Last Chance to see 'Baseball in the Berkshires' 2025 Exhibit in LeeCommunity submission,
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 >> 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 |
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 |
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 |
Sheffield Falls in American Legion Baseball PlayoffsiBerkshires.com Sports,
07:00PM / Monday, July 21, 2025 | |
MILFORD, Mass. – Anthony LaPierre struck out six and allowed no hits Monday to lead the Milford Post 59 American Legion Baseball team to a 10-0, five-inning win over Sheffield Post 340 in the state tournament. Matt Lowe and Ben Kelly handled the pitching duties for Post 340. Kelly and Christian Blanchard each reached base on walks. >> Read More |
'Great Experience' Ends for Knights at New England RegionalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
05:56PM / Monday, July 21, 2025 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. – A two-out rally was too much for the Southern Berkshire Knights to overcome at the 16-year-old Babe Ruth New England Regional Championship on Monday afternoon. Western Massachusetts Champion Westfield got seven straight hits with two out in the bottom of the sixth to score six runs, take an eight-run lead and go on to a 9-1 win over Southern Berkshire. Westfield stayed alive to move on to Tuesday’s semi-final round, where it will meet Maine for a berth in the regional final. Southern Berkshire, which fought its way out of pool play with a clutch win on Sunday, finishes the tournament with a record of 1-3. The tourney hosts wasted no >> Read More |
Sheffield American Legion Team Tops Post 68-2 in TournamentiBerkshires.com Sports,
06:18PM / Sunday, July 20, 2025 | |
MILFORD, Mass. – Robert Baer went 2-for-3 with four RBIs Sunday to lead the Sheffield Post 340 Seniors to a 13-3 win over Pittsfield Post 68-2 in the Massachusetts American Legion Tournament. Christian Blanchard, Jack Bissaillon, Ben Kelly and Brady Carpenter each had a pair of hits in a 14-hit attack for Sheffield, which ended the game after five innings. Bissaillon earned the win on the mound with a complete-game effort, striking out seven and walking three. Post 68-2 used three different pitchers, who combined to allow eight earned runs. Connor Kirchner led Pittsfield’s offense with an RBI triple. Aidan Underdown, Colby Robb and Scott Hoffman each >> Read More |
Southern Berkshire Babe Ruth Squad Advances at RegionaliBerkshires.com Sports,
05:06PM / Sunday, July 20, 2025 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. – Mason Bailey and Kyle McMahon Sunday each went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI to lead the Southern Berkshire Knights 16-year-old All-Stars to a 4-1 win over the Rhode Island State Champions at the Babe Ruth New England Regional at Bullens Field. With the win, Southern Berkshire secured the third seed out of its four-team pool in the eight-team tournament, giving the Knights a berth in bracket play, which begins on Monday. Southern Berkshire came back from a 1-0 deficit when Gabe Ranzoni doubled to center field to drive in John Brighenti in the top of the third inning. In the top of the fifth, McMahon led off the inning with a double, and with >> Read More |
Southern Berkshire Babe Ruth All-Stars Fall to VermontiBerkshires.com Sports,
07:42PM / Saturday, July 19, 2025 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – For the second straight day, an opponent got off to a fast start and held on for a win over the Southern Berkshire Knights at the 16-year-old Babe Ruth New England Regional on Bullens Field. On Saturday, it was the Vermont State Champion scoring five times in the bottom of the first en route to a 6-2 win over the Knights. Cam Coon, Caden Thayer and Dom Newton combined on the mound to allow just two earned runs in the loss for Southern Berkshire. Coon also drove in a run for the Knights, who got a hit and an RBI from Gabe Ranzoni. Southern Berkshire (0-2) finishes pool play on Sunday morning against Rhode Island. >> Read More |
Southern Berkshire Comeback Falls Just Short at Babe Ruth RegionalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:13PM / Friday, July 18, 2025 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Southern Berkshire Knights 16-and-under Babe Ruth Baseball team Friday battled back from an eight-run deficit to put the tying run on third in the bottom of the seventh. But the Maine State Champions sat down three hitters in a row to secure a 9-8 win in the opener of the New England Regional Championship at Bullens Field. Reliever Parker Bjorklund got two strikeouts and a groundball to shortstop to stop a four-run Southern Berkshire rally as the Greater Sanford, Maine, All-Stars opened pool play with a win. Southern Berkshire (0-1) will be back at Bullens on Saturday afternoon to face Franklin County, Vt., before finishing play in the >> Read More |
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