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BCC Volleyball Team Takes First Win
09:56AM / Monday, September 15, 2025
BOSTON, Mass. – Taconic High graduate Jenyka Ostellino pulled a team-high 12 digs Saturday as the Berkshire Community College women’s volleyball team defeated Roxbury Community College in three sets.   Taconic’s Jasmin Aslan had a team-high four kills and Karen Amichiia led the way with seven aces for BCC in the 25-10, 27-25, 25-11 win.   BCC (1-1) is home on Tuesday at 5 p.m. against Bristol Community College.  

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Adult Hockey Tournament to Benefit Berkshire Humane Society
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10:37AM / Thursday, September 11, 2025
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The annual Berkshire Charity Draft Tournament is set to take place Sept. 13 and 14 at the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink.   The event will bring together hockey enthusiasts and local community members to raise funds for the Berkshire Humane Society, a local animal shelter dedicated to rescuing and caring for animals in need.   The tournament will showcase the talent and sportsmanship of participating teams. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy a weekend of action-packed hockey while supporting a worthy cause.   During the tournament organizers will be collecting food and supplies for Berkshire Humane Society at the rink.

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White Pulls Out Narrow Win on Mount Greylock
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:55PM / Sunday, August 31, 2025
ADAMS, Mass. – Dalton’s Alex White is a familiar presence running – and winning – on the local road race circuit.   On Sunday, he took the road less traveled by … at least by him.   And that made the difference at the 50th running of the Mount Greylock Road Race, where White outkicked Jacob Barnett to claim first place with a time of 54 minutes, 49.74 seconds on the 8-mile course up the side of the state’s highest peak.   It was the first time at Mount Greylock for the first three finishers as White, Barnett (54:50.18) Shelburne Falls’ Kayla Lampe (57:41.56) each medaled in their first time at the event.   “I don’t

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Last Chance to see 'Baseball in the Berkshires' 2025 Exhibit in Lee
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12:47PM / Friday, August 29, 2025
LEE, Mass. – One weekend remains to see “The Fascinating Story of Baseball in the Berkshires” at the Lee Premium Outlets.   The summer 2025 home of the Baseball in the Berkshires museum project has welcomed 3,000 visitors over the past couple of months, including people from more than 23 countries and 30 states.   Guides John Belland, John Connolly, Marc Simon, Krysten St. John, Stan Tracy and Larry Moore gave the visitors a “lay of the land” and let them cover the bases which spanned almost 8,000 square feet of a former furniture store.   The local stories of more than 40 Major League players were remembered along with two who have been inducted

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Millers, Tunnel City Freight Claim BABL Titles
iBerkshires.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

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Pittsfield Soap Box Derby Returns Saturday
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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,

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Pedal N Plod Biathlon Returns to Adams, Cheshire
iBerkshires.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

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Q&A: Local Umpire Works Little League World Series International Qualifer
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:21PM / Saturday, August 02, 2025

  WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Don Singleton is well into his fourth decade behind the plate at youth and high school baseball games.   But he still is learning as he goes.   This summer, Singleton spent two weeks volunteering as an umpire at the Little League Baseball Europe-Africa Region Tournament in Kutno, Poland.   That is where the representative from the Czech Republic earned a ticket to the World Series that gets underway on Aug. 13 in Williamsport, Pa.   And it is where Singleton earned valuable experience and a chance to further hone his craft.   "I did Bristol [Conn., site of the Little League New England Regional] in 1995, and I did

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Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Bestows Annual Honors
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09:55AM / Saturday, July 12, 2025
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Friday recognized nine winners of the organization’s annual awards for contributions to sports in Berkshire County.   The honorees were recognized at a dinner at the Polish Falcon Club.   Paula and Dick Rivers received the foundation’s Living Legends Award. Peter White took home the Connie Bianchi Memorial Award of Merit. Ben Knute was honored as the Volunteer of the year. And recent Pittsfield High School grads Jack Reed and Ella Bassi are recipients of the 2025 Vera Barbarotta Sportsman Scholarships.   For the first time this year, the foundation added male and female Athletes of the Year and Coach of

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Summer Lacrosse Camp Offered in Dalton
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09:41AM / Tuesday, July 08, 2025
DALTON, Mass. -- Wahconah Regional High School boys lacrosse coach Matt Fisher is hosting a an Elite Camp for kids in grades 5 through 12 in August.   The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wahconah from Aug. 4 through 8.   Instructors at the camp will include Ryan Lanigan, an assistant coach at Division I Siena College.   The cost is $140.   For information, contact Fisher at mfisher@daltoncra.org.

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