Berkshire Running Foundation Announces 2025 Race CalendarCommunity submission,
11:26AM / Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Running Foundation recently announced a year-long schedule of races and community engagement. The season kicks off with the MCLA Sam Gomez 5K on Sunday, April 6. “The Berkshire Running Foundation is thrilled to be working with the community partners, MountainOne, Berkshire Health Systems, Spectrum Health and many other local organizations to bring these new and classic events to the Berkshires," Executive Director Shiobbean Lemme said. "The impact the running community makes in the Berkshires continues to grow each year, with our work in since 2011 donating over $330,000 to nonprofits in the Berkshires. We are energized at the >> Read More |
Girls Basketball Hall of Fame Welcomes 2025 ClassBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
03:32PM / Sunday, March 23, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – When seven former players were enshrined in the Berkshire County High School Girls Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, their numerous accomplishments were chronicled. Not surprisingly, some of their crowning achievements – 1,000th career points, Berkshire County MVPs and all-Western Massachusetts recognitions – came in their junior and senior years of high school. Then, there was Pittsfield High graduate Dasen Woitkowski. “Desan played varsity her freshman and sophomore years, missing all of her junior year and half of her senior year with an ACL injury” Hall of Fame Board member John Vosburgh related. “Going >> Read More |
County's 'Super Six' Head to Final FourBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
05:26AM / Monday, March 10, 2025 | |
 Out of 10 No. 1 seeds in the MIAA basketball tournaments this winter – five boys, five girls – nine are still playing. Those nine did not have to play the Lee High girls basketball team. The ninth-seeded Wildcats pulled off arguably the season’s biggest upset on Saturday when they upended No. 1 Hopedale to reach this week’s state semi-final round. On Sunday afternoon, the Lee girls got together to celebrate their Final Four berth in style, cutting down one of the nets in their gymnasium and boarding a flatbed for a parade down Main Street. Senior captain Mia Puleri said that Lee, which trailed by as many as 15 in the fourth quarter on >> Read More |
County Stars Shine on Championship SaturdayiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:34PM / Saturday, February 22, 2025 | |
 Three Berkshire County high school basketball teams claimed Western Massachusetts crowns on Championship Saturday. And one area high school wrestler earned a title of his own at the Division 3 State Championships. Six area basketball teams made it to the final game of the six divisions – three boys and three girls – where county schools are classified in Western Mass. In Class B boys, both the Pittsfield Generals and Monument Mountain Spartans made it to the tournament finale in a rematch of last year’s final. This time around, Monument Mountain came out on top at the Boys and Girls Club. In Class C boys, Drury reached its final only to fall to >> Read More |
Striking Out Cancer Event Holding Kickoff Event in FebruaryiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:15AM / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The fifth annual Striking out Cancer in the Berkshires fund-raiser will kick off with a night of music, entertainment and dancing on Feb. 22. The event will be held at the Polish Falcon Club at 32 Bel Air Ave. at 6 p.m. Joe Adee and the Lug Nuts, who performed at the Eastern States Exposition last summer, will be featured at the event, which is tied to a full day of baseball and softball in the summer at Clapp Park to raise money for the Jimmy Fund. Tickets to the Feb. 22 event are $10. For information, contact Joe DiCicco at 518-390-2512 or jdicicco7@aol.com. >> Read More |
Pittsfield High Basketball Coach Released Without ExplanationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:15PM / Saturday, January 25, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joe Racicot has given four decades of his life to coaching basketball and spent the last 14 years at Pittsfield High. That career came to an abrupt end in late November, and Racicot says he did not get a good explanation why. "I feel like I'm cheated because I didn't get an opportunity to discuss this," Racicot said recently. "For somebody to come in and make a decision and just make a phone call the Friday before the season starts … "I never really got a reason other than: The administration wanted you gone, and we wanted to go in another direction." What Racicot did get, and what may have >> Read More |
Local Figure Skaters Compete at Bay State GamesiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:56AM / Monday, January 06, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Pittsfield's Sophia Collins Sunday led a sweep of the podium for the Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club in one her events at the Bay State Winter Games. Hundreds of figure skaters from around the commonwealth and around New England participated in the annual event. Collins took a gold medal in the Aspire 1 Girls Free Skate Group D on Sunday morning at Williams College's Lansing Chapman Rink. Teammates Mila Juras of Cheshire and Alyse Wright of Pittsfield took bronze and silver, respectively, in the event. Christmas Brook FSC, which hosted the three-day competition, earned eight gold medals in U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned >> Read More |
2024 in Sports: Hoosac Valley Girls Basketball Was Top StoryBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:06AM / Tuesday, December 31, 2024 | |
 The year that is ending came in with a bang as Berkshire County wrapped up three team state titles before 2024 was three months old. As the year went on, state crowns were harder to come by, but there still were a number of Western Mass titles and individual accomplishments to thrill local high school sports fans. Here is a look back at some of the stories that caught our eye in the year gone by: 1. County dynasty continues The story of the year was the story of the century as the Hoosac Valley girls basketball program reached its eighth state title game since 2014. And the Hurricanes won their third state championship in that run with a 71-53 win over West >> Read More |
Bousquet Offers Adult Ski Race LeagueCommunity submission,
12:52PM / Monday, December 30, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Bousquet Mountain will offer an adult racing league on Tuesday nights from Jan. 7 to Feb. 11. No racing experience is required to participate in the 18-and-over league. Teams of five will compete in races that begin at 6:30 p.m., following a 6 p.m. course inspection. The cost for the season is $119 for Bousquet season passholders or $159 for non-passholders and includes skiing from 5 p.m. to closing on the night of races. To sign up, visit bousquetmountain.com. >> Read More |
BCC Reintroduces Varsity Athletics| 07:25AM / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) announces the comeback of varsity sports, beginning in the fall 2025 semester. Baseball and volleyball teams will compete as part of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 21 as a D-III Non-scholarship member. According to a press release, the NJCAA's mission is to promote, govern and foster a competitive environment for two-year college athletics. The NJCAA recognizes the diverse nature of its membership, providing at all times a consistent and inclusive governance structure that provides opportunities for all stakeholders and emphasizes the academic, athletic and community involvement >> Read More |
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