Stanley named NECBL Co-Player of the Week

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NORTH ADAMS – For his efforts over the course of the SteepleCats six game winning streak, Cody Stanley has been named the NECBL Co-Player of the Week for the week ending July 13.

Stanley hit .520 (13-for-25) this past week, in which the SteepleCats went 6-0. Keying the North Adams offensive attack, the freshman catcher from UNC-Wilmington scored 13 runs, drove in 12 more while hitting two doubles a triple and two homers. He also stole three bases.

One of the keys for North Adams over the course of the winning streak has been jumping on teams early, outscoring the opposition 11-0 in the first inning. Stanley has been a big part of that push driving in three of those runs. He also clubbed a towering homerun to rightfield that proved to be the eventual game-winning run against Holyoke on Sunday.

The SteepleCats head out on the road for two key games against Keene on Tuesday and division rival Newport on Wednesday. Tuesday’s game starts at 7 p.m. with Wednesday having a 6:35 p.m. first pitch. You can catch all the action on the team’s website at www.steeplecats.com and by following the Teamline link.
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Sanford, Maine, Edges SteepleCats in Season Opener

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The SteepleCats Sunday started their 2026 season the way they ended their 2025 campaign: with a narrow loss to the Sanford Mainers.
 
Sanford, which won a best-of-three playoff series against North Adams last August, scored four runs on 14 hits to earn a 4-2 win at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
The Mainers broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run rally in the third inning, and four Sanford pitchers combined to collect 11 strikeouts as the visitors improved to 2-1 this summer.
 
North Adams, which saw its planned road opener rained out on Saturday, got to open the season in front of its home fans.
 
And those fans saw a strong performance from the North Adams pitching staff, which, despite allowing 14 hits, including five doubles, gave up just three earned runs.
 
“I like the grit,” SteepleCats coach Mike Gladu said of his team’s Game 1 performance. “I thought the pitchers performed pretty well. We had a couple of situations where we definitely should have gotten some runs in and didn’t get that hit.
 
“And there were a couple of plays with a little rust. Certainly, the ball that was hit over [Evan] Meier’s in left field, he just mistracked that one. And the extra run they scored in the eighth, the kid wasn’t going to go [from third on a fly ball], we made a throw and nobody could stop it.
 
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