Boys and Girls Club to Host Basketball Skills CampCommunity submission,
11:43AM / Monday, August 09, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The 16th annual Skills Improvement basketball camp for boys and girls in grades 3 through 12 will be held Aug. 16-19 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Boys and Girls Club. The camp is designed to target basketball fundamentals, with an emphasis on instruction in shooting, ball handling, passing, rebounding and defensive skills. The camp is directed by Bill Heaphy, the coach of the Taconic boys basketball team, which has won three straight Western Massachusetts Division 2 titles and is the reigning co-State Champion. Registration is $100, and checks should be made payable to the Boys and Girls Club. To register online, visit bgcberkshires.org. 0 Comments
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Berkshire County High School Sports Teams Merging into PVIACBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:17AM / Sunday, August 08, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — When Berkshire County high school student-athletes return for the start of fall sports practice in a couple of weeks, many will be preparing for a whole new ball game. The Berkshire County League with its familiar North and South Divisions for sports like soccer and volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter and baseball, softball and lacrosse in the spring are a thing of the past. Starting this fall, the former Berkshire County League schools will be incorporated into the myriad leagues of the Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference. The 10 Berkshire County schools' administration decided unanimously in the winter of 2020 0 Comments
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Dalton-Hinsdale Little Leaguers Take Dramatic Win in Jimmy Fund FinaleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
10:34PM / Thursday, August 05, 2021 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The battery of Cam Sievers and Jack Furlong powered the Dalton-Hinsdale Little League 10-year-old All-Stars to a 10-9, come-from-behind victory over the Pittsfield Americans in Thursday's title game of the John Codey Jimmy Fund Classic. At the plate, they combined to go 5-for-7 with two walks and five RBIs. In the field, they combined on a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth to preserve their team's slender lead. Sievers, who moved from second base to the mound with one out in the fourth inning, struck out seven in 2 2/3 innings, including the game's final out to touch off his team's celebration. "That kid 0 Comments
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Morrison Pitches Berkshire Thunder to Another BABL WiniBerkshires.com Sports,
10:30AM / Tuesday, August 03, 2021 | |
 Seamus Morrison set a Berkshire Adult Baseball League record with his eighth win on the mound as the Berkshire Thunder topped Tunnel City Freight, 11-1, to improve to 10-2 this summer. Morrison, Jake Barbarotta and Jesus Lay held Tunnel City to just one hit in the 35-year-old division win. Kevin Robison went 2-for-2 with three RBIs, and Matt Marquis drove in three runs to lead the Thunder's offense. Dalton took a 6-0 lead after four innings before the Gremlins rallied to cut the margin to two runs. Kyle Heilbourne went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs, including an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth to push Dalton's lead to 7-4. Graham Moriarty went 0 Comments
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Hard-Working Americans Edged in Little League State FinalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
02:18PM / Sunday, August 01, 2021 | |
 GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- One rough inning cannot wipe away one glorious month. But it can help bring that month to an end. Peabody West scored five times in the top of the second to erase an early deficit and went on to a 6-5 win over the Pittsfield Little League American Division 12-year-old All-Stars in Sunday's state championship game. James DiCarlo went 3-for-3 with a three-run double and made a couple of stellar plays at shortstop to send Peabody on to the New England Regional Championship, one step away from the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., later this week in Bristol, Conn. Pittsfield Manager Ty Perrault said his Americans, who thrilled 0 Comments
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Bazinet, Konefal Key Comeback for Pittsfield at Little League State TourneyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:02PM / Saturday, July 31, 2021 | |
 GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- You could not ask for much more pressure to put on a relief pitcher in a Little League baseball game. Pittsfield American Division All-Stars Manager Ty Perrault could not have asked for a tougher kid to take the ball. Robby Bazinet threw 3-⅔ innings of scoreless relief, stranding seven runners as Pittsfield came from behind to beat Middleboro, 7-2, in its final round-robin game at the state 12-year-old tournament. Kevin Konefal doubled in a run in the top of the sixth to erase a 2-1 deficit and doubled in two more runs in the top of the eighth to give the Americans the lead and start a five-run rally. Bazinet also drove in a run in that 0 Comments
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Berkshire Force 12U Squad Wraps Up Successful SummerCommunity submission,
07:58PM / Saturday, July 31, 2021 | |
 The Berkshire Force 12-and-under team placed second at this weekend's Summer Nationals at Fast Pitch in Connecticut. Starting Tuesday, they had a record of 7-2-1. The survived three games after entering the losers bracket early Friday morning. They then eliminated the New Jersey Blue Fire Connecticut Seahawks, and The Diamond Club. They lost Saturday to the Classie Lassies, 6 to 1. This marked the team's last tournament for the summer. 0 Comments
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Barry Homer Ends Pittsfield Little Leaguers' Mercy Rule Win at State TourneyiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:21PM / Friday, July 30, 2021 | |
 GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- Christian Barry hit a three-run home run in bottom of the fifth to give the Pittsfield Little League American Division 12-year-old All-Stars a 10-run lead and a 12-2 victory over the Needham Nationals at the state tournament on Friday night. Pittsfield improved to 2-0 in the three-game round robin. After round robin play concludes on Saturday, the top two teams in the tourney will go to Sunday afternoon's final. Cam Blake went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and a walk, and Sebastian Herrera was 2-for-3 with a double. Needham scored a pair of runs in the top of the first inning, but the Pittsfield Americans responded with a four-run rally in the 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 12-Year-Olds Open Little League State Tourney with Shutout WiniBerkshires.com Sports,
12:29PM / Friday, July 30, 2021 | |
 GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- Sebastian Herrara went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles at the plate and contributed to a shutout effort on the mound as the Pittsfield Little League American Division 12-year-old All-Stars started the state tournament with a 4-0 win over Peabody on Thursday night. Herrara hit a two-out double in the first and scored on Keven Konefal's single to give Pittsfield all the offense it needed. In the third, Christian Barry reached on an error, and Cam Blake singled ahead of doubles by Herrera and Konefal as Pittsfield extended its lead to 3-0 after a rain delay. In the fifth, Cam Blake singled and scored to make it 4-0. Herrera got the start on 0 Comments
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Longtime Wahconah Coach John Kovacs Hangs Up His WhistleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:08AM / Friday, July 30, 2021 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — For more than three decades, John Kovacs has been doing right by the Wahconah boys soccer program. That includes his decision this summer to step down as the varsity head coach. "For me, it was timing," Kovacs said on Thursday. "The passion is still there, but the energy … I'm not able to give what the kids need. I said to myself, 'The program is a great program. It needs new blood and new energy.'" "I'm no longer a good fit, and I'm OK with that. I've been there so long, and it's wonderful. It just needs new blood." "Wonderful" could be an understatement, if the 0 Comments
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