WEST SPRINGFIELD – Shrewsbury rallied for three third-period goals to stun host Longmeadow (WHS Co-Op) 5-3 in a girls’ ice hockey game Saturday at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield.
Lauren Munster takes the faceoff for Longmeadow (WHS Co-Op) in a girls’ ice hockey game Saturday against Shrewsbury at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield. (Photo by Bill Deren)
Longmeadow jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead and scored once more in the second period, receiving goals from three different players (Katelyn Joyal, Tess Bonavita, Brigitte Slough) before Shrewsbury rallied.
Longmeadow goalie Kayla Brown finished with 17 saves.
It was just the first loss for Longmeadow (1-1), which opened with a 3-0 win over Algonquin thanks to goals from Kyra Ashe, Jordan Kowalski, and Lauren Munster and a shutout by Brown (13 saves).
GOURDE WORMS PAST FIELD IN EARLY BIRD TOURNEY: 220-pound senior captain Johnny Gourde led Westfield at the Longmeadow Early Bird Tournament Saturday, grabbing hold of a bronze medal behind the strength of four first-period pins.
Westfield senior captain Cole Cannady (120 pounds) finished fourth with three first-period pins. Junior Isaac Santos (126) just missed the podium, finishing with three first-period pins. Junior Vitalliy Borodin (138) also just missed the podium with three first-period pins. Freshman Nick Clauson (145) had two pins and the most exciting match of the day – a thrilling triple overtime victory over Hampshire’s Mason Willard. Another freshman, Can Foster (152) wrestled well as he completed the day 2-2 with two pins.
Junior Jack Yvon (160) also went 2-2, losing an early round match against top-seeded Koby Ouimette (Smith Vocational), 4-3. Sophomore Doug Rogers (170), another 2-2 finisher, had a pin and a hard-fought 5-4 win over Northampton’s James Biddulph.
At heavyweight, sophomore Johann Shieppe avenged a close loss a week ago by pinning South Hadley’s Joe Goncalves. Shieppe also defeated Chicopee’s Josh Calson 10-9 to go 2-2.
