Westfield’s Kaela Mochak (20) makes an acrobatic move toward the hoop. (Photo by Chris Putz)
AGAWAM – The Agawam High School girls basketball team opened the season on a 12-2 run against visiting Westfield Friday night. The Bombers never managed to recover, and fell 68-56 in what turned out to be a frenetic, up-tempo game.
McKenzie Lockwood led Agawam – and all scorers – with 27 points.
Agawam maintained a double-digit lead throughout much of the game. Westfield pulled to within six points of a tie in the third quarter, but the Brownies continued to push the ball up the court and their lead soon ballooned to a 13-point margin.
Westfield made a few nice plays in the fourth quarter – a beautiful steal and breakaway lay-up from Kaela Mochak and a sick cross-over lay-up from Olivia Hadla – but Agawam remained just out of reach.
Mochak and Hadla finished with 17 and 15 points, respectively.
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Butler paces Saints
Smith Academy 72, St. Mary 49
Jake Butler scored a team-high 24 points to lead St. Mary in their season opener on the road Friday.
GIRLS’ SWIMMING
WHS swims past Terriers
Westfield 126, West Springfield 57
The winners for Friday night’s swim meet were as follows:
200 medley relay – Emilie Pease, Lizzy Fraser, Emily Langlois, Sara Russell – 2:04.28
200 free – Frazier – 2:08.84
200 IM – Alexa Richter – 2:27.38
50 free – Pease – 27.86
diving – Claudia Tosi – 206.35
100 fly – Emily Mihalek – 1:07.93
100 free – Richter – 1:00.37
500 free – Catherine O’Connor – 5:45.40
200 free relay – Fraser, Richter, O’Connor, Russell – 1:52.22
100 back – Pease – 1:06.92
100 breast – Fraser – 1:15.69.
BOYS’ SWIMMING
Westfield 109, West Springfield 66
The winners for Friday night’s swim meet were as follows:
200 medley relay – Jack Beaulieu, Patrick Lurgio, Tommy Russell, Cole Viamari – 1:49.50
200 free – Matt Morash – 1:57.17
50 free – Russell – 22.96
diving – Kevin Hayes – 213.25
100 fly – Russell – 58.15
100 free – Beaulieu – 56.97
500 free – Morash – 5:16.62
200 free relay – Morash, Beaulieu, Lurgio, Russell – 1:38.34
100 breast – Dominic Navarrete – 1:14.08
400 free relay – Morash, Navarrete, Viamari, Adrian Orszulak – 4:00.55.
