Women's Basketball: MCLA 72-Worcester 59

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Over 65 girls in grades three to eight and 15 area women spent the afternoon celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day on the MCLA campus. They enjoyed a day of sport clinics run by 60 of the Trailblazer female athletes and four coaches in basketball, volleyball, soccer, and softball. The girls also had the chance to explore a career in athletic training hosted by MCLA's athletic trainers Matt Boillett and Amanda Beckwith or take part in a boxing session headed by Gail Gramdchamp.

A pizza party followed and the day was capped off by cheering on the women's basketball team to a 72-59 win over conference foe Worcester State College. MCLA improves to 11-8 overall and 2-5 in the MASCAC while Worcester falls to 5-14 overall and 1-6 in the conference. It was the 1996-97 season and 25 games ago when the Trailblazers last captured a win over the Lancers.

In the first half Laura Silverman (Ballston Lake, NY) and Jen Wehner (Cooperstown, NY) were both in double figures. Silverman started the Trailblazer scoring with six straight points and would finish the half with 10 of her 22 points on the night. Wehner entered the game and had an instant effect on both ends of the floor scoring 12 points and collecting six rebounds. Both teams battled back and forth in the half with a gap no greater than six points at any time. Worcester's Brittany McGinness (Billerica, MA) was her teams leader for the half with eight points. The Lancers took a one point, 33-32, lead into the break.

Worcester's held a brief three point lead in the second half, but Silverman again rattled off an early six straight points to give her team the lead for the rest of the game. The Trailblazers built a lead as much as 14 points behind the scoring of Wehner, Silverman, and Alie Dobrovolc (Little Falls, NY). With just over three minutes left, the Lancers would pull as close as three points (61-58) behind an 11-point scoring efforts of Alexis George (Worcester, MA). That's when Dobrovolc dropped five quick points to bring the lead back to eight with under three minutes to play. From there Worcester was forced to foul and Wehner took over the final scoring for the Trailblazers going 6 for 7 from the line sealing a much needed 72-59 conference win.
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Companion Corner Grey Boy at No Paws Left Behind

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — There's a cat No Paws Left Behind still waiting for his forever home.

iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home. He was previously highlighted but he now has new information.

Grey Boy is 10 years old and is a gray and white domestic shorthair and was previously highlighted on Companion Corner.

The shelter's Executive Director Noelle Howland introduced us to him and his long journey to be ready for adoption.

"He's been here a couple months. He was a transfer from a rescue in Bennington. They were out of space, so we had taken him in with a few other cats. So he's been here a couple months. He came in with what we believed was a respiratory infection," she said. "So it took us a little bit to get him ready, and then he also needed a dental. So he has nice, clean teeth. He had some teeth removed, and then he has to go back in and have one more dental. So he'll be all ready to go."

It was previously thought that he has feline herpes but he was recently diagnosed with a palette fracture because of how bad his dental disease was, which is what is causing his sneezing. He can now go home with cats, a cat-savvy dog and children.

"He has had two dentals since being with us. Due to the palate fracture he will be sneezy for the rest of his life, not contagious sneezing, but that doesn’t stop him from living a perfectly happy life. He should be on wet food with chunks due to this and since he has had many teeth removed," Howland said.

Grey Boy loves to play with toys and enjoy treats. He would also love to have a window to lounge or bird-watch in.

"He is not afraid of anything. He's very curious, so I'm sure he'd love if you have windows for him to look out of. He still plays, even though he's 10 it does not stop him. So any home would be a good fit for him."

Now that he is ready to be adopted, he is excited. When you walk into the room with him he will rub up against your leg introducing himself and asking to be pet.

"Usually, I would say, when you're walking, he'll bonk into you so he might catch you off guard a little bit. He constantly is rubbing against you," Howland said. "He really, I would say he's lazy when you want him to be, and he's active when you want him to be. He'll play with toys. He's usually lounging away. And then when he comes out he'll play. He loves it. So, very friendly, easy going cat."

He is now perfectly healthy with his dentals all done and veterinary care up to date and is ready to find his forever family.

"I would say the friendliest, easiest cat you could have. He's just, he's just gonna be a little sneezy sometimes, but that doesn't stop him from doing anything," she said.

Grey Boy's adoption fee is sponsored by Rooted in Balance Counseling LLC.

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