BOYS BASKETBALL
Chicopee 50, Westfield 38
Chicopee’s Alex Mangual (13 points) and Dominic Garcia (12) combined for 25 points and the Pacers (1-1) outscored Westfield 13-5 in the fourth quarter to spoil the Bombers bid for their first win of the season Monday evening.
Marqual hit three 3-pointers, and Garcia made two, both of which came in an 8-point fourth quarter outburst for the Pacers.
It was a tightly played contest for three quarters with Westfield turning a 10-7 deficit at the end of the first quarter into an 18-17 contest at the half in favor of Chicopee. Evan Miller (16 points) was a key part of the Bombers big second quarter, hitting two of his four 3-point shots over the eight-minute span. He made one his team’s only two field goals in the fourth quarter, also a three.
Westfield will enter Wednesday’s contest seeking its first win of the season. The Bombers (0-2) will host Belchertown (1-1), beginning at 7 p.m.
Lions roar past Rams
Ludlow 60, Southwick 56
Ludlow outscored the Rams 20-12 in the third quarter and survived a fourth quarter run by their opponent to escape Southwick with a narrow victory.
Ludlow’s Jackson Mateus led all scorers with 21 points. Cameron Lyman finished with 11 points for the Lions.
Three players reached double figures for Southwick. Keith Drzyzga scored a team-high 14 points. John Whalley and Sean Braithwaite each had 12. Evan Braithwaite (nine points), Brady Wilder (seven), and Nic Spina (two) rounded out the scoring for the Rams.
Southwick (0-2) will look to end its two-game slide to begin the season Thursday when the Rams host Hampshire Regional (1-1) at 7 p.m.
WRESTLING
Despite graduating seven seniors and returning with just four veterans from its varsity squad, the Westfield High School wrestling team delivered a nice showing this past weekend at the Nighthawk Tournament at Holyoke High School.
Jovian Marrero, Kevin Taralunga, Joe Pouliot, Oleksandr Nosenko, Dan Kulyak and Yaqub Sidow wrestled in their first ever matches for Westfield. Each of those Bombers managed to pull out wins in their debuts and add team points, putting a notch on their belt.
“Our new wrestlers stepped up this weekend and had tremendous showings and wins when it mattered the most,” Westfield wrestling coach Dave Osiecki said.
Some of Westfield’s returning wrestlers were able to grab pins and technical falls, eliminating the competition in their weight classes.
Morgan Roy, Gavin Fabiani, Alex McCann, Ethan Houle and fourth-place finisher and heavyweight Anthony Lytvynchuk each delivered statement performances by beating local competition in the 16-team tournament field.
“[Our wrestlers] are only getting stronger by the day,” coach Osiecki said. “[They] are gearing up for their next match.”
Westfield next travels to Franklin Tech on Dec. 17.
INDOOR TRACK
Two Westfield High School indoor track athletes medaled at the MSTCA Winterfest at Reggie Lewis Center in Boston on Dec. 13.
Nessa Gibson finished runner-up in the girls’ 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.97. Alec Piepergerdes placed third in the 1000 meters (2:41.95).
