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High School Baseball Umpire Classes OfferedCommunity submission,
11:43AM / Thursday, January 24, 2019 | |
 PITTFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire County Baseball Umpires Association announces the start of classes for prospective candidates who wish to officiate high school baseball in Berkshire County. The first class will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Italian American Club at 203 Newell St. in Pittsfield. There will be six classes and the exam fee is $45. For more information contact Don Singleton at 413-884-4353 or Rich Pothier at 413-652-2372. 0 Comments
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Berkshire Force Softball Sets Tryout Dates for Travel TeamsCommunity submission,
11:31AM / Thursday, January 24, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD – The Pittsfield Girls Softball League has announced tryout dates for the U14 and U16 Berkshire Force travel teams. Players interested in the under-14 team are eligible if they have a birth year of 2004 or younger. Players interested in U16 are eligible if they have a birth year of 2002 or younger. Players must attend at least one tryout. Dates and locations are as follows: Saturday, Feb. 2, at Reid Middle School, 950 North St.: 9:30 a.m., registration for U14. 10 a.m. to noon, tryouts for U14. Noon to 12:30 p.m. registration for U16. 12:30 to 2:30, tryouts for U16. Wednedsay, Feb. 6, at Conte Community School, 200 West Union St.: 5:30 to 7 p.m., 0 Comments
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Hoosac Valley's Puppolo Joins DI RanksiBerkshires.com Sports,
01:12PM / Monday, January 21, 2019 | |
 Hoosac Valley High School graduate Kali Puppolo Saturday signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Manhattan College and play softball for the Division I Jaspers. Puppolo is in her second year at Herkimer College in New York, where she pitched a team-best 113 innings for the Division III junior college powerhouse. Puppolo 15-3-1 with a 2.29 ERA for the Generals, who advanced to the title game of the NJCAA DIII National Championship. Manhattan went 28-25 last spring, advancing to the semi-finals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. There is a fair amount of local talent already competing at the Division I level this winter. On the basketball court, 0 Comments
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Soccer Referees Offer Course for New Officials| 12:55PM / Sunday, January 20, 2019 | |
 LENOX, Mass. -- The Massachusetts State Soccer Referee Committee will offer its next new referee course on Sunday, March 17. The course will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hampton Inn on Pittsfield Road (Route 7). The cost is $115, which includes registration, administration and course fees. Interested men and women are asked to register at onthe association's website. For information, contact either courseadministrator@massref.net or Berkshire County Youth Soccer League assignor Anthony Pedlozky at assignor@bcysl.org. The local board of officials will reimburse new referees for their soccer uniform and kit once they have officiated 10 games in a 0 Comments
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Baseball in the Berkshires Museum Offers Red Sox,Yankees Items this Weekend| 12:57PM / Wednesday, January 16, 2019 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass, -- The Yankee-Red Sox rivalry continues this weekend at the Baseball in the Berkshires Museum at the Berkshire Mall. Long-time Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia and Yankee Troy Tulowitzki bats will be on display this weekend. These bats are exact replicas of the bats that these two All-Stars use. Touch, hold and get your picture taken with these the bats. The museum is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. 0 Comments
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Berkshire Blaze Travel Softball Tryouts Friday and SaturdayCommunity submission,
10:45AM / Monday, January 07, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Blaze travel softball program will hold tryouts this week for the 14-and-under and 16-and-underage groups. Two days of tryouts will be hosted by The Infield at 10 Lyman St. On Friday Jan. 11, pitchers and cathchers will try out from 7 to 7:30 p.m., and fielding and hitting tryouts will be from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. On Saturday, pitchers and catchers will try out from 1 to 1:30 p.m., and fielding and hitting will be from 1:30 to 3:30. Sign up on the team's Facebook page check in when you arrive. Tryouts are being held in January to establish the teams in order to build schedules and purchase uniforms and equipment 0 Comments
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2018 in Review: Pittsfield Baseball, Softball Programs Dominate Spring, SummerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Sports
07:46AM / Sunday, December 30, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield's baseball roots go back to the 18th century. In 2018, the Shire City was a power in baseball and softball. At the youth and high school levels, Pittsfield showed diamond dominance that easily was the story of the year in local sports. For the second year in a row, the Taconic baseball team won a Western Mass Championship and returned to the state finals. This time around, in the D3 final, Taconic came up a little short but considering all the seniors who graduated from the state title team the year before, it made for a two-year run of which few schools can boast. Meanwhile, the Pittsfield High softball team made its own 0 Comments
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Wahconah Alum, Olympic Team Coach, Addresses Student AssemblyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:54AM / Friday, November 09, 2018 | |
DALTON, Mass. — One in a long line of successful Wahconah Regional High School athletes was back at the school Thursday to tell the student body to relish their failures. "Surround yourself in strength," was the theme of Matt Whitcomb, a state high school champion, 1996 Wahconah grad and, more recently, coach on the U.S. Women's Cross Country Ski team that won the nation's first-ever Nordic gold medal at the 2018 Olympic Games. Whitcomb told the students that no matter what they were doing — whether athletics, academics or some other pursuit — the secret to success is to surround yourself with successful people and feed on 0 Comments
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Ladley Remembered for Fight, Family, Fealty to Berkshire County Sports CommunityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:08AM / Thursday, November 01, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ed Ladley was remembered Wednesday evening as a giant of the Berkshire County sporting community. The New England Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, legendary Wahconah boys basketball coach and educator died on Wednesday. And as word of his passing got around the county coaching fraternity, one word was on everyone's lips: competitor. "Even when his son, Timmy, played for me my first year at Pittsfield, I remember him yelling at his players because Timmy had five 3s against Wahconah," said Ron Wojcik, now the girls basketball coach at Hoosac Valley. "Timmy, at the time, was one of our best if not our best player, and [Ed 0 Comments
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Baseball in the Berkshires Offers STEM Programming| 09:26PM / Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. -- STEM programming is coming to the Baseball in the Berkshires Museum. The exhibit at the Berkshire Mall will present monthly programs on science, technology, engineering and math starting Saturday, Nov. 3, from 1-2 p.m. for all ages. The first program is "The Crack of the Bat." Learn how a bat is made. Physics, engineering, technology, mathematics and safety all have a part. Using the bats of Shoeless Joe, The "Babe", Jackie, Miggy, "Big Papi," Dustin, Mookie and Judge, discover how they cracked these problems. 0 Comments
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