The Greenfield 9U tournament team the “Ducks” finished an impressive second place over the weekend at the Swanzey, N.H. Cal Ripken Invitational Tournament.

In another tough weekend of rain and inclement weather, the Ducks played through the shaved down and rainy schedule with the second-best record in the tournament to advance to the championship game on Monday night against the undefeated Keene 9U All-Stars. Greenfield held Keene to three runs through four innings, but Keene took advantage of some late game miscues and eventually captured a 10-0 win.

Greenfield's Reed Williams and Noah Marguet were top pitchers over the weekend with a combined 22 strikeouts. Charlie Tyler led the offense with five hits, including three doubles.

“This was the team’s first time playing together in games,” Greenfield manager Cody Kingsbury said. “They overcame the weather, condensed schedule pitching limitations and last-minute game start changes to make the championship. I’m super proud of these kids and can’t wait to see what the summer holds for them.”

GMLB

Maniatty 7, New Fortune 2 – Fred Burnap smacked a bases-clearing double to break the game open Tuesday and lift Maniatty into the Majors Division title game. Fisher Williams, Damien Shields and Jackson Puchalski all added singles, and Jackson Puchalski threw four shutout innings for the win.

Liam Gould singled and scored for New Fortune, while Emerson Maxim scored a run and Sean Winslow threw well and added an outfield assist.

Gilmore & Farrell 10, Smitty’s Pub 2 – Ben Shivone and Carter Flagg combined to toss a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts for G & F on Tuesday. Andrew Gardner doubled and singled, while Miles Williams and Shivone also got hits in the win.

G & F will play Maniatty in the Majors Division championship best-of-three series next week.

Pioneer Valley Tire 7, Aubuchon Hardware 3 – In a battle for first place in the AAA Division, Laurence Shields belted a home run and a double, and Cody Castine tripled to help PV Tire to a regular season-finale win on Monday.

Hunter Wilkins struck out seven in three innings on the mound, and Jack Collins-Bradbury also had a hit for Pioneer Valley.

Aubuchon’s Cooper Dean and Joseph Gardner each had two hits, and Brody Neipp played well at catcher after earning the AA call-up.

PVYBL Koufax

Frontier 7, Greenfield 5 – Drew Crutch had a double and two singles to lift Frontier to a PVYBL Sandy Koufax victory on Tuesday night.

Luca Pontani and Jack Bajnoci also hit safely for Frontier.

Greenfield’s Bryce Zraunig had two hits, while Asa Bouchard, Casey Burke and Logan Batiste each had a hit. 

Youth softball

GGSL

Franklin First Credit Union 9, Pipione’s Sport Shop 5 – Maya Towne went 3-for-4 and Grayson Baker drove in three runs to power Franklin First.

Pipione’s Aniese Williams went 2-for-3, while Addie Lambert went 1-for-3 and Kacie Cadran added a double.

Gilmore & Farrell Insurance 17, VT Wildcats 7 – Shaye Tyler had two hits with four RBIs to help G & F to the big win on Monday. Elise LaPrade, Hallie Williams and Elyse Reardon also contributed hits in the win.

Golf

CCG 9-Hole Women’s League

Chris Eugin’s 28 topped the Patty Berg Flight during Monday’s Country Club of Greenfield 9-Hole Women’s League, as they competed in a ‘first 3/last 3’ competition.

Sam Smith won the Nancy Lopez Flight (28), while Deb Vandale took first in the Joanne Carner Flight (39). Betty Graves (31), Julie Beres (33) and Carole Akey (34) also earned victories in their respective flights.