worried after that last-minute win against Agawam on Monday,” Westfield coach Andrew Joseph said. “I thought we were going to kind of dwell on that and not be ready for this game, but we were.”
Westfield scored three goals in a 52-second span with less than four minutes remaining in regulation Monday to stun Agawam 3-2. On Wednesday, the Bombers took control from the outset.
Ian Saltmarsh finished with two saves against the Colts.
Said coach Joseph: “We got two very important league points.”
LATE RESULTS
GOLF
St. Mary 14, Hampshire 10
No. 1 golfer Matt Wurster and Harry Reed, from the third spot, each golfed a 46 to lead St. Mary (3-4) to victory at Tekoa Country Club Tuesday.
Hampshire’s top golfer finished as the leader with a 43.
Mahar 19, St. Mary 46
James Marasi placed third overall, finishing in 18:34 for St. Mary. Saints’ Jacob Butler was 17th (24:33).
Casey Rutledge, the lone St. Mary female finisher, placed fourth in 27:45.
Palmer 20, Westfield Voc-Tech 4
Zach James shot a match-low 37 at the top spot to lead unbeaten Palmer to its seventh straight victory at East Mountain Country Club Tuesday.
Matt King led Voc-Tech with a 40. Tigers’ Jake Parsons shot a 41.
BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY
Monson 24, Gateway 35
HUNTINGTON – Gateway’s Kyle Bessette captured first place in Tuesday’s 2.76-mile race in the Littleville Dam area. Bessette finished in 17 minutes, 13 seconds.
Monson’s Robert Scibelli and Oliver Johnson were second (17:56) and third (18:04), respectively.
David Britland (4th, 18:14) and Tyler Heeter (7th, 20:18) managed to crack the top 10 for Gateway. Monson placed fifth and sixth, and swept the 8-11 spots.
GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY
Hampshire 18, Southwick 38
Taula Thibault won the 3-mile home course in 21 minutes, 15 seconds for Hampshire, which captured six of the top seven finishes Tuesday.
Emily McKinney placed first for Southwick, third overall, in 21:29. Rams’ Samantha Smith (22:41), Abigail Howe (22:54), and Cassie White (23:01) crossed the finish line seventh, eighth, and ninth overall, respectively.
JV BOYS’ SOCCER
Southwick 13, Sabis 1
Kapcer Kisala recorded a hat trick, Mason Kowal scored two goals, and eight other Southwick JV players scored one goal apiece in a home rout Monday.
Austin Davis, Nick Doyle, Jameson Secovich, Jake Stathers, Sam Willis, Tyler Orban, Dylan Buscemi, and Shane Dowd scored for the Rams.
Southwick’s Tim McGrath, Matt Daley, and Nick Doyle had two assists, and Secovich, Dan Gawron, Kowal, and Willis each had one.
