Former NFL Player Shares Message on Overcoming AdversityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:20AM / Thursday, August 29, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. – By any reasonable measure, Keith Willis has been a success in sports and in life. And the former NFL tight end probably inspired a little awe among the Wahconah High School student-athletes who filled the Nessacus Middle School auditorium on Wednesday evening. But he did not come to show off. He came to show those students how to be winners themselves. “How many think it’s cool that I played for five different NFL teams?” Willis said, asking for a show of hands from the youngsters. “It’s pretty cool, right? “You know what people don’t think about? That means I was cut five different >> Read More |
A Rare Bird: Koperniak Stands Out in Triple-ABy Frank Murtaugh, The Memphis (Tenn.) Flyer
06:00AM / Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | |
 MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- I’ve interviewed professional baseball players for more than two decades. There are talented players who, honestly, aren’t that interesting away from the diamond. They’re good ballplayers, and baseball is what they know. There are also very interesting baseball players who aren’t all that talented. Now and then, though, you find yourself in the home team’s dugout at AutoZone Park with a very good baseball player who has a very interesting story to share. Like the Memphis Redbirds’ top hitter this season, outfielder Matt Koperniak. That story? It began on Feb. 8, 1998, when Koperniak was born in London. (Koperniak played for >> Read More |
Millers, Thunder Win Berkshire Adult Baseball League Titles| 07:13AM / Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | |
 The Berkshire Thunder and GB Millers each swept their way to Berkshire Adult Baseball League titles over the weekend. At Wahconah Park on Sunday, the Thunder edged the Dalton Moneymakers, 6-5, to wrap up their best-of-three championship series in the 33-and-over division of the BABL. The Thunder, which won the opener, 6-1, on Saturday, got a strong pitching performance from three different players in Game 2. Joe Bateman, Cory Hillard and Seamus Morrison combined to allow just two earned runs in the title clincher. Hillard got the win with four innings of work in relief, scattering four hits and allowing all five runs -- three unearned as the Thunder committed >> Read More |
Berkshire Adult Baseball League Playoffs Continue Wednesday| 12:19PM / Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Dalton Moneymakers and Tunnel City Freight will play Wednesday evening at Joe Wolfe Field in the rubber match of their Berkshire Adult Baseball League 33-and-over division semi-final. The Moneymakers last weekend rebounded from a 6-4 loss on Saturday to tie the best-of-three series at a game apiece with an 8-6 win. In the other half of the 33-year-old division bracket, the Berkshire Thunder edged the Pontoosuc Lake Monsters, 6-5, on Sunday at the American Legion Field in Dalton to take their semi-final series, 2-0. Jesus Lay went 3-for-3 with a triple, a double and a pair of RBIs in an 8-1 win for the Thunder in Game 1 of the series. In >> Read More |
Rodriguez Leads Millers in Battle for First PlaceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:14PM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. -- Brian Rodriguez went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double on Sunday to lead the GB Millers to a 3-2 win over the Berkshire Bandits in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League's 20-and-over division. Rodriguez hit a one-out single in the bottom of the sixth and scored on Chip Paul's single to break a 2-2 tie as the Millers swept the regular season series from the Bandits, who came into Sunday's game a half-game behind GB for first place with two weekends left in the regular season. Rodriguez also earned the win on the mound with two innings of relief, striking out four including striking out the side in order in the top of the seventh. Dick Dumas >> Read More |
BCArc’s Golf Event Raises Funds for Individuals with DisabilitiesCommunity submission,
11:11AM / Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Berkshire County Arc raised $45,000 at its 29th annual Golf Classic held this summer at Berkshire Hills Country Club. The funds raised from the event go directly to individuals with disabilities for activities such as art classes, medical equipment, wheelchair swings, concerts, assistive technology, and dream trips to places like Disney, Celtics games, and deep-sea fishing. The money also goes to scholarships to area high school students planning to pursue human service careers. The lead supporters of the event this year were Berkshire Bank, Health New England, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Notch Insurance Group, Synagex Modern IT, and >> Read More |
Great Barrington 10YOs Edge Adams, Earn Rematch with PittsfieldBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:23PM / Wednesday, July 03, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Mason Blackwell Wednesday singled to the right side with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning to drive in a pair of runs and give the Great Barrington Little League 10-year-old All-Stars a 14-13, walkoff win over Adams-Cheshire in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament on Myron Gray Field. The victory clinched a spot for Great Barrington (2-1) in the championship round of the tournament. With a record of 2-1, GB will be the second seed in the best-of-three district final that gets under way on Saturday at Deming Park against top-seeded Pittsfield (3-0), a 15-0 winner over Dalton-Hinsdale (1-2) on Wednesday night. Blackwell’s third hit >> Read More |
Great Barrington 10-Year-Olds Edge Dalton-HinsdaleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:51PM / Monday, July 01, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Ivey Weller went 2-for-3 at the plate, drove in a pair of runs and gave up one earned run in 1 and one-third innings on the mound Monday to help the Great Barrington 10-year-old Little League All-Stars edge Dalton-Hinsdale, 8-7, in the opening game of the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament. Great Barrington takes its 1-0 record across town on Tuesday to face Pittsfield at Deming Park. On Monday, Pittsfield opened the tournament with an 18-3 win over Adams-Cheshire to open round robin play. Weller hit a one-out single and scored GB's first run in the bottom of the second, drove in a run with a groundout in the third and plated a pair of runs with a >> Read More |
Garceau Earns All-America Honors at UMass BostoniBerkshires.com Sports,
06:08AM / Monday, June 24, 2024 | |
 Wahconah Regional High School graduate and UMass Boston sophomore Aryianna Garceau earned all-America honors in the 100-meter hurdles at May's NCAA Division III Championships. Garceau took sixth in the finals with a time of 14.05 seconds after qualifying for the finals with a time of 13.97, which broke a 35-year school record. In earning all-America honors, Garceau became the 20th Beacon to achieve that honor and the first since 2018. Earlier in May, Garceau was named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association's all-Region team. Garceau was second in the 100 hurdles at the Division III New England Championships and helped UMass Boston to a >> Read More |
Berkshire Youth Soccer Holds Season-Ending TournamentCommunity submission,
09:21AM / Friday, June 21, 2024 | |
LENOX, Mass. -- Eight teams earned championships last weekend in the finals of the Berkshire County Youth Soccer League spring season. Teams of boys and girls in grades 5-6 and 7-8 participated in the season-ending tournament, organized by Donna Laroque and Nigel Gayle and hosted mostly at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School. One squad, the Williamstown Wildcats 12-and-under girls, is extending its season with a trip to this weekend's Massachusetts Tournament of Champions in Lancaster. Teams winning Berkshire County league titles on June 15 included: Boys B Cup Final: GYAA 2, Williamstown Soccer Club 1 Girls B Cup Final: GYAA 2, Pittsfield Soccer Club >> Read More |
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