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Middleboro Edges Pittsfield Americans at State TourneyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
05:01PM / Saturday, July 30, 2022 | |
 BRAINTREE, Mass. -- On Friday night, Ben Sykes started a sixth-inning rally that gave the Pittsfield Little League American Division All-Stars a win in their opener at the state tournament. On Saturday afternoon, Sykes started a sixth-inning rally that did not change the outcome of the game but could give the Americans a lift going into Sunday morning's elimination game. Gavin Gillpatrick struck out 11 and allowed just four hits in leading Middleboro to a 3-1 win over Pittsfield American. With the win, Middleboro gets to sleep in on Sunday and await the winner of the 11:15 game between Pittsfield American and Wellesley, a winner over Reading earlier on 0 Comments
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Herrera One-Hitter, Merwin Walkoff Hit Propel Pittsfield at State Tourney| 05:45PM / Friday, July 29, 2022 | |
 BRAINTREE, Mass. – Sebastian Herrera struck out 15, and Brendan Merwin hit a walkoff single in the bottom of the sixth as the Pittsfield Little League American Division 12-year-olds started the state tournament with a 1-0 win over Reading on Friday. Ben Sykes started the leadoff rally by working a one-out walk, and he came home on Merwin’s second hit of the game to give Pittsfield the victory and a berth in Saturday afternoon’s winners bracket game against the winner of Friday’s game between Middleboro and Wellesley. Pittsfield had just three hits in the pitchers duel. Aiden Arseneau had the other. Herrera allowed just one hit and walked just 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-Year-Olds Win New England ChampionshipBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:24PM / Wednesday, July 27, 2022 | |
 TRUMBULL, Conn. — After scoring 57 runs in its first four games at the Babe Ruth New England Regional Championship, Pittsfield's 13-year-olds figured to have a whole other challenge in Tuesday morning's title game. Facing a Waterford, Conn., team that allowed four runs total in its first four games, Pittsfield was going to need strong pitching to win the crown and claim a berth in next month's Babe Ruth World Series. Cam Hillard and Connor Paronto were up to the task. The pair combined to strike out eight and allowed four hits in seven innings to pitch Pittsfield to a 6-0 win at Trumbull High School. "I usually come in with a lot of 0 Comments
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Thunder 10U Team Edges Berkshire Force in Summer League SemisBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:27PM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Greylock Thunder 10-and-under softball team Tuesday outlasted the Berkshire Force for a 25-24 win in the semi-finals of the Berkshire County Softball playoffs at Alcombright Field. Maliyah Todd came home on a pitch that got to the backstop in the bottom of the fourth to complete a nine-run rally that sent the Thunder into the championship round of the summer travel league’s season-ending tournament. The Thunder Wednesday will visit the top-seeded Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat to decide the league crown. Tuesday’s semi-final featured patience at the plate and opportunistic base-running as the teams combined for more than 40 walks 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s Reach New England Title Game| 04:06PM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022 | |
 TRUMBULL, Conn. -- Eddie Ferris hit a two-run double in a seven-run seventh inning Tuesday as the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars pulled away for an 11-4 win over Tri-County, Maine, in the semi-finals of the New England Regional Championship. The Maine state champs scored three runs to take a 3-1 lead in the top of the third inning, but Pittsfield scored three in the bottom of the fourth to retake the lead for good. Goo Stannard hit a line drive single to score Boo Socie to make it 3-3, and Christian Barry singled to drive in Stannard and give Pittsfield a 4-3 lead. Barry finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Connor Paronto, Ferris, Andrew Hammill, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-Year-Olds Advance to New England Semi-Finals| 09:26PM / Monday, July 25, 2022 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. -- The Pittsfield Babe Ruth Baseball program is sending a pair of teams into the semi-final rounds of their respective New England Regional Championships on Tuesday. In the 14-year-old age group, Pittsield Monday defeated Warwick, R.I., 6-4, in the quarter-finals to earn a berth in Tuesday game against Norfolk, Mass., at 10 a.m. The winner of that game will take on the winner of the tournamet's 1 p.m. semi-final at 4 p.m. at Billy Bullens Field for the right to advance to the Babe Ruth World Series next month in North Dakota. The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s had a bye in Monday's quarter-finals in its tournament in Trumbull, Conn. Pittsfield 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth Baseball Teams Move on to Bracket Play at Regionals| 10:27PM / Sunday, July 24, 2022 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. -- The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-year-olds Sunday beat Vermont state champion Lyndon, 8-1, to advance to bracket play at the New England Regional Championship. The win gave Pittsfield a 1-1 record in pool play and sent it to Tuesday morning's game at Billy Bullens Field against Warwick, R.I. The winner of that game moves on to Tuesday's semi-final against Eastern Massachusetts champion Norfolk. 15-Year-Old Tournament KEENE, N.H. -- The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 15-year-olds were edged by Vermont champion Three Corners, 4-3, on Sunday, but it still advanced to bracket play at the New England regional Championship. With a record of 1-2 in 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14s Blow Out Rhode Island at Regional| 09:04PM / Saturday, July 23, 2022 | |
 TRUMBULL, Conn. – Jackson Almeida went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and five RBIs Saturday to lead the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars to a 15-0, four-inning win over North Providence-Smithfield, R.I., at the New England Regional Championships. Morrie Fried continued to tear up the competition at the regional, going 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI in a 14-hit Pittsfield attack. Fried also earned the win with three innings of work on the mound, striking out five and combining with Cam Hillard on a no-hitter. Andrew Hammill and Luke Ferguson each doubled, and John John Mullen drove in a pair of runs. Pittsfield improved to 2-0 in pool play. It 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Americans Outlast Leominster, Claim Sectional TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:43PM / Saturday, July 23, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Moment after his team lost a heart-breaking, 15-12 decision in the Massachusetts Little League Section 1 title game, Leominster Manager Rob Lora made a bold prediction. “I’ve already put it out there in the [Fitchburg] Sentinel in Central Mass, and I told my friends here [in the Berkshire County media] to make sure it goes in tomorrow: I already put the state of Massachusetts on warning,” the Hoosac Valley High School alumnus said. “Whoever won this game today is going to win the state title.” If that Bay State title is decided on heart, it is hard to think of any two teams better positioned to win it all. The 1 Comment
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Youth Sports Program Honors HarriganCommunity submission,
10:53AM / Saturday, July 23, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Reign Youth Sports program recently named Taconic High School graduate Sean Harrigan the winner of its inaugural Gaudette Scholarship. Harrigan volunteered his time and expertise at the program’s basketball clinic at Lenox Memorial Middle High School. This winter, he was named the Western Massachusetts Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. 0 Comments
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