Herrera Handles Longmeadow as Pittsfield Little Leaguers Advance| 09:40PM / Thursday, July 22, 2021 | |
 LONGMEADOW, Mass. -- Sebastian Herrera started Thursday’s game by striking out the first four men he faced. And he kept up the momentum from there. Herrera struck out 13 in five innings of work to lead the Pittsfield Little League American Division 12-year-old All-Stars to a 9-0 win over Longmeadow in the Section 1 tournament. Christian Barry reached base three times, scored three times and drove in three runs with a fifth-inning moonshot over the fence in left center as Pittsfield stayed in the winner’s bracket in the double-elimination tournament and earned a day off on Friday. Herrera was the star, allowing two hits and stranding six runners, 0 Comments
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Softball in Dalton, Plenty of Baseball Everywhere Else this WeekendiBerkshires.com Sports,
12:06PM / Thursday, July 22, 2021 | |
 From one end of New England to the other and right in the middle of Berkshire County, there is a full weekend of youth sports on tap. For travel softball teams, the place to be is Dalton, where the 14th annual Dalton CRA Invitational runs from Friday to Sunday at Pine Grove Park. Sixteen teams in four age groups will play 26 games starting with Friday's openers in the 14-and-under division (5:15 p.m.) and the 10U (6 p.m.). On Saturday morning, the 12U and 16U teams join the action. The oldest age group features the biggest field with the Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat, Greylock Thunder and Berkshire Liberty facing teams from New York's Capital 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Track and Field Event to Teach Children Basics of SportCommunity submission,
10:16AM / Thursday, July 22, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city of Pittsfield will hold a free track and field program for children ages 6 to 14 on Saturday, July 31. The Pittsfield Track and Field Games will be held at the Taconic High School track on Valentine Road with registration starting at 9 a.m. and events starting at 9:30. The city has teamed with the Berkshire Lightning, Berkshire Thunder and Berkshire Running Club for a program that teaches children the basics of track and field, including warm-ups and skills. Participants are asked to enter the track off of Lakeway Drive. For information, contact Becky Manship, the city's recreation and special events coordinator, at 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Pitchers Dominant in Sectional Tourney OpenerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:18PM / Wednesday, July 21, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- It takes 18 outs to get through a Little League baseball game. On Wednesday, the 12-year-old All-Stars from the Pittsfield American Division got 15 of those outs on strikeouts. Christian Barry set the tone by striking out 10 over 3-⅓ innings and helped his cause with a first inning leadoff home run as Pittsfield opened the Section 1 tournament with an 8-1 win over Rutland at Deming Park. “Really, I just was throwing to the catcher,” Barry said. “I had a lot of trust in him. I knew he wasn’t going to let anything by him. I just had to throw strikes.” Rutland did get one baserunner on a ball to the backstop 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Perfection: Little Leaguers Stay Unbeaten, Win Sectional CrownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:35PM / Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- It is seventh heaven for the 10-year-old All-Stars from the Pittsfield Little League American Division. The Pittsfield Americans Tuesday beat Longmeadow, 11-5, to win the Section 1 title, advance to the state tournament and run their all-star record to 7-0 this summer. Cooper Reed struck out seven in 4-⅓ innings, and Jack Wendling went 3-for-3 with a double, two stolen bases and four runs scored. Pittsfield, which went 4-0 at the District 1 tournament, knocked off Longmeadow for the second time in three days to win the sectional through the winners bracket. The Americans scored first in the bottom of the first at Deming Park and built 0 Comments
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No Drought Conditions In Berkshire County | 12:03PM / Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | |
 BOSTON — With precipitation events occurring throughout Massachusetts over the course of the past several weeks, drought conditions in Berkshire County, along with the majority of regions in the Commonwealth, have improved. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides declared Level 0-Normal Conditions in all regions across the Commonwealth, except the Cape Cod region, which remains at a Level 1-Mild Drought. "Following recent rainstorms throughout much of the state and continued water conservation efforts, most regions of the Commonwealth have made a strong recovery and are now under normal conditions," said Theoharides. "However, Cape 0 Comments
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MCLA Athletics Golf Classic Returns | 04:04PM / Monday, July 19, 2021 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The MCLA Athletics Golf Classic will make its return Monday, Aug. 2 at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield after a one year absence due to the pandemic. The Golf Classic serves as a major fundraiser for the College's Athletics Department. Over the years, the Classic has netted more than $40,000 in funds to support the MCLA's student-athletes. Jointly hosted by the offices of Institutional Advancement and Athletics, this year's event will honor 2020 and 2021 senior student-athletes, who either had significant portions of their season cut short or were unable to begin their season as a result of the 0 Comments
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Local Bowler Posts Strong Showing at National Junior TournamentCommunity submission,
02:47PM / Sunday, July 18, 2021 | |
 Mya Duhamel, 16, from Pittsfield, competed in the Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis, Ind, this summer. The event had more than 3,000 total juniors, competing in four different age brackets. Duhamel bowled in the under-18 girls division with 559 other competitors and finished in 49th place after 16 games in four different bowling centers throughout Indianapolis. From there, Mya moved on to the first advancers round and finished in 39th, which meant she was on to the final advancers round and needed to place in the Top 16 to compete in match play. But after 10 games she maintained her 39th position and her run was over. Duhamel now bowls out of Del Lanes in Delmar 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 10-Year-Olds Score Six in Sixth Inning in Tourney WinBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:48PM / Saturday, July 17, 2021 | |
 LONGMEADOW, Mass. -- The Pittsfield Little League American Division 10-year-olds proved Saturday that there is strength in numbers. Jackson Boehm, the last of six reserves for Pittsfield to crack the lineup, hit a leadoff single in the top of the sixth to ignite a six-run rally that gave Pittsfield a 9-5 win over Longmeadow in the Section 1 tournament. No. 3 hitter Aiden Arsenault and cleanup man Cooper Reed delivered back-to-back two-run doubles in the middle of the game-winning rally, but it all started with Boehm, the third player to hit in the No. 8 spot in the lineup. "It was nice to see Jackson come off the bench, take a nice simple swing, make contact, 0 Comments
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Berkshire County Summer Camps Receive Funding Boost By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:11PM / Saturday, July 17, 2021 | |
 BECKET, Mass. — Summer camps took a significant hit during the past year and the Massachusetts delegation has stepped up to support them as they welcome back eager campers. State Senator Adam Hinds visited the Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA Friday with a giant check for $3,000,000 in hand for summer camps across the state - including $700,000 for camps in the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden districts. "This has been a rough year, as we all know. A year and a half with basically camps going more than a year without income, and we know very well that in Western Mass and in the Berkshires, especially, that camps play such a critical role for so many 0 Comments
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