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Waubeeka Plans Glowball Tournament for CharityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:27PM / Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Golfers will light up the night sky and support a charity that helps underserved communities around the world at Waubeeka Golf Links this week. Waubeeka will host a Glowball Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 7 to 10 p.m., to benefit Hope International, a Pennsylvania-based Christian charity dedicated to sharing "the hope of Christ as we provide biblically based training, savings services, and loans that restore dignity and break the cycle of poverty." Chris Kapiloff, who purchased the golf course earlier this year, has firsthand experience with Hope International, having picked and roasted coffee beans alongside residents of Rwanda on >> Read More |
Berkshire Ajax Soccer Club Sets Tryouts| 03:24PM / Thursday, August 08, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Tryouts for the Berkshire Ajax Soccer Club take place on Sunday, Aug. 11, for children born between 2006 and 2012. Girls' tryouts are from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. and boys' are from 10:45 to noon. Location is the Farley-Lamb Field at the Weston Field complex. Register at berkshireajax.com; fill out forms and waivers. Any questions, contact Mike Russo at 413-441-6127 or trusso@williams.edu. >> Read More |
Williams' Kirshe, U.S. Women Earn Historic Bronze Medal| 01:50PM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
 In dramatic fashion Tuesday, the U.S. women's rugby sevens and Williams College graduate Kristi Kirshe beat Australia, 14-12, to win the bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games. Alex Sedrick made a run from deep in the Americans' defensive zone for a try with time expired to erase a 12-7Si deficit against the favored Aussies. Kirshe, who dominated Team USA's quarter-final victory on Monday to get to the medal round, started and played the length of Tuesday's semi-final loss and the third-place win. After Australia, the 2016 gold medalist, was shocked by Canada in the semi-finals, the Wallabies jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first two minutes of the >> Read More |
Kirshe, U.S. Rugby Drop to Bronze Medal Game| 09:59AM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
Williams College alum Kristi Kirshe and the U.S. women's rugby sevens team will play for a bronze medal at 1 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday after falling to defending gold medalist New Zealand, 24-12, in the semi-finals on Monday. Kirshe made two big plays at the end of each half in the semis. At the end of the first half, she made a tackle out of bounds on a New Zealand player just outside the try zone in extra time to keep it a two-point game. Team USA had scored first on a try from Alev Kelter with an assist from Kirshe to make it 5-0. New Zealand answered a minute later and made its conversion to take a 7-5 lead, which stood until half-time. The Black Birds >> Read More |
Williams Alum Kirshe Leads U.S. Rugby to Olympic Semi-FinalsiBerkshires.com Sports,
04:10PM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
 Williams College alum Kristi Kirshe and the U.S. women's rugby sevens team are one win away from securing a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. On Monday afternoon (EDT), the Eagles came from behind to beat Great Britain, 17-7, in the Olympic quarter-finals. And Kirshe was key in the win. Great Britain, which eliminated the Americans at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, took a 7-0 lead early and led, 7-5, at half-time. But Kirshe scored a try off the second-half restart to give the Eagles a 10-7 lead, and the conversion made it 12-7. Then, Kirshe assited on Sammy Sullivan's try to stretch the lead to 10 points. NBC commentator Rupert >> 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 |
Greylock Thunder Open Home Tourney with Convincing WinBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:40PM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After allowing the first batter she faced to reach base and score, Marlee Arhnold gave up nothing at all on Friday night. The Greylock Thunder’s Arnhold struck out eight and gave up just two hits in an 11-1, five-inning win over the Berkshire Force in the 14-and-under Summer Storm Tournament on Fran Millard Field. Genevieve Lagess went 2-for-3 with a double, and Gianna Witek was 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Thunder, which started its home tournament in style. Arnhold was in control throughout after giving up a leadoff walk to Lillian MacDonald and a two-out RBI triple to Kylie Duhamel in the bottom of the first inning. At one >> 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 |
'Striking Out Cancer' Event Returns June 29 in PittsfieldBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:00AM / Thursday, June 20, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Four years in and still swinging for the fences, the Striking out Cancer in the Berkshires fund-raiser returns on Saturday, June 29, at Clapp Park. The all-day baseball and women’s softball games are the brainchild of city resident Joe DiCicco, who conceived the event as a way to raise money to support the Jimmy Fund for cancer research and patient care at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. For $10, any player of any ability is welcome to join in the fun. Every participant receives a T-shirt commemorating the event. The action gets under way at 9 a.m. with a ceremonial first pitch by a child who benefited from the Jimmy >> Read More |
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