Greylock Thunder Open Home Tourney with Convincing WinBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:40PM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After allowing the first batter she faced to reach base and score, Marlee Arhnold gave up nothing at all on Friday night. The Greylock Thunder’s Arnhold struck out eight and gave up just two hits in an 11-1, five-inning win over the Berkshire Force in the 14-and-under Summer Storm Tournament on Fran Millard Field. Genevieve Lagess went 2-for-3 with a double, and Gianna Witek was 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Thunder, which started its home tournament in style. Arnhold was in control throughout after giving up a leadoff walk to Lillian MacDonald and a two-out RBI triple to Kylie Duhamel in the bottom of the first inning. At one >> Read More |
Little League Sectionals: Pittsfield 11s Win, 10s Fall in Extra InningsiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:10PM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
 LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- Connor Dalton went 2-for-2 with a triple and a pair of RBIs Friday to lead the Pittsfield Little League 11-year-old All-Stars to an 11-1 win over Leominster in the Section 1 tournament. As the only 11-year-old all-star team in Berkshire County (District 1), Pittsfield automatically qualified for the four-team double-elimination sectional to compete for a berth in the state tournament. Will Nichols and Ayden Mazzeo each had a pair of hits in an 11-hit attack for Pittsfield in Friday's post-season opener. Ryder Froio and Bradley Charow split time on the mound, combining on a four-inning no-hitter. Froio struck out three and allowed one >> Read More |
Post 68 Juniors Top East Longmeadow| 09:47PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Matt Egan went 2-for-3 with a triple, a double and three RBIs Thursday to lead the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors to an 11-1 win over East Longmeadow Post 293 in American Legion Baseball on Buddy Pellerin Field. Simon Mele struck out eight and did not allow a hit in four innings of work on the mound. Egan struck out a pair in a scoreless fifth inning to lockdown the mercy rule win. Mele tripled, and Ethan O'Donnell and Jack Farkas each doubled in a six hit attack for Post 68, which made the most of five East Longmeadow errors. Pittsfield (11-2) is at North Adams Post 125 on Saturday. >> Read More |
Pittsfield Little Leaguers Claim District 1 CrownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:40PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Mike Ressler was unhittable on the mound, and the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars completed a convincing run through the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament with a 19-0 win over Dalton-Hinsdale on Thursday. Pittsfield was every bit as good as expected in its first season since merging the city’s two Little League divisions. But its coach was quick to point out that the tournament runners-up were far better than the final score indicated. “Everything your coach said about you is spot on,” Pittsfield skipper Ty Perrault said during the postgame ceremony. “It was just a great effort. The positivity of the players and the >> Read More |
Paronto Pitches Pittsfield Babe Ruth 16s Back to New England RegionalBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:55PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD , Mass. — Connor Paronto led the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Stars past Westfield with a dominant pitching performance, going the distance in a 10-0 win ended by the mercy rule on Thursday. The win gave Pittsfield a 2-0 sweep of the best-of-three Western Massachusetts State Tournament and sends it on to the New England Regional. Fans at Deming Park Thursday got to see a partial double-header. The evening started with the resumption of Game 1 of the championship series, which ended due to darkness on Wednesday with the teams tied, 1-1, after eight innings. Cam Hillard and Eddie Ferris combined to pitch the eight innings on Wednesday. >> Read More |
Pittsfield, Westfield Babe Ruth 16s Tied in First Game of Title Series| 09:56PM / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Pittsfield and Westfield 16-and-under Babe Ruth All-Stars Wednesday were tied, 1-1, after eight innings when darkness forced a suspension of their game in the Western Mass State Tournament. Pittsfield and Westfield will play the conclusion of the game on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Deming Park and then play the regularly scheduled Game 2 of their best-of-three series. On Wednesday, Connor Paronto hit a two-out single, stole second base, moved up on a passed ball and scored on Eddie Ferris’ single to give Pittsfield a 1-0 lead in the top of the third. Westfield came back and scored a run in the bottom of the inning, and the teams stayed tied >> Read More |
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 |
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