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ROXBURY, Mass. -- The girls of the West squad came home from the Bay State Games with silver medals around their necks. But the experience of playing for that team was as good as gold. For a little more than a month, 12 girls from six different schools throughout Berkshire County sweated together it out in the gym at Pittsfield's Miss Hall's School, forming a cohesive unit that was able to hold its own against all-comers at the Boston sports festival. Making the team allowed the girls to work on their game on the court and form bonds off the court. "I think it was a great opportunity," recent Drury High graduate Emily Moulton said. "It

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Berkshire All-Stars Fall Short in Bay State Games Finale

By Stephen Dravis, iberkshires Staff
08:10PM / Sunday, July 20, 2014

ROXBURY, Mass. — Some of the best high school girls basketball players in Western Massachusetts went east with one simple mission: to show the world that Berkshire County hoops is legit. Message delivered. The West came up a little short on Sunday evening — literally and figuratively — in a Bay State Games gold medal game where the Bostonians' height proved decisive. But after going 5-1 over three days and splitting with the Metro team that won the title, 78-65, on Sunday, the Berkshire all-stars have nothing to feel down about. "I think the biggest thing is these kids came out here just wanting to prove they can play," West coach

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West Roars to Final at Bay State Games

10:13PM / Saturday, July 19, 2014

MELROSE, Mass. -- Some of Berkshire County's best high school girls basketball players have proven to be some of the best in the state.

And on Sunday, they will look to end the debate. The West team at the Bay State Games will play in the Gold Medal game Sunday afternoon at Roxbury's Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center after posting a 4-0 record on the first two days of the tournament. Mount Greylock's Lucy Barrett and Pittsfield's Peyton Steinman have been among the leaders of the squad, made up of six girls from public high schools and six prep school athletes. "I'm so proud of this group of kids," West coach Matthew Ward said.

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Successful PGA Junior Event Wraps Up in Williamstown

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Sportsa
07:47PM / Thursday, July 10, 2014

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Daniel Martinez was a wire-to-wire winner at the PGA Junior Series event at Taconic Golf Club this week. But it was not easy. Martinez, of Austin, Texas, gave away most of his five-stroke lead coming into Thursday's final round but rallied to win by a convincing seven stroke margin. "I had to settle in," Martinez said after securing an exemption to this month's Junior PGA Championship in his home state. "I made a huge putt on 10, probably a 15-foot curler for par from above the hole, which is not where you want to be. After that, I got into a little bit more of a rhythm. Everything after that felt a little

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Girls Tied at PGA Junior Series Event in Williamstown

05:33PM / Wednesday, July 09, 2014

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Things have tightened up a little bit after Day 2 at the PGA Junior Series event at Taconic Golf Club. In the girls division, Lois Kaye Go, a resident of South Orange, N.J., carded a 2-over round of 73 to pull into a first-place tie with Texas' Maya Walton at 9-over with one round left in the three-day event. Virginian Alex Wright is just one stroke off the lead at 10-over after a plus-5 on Wednesday. Walton, who was just 2-over after Day 1, struggled on the front nine with six bogeys. Kaye Go, who already has a berth in the Junior PGA National Championship by virtue of winning the NJPGA Junior PGA Championship Qualifier last month, was

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Texans Lead at Taconic

09:38PM / Tuesday, July 08, 2014

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Austin, Texas, high school sophomore Daniel Martinez carded a 2-under round of 69 on Tuesday to take the lead at the PGA Junior series event at Taconic Golf Club. Martinez recorded five birdies -- on the par-5 first and 10th holes and on the par-4 second, 13th and 15th -- on his way to a five-stroke lead after the first day of the three-day event. The winner of the 15-18 age group this week will earn an exemption to the Junior PGA Championship. Christopher Gay of Bronxville, N.Y., is second going into Wednesday's action at 3-over. In third is rising senior Christopher Thompson of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., who is tied with Illinois'

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PGA Junior Golf Series Comes to Williamstown

09:14PM / Monday, July 07, 2014

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Junior golfers from throughout the Northeast will be at Taconic Golf Club this week to compete for a berth in the 39th Junior PGA Championship. Taconic is one of eight sites nationwide in the PGA Junior series. The local tournament -- the sixth of the series -- will be played July 8-10. The boy who wins in the 15-18 division and the girls overall winner this week will earn an exemption into the national championship, scheduled for July 29 to Aug. 1 at Miramont Country Club in Bryan, Texas. This week's 80-player field includes golfers from 11 states and four countries. The boys 15-18 division includes Williamstown's Kyle Alvarez and Matthew

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Longtime North Adams Little League Coach Leaving Bench

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Sports
03:53PM / Sunday, July 06, 2014

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Coach Steve Phaneuf decided to hang up his whistle this spring after serving the North Adams Little League for 34 years. His impact on the city's baseball program will be felt for years to come. "From a coaching standpoint, I can tell you this: To the player, every player coach Phaneuf has coached who has come up to our program had two things," Drury High School baseball coach Pat Boulger said. "He was fundamentally sound." If you had a coach Phaneuf player, you had no doubts this guy had the fundamentals of the game down solid. From a coaching standpoint, you appreciate that at the high school level. "The

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Williamstown Cal Ripken Stars Bow Out at States

02:37PM / Sunday, July 06, 2014

SUTTON, Mass. -- Uxbridge scored two runs in the fifth to erase a 1-0 Williamstown lead and held on for a 3-1 win in the 10-and-under Cal Ripken state championships on Sunday. Williamstown ended pool play with a record of 1-2 and failed to advance to Monday's semi-finals. Landen Jamula struck out seven in five innings of work on the mound and drove in a run in the bottom of the first for Williamstown. Derek Paris scored Williamstown's run, and Josh Polumbo had a hit. For Uxbridge (2-1, pool play), Zach Feeney struck out 12, including two in the sixth with a man on.

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Williamstown Cal Ripken Stars Lose Second Outing at States

08:08PM / Saturday, July 05, 2014

SUTTON, Mass. -- The Williamstown 10-and-under Cal Ripken baseball all-stars fell to 1-1 in pool play at the state tournament with a 7-6 loss to Hudson on Saturday afternoon. Williamstown rallied from a 6-4 deficit to tie it in the top of the sixth thanks to a one-out RBI single by Alex Axt and a bases loaded walk drawn by Miles Cece. Hudson pitcher Brady Stewart fielded a line drive back to the mound and got a strikeout to end the threat. Hudson then won the game in the bottom of the inning. Axt ended up going 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Jake Cangelosi and Landen Jamula split time on the mound. Cagelosi started and went 4-1/3, striking out two with three

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