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AAU Girls Basketball Team Seeks Players| 10:00AM / Tuesday, February 21, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Team "Squad" is looking for seventh- and eighth-grade girls interested in playing limited AAU Basketball from March to June 2017. The emphasis will be on basketball skills, and the team will face teams out of Berkshire County, including from Albany, Saratoga, Springfield and Hartford area. Please contact Michael Balcom at (413) 446-5370 or email at MKFB397@gmail.com for more information. 0 Comments
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Housatonic Boys Strong at North Adams Youth Basketball TourneyiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:15AM / Tuesday, February 21, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Housatonic took home two titles from this weekend's John Gaudreau Memorial Youth Basketball Tournament. Housatonic beat the Boys Club in the boys third- and fourth-grade final and topped Adams in the boys seventh/eigth grade final. The South County program also reached the title game in the fifth/sixth grade bracket, where the Dalton Blue team prevailed to take the title. In the third/fourth grade girls competition, host North Adams defeated the Girls Club in Monday's championship game. The Greylock seventh/eighth team advanced to the quarter-finals, where they were edged by Adams, 54-52, in a game where Carson Meczywor scored 33 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Officer to Carry Torch in Austria For Special Olympics World GamesBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
06:39AM / Saturday, February 18, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The job of a police officer means dealing with people on their worst days, day after day. And it wears on the officers. Eight years ago, Officer Darren Derby started getting involved with the Law Enforcement Torch Run fundraising efforts for the Special Olympics. He's raised more than a half-million dollars in support of those athletes. He does it because he feels those athletes do more for him than he could ever do for them. They give him a joy that gets torn away from officers on a daily basis dealing with the worst of the worst. "The job itself brings a tremendous amount of stress. A lot us wonder 'is this the right job for us, 9 Comments
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Adams Outlasts Greylock in Youth Basketball TourneyiBerkshire Sports,
11:16AM / Monday, February 06, 2017 | |
 CHESHIRE, Mass. — Carson Meczywor scored 11 points Sunday to help Adams outlast Greylock, 32-29, in the Adams youth basketball tournament. "Adams put lots of pressure on us the whole game that caused us to offensively press and to even get a shot off," Greylock coach Rick Paris said. "We were down, 24-11, at the end of three quarters. We only had three baskets at that point from the field. But in the fourth, our kids really started to attack the rim and pressure the ball." Derek Paris scored nine of his 11, and Malcom Waynick scored eight of his nine for Greylock in the fourth quarter. "We are just so proud of how our kids responded to the 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Cal Ripken Sign-ups Available Online| 01:19PM / Thursday, February 02, 2017 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Lanesborough Youth Baseball online registrations are now open at http://leagues.bluesombrero.com/Lanesboroughyb. The cost is $36 per player with a family maximum of $72. The program is open to kids ages 4-12 living in Lanesborough and surrounding towns, including Pittsfield. For information, contact coach Rick Paris at parisrmd@verizon.net. 0 Comments
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Miller, Whittum Take Golds at Bay State Figure SkatingiBerkshires.com Sports,
08:39AM / Monday, January 30, 2017 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club competitors Grace Miller and Samantha Whittum each earned a gold medal on Sunday at the Bay State Winter Games at Williams College’s Lansing Chapman Rink. Miller of Williamstown placed first out of four girls in the Pre-Preliminary Girls Test Track Flight 4 division, where she earned four out five first-place votes from the judges. Pittsfield’s Briana Palmieri of the Pittsfield Figure Skating Club placed third in the flight. Williamstown’s Whittum won the Pre-Juvenile Girls Test Track Flight 1, which saw seven entrants. Whittum picked up a first place vote and two seconds among the panel of 0 Comments
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State Asks For Redesign of Pittsfield's Rail Trail ExtensionBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:59AM / Monday, January 30, 2017 | |
Unistress has been growing its operations west alongside the Berkshire Mall Connector Road. To avoid the business, the trail is being redesigned to move east. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The extension of the Ashuwilticook Rail Trail to Crane Avenue needs to be redesigned to alleviate safety concerns while cutting through Unistress property. The city has already spent a quarter of a million dollars designing the extension in preparation to receive $2.5 million in federal highway funds for the construction. Now, after a 25 percent design hearing, the state is asking for a redesign to circumvent the Unistress property. "It was going through the middle of their 0 Comments
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Bay State Winter Games Return this WeekendBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Sports
01:05PM / Thursday, January 26, 2017 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ice and snow and sweat and cheers are all on the agenda over the next five weeks as the 32nd annual Bay State Winter Games return to Berkshire County.
For 37 days at six different venues, athletes from throughout Massachusetts and around New England will compete in sports ranging from ice hockey to snowshoeing.
It all begins Saturday at Williams College's Lansing Chapman Rink with two days of figure skating competition and the BSG's signature event, the Bay State Skate.
The annual Saturday night show features winners from Saturday's competition, special invited guests and the production team from the weekend's hosts, Christmas Brook Figure
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Mount Greylock Grads Competing on College Ski Circuit| 12:24AM / Tuesday, January 24, 2017 | |
 The collegiate ski season got under way this weekend in Lake Placid, N.Y., where several Mount Greylock alumni were in action for their respective collegiate teams. Williams College senior helped the Ephs finish sixth at the season-opening St. Lawrence Carnival. On Day 1, Costley placed 13th in the 1.5-kilometer classic sprint race. Williams’ ski teams -- downhill and cross country -- combined to finish in sixth place after two days of competition at Whiteface and Mount Van Hoevenberg. Colby College senior helped the Mules place fourth in the event. Chenail was 67th on Saturday in a 5K skate race. Freshmenandmade their collegiate debuts for Bates and 0 Comments
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Greylock Youth Basketball's 'Big Three' Shine in Weekend Wins| 07:58AM / Monday, January 23, 2017 | |
 Derek Paris scored 15 points, and Malcolm Waynick added 11 Sunday to lead the Greylock seventh- and eighth-grade travel boys basketball team to a 48-34 win over Mount Everett. Oscar low chipped in with seven for Greylock (3-2 in the Berkshire County League), which plays Lenox on Saturday. Jack Carpenter scored 15, and Kolby Bleau had 11 for Mount Everett. On Saturday, Greylock beat CYC of Pittsfield, 42-31. Three players finished in double figures for Greylock: Paris with 13, Waynick with 11 and Low with 10. “When Low, Paris and Waynick can score in double digits, we love our chances,” Greylock coach Rick Paris said. “It usually happens when we 0 Comments
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