Matt Wood passes the ball off as the Tigers of Westfield Vocational-Technical High School bring the ball up the court during their matchup against host St. Mary’s High School Friday evening. (Photo by Carl E. Hartdegen)
WESTFIELD – Two of the Whip City’s boys’ hoops teams met on Friday night, and bragging rights went to the Westfield Voc-Tech Tigers.
Westfield Vocational received 38 points from Matt Wood, Tyler French chipped in 11 in the Tigers’ 75-51 win over the Saint Mary Saints.
“Matt Wood was pretty exceptional,” St. Mary coach Joe Molta said.
Saints’ Drew Collins (17 points) and Sam Thresher (15) combined for 32. Voc-Tech’s Connor Hebda limited the damage from Thresher, who has been routinely lighting up the scoreboard.
“I was happy to see the boys pick up the intensity in the second half,” Tigers’ coach Kyle Dulude said. “It was great focus on the kids’ part.”
Gateway 76, Franklin Tech 63
Curtis Dowers exploded for 31 points, Mike Arel chipped in 16, and Justin Edinger added 13 for Gateway, which surged to an 8-1 record, and 8-0 in the Tri-County League.
Chris Weatherbee recorded a team-high 24 points for Franklin Tech.
Monson 63, Southwick-Tolland 48
Matt Olsen scored 15 points in Southwick-Tolland’s loss at Monson Friday night. Moody Bey (20 points) and Brian Couture (16) combined for 36 of Monson’s points.
In other area sports, the Westfield High School track team was in action at Smith College in Northampton, the Westfield Bombers’ swim team hosted Amherst, WHS hockey battled Minnechaug, the Bombers’ girls’ hoops’ team played at Belchertown, and the St. Mary hockey team traveled to Greenfield. Results of those events were not reported to the sports desk prior to deadline late Friday night.
