Holden Holds On, Tops Pittsfield in Sectional OpenerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:23PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
 HOLDEN, Mass. – The Holden Little League 12-year-old All-Stars Tuesday built a four-run lead and held on for a 4-3 win over Pittsfield in the opening round of the Section 1 Tournament. Ryder Froio hit a three-run homer for Pittsfield with two out in the top of the fifth inning, but Holden retired the next four hitters in order to end the game. Pittsfield will play an elimination game on Wednesday at 5:30 at Deming Park against Leominster. Holden advances in the winners’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament to meet Westfield, an 11-1 winner over Leominster in Tuesday’s opener. Holden’s Andrew Surrette was dominant through four >> Read More |
Westfield Holds Off Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s for Western Mass TitleiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:23PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Westfield 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars Tuesday rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth to break open a close game and take a 9-3 win from Pittsfield in the title game of the Western Massachusetts Championship. Collin Taylor and Jackson Barnes each went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead a seven-hit attack for Westfield. Isaac Acevedo went 2-for-3 with a double to lead Pittsfield, which fought back to tie the game after falling behind, 2-0, and scored a run in the top of the fi fth to cut into a 5-2 deficit. Both Pittsfield and Westfield move on to the New England Regional Championship, scheduled for July 25-29 at Wahconah >> Read More |
Force 14U Softball Team Splits in Nutmeg StateiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:44PM / Sunday, July 13, 2025 | |
ENFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Force 14-and-under travel softball team Sunday went 1-1 at the Enfield Invitational. The Force opened the day with a 13-3 win over the Connecticut Bearcats 13U squad. Berkshire pounded out 14 hits, including four extra-base hits, in the win. Mollie Crawford and Ava McMahon each went 2-for-3 with a triple against the Bearcats. McMahon and Amelia Polidoro split time in the circle, striking out six in the five-inning win. Then the Force had a rematch with tournament host Enfield Extreme Blue 14U, a 4-2 victim when the teams played on Saturday. This time around, the Enfield Extreme came out on top, 7-2, after jumping >> Read More |
Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14s Win Western Mass TitleiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:45PM / Sunday, July 13, 2025 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. – Kevin Smith Sunday struck out nine in 5 and two-thirds innings on the mound and went 3-for-4 with an RBI at the plate to lead the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Stars to a 5-1 win over Westfield and a Western Massachusetts Championship. Smith gave up one hit and one run before giving the ball to Bryce Hoff, who threw 1 and a third innings of scoreless relief. Pittsfield, which went 1-1 in pool play to reach the final against 2-0 Westfield, took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third, when Aiden Arseneau doubled to center field to drive in Jack Wendling and Austin Decker. Pittsfield eventually led, 5-0, before Westfield put a run across in the >> Read More |
Pittsfield Little League 11-Year-Olds Eliminated by HoldeniBerkshires.com Sports,
06:59PM / Sunday, July 13, 2025 | |
HOLDEN, Mass. – Samuel Davidson struck out nine in 4 and two-thirds innings Sunday to lead the Holden Little League 11-year-old All-Stars to a 7-5 win over Pittsfield and a Section 1 Championship. Davidson gave up three earned runs and helped his cause with a double and an RBI. Wesley Goodale doubled and drove in three runs for Holden. Pittsfield, which fought its way through the loser’s bracket to reach the tournament’s title round, fought back from a 6-1 deficit on Sunday. Holden took that lead with a six-run fourth inning. But Pittsfield got within a pair of runs with a three-run fifth. Myles Morrison-Gould hit a bases-clearing >> Read More |
Taconic's Walker Receives Scholarship from Basketball ProgramCommunity submission,
06:47PM / Sunday, July 13, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Reign youth basketball program recently gave 2025 Taconic High School graduate Jaelynn Walker a $1,000 scholarship. Walker, who was a key contributor on the Reign's travel basketball team in the spring, plans to attend and play college basketball at Division III Mount Saint Mary in Newburgh, N.Y. The Knights last winter won the program's 15th Skyline Conference Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. >> Read More |
Westfield 10-Year-Old Little Leaguers Knock Out PittsfieldiBerkshires.com Sports,
05:05PM / Sunday, July 13, 2025 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Thomas Sullivan hit a line drive to center field in the bottom of the seventh to drive in the winning run and give the Westfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars an 11-10 win over PIttsfield in the Section 1 Championship Game on Saturday. Bridger Braun earned the win on the mound for Westfield after holding Pittsfield without a run in the top of the seventh, which started with a “ghost runner” on second base for the visitors. In the bottom of the frame, Andrew Karetka singled to left field to move Westfield’s ghost runner to third base for Sullivan, who ended the game by connecting on a 1-0 pitch. Colton Rowe went 4-for-4 >> Read More |
Pittsfield 10s, 11s Stay Alive in Little League TournamentsiBerkshires.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 >> Read More |
Force 14U Team Wins Three in Connecticut TournamentiBerkshires.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 >> Read More |
Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Bestows Annual HonorsCommunity 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 >> Read More |
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