Moses Leads Force to Win in World Series Opener| 11:42PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. – Giannah Moses went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in a run on Friday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team to a 7-3 win over Davidson, N.C., at the Babe Ruth World Series. The Force got just one other hit, a single from Cassidy Flynn, who finished with a pair of RBIs, on a day when it took advantage of five Davidson errors. Berkshire jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, when Moses doubled and scored a run. The Force led, 7-0, going to the bottom of the fifth before Davidson was able to put three runs across. The game ended after five due to the tournament’s time constraints. Flynn and Olivia >> Read More |
PIttsfield Little League Bows Out at State TourneyiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:33PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 ANDOVER, Mass. – Melrose’s Dylan Cote drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday to give his team a 6-5 win over the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars in an elimination game at the State Tournament. Pittsfield rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead after trailing for three innings. But Melrose came back with a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie it and force extra innings. After a scoreless seventh, Pittsfield went down, 1-2-3, in the top of the eighth, giving the Section 3 champions a chance to win it. Weston Wigglesworth started the game with a solo home run, but Melrose answered with a run >> Read More |
Bridgewater Tops Pittsfield Little League in State Tourney OpenerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:28PM / Thursday, July 25, 2024 | |
 ANDOVER, Mass. – Bridgewater’s Brandon Moyer scattered five hits and pitched his way out of a fifth-inning jam on Thursday to lead his team to a 4-1 win over Pittsfield in the opening game of the 12-year-old Little League State Tournament. Section 1 Champion Pittsfield drops into the losers bracket of the double-elimination tournament and will face Melrose on Friday evening to stay alive. Bridgewater Friday night will take on Acton-Boxboro, an 8-4 winner over Melrose on Friday, for a berth in Sunday’s state final. Bridgewater’s Moyer struck out eight and walked one in pitching his team to the tournament semi-finals. Pittsfield coach Ty >> Read More |
Gavin O'Donnell Leads Post 68 Juniors Past WestfieldiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:22PM / Thursday, July 25, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Gavin O’Donnell went 3-for-4 with a pair of triples and two RBIs Thursday to lead the Post 68 Juniors to a 7-0 win over Westfield Post 124 in American Legion Baseball action at Buddy Pellerin Field. Devin Reynolds doubled in a run for Pittsfield Post 68 (14-2), which jumped on top early with two runs in the first inning and two in the second. Jack Farkas started and went three innings on the mound, striking out three and allowing one hit. David Wildgoose threw two innings, and Matt Egan and Gavin O’Donnell each provided an inning of relief. >> Read More |
PIttsfield 16s Fall in Babe Ruth Regional FinaliBerkshires.com Sports,
07:30PM / Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | |
 AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Norwalk, Conn., Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Stars Tuesday beat Pittsfield, 2-0, in the championship game of the New England Regional. It marked the second shutout loss to the Connecticut State Champions in three days for Pittsfield. But it was a very different game this time around. On Sunday, Norwalk beat Pittsfield, 10-0, in six innings to wrap up pool play. That forced Pittsfield to win two straight games to get a rematch in the finals, and it did so, blanking Lyndon, Vt., on Monday and edging Eastern Mass Champion Lynn on Tuesday morning. But in the title game, Norwalk pitcher Jaxon Ermo held Pittsfield to four hits and allowed two walks >> Read More |
PIttsfield 16s Adjust, Advance at New England RegionaliBerkshires.com Sports,
09:24PM / Monday, July 22, 2024 | |
 AUGUSTA, Maine – Pittsfield bounced back from a Sunday loss to earn a 5-0 over Lyndon, Vt., on Monday to stay alive at the Babe Ruth 16-year-old New England Regional. Eddie Ferris was a key on the mound and at the plate as Pittsfield improved to 3-1 at the regional. Ferris went 2-for-3 with a triple and a dboule and drove in a pair of runs. On the bump, he went six innings, striking out four and allowing just two hits before giving the ball to Ryan Stannard, who inherited two runners and retired three straight in the seventh. “[Ferris] threw a very impressive six innings,” Pittsfield coach Ben Stohr said. “He had great defense behind him. >> Read More |
PIttsfield 14s Fall in Babe Ruth New England Regional FinalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:09PM / Monday, July 22, 2024 | |
 NEWTOWN, Conn. – One year after battling to the final day of the New England Regional Championship as 13-year-olds, Pittsfield’s 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars made it one step further. But they will have to wait until next year to reach the ultimate goal of representing the region in the World Series. Ethan Godomsky threw 6 and one-third innings of shutout ball Monday to lead Maine Champion Tri-County to a 5-2 win over Pittsfield on High Meadow Field. Unlike a year ago, when Pittsfield lost in the morning competition of the tournament’s final day, this time around, Sebastian Herrera sizzled for 5 and two-thirds innings in a 7-0 Monday win over Keene, >> Read More |
Wigglesworth Leads Pittsfield Back to State Little League Final FourBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:45PM / Sunday, July 21, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Weston Wigglesworth has delivered a lot of highlights for the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars this summer. On Sunday, two back-to-back gems turned the tide in a 3-0 Section 1 Tournament title game win over Holden. It was a 0-0 game, and Pittsfield had not had a baserunner in the top of the fourth when Holden used an Owen Williams double and a hit batter to get runners to second and third with two out. Wigglesworth reared back and fired his 11th strikeout of the game to end the threat and get an enthusiastic Pittsfield team back into the dugout. Mateo Fox then led off the bottom of the fourth with a single up the middle to break up a >> Read More |
Force Wins 16U Division at Dalton CRA TournamentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:42PM / Sunday, July 21, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. – The Berkshire Force rallied for three runs in the top of the sixth to break a tie and held off the Saratoga Smash in the bottom of the inning to earn a 12-11 win in the 16-and-under division title game at the Dalton CRA Tournament on Sunday. Harper Keay went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs at the plate and threw five innings in the circle as the young Force rebounded from a loss to the New Yorkers earlier in the weekend and a disappointing showing at last week’s 14U tournament in North Adams. “Obviously a better weekend than last weekend,” Force coach Brian MacDonald said. “This week, we really turned it around. “We hit, >> Read More |
Berkshire Force Top Greylock Thunder in 12U Final at Dalton CRA TourneyBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:40PM / Sunday, July 21, 2024 | |
 DALTON , Mass. — Cassidy Flynn threw another complete game as the Berkshire Force 12U defeated the Greylock Thunder Klein, 10-4, in the Dalton CRA Softball Tournament Championship Game on Sunday. “They put it all together today,” Force coach Cliff Flynn said. “Really kept their heads in the game, always striving forward and giving it their very best efforts.” “We have already started to move some coaches and families down south toward Alabama for our World Series visit this week. Funding was really significant to our travels in the coming days traveling south, a lot of programs and sponsors also helped us fund the trip.” said Force >> Read More |
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