Start Time Changed for Pittsfield July 4 5K| 02:13PM / Sunday, June 30, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Health Systems 4th of July 5K start time has been moved to 9 a.m., the Berkshire Running Center announced on social media on Saturday. The organizer of the annual road race said that the time was changed by half an hour in order to accommodate parade road closures. On Sunday morning, the center said that 904 runners were signed up for the 5-kilometer race through downtown Pittsfield, including runners from five different countries and 22 states. This is the 37th running of the holiday 5K, which will use the same course as Pittsfield's annual Independence Day parade. Runners will start the course on Wahconah Street adjacent >> Read More |
Berkshire Force Drops Regional Final, Grabs World Series BidBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:11PM / Sunday, June 30, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Sunday rallied for five runs in the top of the sixth inning but could not eclipse the Stamford, Conn., Stars in a 14-8 game to decide the championship of the Babe Ruth New England Regional. Stamford took advantage of eight Force errors and pulled away late with five runs in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth to secure the regional title. Both teams qualified for the July’s Babe Ruth World Series, though. The Stars previously qualified for the national tournament with a tourney win in Londonderry, N.H., in May, leaving one open bid for this weekend’s tournament at the >> Read More |
Berkshire Force 12Us Make Final Day of New England RegionalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:27PM / Saturday, June 29, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Olivia Archambault threw three innings of no-hit ball Saturday to lead the Berkshire Force 12Us to a 13-3 win in a must-win game at the Babe Ruth Softball New England Regional. The victory, Berkshire’s second of the day, keeps the Force alive to take another crack at the Stamford, Conn., Stars on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Doyle Complex on Benedict Road. Archambault, Lilly Pudelko and Tori Blanchard had two hits apiece in Saturday’s elimination game against Windham, N.H., which the Force ended in the bottom of the fourth inning via the run rule. “We had to play a third game for the day,” Force coach Mike Lodowski >> Read More |
Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors Blank West SpringfieldBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:25PM / Saturday, June 29, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD , Mass. — A strong second inning Saturday secured Pittsfield Post 68’s fourth consecutive win and its fifth mercy rule win of the season behind Jason Codey’s dominant mound appearance. Codey recorded seven strikeouts while only allowing four hits in the American Legion Juniors Division 10-0 win over West Springfield Post 207 at Deming Park. Matthew Egan led Post 68’s offense, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Weather may have played a factor in the matchup, leading to a few mistakes. Post 68 committed three errors. Post 207 catcher Jayden Diaz allowed nine stolen bases. Codey, Egan, Jesse Thompson and Gavin O'Donnell >> Read More |
Berkshire Force Bounces Back at New England RegionaliBerkshires.com Sports,
09:53PM / Friday, June 28, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Kaylana Altman went 2-for-3 with a home run Friday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under softball team to a 12-4 win over Windham, N.H., at the Babe Ruth New England Regional. Altman drove in a pair of runs for the Force, which bounced back from a morning loss to even its record at 1-1 in the tournament going into Saturday's bracket play. Olivia Archembault went the distance in the circle on Friday evening, striking out nine and allowing just three earned runs. She also helped her cause by going 2-for-3 with a pair of triples and a pair of RBIs at the plate. Beth Morton doubled and drove in three runs. Addison Farkas, Gianna >> Read More |
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 |
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