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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014 - PAGE 9
THE WESTFIELD NEWSSPORTS Tri-County League championS
St. Mary’s Gio Depergola leaps in the air to chest trap the ball as Westfield Voc-Tech’s Sergy Kabysh watches during last night’s game at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield Voc-Tech’s Sergy Kabysh gets the header.
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Westfield Voc-Tech’s Laxmi Basnet, left, and St. Mary’s Seamus Butler battle for a loose ball during Tuesday night’s game under the lights of Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Tigers top Saints for title By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield Vocational-Technical High School boys’ soccer team could not have ever asked for a better senior night. Westfield Voc-Tech shut out St. Mary 5-0 at Bullens Field Tuesday evening to remain unbeaten at 15-0, and, more importantly, clinch the Tri-County League championship. “It’s great to bring a soccer championship to the school again,” Voc-Tech coach Kyle Dulude said. “The boys are extremely proud of this accomplishment.” Dmitry Stepanchuk tallied a hat trick, Dan Zarichnyy scored one goal, and an own goal led to Voc-Tech’s five goals. Vitally Melnik, Dominic Rosario, Tyler Hall, and Alex Stepanchuk each had one assist. Tigers’ goalie Vitaly Covileac made nine saves; St. Mary goalie Colin Blake had 17. “The defense stayed solid and came up
with the plays when needed,” coach Dulude said. St. Mary applied great pressure at the end of the first half, hitting the post, but Voc-Tech regrouped at halftime and prevailed. “This win was great for our school and represents the hard work our studentathletes put in day after day,” the Tigers coach explained. St. Mary fell to 10-4-1. JV BOYS’ SOCCER Southwick 3, South Hadley 0 Matt Daley had one goal and one assist, and Jameson Secovich and Mason Kowal scored one goal apiece to lead Southwick to victory. Tim McGrath and Dan Gawron each had one assist. The Southwick JV unit, which shut out Monson with the same score Friday thanks to goals from Dylan Buscemi, McGrath, and Kacper Kisala and two Patrick King assists (and one from Kowal), stayed unbeaten at 14-0.
LATE RESULTS GIRLS’ SOCCER Westfield 1, Northampton 0 Morgan Sanders scored the gamewinner on a pass from Lindsay Stefano with 13:45 left in regulation, and Jessica Healey (11 saves) earned a shutout to lift Westfield Monday. BOYS’ SOCCER Amherst 4, Westfield 0 Westfield fell to 7-5-4 with a shutout against unbeaten Amherst (14-0-2) Monday night at Bullens Field. “We got beat pretty good,” Westfield coach Andrew Joseph said. “I think Amherst definitely showed why they’re number one in Western Massachusetts, and undefeated.” “Our focus is on preparing for the postseason,” he added. “I think if we look at it in those terms, this game did a lot for us as far as getting us ready for the tournament. Our sole focus in on the St. Mary’s Drew Collins, left, slides to the ball as Westfield next 12 days.” Voc-Tech’s Peter Melnik moves in during last night’s game at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield Voc-Tech’s Dan Zarichnyy, charges the net as St. Mary goal keeper Colin Blake Westfield Voc-Tech’s Dmitry Stepanchuk, left, and St. Mary’s Seamus Butler battle for makes the save during last night’s game at control of a loose ball during last night’s game under the lights of Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore) Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield Voc-Tech’s Alex Stepanchuk, right, and St. Mary’s Padraig Smith go back-to-back for the ball during last night’s game at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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with a time of 22:03. Maddie Eline, who ran a season best time of 23:09, Julie Guarente (23:13), who completed an all-time personal best, Hannah Giffune (23:50), Kaleigh Florek (season best 25:13), Sam Tuttle (personal best 25:16), Celina Billerbeck (25:22), Victoria Sardinha (25:41), Ally Davis (personal best 25:45), Shannon Sullivan (season best 26:03), and Hannah Bone (personal best 26:04) rounded out the Bombers’ top 10. “The cool conditions made for excellent running conditions on one of the most popular 5K courses in Western Mass.,” coach Rowbotham said. Northampton won the meet early, pushing the first seven runners across the finish line with Mariel Lutz (20:08) leading the way. See WHS, Page 11
Westfield High girls’ cross country seniors Libby Hickson Azocar, Celina Billerbeck, Hannah Giffune, Amanda Haluch and Sam Tuttle and Kaliegh Florek, stand alongside coach Mike Rowbotham on senior day. (Photo by Kate McCabe)
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By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – With the Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference cross country championships less than two weeks away, one team is making strides to pull off an upset or two. Westfield fell to league leader, Northampton, Tuesday in girls’ cross country action at Stanley Park, 15-50, but gained a bit of momentum in each individual effort. “Despite the … score, I’m very pleased with how our girls ran today,” Westfield coach Michael Rowbotham said. “They have continued to train hard and the awesome number of season best times, as well as some alltime personal best times show that they are peaking for the postseason. Sophie Gronbeck was the first Westfield High School runner to cross the finish line, in eighth place overall