ADAMS, Mass. -- Zach Swistak broke a 5-5 tie in the sixth to lead the Adams 11- and 12-year-old All-Stars to a 7-5 win over North Adams on Monday evening in the District 1 tournament.

 

Matt Jette and Spencer Valois combined for the win on the mound for Adams, which survived its first game in the consolation bracket of the double-elimination tournament and advanced to face Dalton on Wednesday evening.

 

Colby Rougeau had two hits for Adams.

 

Jarred Blondin had a two-run double for North Adams, which was eliminated from the tournament with the loss.

 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Lawrence Carrier scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Dagnoli to a 74-60 win over Bloom Property Management on Sunday in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League.

 

Keiland Cross also scored 19 to go along with eight boards and two blocks for the winners.

 

Nick Bourdon scored 20 points, and Tyler Benoit scored 13 for Bloom.

 

Moonlight Diner defeated Central Radio, 68-61, behind 21 points and 10 rebounds by Geoff Kondel and 16 points from Jamual Warren and Brendon Kordana.

 

Central Radio's Travis Severs tied for game-high honors with 21 points, and Chad Pulver scored 19.

 

In Sunday's final game, Ty Rochester scored 27 points to lead Moresi & Associates to a 58-44 win over Mingo's/Greylock Bowl & Golf. Trevor Alibozek scored 11 points in the win.

 

For Mingo's, Kollin Allard scored 15, and Bob Malloy added 11.

ADAMS, Mass. -- Pittsifeld South won once in dramatic fashion and once in a runaway as the District 1 11-12-year-old Little League baseball tournament got under way.

 

On Saturday, South scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to edge North Adams, 4-3. On Sunday afternoon, South beat Pittsfield-West, 10-0. See photos here.

 

The double-elimination tournament continues on Monday evening when North Adams faces Adams at 5:30.

 

Adams picked up its first loss against Pittsfield-West on Saturday. Dalton beat Pittsfield-North in Saturday's other game.

 

On Sunday, Great Barrington handed Dalton its first loss.

 

The tournament features games every night this week with the district championship to be decided on Saturday or Sunday.

 

More photos here. 

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. 

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 walks.

 

All four teams in Williamstown's pool are tied at 1-1 with one game for each on Sunday. If Williamstown beats Uxbridge and Hudson loses, Williamstown will advance to the semifinals. If both Williamstown and Hudson win, Williamstown will have a chance to advance based on a runs-allowed tie-breaker. 

 

In Saturday's skills competition, the Williamstown quartet of Jamula, Oscar Low, Cece and Tristan Gardner finished second int he team relay running competition, and Jamula and Josh Polumbo were second, and third, respectively, in the home run derby.