Westfield High School

Westfield softball sophomore pitcher Shea Hurley tossed a perfect game Tuesday against Pittsfield as the Bombers blanked Pittsfield 13-0. Hurley struck out 10 batters, and is now two strikeouts away from reaching 300 for her career. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/05/the-westfield-news-scoreboard-bombers-softball-pitcher-shea-hurley-tosses-perfect-game.html

Westfield High School Band Director Patrick Kennedy and Choral Director Korey Bruno are riding high this week on the successes of their programs at separate music festivals over the weekend, and neither could resist bragging about their students a little bit. Bruno said the choirs left early Thursday morning bound for Williamsburg, Virginia, for their annual spring competition with 21 students and seven adults, including Ken Stomski of Ken’s Den on WSKB radio and Westfield Community Television, who documented the trip with video and still photos. https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/05/westfield-choir-band-mop-up-competition-at-high-school-music-festivals.html

Tune in on Thursday, May 11 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. to WSKB 89.5 FM, WCPC cable channel 15, or westfieldtv.org for a brand-new episode of "Superintendent's Spotlight". This week, we will talk with State Representative Kelly Pease about recent happenings at the Massachusetts State House. We will also take some time to recognize "National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day". Thanks for watching!

Children’s Mental Health Week is dedicated to increasing public awareness about the triumphs and challenges in children’s mental health and emphasizing the importance of family and youth involvement in the children’s mental health movement!

Kelsey Bouchard hit a go-ahead double in the top of the ninth inning to lift Westfield past the state’s top ranked team, Burlington, 2-1 Saturday on the road. Westfield pitcher Shea Hurley tossed a two-hitter, striking out 20 batters. Hurley now needs just 12 strikeouts to reach 300 for her high school career. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/05/the-westfield-news-bombers-softball-bests-burlington-in-extra-innings-2-1.html

Local sports fans will have to wait a bit longer to find out who will enjoy bragging rights after play was suspended Tuesday in a highly-anticipated matchup of two area high school softball teams, Westfield and Greenfield, due to rain. Westfield scored the game’s only run, thus far, when Ali LaPanne crossed home plate on a wild pitch in the bottom of the second inning. LaPanne led off the inning with a base on balls. She advanced to second and third bases when Sophie Svantesson and C.C. Toporowski each walked, respectively. Westfield pitcher Shea Hurley struck out seven batters, and allowed one hit an walk through 2.1 innings before play was help up in the top of the third inning. Westfield entered the game with an 8-1 record, having won five straight. The Bombers only blemish on the season is a 5-1 loss to Hampshire on April 14. Greenfield has won seven of its first nine games with losses against Hampshire and Turners Falls.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Bombers net 27th straight set victory Westfield def. Chicopee, 25-13, 25-7, 25-9 Westfield won its ninth straight match and 27th straight set with a sweep of Chicopee Tuesday at home. Nick Maslar (13 kills, 1 ace), Aidan Kingsley (9 kills), Miles Shepard (10 kills, 4 digs), Ryder Finnie (1 kill, 37 assists, 6 aces, 8 digs), Alex Roldan (2 kills), Jonathan Bulan (4 aces, 3 digs), and Sam Kane (5 digs) contributed for Westfield (11-1 overall, 5-1 North). Westfield returns to the court Thursday at home against Wayland (3-7). First serve is at 5:30 p.m.

Westfield reached base in each of the first three innings against Agawam in a high school softball game at home on Monday but came up empty each time. The Bombers would eventually get their fill. Westfield junior captain Allie Rehor hit a lead-off double in the fourth inning and with two outs, scored the team’s first run of the game when Sophie Svantesson ripped a ball down the third base line into left field. Two innings later, Rehor hit a bases-clearing triple to take control of the game. Moja Premny homered and the Bombers went on to defeat the Agawam Brownies, 7-0, to improve to 8-1. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/05/westfield-softball-shuts-out-agawam-sweeps-regular-season-series.html

It's Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you to all our teachers for their hard work and dedication to the students in our schools.

On May 4, 2023, Westfield Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) will hold the 2023 Shining Star Ceremony in Tiger’s Pride at Westfield Technical Academy at 6:30 pm. Nominations for Shining Star recipients are for those educators and support personnel who go the extra mile to serve the Westfield District Schools’ special education community and inspire others to do the same. This Recognition of Excellence in Supporting Special Education is an important way for the community to thank those who through dedication, creativity, patience, and determination help students receiving special education to experience success. The special education department appreciates the hard work and dedication of educators and support personnel for all that they do for our students. We also appreciate all of your support in ensuring that your children succeed

The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently announced the creation of a Youth Climate Council that will advise the Governor and the Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience on climate policy and actions. Interested high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors can now apply to be part of the council, which will meet regularly with Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 19. https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-climate-chief-hoffer-announce-creation-of-youth-climate-council?utm_source=Commissioner%27s+Weekly+Update&utm_campaign=2e3d06ae0f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_24_10_44&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2e3d06ae0f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

April is Financial Literacy Month! Did you know that all students at Westfield High School, Westfield Technical Academy, and the Westfield Virtual School must take and pass a course in Financial Literacy as a graduation requirement? Mastering personal finance requires more than life hacks—you have to look at your financial situation holistically and come up with a plan for how to manage your money. In this video, we’ll look at helpful principles for six personal finance topics: budgeting, saving, debt, taxes, insurance, and investing for retirement. Click on the link below to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl2sasYSY4E

After a grueling three-week stretch which saw the Westfield High School girls lacrosse team lose five straight games to begin the 2023 season, the Bombers are winless no more. Meghan Bowen scored five goals, Libby Senecal made 18 saves, and the Westfield Bombers held off the Northampton Blue Devils, 12-10, for their first win of the season. “We’re starting to get the flow,” Westfield girls lacrosse head coach Paul Fenwick said. “At the end, it came down to who wanted it more. They [Northampton] definitely were hungry; they wanted it. Obviously our girls had to pick up their game and come back. That was good that they did that. We haven’t been able to finish games so this was a good game for us to say, ‘yeah, we can do this.’” https://www.masslive.com/highschoolsports/2023/04/westfield-posts-breakthrough-victory-holds-off-northampton-12-10.html

Two weeks ago, the Westfield High School boys volleyball team suffered its first loss to Agawam in nearly seven years. “You want the team to respond in some facet and you never know how that’s going to be because it’s a new team, new year,” Westfield High School boys volleyball head coach Tyler Wingate said. “I guess in some respects it was good. …I think we certainly got a wakeup call no matter how that one turned out and not necessarily in a bad way. We needed to get better.” https://www.masslive.com/highschoolsports/2023/04/westfield-boys-volleyball-shuts-out-chicopee-comp-25-8-25-10-25-9.html

Koumentakos scores 9 goals in Bomber's lacrosse team’s 12-4 over Shrewsbury. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/04/the-westfield-news-tristan-koumentakos-scores-nine-goals-in-bombers-lacrosse-teams-12-4-over-shrewsbury.html

Westfield senior ace Josh Mayo struck out 17 batters in a two-hit, 2-0 shutout on opening day against Minnechaug. He was even better his next time out. On Thursday, Mayo tossed a no-hitter, striking out 14 batters as Westfield defeated Amherst 9-0. Mayo also led the offense, going 2-for-3 with a double. He lined out in the first inning, scoring one run. Westfield put three more runs in the second with Pat Moore (double), Sawyer King, and Nick Lenfest all knocking in runs. https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/04/the-westfield-news-scoreboard-bombers-ace-josh-mayo-tosses-no-hitter.html

If Josh Mayo hadn’t already established himself as a top arm in the region in last year’s Class A Western Mass. baseball championship, the Westfield senior certainly did that in the Bombers’ 2023 season opener on Thursday. Behind a whopping 17 strikeouts from the hard-throwing righty, Westfield’s offense did just enough to scrape out a 2-0 win over Minnechaug on opening day at Bullen’s Field. https://www.masslive.com/highschoolsports/2023/03/westfields-josh-mayo-strikes-out-17-pitches-complete-game-in-win-over-minnechaug-on-opening-day.html?utm_campaign=masslivehs_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2cUljvn_69LGi10rE6xEWbYt1Y3ESFuNXEY8Ay5WknwcdFq4BEebMcbu8

On April 4th each year, National School Librarian Day recognizes the professionals who keep the school library in working order. School librarians spend long hours keeping the library organized. They are also dedicated to helping our children find the resources they need to keep learning. School librarians are the people who create an environment where students can learn every day of the year. Their work is an impressive accomplishment. The school librarians provide guidance and expose our youth not only to texts, print media, and literature but to digital resources and technology, too. These resources also connect them to libraries around the world. A school librarian’s ability to manage scores of media and a school full of students with numerous projects and schedules astounds us. Happy National School Librarian Day!

If you missed Saturday's "Big Spring Sing", click on the link below. Thank you to WCPC's Ken Stomski for recording and editing the video for the show. The students sounded phenomenal! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnoYX-Znf4

Join us at Westfield High School today at 2:00 p.m. for the Annual Big Spring Sing. Chorus students from Elementary School through High School will be performing for our listening pleasure. Thank you for supporting our students!