SOUTHWICK – For more than 45 minutes, it looked as if the reigning Western Massachusetts Class B field hockey champion Southwick Rams might actually scare up a win against a somewhat frightening opponent. But the Rams apparently woke a sleeping giant.

No. 6 Hopedale exploded for four goals in the fourth quarter of a Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division-IV Field Hockey Round of 32 tournament game to defeat No. 27 Southwick, 5-0, Friday at Grafton High School.

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