Bushika No-Hitter Helps Force Defend 10U County TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:08PM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – McKinley Bushika struck out 12 Thursday to lead the Berkshire Force 10-and-under travel softball team to a 12-0 win over Northern Berkshire in the championship game of the Berkshire County summer league. Bushika went the distance in the circle for the Force, which ended the game in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single from Sophia Tardibuono that brought home Mila Ostellino. Bushika struck out six in a row at one point and did not allow a hit. But she also dealt with runners on base in three of the game’s five innings, including the top of the first, when Northern Berkshire loaded the bases with one out before Bushika closed the door >> Read More |
Pittsfield Soap Box Derby Returns SaturdayCommunity submission,
10:15AM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Westside Legends will host its fourth annual Westside Sweet G Super Soap Box Derby on Saturday, August 9, from noon to 4 p.m. with a rain date of Aug. 10. Check-in for racers starts at 11 a.m. at the corner of Columbus and Robbins Ave. The event features a day of activities for the whole family. There will be three race classes: kids from 6-12, kids from 13-17, and an adult class, ages 18 and older. Trophies will be presented in each division. The racers will “zoom” down Robbins Ave, and the finish line will be at Southern Ave. Inspired by soap box races in Pittsfield’s West Side during the 1960s, the Westside >> Read More |
Mainers End SteepleCats' SeasoniBerkshires.com Sports,
09:02PM / Sunday, August 03, 2025 | |
SANFORD, Maine -- For the second straight game, the North Adams SteepleCats jumped out to the lead in their NECBL playoff game. But on Sunday night, the Sanford Mainers caught the 'Cats and ended North Adams' season. Four Sanford pitchers combined to scatter six hits in a 3-1 win that sent the Mainers to the New England Collegiate Baseball League North Division championship round. Conner Griffin went four innings, allowing just one unearned runs in the top of the first for Sanford, which won the best-of-three playoff series, 2-1. The Mainers came back with three runs, one unearned, against North Adams starter Tristan Helmick in the sixth >> Read More |
Pedal N Plod Biathlon Returns to Adams, CheshireiBerkshires.com Sports,
12:20PM / Sunday, August 03, 2025 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. -- Pittsfield's Kellie Harrington and Eric Harrington Sunday were the top two individuals when the Pedal N Plod biathlon returned to North Berkshire. Eric Harrington was the first across the finish line in the Iron Male division, completing the 4.4-mile run and 22-mile bicycling course in 1 hour, 20 minutes, 18.72 seconds. Kellie Harrington won the Iron Female division with a time of 1:35:05.13. Eric Harrington was just more than a minute ahead of runner-up Matt Rabasco (1:21:20.79). He was 31 seconds behind Rabasco at the end of the running portion and still trailed at the completion of the first 11-mile loop of the bike race but finished strong >> Read More |
Ruggiero Leads Way as SteepleCats Tie Playoff SeriesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:24PM / Saturday, August 02, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Johnny Ruggiero has been a workhorse for the North Adams SteepleCats all summer. In their biggest game of the year, Ruggiero gave the ‘Cats all the work they could have hoped for. Ruggiero allowed one run in 7 and a third innings on Saturday as North Adams beat Sanford, Maine, 4-3, to force a deciding Game 3 Sunday in Maine in their New England Collegiate Baseball League playoff series. Sunday’s 6:30 p.m. game is scheduled to be telecast on ESPN-Plus, according to SteepleCats’ officials. The winner takes on NECBL North Division regular season winner Keene, N.H., in a best-of-three series to reach the Fay Vincent Cup >> Read More |
SteepleCats Drop Playoff Opener on RoadiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:19PM / Friday, August 01, 2025 | |
SANFORD, Maine -- Joshua Kopetski allowed one run in six innings of work to lead Sanford to a 9-1 win over the North Adams SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League playoffs on Friday. Sam Miller went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 13-hit attack for the Mainers, who took a 1-0 lead in the teams' best-of-three series. Gabriel Natividad led the SteepleCats at the plate, going 2-for-4. Sanford and North Adams will meet on Saturday at 6:30 at Joe Wolfe Field for the second game of the series. >> Read More |
Force Teams Advance to County 14U FinaliBerkshires.com Sports,
08:24PM / Friday, August 01, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – It will be the Berkshire Force against the Berkshire Force when the county’s summer travel league championship is decided at the 14-and-under level on Monday evening at the Doyle Complex. The Force Blue Friday scored seven times in the first inning and went on to a 15-0 win over the Northern Berkshire Girls Softball League Klein Building and Remodeling squad. At the other end of the complex, Friday, the Force Black scored five times in the top of the sixth to break open a three-run game and went on to a 12-6 win over Dalton in the league’s other semi-final. The two Pittsfield-based squads will play for the league title at 5:45 on >> Read More |
SteepleCats' Rally Falls Short in Regular Season FinaleiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:13AM / Thursday, July 31, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The North Adams SteepleCats rallied for five runs in the bottom of the nintn but dropped an 8-7 decision to the Bristol Blues in the New England Collegiate Baseball League regular season finale at Joe Wolfe Field on Wednesday. Bristol pitcher Jordan Paradis got a fly ball out with the bases loaded to end the game and give the SteepleCats a 21-23 record to end the regular season. North Adams had already secured the third seed in the NECBL North Division, and it will open the league playoffs at No. 2 Sanford, Maine, on Friday in the first game of a best-of-three series. The Mainers will be at Joe Wolfe on Saturday evening for the second game of the >> Read More |
Greylock Thunder 12U Team Wins County TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:45PM / Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. – Abby Dieterich went 3-for-3 with three doubles and four runs batted in on Wednesday to lead the Greylock Thunder 12-and-under softball team to an 18-4 win over Dalton in the final game of the Berkshire County Tournament. Three Greylock pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts in the five-inning win in the summer finale for both teams at Russell Field. Dieterich led a nine-hit attack for the Thunder, which also got two base hits apiece from Tenley Biros and Liana Steiner. “We’ve spent a lot of time on hits with them, all winter, all springtime,” Greylock coach Michael Biros said. “We’ve had an amazing season with this team. >> Read More |
Stang Leads SteepleCats in SweepiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:09PM / Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | |
 LYNN, Mass. -- The North Adams SteepleCats will come into Wednesday's season finale at Joe Wolfe Field with a two-game winning streak, a berth in the New England Collegiate Baseball League playoffs and a chance to finish the regular season at .500. Robert Stang went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs Tuesday to lead the 'Cats to an 11-0 win that completed a double-header sweep of the North Shore Navigators. Collin Overholt went 2-for-3 with a double in a 14-hit attack for North Adams, which got a 2-for-4 performance at the plate from Taconic graduate Nick Guachione. Four different SteepleCats pitchers combined on the shutout win. Nolan Puglisi struck out >> Read More |
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