Sam Connors tossed a gem, and the Mahar baseball team avenged a loss to Smith Vocational earlier this season with a 1-0 win in an independent contest on Tuesday in Orange.

Connors went all seven innings, striking out 10 while scattering six hits and two walks for Mahar. The Sens were no-hit by the Vikings when the teams met in Northampton earlier in the season.

David Vitello scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the fourth inning off a base hit from Jayden Delgado. Connors and Delgado had the only hits for Mahar, which improved to 4-3 thanks to their second win in a row.

“Huge win for us,” Senators coach Dan Guertin said. “We got seven strong innings from Sam and Delgado had a huge two-out hit to drive in our only run. This is our second straight game where we were awesome on defense.” 

Hopkins 10, Greenfield 9 — The Green Wave held a 9-8 lead going into the bottom of the seventh, but the Golden Hawks refused to go away. 

Alex West singled in Cooper Beckwith to tie the game before an error allowed the game-winning run to come across, as Hopkins pulled off a Hampshire League West triumph at Vets Field. 

The game was moved from Hadley to Greenfield due to field conditions. 

Hopkins scored four runs in the first inning but the Green Wave battled back to regain the lead. 

Chase Zraunig tallied two hits and three RBIs, Caleb Thomas smashed two hits while John Marchefka also had two hits for Greenfield. Beckwith finished with three hits and two RBIs while Beau Elson knocked a triple that drove in two for Hopkins.  

Franklin Tech 2, Pathfinder 0 — Scoreless going into the seventh, the Eagles rallied to put two runs across to pull out an independent victory over the host Pioneers on Tuesday night. 

Kyle Begos kept Franklin Tech in the game with his work on the mound, as he went the distance, struck out 12 while allowing just two hits and one walk. 

Mason Lehtomaki and Brody Hicks had the Eagles’ lone two hits on the game while Hunter Donahue had an RBI in the seventh for Tech. 

Softball

Mount Greylock 24, Frontier 12 – No. 9 hitter Whitney Campbell racked up five RBIs to go with her first varsity home run, and Sophia Pinardi also went deep for the Redhawks in a loss in Williamstown.

Delaney Fifield, Gabby Adams and Raine Wonsey had two hits apiece for Frontier.

Boys volleyball

Frontier 3, Belchertown 1 — After dropping the first set the Redhawks recovered to take three in a row and walk away with a 22-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-16 victory at Goodnow Gymnasium Tuesday. 

Aleks Carey put down a career-high 33 kills and tacked on five aces while Jack Carey added 13 kills for Frontier. Will Petrin tallied four aces and no service errors on 32 attempts while Tavo Vincent-Warner distributed 38 assists in the win. 

Girls tennis

Hampden Charter East 3, Frontier 2 – Thanushi Ratnatunge won at third singles (6-2, 6-2), and the second doubles team of Esther Ehle and Kayla Fagan won again for the Hawks (6-2, 6-4).

Palmer 5, Greenfield 0 – Rebecca Covalenco played well at third singles for the Wave, ultimately falling to  Palmer’s Adriana Roberts 7-5, 7-5.

Greenfield (3-3) continue  s its busy week with matches against Frontier (Thursday) and PV Christian (Friday).

Boys tennis

Frontier 4, Hampden Charter East 1 — Robert Fuqua earned a 6-0, 6-1 victory in No. 2 singles while Caiden Manning won at No. 3 singles  (6-2, 6-2), propelling the Redhawks to a victory in South Deerfield on Tuesday. 

Oliver Brown and Brayden Reipold took No. 1 doubles (6-1, 6-3) while Donovan Vichi and Noah Nichols won in No. 2 doubles (6-1, 6-1) for Frontier. 

Girls ultimate

Four Rivers 12, Northampton 10 — Hazel Bird Richards scored the winning goal and led the charge defensively, Mabel Kingsley tossed five assists, Seneca Smith tallied one assist and three scores while Loie Acton scored three times in the Otters’ triumph over the Blue Devils on Tuesday.