Mendel's 29 Lift Hoosac Girls in Holiday Tourney

CHESHIRE, Mass. -- Alie Mendel scored 29 points Friday to lead the Hoosac Valley girls basketball team to a 73-32 win over Greenfield in the first round of the Hurricanes’ Holiday Tournament.

 

Fallon Field added 17 for Hoosac Valley, which jumped out to a 24-4 lead after the first quarter and never looked back.

 

Paige Barrow and Lexi Mercier each added six in the win.

 

Hoosac Valley moves on to Saturday afternoon’s tournament final, where it will take on South Hadley, a 61-41 winner over Auburn on Friday night.