Burega Leads Post 68 Seniors Past East SpringfieldBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:46PM / Friday, June 28, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD , Mass. — Pittsfield Post 68 defeated East Springfield Post 420 with a complete game shutout from Matthew Burega at Buddy Pellerin Field on Friday. Burega threw the full 7 innings in the 5-0 win. Burega finished with two strikeouts while allowing four walks and two hits. “It was electric out there,” Burega said. East Springfield used three pitchers, including a great performance by Hamilton Wray, who struck out the side in the fifth. In the first inning, Post 68 had all the momentum, scori,ng two runs off two singles and three walks. Camden Zerbato scored the first run of the game. In the first two innings, Burega >> Read More |
Berkshire Force Opens Play in New England RegionalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:55PM / Friday, June 28, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Friday morning rallied with five runs in the top of the sixth but could not catch the Stamford, Conn., Stars in the opening game of the Babe Ruth New England Regional at the Doyle Complex. Daisy Caron went 1-for-1 with a pair of RBIs, and Cassidy Flynn struck out eight for the Force in a 7-5 loss to open the first round of the three-team 12U division. Berkshire is set to take on the third team in the age group, the Windham, N.H., Wildcats, at 5 p.m. on Friday before heading to the double-elimination bracket phase on Saturday morning. In the opener, the Force left eight runners on base over >> Read More |
Gavin O'Donnell Leads Legion Team Past Westfield| 09:34PM / Thursday, June 27, 2024 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Gavin O’Donnell went 4-for-4 with a triple Thursday to lead the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors to a 10-0 win over Westfield Post 124 in American Legion Baseball play. Connor Devine went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and Jason Codey drove in a pair of runs. Matt Egan earned the win on the mound, striking out three, walking a pair and scattering three hits in four innings on the mound. Post 68 (6-2) is home on Saturday afternoon for a double-header against West Springfield Post 207. >> Read More |
Mele Hits for Cycle in Post 68 WiniBerkshires.com Sports,
09:29PM / Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | |
 BELCHERTOWN, Mass. -- Simon Mele hit for the cycle on Tuesday night to lead the Pittsfiel dPost 68 Juniors to a 12-0 win over Belchertown Post 239 in American Legion Baseball action. Mele went 4-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a double and six RBIs in the win. He doubled in a pair of runs in the first inning, tripled in two runs in the third, singled in the fifth and hit a two-run homer in the sixth. Gavin O'Donnell also doubled in an eight-hit attack for Post 68. O'Donnell and Devin Reynolds split time on the mound, striking out 11 and scattering four hits. Post 68 (5-2) travels to Westfield on Thursday to play Post 124. Post 81 9, Post >> Read More |
Garceau Earns All-America Honors at UMass BostoniBerkshires.com Sports,
06:08AM / Monday, June 24, 2024 | |
 Wahconah Regional High School graduate and UMass Boston sophomore Aryianna Garceau earned all-America honors in the 100-meter hurdles at May's NCAA Division III Championships. Garceau took sixth in the finals with a time of 14.05 seconds after qualifying for the finals with a time of 13.97, which broke a 35-year school record. In earning all-America honors, Garceau became the 20th Beacon to achieve that honor and the first since 2018. Earlier in May, Garceau was named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association's all-Region team. Garceau was second in the 100 hurdles at the Division III New England Championships and helped UMass Boston to a >> Read More |
Post 68 Juniors Shut Out North AdamsBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:26PM / Saturday, June 22, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD , Mass — A monster fifth inning led the Post 68 Juniors to a 4-0 win against North Adams Post 125 in American Legion baseball action on Saturday at Buddy Pellerin Field. Late in the game for Post 68, a rally started which led to their ultimate victory. A combination of hits from Derek Roy, David Wildgoose and, Ethan O’Donnell resulted in two of Post 68’s runs scored. On the bump, Gavin and Ethan O’Donnell combined for seven strikeouts. “Today was a hot one,” Ethan said, “Had to work consistently and get flyouts and groundouts.” And the pair combined to allow just three total hits. In the >> Read More |
Coco’s Walkoff Hit Propels Hot Dog Ranch to PIttsfield Little League TitleBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:39PM / Friday, June 21, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Carmelo Coco drove in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth as Hot Dog Ranch rallied from behind for the walkoff win in the championship game of the Pittsfield Little League on Friday. Sawyer Layne struck out eight hitters in three innings on the mound and hit a game-tying homer to lead off the sixth as Hot Dog Ranch took a 4-3 win over East Side Cafe to decide the first title of the newly unified Pittsfield LL. East Side Cafe took a lead early at Clapp Park when Hector Reyes drove in a pair of runs with a shot to center field to make it 2-0. Hot Dog Ranch threatened in the bottom of the frame with a walk and a double, but East Side's Mike >> Read More |
Berkshire Force Travel Team TryoutsCommunity submission,
11:21AM / Friday, June 21, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team will hold tryouts in mid-July at the Doyle Complex. The tryouts will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on July 15 through 19. For information, visit the Pittsfield Girls Softball Facebook page. >> Read More |
Berkshire Youth Soccer Holds Season-Ending TournamentCommunity submission,
09:21AM / Friday, June 21, 2024 | |
LENOX, Mass. -- Eight teams earned championships last weekend in the finals of the Berkshire County Youth Soccer League spring season. Teams of boys and girls in grades 5-6 and 7-8 participated in the season-ending tournament, organized by Donna Laroque and Nigel Gayle and hosted mostly at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School. One squad, the Williamstown Wildcats 12-and-under girls, is extending its season with a trip to this weekend's Massachusetts Tournament of Champions in Lancaster. Teams winning Berkshire County league titles on June 15 included: Boys B Cup Final: GYAA 2, Williamstown Soccer Club 1 Girls B Cup Final: GYAA 2, Pittsfield Soccer Club >> Read More |
'Striking Out Cancer' Event Returns June 29 in PittsfieldBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:00AM / Thursday, June 20, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Four years in and still swinging for the fences, the Striking out Cancer in the Berkshires fund-raiser returns on Saturday, June 29, at Clapp Park. The all-day baseball and women’s softball games are the brainchild of city resident Joe DiCicco, who conceived the event as a way to raise money to support the Jimmy Fund for cancer research and patient care at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. For $10, any player of any ability is welcome to join in the fun. Every participant receives a T-shirt commemorating the event. The action gets under way at 9 a.m. with a ceremonial first pitch by a child who benefited from the Jimmy >> Read More |
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