WESTFIELD – The St. Mary High School basketball program suffered a pair of losses on the court Wednesday night, but not for a lack of trying.
BOYS’ HOOPS
Smith Voke 53, St. Mary 45
St. Mary fought through adversity, and nearly staged an upset.
The Saints, who start three freshmen, a sophomore, and a junior, shrugged off an early injury to their starting guard, foul trouble to their two “big men,” and another late injury to wage a tough battle.
“It was really a good, good effort from a bunch of young kids,” St. Mary coach Joe Molta said. “It was a great effort.”
“Hopefully we will continue to get healthy, and continue our strong effort.”
St. Mary eighth-grade Alissa Easton, center, breaks through a wall of Franklin Tech defenders during last night’s game. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
GIRLS’ HOOPS
Franklin Tech 40, St. Mary 28
Eighth grader Alissa Easton scored 12 points to lead St. Mary, Karissa Foley had six, and Lauren Chapdelaine added four. Alison Stanlewicz, Francesca DePergola, and Stephanie Allen chipped in two apiece for the Saints.
Brittany Andrews (18 points) and Ashlee Townsley (10) led Franklin Tech.
Westfield 43, Monson 40
Karly Mastello had 11 points and eight rebounds to lead Westfield.
LATE RESULTS
GIRLS’ HOOPS
Southwick 37, Dean Tech 2
McKinley White and Jackie Maziarz scored a game-high eight points apiece to lead Southwick, and the Rams (1-1) cruised to an easy victory at home.
Southwick’s Morgan Harriman had seven.
BOYS’ HOOPS
Southwick 55, Ware 42
Nick Hough notched a double-double in Southwick’s season opener Monday night, and two others scored in double digits.
Hough scored 14 points and collected 10-plus rebounds – an official count was not taken – Hunter Iglesias also scored 14, and Laurence Johnson had 11.
“We’ll take it,” Rams’ first-year head coach Dylan Dubuc said. “We’re going to try to get better every day and build a winning culture around the Southwick program.
