Williams Opens New Football Field With Shutout Win

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- In a game that delighted the packed stands of brand new Farley-Lamb Field, the Williams College Ephs (1-0) blanked the Bowdoin College Polar Bears (0-1) by a score of 36-0 on Saturday.
 
The Ephs displayed facility with both the rush and pass offense: quarterback Austin Lommen, a transfer from Boston College, went 18-27 for 184 yards and running back Alex Scyocurka rushed for 128 yards on 19 carries. Eight of Lommen's completions were to his high school teammate Steven Kiesel, who recorded 62 yards receiving.
 
Williams opened the scoring on their second drive of the game with an impressive 8-play march of 65 yards to the endzone. After a beautiful 21-yard pass from Lommen to WR Darrias Sime, Scyocurka capped the drive with a 15-yard run untouched into the end zone.
 
After neither team was able to score on their next possession, Bowdoin started a drive on their own four yard line. However, Polar Bear quarterback Mac Caputi's second pass of the drive was picked off by Williams DB Taysean Scott after bouncing off the helmet of receiver Daniel Barone, and Scott was able to find an easy route to the end zone. Joe Mallock missed the PAT, making the score 13-0.
 
The Ephs forced Bowdoin to punt on their ensuing possession, and returner Tom Cabarle took it 27 yards, giving the Williams offense excellent field position on the Bowdoin 27-yard line. On the first play of the drive, Ephs QB Austin Lommen connected with WR Colin Brown on a well-run post route, moving the Ephs up to the 3. Two plays later, Jean Luc Etienne punched it in for the score, putting Williams up 19-0 following another missed extra point.
 
Scyocurka scored on a 33-yard run in the third quarter, and Lommen hooked up with Jean Luc Etienne for a 34-yard scoring strike. Joseph Mallock capped the scoring with a 28-yard field goal.
 
Williams hosts Trinity next Saturday.
 
MEN'S SOCCER
 
AMHERST, Mass. -- Nico Pascual-Leone scored twice to lead the Amherst men's soccer team to 4-1 win over Williams on Saturday.
 
Andres Burbank-Crump scored for the Ephs (3-2, 2-2 NESCAC), who got four saves from Christian Alcorn.
 
Thomas Bull made four stops for Amherst (4-0-1, 3-0-1).
 
Williams hosts RPI on Tuesday afternoon.
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
 
AMHERST, Mass. -- Holly Burwick made 10 saves to lead Amherst (4-1, 2-1 NESCAC) to a 2-0 win over Williams on Saturday.
 
Hannah Guzzi and Emily Hester scored for the Jeffs.
 
Williams (4-1, 2-1) travels to meet Castleton State on Sunday at noon.
 
FIELD HOCKEY
 
AMHERST, Mass. -- Madeline Tank and Annie Turbull scored to give the Amherst field hockey team (4-2, 2-2 NESCAC) a 2-0 win over Williams, which has not beaten the Jeffs since 2009.
 
Margaret Draper stopped six shots for Williams (3-2, 2-1), which travels to meet Smith on Tuesday evening.
 
WOMEN'S GOLF
 
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- Williams College's women's golf team is in first place after Day One of the Mount Holyoke Invitational.
 
The Ephs shot 322 to lead Middlebury and Ithaca College, who shot 324 and 326, respectively. The lowest individual scores for the day were a pair of 76s from Jamie Gracie of Amherst and Michelle Peng of Middlebury.
 
Tracey Kim led the Ephs with a 79, one of the few players to break 80 and, as such, is currently in fifth place.
 
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Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed Assessments

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration.
 
The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers.
 
The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency account, the equivalent of a municipal free cash balance, an accrual of lower-than-anticipated expenses and higher-than-anticipated revenue in any given year.
 
That represented a 90 percent jump from the $350,000 allocated from E&D for fiscal year 2024, which ends on June 30. And, coupled with more robust use of the district's tuition revenue account (7 percent more in FY25) and School Choice revenue (3 percent more), the draw down on E&D is seen as a stopgap measure to mitigate a spike in FY25 expenses and an unsustainable budgeting strategy long term, administrators say.
 
The budget passed by the School Committee on Thursday continues to rely more heavily on reserves than in years past, but to a lesser extent than originally proposed.
 
Specifically, the budget the panel approved includes a total assessment to Williamstown of $13,775,336 (including capital and operating costs) and a total assessment to Lanesborough of $6,425,373.
 
As a percentage increase from the FY24 assessments, that translates to a 3.90 percent increase to Williamstown and a 3.38 percent increase to Lanesborough.
 
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