Drury High School Athletic Director John Franzoni announced several changes to the Blue Devils' fall sports schedules on Saturday:

GIRLS SOCCER:
vs. Easthampton — new date 9/22 (postponed from 9/9)
at St Joe — will be played on 9/27 at BCC @ 6:30 p.m. (varsity only)
 
BOYS SOCCER:
at St Joe — will be played on 9/17 at BCC @ 6:30 p.m. (varsity only)
at Taconic — will be played on 9/21 at BCC @ 7 p.m. (JV will play @ 5:30 at Taconic HS)
at Hoosac — game has been moved to Thursday, Sept 30 (moved from 10/1)
 
CROSS COUNTRY:
at Wahconah — meet will now be run on Thursday, Sept 30 (moved from 9/29)
 
GOLF:
vs. Mt Greylock — new date will be Monday, Sept 20 (moved from 9/7)
at Lenox — new date will be Wednesday, Sept 29 (moved from 9/17)
 
FOOTBALL:
Varsity game vs. Hoosac on November 6 — game time is 2:30 p.m.
JV football changes;
at Mt Greylock — game time is 6 p.m. on Sept 27
at Monument — new date is Sunday, Oct 17 @ 2 p.m. (moved from 10/18)
at Lee — game time is 5 p.m. on Oct 25

Athletic directors can e-mail all schedule changes and announcements to info@iBerkshires.com. Futhermore, local coaches are encouraged to e-mail individual team updates, scores and other interesting anecdotes to pronan@iBerkshire.com, and the info will be shared on the 4th and Inches sports blog.

Sorry, Ali Fedotowsky (a.k.a The Bachelorette) but you’re old news. There’s another star hailing from the Village Beautiful, and yes…..it’s a purple cow.

The Williams College mascot is about to get a whole lot of face time, and the man behind the mask is a Drury High School graduate.

Beginning this Monday (September 13), ESPN will begin airing a College GameDay commercial featuring some of the most recognizable mascots in the country: the Florida Gator, Oregon Duck, Texas Tech Raider, Georgia Bulldog, Penn Quaker, Ohio State Buckeye and …

…..the Purple Cow from Williams College.

And who better to don the purple attire than Stamford, Vt. native and Drury grad James Dunn, who recently graduated from Williams. Dunn provides an entertaining personal account here from his trip to Long Beach, Calif.

This is all pretty exciting, wouldn’t you say? Among some of the biggest powerhouses in collegiate sports, and there’s the Division III Ephs, representing a quaint town nestled in the northwestern most corner of Massachusetts. But why? There’s a great back story, and The Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan has the scoop.

Ryan’s column is a great read, featuring plenty of local references sprinkled throughout, including a quote from Williams College information director Dick Quinn.

Here are the fall sports schedules for Pittsfield, Taconic and Mount Greylock high schools:

Pittsfield Generals

Taconic Braves

Mount Greylock Mounties

Drury High School released its schedule earlier this summer.

iBerkshires.com encourages local athletic directors to submit their fall schedules to info@iBerkshires.com.

The Berkshire Elite Bulldogs U-13 lacrosse team captured second place at the "Beast of the East" tournament at UMass-Amherst this past weekend. The Bulldogs were made up of Tri-Mountain League players from Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.

The Bulldogs, who went 4-1 throughout the tourney, are pictured above:
Back Row: Aidan Reilly, Michael McCormack, Matt Hogan, Tec Calcagni and Carter Stripp.
Middle Row: Tommy Astle, Kyle Bazonski, Connor Balestra, Cal Filson, Sean McCormack, Dan Finnegan and Benni McCommish.
Front Row: Patrick Storie and Jackson Thibodeau.

SteepleCats starting pitcher Robert Nixon, a Welland, Ontario native, never played for the team but knows firsthand how good the players on the team are.

"The guys playing on the team now are four years younger than me so I haven't played with or against them," said Nixon. "I remember playing against kids on that team when I was in high school, though, and they were terrific. They've produced a lot of Major League draft picks."