County's Baseball Umpires Recognize Standout Student-AthletesCommunity submission,
10:15AM / Monday, August 18, 2025 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. -- The Berkshire County Baseball Umpire Association Sunday presented three scholarships to area high school student-athletes. Pittsfield High's Jack Abel, McCann Tech's Brodie Hayden and Wahconah's James Rabuse each recieved a $1,000 scholarship at the conclusion of the BCBUA's 10th annual golf tournament to raise funds for the award. Forest Park Country Club was the site of the tournament and awards banquet. Wahconah rising senior Rabuse received the association's Rich Pothier Most Valuable Player Award. Recent graduates Abel and Hayden were recognized with the Ray Pearson Sportsmanship Award and Tom Reilly 10th Player Award, >> Read More |
28th Annual MCLA Athletics Golf Classic to be Held Sept. 8| 08:29AM / Thursday, August 14, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 28th annual MCLA Athletics Golf Classic will be held Monday, Sept. 8 at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown. The Golf Classic serves as a major fundraiser for the College's Athletics Department. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $1M to support MCLA's student-athletes. "We are so grateful to our sponsors and participants, both those who are dedicated longtime supporters and those who are new this year," said MCLA Assistant Dean for Athletics & Recreation Laura Mooney. "Their generosity and contributions allow the department to make facility upgrades and to enhance the student-athlete experience through >> Read More |
Millers, Tunnel City Freight Claim BABL TitlesiBerkshires.com Sports,
03:48PM / Tuesday, August 12, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Brian Rodriguez Sunday struck out eight hitters in four innings to lead the G.B. Millers to a 3-1 win and a 2-0 championship series sweep over the Berkshire Thunder in the 20-and-over division of the Berkshire Adult Baseball League. The Millers opened the series on Saturday with a 4-1 win over the Thunder at Memorial Field in Great Barrington. In the league's 33-and-over division, Tunnel City Freight swept the Dalton Moneymakers over the weekend by scores of 15-5 and 14-2. In the deciding game on Sunday at Joe Wolfe Field, Nolan Brassard went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs to lead a 10-hit attack for Tunnel City. Jonathan >> Read More |
North County Squad Completes LaFesta SweepiBerkshires.com Sports,
07:57PM / Sunday, August 10, 2025 | |
 BOSTON — Mikey Durant went 3-for-3 on Sunday with a double to lead North Adams to an 11-7 win over the North End Dodgers in the final game of the LaFesta Baseball Exchange. Durant scored four runs for the North County squad, which scored five times in the top of the sixth to takea 10-1 lead. Landon Garner and Jayden-Wells Vidal each had a hit in a five-hit North Adams attack as it finished the summer 3-0 against its cross-commonwealth rival in the 34th edition of the exchange. Garner, Maddox Cooke, Carson Dix and Cade Morrell each took a turn on the mound on Sunday morning, combining to strike out 10, walk three and allow three earned runs. North >> Read More |
Fierro Leads North Berkshire Squad in LaFesta Exchange WiniBerkshires.com Sports,
08:24PM / Saturday, August 09, 2025 | |
 BOSTON — Mason Fierro struck out seven hitters on the mound and went 2-for-4 at the plate Saturday to lead North Adams to a 21-3 win over the North End Dodgers in the LaFesta Baseball Exchange. Fierro gave up one hit and no runs in three innings of work in the four-inning win. Offensively, he drove in a run and scored three times. Maddox Cooke was 1-for-3 with three RBIs, and Carson Dix doubled and drove in three runs. Carson Durant also hit a double, drove in a run and scored twice. Jack Marlowe finished up on the mound for North Adams. North Adams, which won the series' opener at Joe Wolfe Field last month, finishes the 34th edition of >> Read More |
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, Aug. 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 Avenue and Robbins Avenue. 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 Avenue, and the finish line will be at Southern Avenue. Inspired by soap box races in Pittsfield’s West Side during the 1960s, >> 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 |
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