Julian Kaiser was on his game on the mound for the Turners Falls baseball team on Wednesday. 

The sophomore threw a complete game, striking out six, giving up just four hits while not surrendering a run against an Athol lineup that scored 19 against Turners earlier in the year. The Thunder offense put two on the board in the sixth to hand Athol its first Bi-County North loss of the season behind a 2-0 victory in Athol. 

“[Kaiser] threw a gem,” Turners coach Scott Minckler said. “He dominated and had them off balance all day. He was really on his game today.” 

Athol coach Josh Talbot agreed.

“Kaiser threw great and his teammates did a great job supporting him in the field,” he said.

Kainen Stevens had two hits to pace Turners while Kaiser and Trevor Lyons drove in the team’s two runs in the sixth.

Athol’s Logan Cormier struck out seven in five innings, allowing just one hit.

In JV action, Athol fell to Gardner, 11-8.

Frontier 19, Mahar 0 (5) — Max Skribiski-Banack struck out four and allowed just two hits as the Redhawks cruised to a win over the Senators in Orange Wednesday. 

Jack Cusson doubled and drove in two, Carter Miller singled in a run while Porter Hall and Cam Skiffington added base hits for Frontier. Matt Vitello and Gavin Young had the hits for Mahar. 

Pioneer 7, Hampshire 0 — The Panthers took a 4-0 lead after two and tacked three on in the fifth to take down the Raiders in Northfield on Wednesday. 

Ben Werner went the distance and struck out five while Ethan Mauthe singled, doubled and drove in two for Pioneer. Jackson Glazier tripled, Alex McClelalnd doubled, Braeden Tsipenyuk and Ethan Quinn each tallied a hit and an RBI while Brody Welcome added a base hit in the win. 

Softball

Mahar 22, Athol 20 – The Sens are in the win column.

For the first time this season, Mahar picked up a victory, taking down rival Athol in Franklin County League East action in Orange. Athol won the teams’ first meeting of the season, 18-6, back on April 17.

Northampton 5, Pioneer 3 — The Blue Devils took a 4-0 lead after two to take down the Panthers in a Franklin County League East contest in Northampton Wednesday. 

Laylah Goulston singled, doubled and drove in two, Allison Clary tripled and singled while Maggie Tsipenyuk doubled in the loss. Jaelyn Boliski struck out two for Pioneer. 

Wahconah 14, Mohawk Trail 0 – Emmalee Inman singled twice for the Warriors, while Elyssa Delisle and Abby Moffatt also had hits in the loss. Grace Stevens struck out five in the circle.

Girls tennis

Frontier 4, Mohawk Trail 1 – Thanushi Ratenauge led a singles sweep for the Redhawks in the No. 1 spot, earning a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mohawk Trail’s Hazel Foucault.

Kayla Fagan (6-0, 6-0) and Ella Sibley (7-6, 3-6, 10-8) also won singles points for Frontier, while the No. 2 doubles team of Brooke Charest and Hailey Fernandez scored a 6-0, 6-3 win.

Mohawk Trail’s point came at first doubles thanks to Ivan Hillenbrand and Eliza Crowell, who notched a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) win.

Chicopee 3, Greenfield 2 — Amy Mihailicenco walked away with a 6-1, 6-3 triumph in No. 1 singles while Izzy Semonelli earned a win in No. 2 singles (6-4, 5-7, 10-5) for the Green Wave, which fell to the Pacers in Chicopee on Wednesday. 

Boys tennis

Greenfield 4, Turners 1 – Palmer King outlasted Noah Kolodziej in a three-setter at No. 1 singles to help the Green Wave to a singles sweep and a team victory on Wednesday.

King was a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 winner in the No. 1 spot. Shane Toomey (6-0, 7-5) and Devonne Brown (6-0, 6-1) were other singles winners for Greenfield.

Greenfield’s Sawyer Thurber and Landon Clark held off Turners’ Lucas Black and Philipp Tischleder, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, at first doubles, while the Thunder snagged their lone point at No. 2 doubles when Nethanel Martin and Max Briere edged Greenfield’s Ben Russell and Wyath Miller, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.