HS Roundup: Greenfield softball, Pioneer baseball reach Western Mass. championship games

The Greenfield softball team huddles around the circle against Agawam earlier this season. 

The Greenfield softball team huddles around the circle against Agawam earlier this season.  STAFF PHOTO/GARRETT COTE

Pioneer’s Braeden Tsipenyuk slides into second against Greenfield earlier this season. 

Pioneer’s Braeden Tsipenyuk slides into second against Greenfield earlier this season.  STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Staff Writer

Published: 05-25-2025 5:23 PM

The Greenfield girls softball team is heading back to the Western Mass. Class C finals for the fourth year in a row. 

Hosting fourth-seeded McCann Tech in the Class C semifinals on Saturday, MacKenzie Paulin went 4-4 with two doubles and two RBIs while Anna Bucala knocked three hits and drove in two which led the Green Wave to a 13-3 victory at Vets Field. 

The top-seeded Wave (14-6) will take on the winner of No. 2 Lenox and No. 3 Franklin Tech in the championship game on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Westfield State. 

Sophia Rotkiewicz singled and drove in two, Madi Lemay knocked two hits and drove in a run and Grace Laurie finished with a hit and an RBI in the win. 

Baseball

Pioneer 16, St. Mary’s 0 (5) — The Greenfield softball team isn’t the only local squad playing in its fourth-straight Western Mass. title game. 

The top-seeded Panthers took care of business against No. 5 St. Mary’s in the Class D semifinals in Northfield on Saturday, as Pioneer reached the title game for the fourth year in a row following a 16-0 victory in five innings. 

The unbeaten Panthers (20-0) face No. 3 Hopkins in the championship game on Tuesday at a time and location to be determined. Hopkins beat Ware, 7-4, in the semifinals. 

Pioneer’s Braeden Tsipenyuk recorded his 100th-career hit on Saturday, knocking a pair of hits and RBIs in the win. Jackson Campbell doubled in a run, Alex McClelland knocked three hits and drove in four runs, Ethan Quinn singled, tripled and drove in four, Ethan Mathe singled and drove in a run, Ben Werner cracked two hits and Evan Tsipenyuk hit safely for Pioneer. 

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Jackson Glazier got the win, striking out five and allowing just one hit in 3 and 2/3 innings work. Werner pitched the final 1 1/3 inning, striking out one.