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Q&A: North Adams Pro Wrestler Reflects on Career as Last Match Nears

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:58AM / Sunday, August 13, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — After two decades following his passion, Justin Day is ending things on his own terms and in his hometown. No professional athlete could ask for more. Day, who performs under the professional name Justin Kase, will climb into a wrestling ring for a final time on Saturday, Aug. 19, when participates in Truly Independent Wrestling's Beat the Heat event at the Berkshire Family YMCA's Northern Berkshire Branch. Kase made his name in the Boston area in World Wrestling Entertainment's equivalent of the minor leagues and traveled around the Northeast — sometimes sleeping in his car — chasing bouts and honing his

08:51AM / Wednesday, August 09, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Hunter Sarkis scored 27 points and pulled down 15 rebounds Tuesday to lead Central Radio to an 80-66 win over Pizza House/Drury High School in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League B Division. Dave Wellington scored 21 points, and Jude Collins had 17 in the win. Patrick Kennedy posted a double-double with 14 points and 18 boards. For Pizza House/DHS, Myles Beauchamp scored a game-high 28 point. Donte Dillard added 20, and Sam Moorman finished with 11 points and 16 rebounds. In Tuesday's second game at the Armory, the Saboteurs beat Ramunto's, 85-44, behind 24 points from Carson Meczywor. Sam Larabee scored 20, and Austin Mendel

03:53PM / Monday, August 07, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Jacob Howland had a double-double with 25 points and 12 rebounds Sunday to lead the McCann Tech basketball team to a 52-51 win over Big Body Beamers in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League B Division. Both teams entered the game with a record of 0-6 in the nine-team league. Walter Mazza pulled down 15 rebounds, and Zach Howland scored 14 points -- including the game-winning 3-pointer -- for McCann Tech. Amont David led Big Body Beamers with 15 points. Ben Mounton and Darian Vidal finished with 14 and eight, respectively. In Sunday's opening game, Frank Field General Contracting beat RicksKicks, 68-52, behind 14 points from Jameson

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:45PM / Sunday, August 06, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – John Goodnow hit a key two-run single late, and the Berkshire Thunder Sunday overcame a three-run deficit en route to a win over Tunnel City Freight as the Thunder finished the Berkshire Adult Baseball League 33-and-over division with a 14-0 record. Jesus Lay went 4-for-5 with an RBI and scored three times for the Thunder, which pulled away late to take 15-4 win at the Alcombright Athletic Complex. Nine of those Berkshire runs came in the top of the seventh inning. The Thunder took the lead one inning earlier with a two-run rally. Lay, who ended the fifth at shortstop by starting a 6-3 double play, led off the top of the sixth with a

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:56PM / Monday, July 31, 2023

DALTON, Mass. -- Avery Lane and Gianna Witek Monday combined on a two-hitter to send the Greylock Thunder Black to the championship game of the Berkshire County Fast Pitch Softball League 12-and-under division. The Thunder beat Dalton, 8-1, at Chamberlain Park to earn a date against Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat, an 18-17 winner over the Berkshire Force Black on Monday in Adams. The Thunder and ACS will play on Tuesady at 5:45 at Albert Reid Field for the county's summer championship. Monday's semi-final in Dalton was dominated by pitching. Dalton's Kaylee Prew struck out 12 in a losing cause. Lane and Witek struck out 16 between them in the

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10:16AM / Monday, July 31, 2023

TROY, N.Y. – Lucas Hamilton struck out four and scattered seven hits in a 12-0, six-inning win for the Berkshire Bananas 14-and-under travel baseball team in AA2 division final of the Eastern New York Travel Baseball Last Man Standing tournament at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Hamilton also went 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs to help his cause in the title game against the Cohoes Blackhawks 13U Red. Brennan Vallieres led the Bananas’ offense, going 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a pair of runs batted in. Everett Bayliss also doubled in a 10-hit attack. Andrew Meaney drove in a pair of runs in the win. The team, which includes players

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10:01PM / Sunday, July 30, 2023

LEE, Mass. -- Lee's Maguire Roosa and Glendale's Morgan Windram-Geddes were the top finishers Sunday at the High Lawn Farm Keep Moo’ving 5K. The event was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the family-owned dairy farm and as a benefit for Berkshire Bounty, a food rescue organization that serves emergency food distribution programs county-wide. Roosa hit the finish line in 19 minutes, 30.45 seconds, a 6:16 mile pace, to edge runner-up Pat McNaughton (19:31.87) by just more than a second. Windram-Geddes was the top female finisher and sixth-place finisher overall, covering the out-and-back course around the farm property in 20:21.31. The

11:34PM / Friday, July 28, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – It has been a long summer for the North Adams SteepleCats and their fans. But the ‘Cats Friday night gave those fans a fond memory in the home finale, sweeping the Danbury Westerners at Joe Wolfe Field by scores of 8-2 and 2-0. DM Jefferson homered and drove in a pair of runs in the first game, when Dominick Marcoccio earned the win on the mound. Marcoccio struck out eight and allowed no runs in 5 and two-thirds innings of work. In the nightcap, Dan Galef scattered seven hits in six innings to get the win. Reed Interdonato struck out one in one inning of relief to pick up the save. Jake Reinisch doubled in a run for the

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SteepleCats Blank Bristol Blues

11:10PM / Thursday, July 27, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Hudson Polk homered, and Will Tobin threw seven scoreless innings Thursday as the SteepleCats beat the Bristol Blues, 9-0, at Joe Wolfe Field. Polk went 2-for-5, and Gunnar Johnson was 3-for-5 with a double and four RBIs in a 13-hit North Adams attack. Taconic graduate Cedric Rose doubled and scored a run in the win. Tobin struck out five and scattered four hits to earn the win. Jonathan Peterson struck out three in two innings of hitless relief. North Adams (11-29) hosts Danbury, Conn., for a double-header starting at 4 p.m. on Friday.

01:49PM / Thursday, July 27, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – OPI came from behind in the second half to hand PhoneBros a 98-96 loss on Wednesday night in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League A Division. Kyle Callanan scored 40 points, including 24 on 3-pointers, to lead OPI, which got 31 points and 14 rebounds from Scott McGuire. PhoneBros was led by Dave Wellington with 32 points – 18 on six 3s. Mike Taylor had a double-double in the loss with 27 points and 14 rebounds. In Wednesday’s second game at Drury High School, Cold Hearts beat Team DB, 87-74. Sean Harrigan led Cold Hearts with 26 points. Lavante Wiggins and Shaq Ardrey added 21 and 19, respectively. Kekoa McArdle

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