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Pittsfield 10s, 11s Stay Alive in Little League Tournaments

iBerkshires.com Sports,
06:52PM / Saturday, July 12, 2025

Both Pittsfield Little League teams in action in sectional play on Saturday won to stay alive in their respective age groups. The 11-year-old All-Stars earned a 14-0 win at Westfield behind Hector Reyes-Colon’s complete-game effort on the mound. The Pittsfield 11s came out of the loser’s bracket to earn a date against Holden on Sunday in the finals. A win by Holden, and it takes the Section 1 title in the double-elimination tournament. If Pittsfield wins, it will be home on Monday night in a winner-take-all finale. It is the same scenario for the Pittsfield 10-year-old All-Stars, who won, 7-3, at Holden on Saturday to stay alive in their

iBerkshires.com Sports,
05:29PM / Saturday, July 12, 2025

ENFIELD, Conn. – The Berkshire Force 14-and-under travel softball team went 3-0 in three tight games at the Enfield Invitational on Saturday. The Force edged the host Enfield Extreme Blue, 4-2, before beating the Connecticut Charge 13U squad, 7-2. Berkshire then beat the Senior Noles of Central Massachusetts, 7-5. Ava McMahon struck out seven in a complete-game effort to beat the Enfield Extreme. Amelia Polidoro led the offense, doubling and driving in a pair of runs. Against the Charge, Lillian MacDonald went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI to lead a 10-hit attack for the Force. Lexi Spratling also doubled in the win, which saw Julia McComish strike out seven

Community submission,
09:55AM / Saturday, July 12, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Friday recognized nine winners of the organization’s annual awards for contributions to sports in Berkshire County. The honorees were recognized at a dinner at the Polish Falcon Club. Paula and Dick Rivers received the foundation’s Living Legends Award. Peter White took home the Connie Bianchi Memorial Award of Merit. Ben Knute was honored as the Volunteer of the year. And recent Pittsfield High School grads Jack Reed and Ella Bassi are recipients of the 2025 Vera Barbarotta Sportsman Scholarships. For the first time this year, the foundation added male and female Athletes of the Year and Coach of

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08:18AM / Saturday, July 12, 2025

SOUTHAMPTON, Mass. – The Pittsfield Little League 11-year-old All-Stars Friday advanced to the Section 1 Tournament loser’s bracket final with a 7-0 win at Southampton. The visitors jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI double by Myles Morrison-Gould. In the third inning, Sean Roazak reached on an error, moved up on an infield single by Hector Reyes-Colon, and scored on an RBI groundout by Chase Albano. Reyes-Colon came around on a wild pitch to stake Pittsfield to a 3-0 lead. An inning later, Pittsfield added to its lead when Colton Smith reached on an error and scored on a double to left field by starting pitcher Carmelo Coco. Singles

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:46PM / Friday, July 11, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Luca Bassi struck out four and allowed four hits in four innings Friday to lead the Pittsfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars to an 11-1 win over Longmeadow in an elimination game in the Section 1 Tournament at Deming Park. Bassi helped his cause by going 2-for-2 with a double and a pair of RBIs as Pittsfield stayed alive to advance to Saturday’s game at Holden, a 3-2 loser against Westfield on Friday night. Bassi left a runner on third base in three of four innings in Friday’s complete-game effort. He left the bases loaded in the top of the third and had runners on second and third with one out trying to preserve a 10-run lead in the

By Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:17PM / Thursday, July 10, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hunter Werman threw four innings of shutout baseball as the Westfield 10-year-old Litte League All-Stars defeated Pittsfield, 9-5, in the Section 1 Tournament on Thursday. In his strong outing, Werman recorded eight strikeouts. Pittsfield used six different pitchers in the loss. “We really just wanted to test our arms tonight, and we learned a lot from what we called a 20/20 pitcher,” Pittsfield coach Matt Stracuzzi said. “This means we put a new pitcher in every 20 pitches just to get to see how they perform and I was not disappointed despite the loss.” Caleb Tierney of Pittsfield

iBerkshires.com Sports,
09:04PM / Thursday, July 10, 2025

WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Westfield Little League 11-year-old All-Stars Thursday scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to earn an 8-5 win over Pittsfield in the first game of the Section 1 Tournament. Brayden Getty and Dylan Schortmann each hit an RBI single in the winning rally. Schortmann and Ben Case each had a pair of hits in a 10-hit attack for Westfield. Chase Albano and Myles Morrison-Gould each had a double for Pittsfield, which used six pitchers in the extra-inning loss. Mason Fox worked three scoreless innings on the mound, striking out four. Pittsfield is on the road on Friday in an elimination game against the loser of

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:34PM / Thursday, July 10, 2025

ADAMS, Mass. – Ryder Froio hit two home runs, and Shayne Clairmont struck out 10 hitters in four innings Thursday to lead the Pittsfield Little League 12-year-old All-Stars to victory in the Don Gleason District 1 Championship Game. Froio was 2-for-3 with five RBIs, and Clairmont helped his cause by going 3-for-3 in an 18-5 win over Adams-Cheshire that sends Pittsfield back to next week’s Section 1 tournament, one step away from the state’s Final Four. Froio hit his first round-tripper to drive in Troy Maloy in a four-run first-inning for Pittsfield, the top seed after the tournament’s pool play last week. Then in the fourth, Froio hit a towering

iBerkshires.com Sports,
10:10PM / Wednesday, July 09, 2025

CHICOPEE, Mass. -- Matthew Burega struck out six and allowed two hits for Pittsfield Post 68-1 in an 8-0 win over Aldenville Post 337 in American Legion Baseball. Burega walked just one in the complete-game win on the mound. Matt Egan went 2-for-2 with a double, and Roshan Warriar was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs in a nine-hit attack for Post 68-1. Pittsfield (8-0) goes to Longmeadow on Thursday.

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:44PM / Wednesday, July 09, 2025

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – Kevin Smith struck out 10 in a complete-game, four-inning win Wednesday as the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Stars knocked off South Berkshire, 16-, in the Western Massachusetts playoffs. Smith gave up no hits as Pittsfield bounced back from Monday’s loss to Westfield and improved to 1-1 in the three-team round-robin to determine who goes to Sunday’s Western Mass final at Bullens Field. Smith helped his cause by going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI at the plate, and Jonathon Parsons was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs in a 12-hit attack for Pittsfield. The South Berkshire Knights worked a couple of walks against Smith in

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