Wigglesworth Pitching, Lesser Slam Propel Pittsfield in District Final SeriesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
07:48PM / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Pittsfield Little League All-Stars have been nothing short of dominant in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament. Dominant, but not perfect. And there was a moment in Tuesday’s 11-0, four-inning win over Dalton-Hinsdale that gave Pittsfield coach Ty Perrault a chance to help his 12-year-olds learn to be just a little bit better. With two out in the top of the second, Dalton-Hinsdale’s David Duquette reached second base on a hit deep to left field. Pittsfield starter Weston Wigglesworth got the next hitter to pop up and went on to sit down six more in a row in a 10-strikeout performance. So no damage was done. That >> Read More |
Pittsfield Advances in Western Mass Babe Ruth TournamentBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
11:10PM / Tuesday, July 09, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD , Mass. — After a monster first inning for the Pittsfield Babe Ruth All-Stars 16-and-under team scoring 11 runs, it secured its spot in the next round of the Western Mass State Tournament with a 16-0 win over Southern Berkshire on Tuesday. The four-inning, mercy rule win at Deming Park sends Pittsfield into a best-of-three championship series against Westfield that gets under way at Bullens Field on Wednesday. Pittsfield had the Knights' number from the very first batter, gathering four walks in a row including a run scoring walk on a bases loaded opportunity for John Mullen. Pitching was an undeniable struggle for the Knights, who used three >> Read More |
Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14s Win Western Mass TitleiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:04PM / Monday, July 08, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Brendan Merwin threw five innings on the mound and went 2-for-4 with a double at the plate Monday to lead the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-and-under All-Stars to an 8-3 win over Westfield and a Western Massachusetts State Championship. Pittsfield swept the best two-out-three series, 2-0, to carry the Western Mass banner into the New England Regional Championships, scheduled for next week in Newtown, Conn. On Tuesday, Merwin scattered five hits and allowed one run before giving the ball to Sebastien Herrera, who struck out five over the last two innings. Jason Fields went 2-for-3, and Mario Zerbato doubled in a seven-hit attack for the home >> Read More |
Pittsfield Little Leaguers Advance to District 1 Championship Series| 06:43PM / Monday, July 08, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Weston Wigglesworth, Alec Houghtling and Sawyer Layne each homered on Monday evening to lead the Pittsfield Little League 12-year-old All-Stars to an 18-2 win over Great Barrington in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament at Deming Park. The win completed a 3-0 run through the tournament's round-robin phase for Pittsfield, which moves on to the start of the best-of-three championship series that begins on Wednesday evening against Dalton-Hinsdale (2-1), a 9-1 winner over Adams-Cheshire on Monday night. Shayne Clairmont went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs for Pittsfield on Monday. Wigglesworth was 3-for-3 with four RBIs in the No. 1 spot in the >> Read More |
Post 68 Juniors Take 2 in WestfieldiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:24PM / Sunday, July 07, 2024 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Gavin O’Donnell went 3-for-4 with a triple and a double to lead the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors to a 15-0 win over West Springfield Post 207 and a double-header sweep at Bullens Field on Sunday. In the first game of the twin-bill, Post 68 edged Westfield Post 124, 7-5. In the dominant, five-inning win in Game 2, Simon Mele and Ethan O’Donnell split time on the mound, striking out nine and not allowing a hit while walking four. Post 68’s offense pounded out 10 hits, including doubles from Christian Aldrich and Jason Codey. Pittsfield jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first and scored six times in the fourth to put the game >> Read More |
Pittsfield 10-Year-Olds Win District 1 Little League TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
09:08PM / Sunday, July 07, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Chase Albano struck out eight, and the Pittsfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars Sunday completed a dominant run through the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament. Myles Morrison-Gould went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs, and Pittsfield won its fifth game via the run rule, beating Great Barrington, 19-2, in three innings to complete a two-game sweep of the best-of-three championship series. Pittsfield moves on to the three-team, double-elimination Section 1 tournament. It will open play in the sectional on Friday evening at the site of the District 4 champion. “I’m looking forward to heading down toward Worcester,” Pittsfield >> Read More |
Adams-Cheshire Bounces Back, Pittsfield Rolls in Little League TourneyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:46PM / Sunday, July 07, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Adams-Cheshire Little League Sunday jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the top of the first and held on for an 18-11 win over Great Barrington in the Don Gleason District 1 12-year-old tournament at Deming Park. Jasiah Brown went 3-for-4 with a triple, and Oliver Quinto was 2-for-2 with a double and a pair of RBIs as Adams-Cheshire bounced back from Saturday’s loss to Pittsfield to even its record at 1-1 in the four-team round-robin that concludes on Monday night. In the other half of the tourney on Sunday, Pittsfield’s 12-year-old All-Stars rolled to a 15-5 win over Dalton-Hinsdale to move to 2-0. On Monday, Pittsfield hosts Great >> Read More |
Hillard Throws One-Hitter for Babe Ruth Team| 09:24PM / Saturday, July 06, 2024 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Cam Hillard struck out six and allowed just one hit Saturday to lead the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Stars to a 4-0 win over Westfield in the opener of the Western Massachusetts State Tournament at Bullens Field. Hillard walked no one in the complete-game win. He got all the run support he needed in a three-run third inning. Brendan Socie started the rally with a leadoff single to left. With two out and two on, Jackson Almeida singled to right to drive in the game's first run. Luke Ferguson then singled ahead of Connor Paronto, who doubled to left to drive in a pair and make it 3-0. Socie went 2-for-3 with a double, >> Read More |
Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14s Top Westfield| 09:11PM / Saturday, July 06, 2024 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Cam Reynolds went 2-for-4 with a double Saturday to help lift the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Stars to a 10-7 win over Westfield to start the Western Mass State Tournament at Bullens Field. Sebastien Herrera tripled in an 11-hit attack for Pittsfield, which also got doubles from Caysen Blasioli and Mario Zerbato. Most of the scoring came late. Pittsfield plated four runners in the top of the seventh to take a 10-5 lead. A couple of Westfield errors started the rally, which saw Robert Bazinet (2-for-4) single to drive in a pair of runs. Bazinet was one of four Pittsfield pitchers in the win, throwing 1 and one third innings and >> Read More |
Fox, Pittsfield 10s Pull Away Late Against Great BarringtonBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
07:54PM / Saturday, July 06, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – After spreading the wealth a little among PIttsfield’s pitching corps in its first three tournament games, 10-year-old All-Stars coach Jack Chevalier kept the ball in Mason Fox’s hands all day on Saturday. And Fox delivered in a 16-1, four-inning win over Great Barrington to open the best-of-three Don Gleason District 1 Tournament championship final at Deming Park. Chase Albano went 3-for-3 with a double to pace Pittsfield’s offense, which put the game away with an eight-run fourth inning. Pittsfield, which went 3-0 in pool play in the four-team tournament, can clinch the district title and a trip to the sectional tournament >> Read More |
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