Westfield senior Chris Tu finishes the Boys 200-Yard Individual Medley during Friday’s meet with Easthampton. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School swim team opened the 2014-15 regular season in typical Bombers’ fashion.
BOYS’ RESULTS
Westfield 100, Easthampton 44
Sam Cloutier (200 freestyle, 2:15.18; 500 free, 6:06.88), Slav Ptashuk (50 free, 25.95; 100 free, 59.28), and Nick Rosso (100 butterfly, 56.51; 100 backstroke, 1:03.63) won two events apiece to lead Westfield to a season opening victory.
James Wagner (diving, 179.90) and Chris Tu (200 IM, 2:45.44) finished first in their respective events, and the Bombers’ swept the top spots in the relay races (medley, 2:05.33; 200 free relay, 1:47.74; 400 free relay, 4:07.78).
GIRLS’ RESULTS
Westfield 118, Easthampton 62
Kate McCabe (200 free, 2:16.15), Sara Russell (50 free, 28.22), Clarisse Jones (diving, 174.10), Kelsey Johnstone (100 fly, 1:05.01), Lauren Longley (500 free, 5:30.19) each claimed first for Westfield. The Bombers’ medley relay (2:11.06) and 200 free relay (1:59.18) also won.
“It was a good solid effort by both the girls and the boys tonight for the first meet of the year,” Westfield coach Tom Lewis said. “We had some good swims … a lot of new faces, and we look forward to learning a lot.”
St. Mary, left, and Taconic, right, face off in a high school hockey team Friday night at Amelia Park Ice Arena. (Photo by Chris Putz)
HOCKEY
Saints battle Taconic, penalties
Taconic 8, St. Mary 4
Brandan Peaslee scored four goals, two of which came in the first period as Taconic skated out to a commanding 4-0 lead.
Shaun Gezotis netted St. Mary’s first goal in the second period. Ashton Bourbonnais notched a goal in each of the second and third periods, and Jonathan Spear also tallied a score for the Saints.
“I was proud we stayed in the game,” St. Mary first-year head coach Goodreau said. “We kept our intensity during the entire game. We showed a lot of fight coming back after the first period.”
“We will need to work on controlling our physical play and find a way to stay out of the penalty box,” he said, noting his team’s penalties (8) to Taconic’s (2). “It is hard to win when you are playing down so many times.”
GIRLS’ HOOPS
Golden Eagles ground Bombers
Central 75, Westfield 25
Central built a 21-6 lead by the end of the first quarter, and never looked back.
Westfield’s Karly Mastello tries to drive past Central’s Alayah Sweeney Friday night in a high school girls’ basketball opener. (Photo by Chris Putz)
“They ran us out of the building,” said Westfield coach Ralph Loos.
Alicia Arnold led the Bombers with seven points.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Westfield’s head coach said.
Rams clipped
Pioneer Valley Regional 48, Southwick 41
Morgan Harriman scored 16 points to lead Southwick, and eighth grader McKinley White notched 12 in her varsity debut. Taylor LeClair also played well for the Rams.
JV RESULTS
Pioneer Valley Regional 52, Southwick 33
Brooke Waite (10 points) and Esther Tang (7) led Southwick’s JV squad.
