Central (white jerseys) and Westfield leap for a header Wednesday at Berte Field in Springfield. (Photo by Chris Putz)
SPRINGFIELD – It did not take long for first-year Westfield High School boys’ soccer head coach Andrew Joseph to etch one in the history books.
Joseph and the Bombers qualified for the postseason for the first time in seven years with a 3-0 road win over the Central Golden Eagles Wednesday night.
Westfield scored three second half goals, and goalie Ian Saltmarsh pitched a shutout in net.
“It was an awesome second half effort from us,” coach Joseph said. “Ian Saltmarsh was fantastic in net.”
Saltmarsh made a key save midway through the first half, diving to thwart a penalty kick to preserve the scoreless tie.
Thirty seconds into the second half, Mike Visconti cracked the goose eggs on the scoreboard with a goal. Matt Butera set up Visconti’s score.
Dante White tacked on a pair of insurance goals, the second of which came off a feed from Ryan Prenosil.
“It feels good to achieve one of our preseason goals,” Joseph said. “Now we need to come up with some new goals.”
If Westfield (7-3-4) can come up with quite a few more goals, a postseason win might even be on the horizon as well.
GOLF
Saints split tri-meet
St. Mary 16, Pathfinder 8; Hampshire 18.5, St. Mary 5.5
St. Mary’s Nos. 2 and 3 golfers, Dom Ceccarini and Harry Reed, each shot 45s, and top golfer Matt Wurster shot a 47 in a win over Pathfinder at Beaver Brook Wednesday.
Hampshire won out against the Saints.
LATE RESULTS
JV BOYS’ SOCCER
Southwick 3, Hampshire 1
Three different players – Austin Davis, Dylan Buscemi, and Matt Daley – scored to lead the Southwick JV squad Tueday.
Buscemi, Tim McGrath, and Jameson Secovich each earned an assist for the Rams (12-0).
