Page 16 • The Register • June 22, 2011 Register Spor ts Butch, who had been the Ludlow Legion head coach the past couple of years, is one of the assistant coaches this year. He switched positions with Bob Bohl, who had been an assistant Ludlow coach during the past couple of years. “I didn’t know Brian when he was growing up, but I’ve known his father for several years now,” Bohl said. “Agawam beat us at their place by a run last year, so this was a little bit of a payback today.” Last Saturday’s victory against Agawam improved Ludlow’s record to 21. “We could’ve easily been 3-0 at this point, but we lost to Greenfield in our opener. We’re happy with the way our season has started,” Bohl added. “We’re just trying to win 10 games during the regular season, which should put us in the playoff hunt.” Ludlow’s winning pitcher in the home game against Agawam was right-hander Cam Beaulieu, who made his first start in a Legion game. Beaulieu, who should be the ace of the Ludlow varsity team next year, went the first five innings giving up four runs on seven hits. He had some trouble finding the strike zone at times, as he walked six and had two strikeouts. “It was Cam’s first start in a Legion game and he was a little bit nervous at the start of the game. He just battled out there for five innings before running out of gas,” Bohl said. “Pitching is very important in Legion baseball because you could play six games in a row. We have a veteran pitching staff this year.” Beaulieu was replaced on the mound by righty Bob Costa, who allowed just one base hit over the final two innings. Agawam, who saw their record fall to Turley Publications photo by David Henry sweetdogphotos.com Ludlow rallies to down Agawam Tough homecoming for Agawam coach By Tim Peterson Turley Publications Sports Correspondent LUDLOW - Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Brian Regnier was an outfielder for the Ludlow Legion Post 52 and high school varsity baseball teams. During those years, he played at least 100 baseball games at Whitney Park. Regnier made a return visit to his old stomping grounds last Saturday afternoon. However, this time he wasn’t wearing a Ludlow uniform. He was standing in the visitor’s dugout as the second-year head coach of the Agawam Legion Post 185 baseball team. Agawam had a 2-0 lead after the first inning in this year’s meeting between the two rivals, but it all went downhill from there. Ludlow scored four runs in the second before adding six more in the third on their way to a 12-4 victory. “This is my second year as the Agawam Legion coach, but it was the first time that I’ve coached a Legion game at this field,” said Regnier. “As much as I love Agawam baseball, Ludlow is still my hometown. Lou Casagrande, who’s a legend in this town, was my high school baseball coach and he taught me a lot about the game.” A year ago, Regnier guided Agawam to an exciting 7-6 home victory against Ludlow. When Regnier looked across the field during the game, he saw a very familiar face in the home dugout. His father, Ludlow’s Brett Bohl (2) wins a race to the base as he slides into the base before the Agawam infielder steps on it. 0-4, only had nine players show up for the game. “We’re a young team this year and we were missing a few of our players today,” Regnier said. “The kids who were here tried their best and gave a 110 percent effort. That’s all you can ask for as a coach. ” Shortstop Zack Jendrysik, who went 2-for-2 with two walks, and center fielder Joe Viens began the game by hitting back-to-back singles to right. Following a sacrifice bunt by Drew Smith, who was Please see LUDLOW, Page 23 Local girls reach soccer semifinals Lightning strike down Mohawk Frost pitches to-hitter By Tim Peterson Turley Publications Sports Correspondent LUDLOW - Nick Frost threw fewer than 10 pitches in the first inning before the Ludlow Lightning (NEYSA 14-16-year-old) baseball game against Easthampton was postponed because of rain during the second inning last Friday night. The following morning, the right-hander was back standing on the mound and this time he would toss a two-hitter in a 9-0 shutout victory against the Mohawk Warriors at Whitney Park. “Nick went one inning in last night’s game and he threw only five or six pitches. I asked him if he’ll be ready to pitch again in this game today and he told me that he was ready to go,” said Lightning head coach Marc Lafayette. “He was able to keep his pitch count low in this game today and he did a very good job for us.” Frost, who faced a total of four Warriors batters in five of the innings and just three batters in the other two innings, finished his first start of the season with three strikeouts and no walks. The Warriors (1-2) only had one base runner reach third base against Frost. “All of my pitches were working and I also have a lot of trust in the defense behind me,” Frost said. “It’s a Please see LIGHTNING, Page 23 Turley Publications submitted photo LUDLOW - U13 Girls Division 1 MAPLE team went 5-0-2 and were state semifinalists. The girls traveled to FC DELCO in Pennsylvania for Memorial Day and won the championship. Pictured are: top row (from left to right) assistant coach Tony Aleixo, Amanda Matias-Ludlow, Anna SolitarioWest Springfield, Keni Jackson-Springfield, Kaeli Serafino-Ludlow, Meghan Leach-Monson, Eve FalkMonson, Megan McGuill-Monson and coach Vinny Gabriello. Bottom row: Shannon AleixoLudlow, Ally Jarvis-Monson, Alessandra Arace-Pittsfield, Ashley Jones-Hampden, Jaileen GoncalvesLudlow, Kelly Lucas-Ludlow and Jenny Hackett-Ludlow. Missing from photo: Ali Herbert-West Springfield.