MONTAGUE – The St. Mary Saints, losers of three straight games coming in, found themselves in a 3-1 hole as the first period ended Saturday night.
“It was a must win game for us,” St. Mary coach Don Goodreau on facing the winless Turners Falls Indians. “We had to find a way to generate some offense.”
The players responded to Goodreau’s appeal, exploding for five goals in the second, and adding two more in the third, ending a three-game skid with a victory going-away 8-4 over the Indians.
Kenny Bonney (2 goals) got the scoring started for St. Mary, taking a pass from Quinn Powers (1 goal, 2 assists) and beating Turners goalie Jordyn Lavallee for a 1-0 Saints lead.
St. Mary went on a brief scoreless drought until Pete Chrisanthopolis (2 goals) scored to close the deficit to 3-2 halfway through the second period. That goal triggered an offensive surge.
From there, Bonney tallied his second goal, Powers tied the game with three minutes left, and Shaun Gezotis (2 goals, 3 assists) put the Saints on top 5-4 just 30 seconds later. Austin Wolfe capped the middle frame with a shot from the point that found its way through a crowd and into the back of the net with nine seconds remaining and a two-goal cushion.
It was Wolfe’s first goal for St. Mary.
Longmeadow-Westfield’s Kayla Brown (30) goalie makes her first save of the game against Needham Sunday at Amelia Park Arena. (Photo by Lynn Boscher)
From there, goalie Matt Brady (34 saves) and the St. Mary defense held Turners Falls at bay while the Saints added a couple of third-period goals to finish off the Indians.
The win moved St. Maryback over .500 on the season at 5-4-1. Gezotis’ five points now gives him 25 total on the season (11 goals, 14 assists), good for seventh place on the Western Mass scoring list.
Falcons swoops past Bombers
Minnechaug 4, Westfield 2
Minnechaug doubled up Westfield (10-5) on its home ice at the Olympia in West Springfield. Scott Bussell and Liam Whitman scored the lone Westfield goals. Bombers’ Evan Glenzel, Ryan Porter, and Connor Cottengim assisted.
GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY
Lancers nipped
Needham 1, Longmeadow-Westfield 0
Kayla Brown finished with 11 saves for Longmeadow-Westfield. It was the Lancers’ second loss in two days as they fell to Austin Prep, 4-2. In that game, Lauren Munster finished with a goal and an assist. Brigitte Goeler-Slough also scored.
Longmeadow-Westfield fell to 5-3-1.
WRESTLING UPDATE: The Westfield Bombers wrestled well at the Burt Buurger Tournament despite missing several starters Saturday. Westfield senior captain Cole Cannady (120 pounds) regrouped after a mental mistake in the semifinals to finish third with pins over Wayland’s Mike Lambert (twice) and Putnam’s Kevin Bermudez. … Freshman Kaleb Cree (126) pinned Chicopee’s Anthony Peterson and East Longmeadow’s Sophie Fijol, and won by decision over Putnam’s Nat Martinez. … Sophomore Ed Towers (132) looked seasoned with pins over Minnechaug’s Cameran Graham and Chicopee Comprehensive’s Dylan Labonte, and a 10-3 decision over Franklin Tech’s Jaiden Sadlowski. … Freshman Cam Foster (138) pinned Franklin Tech’s Antonio Gavin, won by default over Minnechaug’s Zack Ramis, and won by decision over Longmeadow’s Brodie Fazio. … Junior Dennis Sevastyanov (152) won by decision over Chicopee’s Brendan Curly and Xaverian’s Ryan McCormick, and pinned Chicopee Comp’s Nate Rodriguez. … Sophomore Joe Raco (182) pinned Bristol County Aggricultural’s Doug Frances, Xaverian’s Raad Altanbour, and won by decision over Taconic’s Shawn Oshea before losing in overtime to Longmeadow’s Gardner Olson. … Heavyweight Johann Shieppe picked up another win with a pin over South Hadley’s Joe Goncalves. … Sophomores Ed Borodin (113) and Doug Rogers (160) also wrestled well for the Bombers.
TRACK & FIELD UPDATE: Sophie Gronbeck, Mia McDonald, Moira McDonald, McKenzie Chaban and Amanda Hall led a spirited effort for the Westfield High School girls’ track & field team Friday night as the Bombers knocked off the Holyoke Purple Knights, 83-11, and the Amherst Hurricanes, 71-24, in a Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference meet at Smith College in Northampton. … Gronbeck had a stellar showing, claiming a winning time of 12:33.51 in the two-mile run – it was the fastest finish for any PVIAC runner that night – and posting a top result in the mile (6:13.16). … Moira McDonald beat out Holyoke and Amherst in the 600 meters (1:46.83) and 55 meters (7.86), Mia McDonald outraced the competition in the 1000 meter run (3:17.04), Chaban finished first against in the 55 meter hurdles (9.58), and Hall won the shot put (30-1.5). …Westfield boys’ track and field’s Ryan Prenosil posted the fastest time of the night among all competitors in the 300 meter dash. Prenosil won the race with a time of 36.23.
