Lanesborough 12-Year-Olds Reach State Final

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FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Andre Collins went 3-for-3 and scored three runs to lead the Lanesborough 12-year-old Bulldogs to a 10-4 win over Westminster in the Cal Ripken State Tournament semi-finals.
 
The Bulldogs will face Ayer-Shirley on Monday at 5:30 at Fitchburg's Anson Field for the state championship.
 
Lucas Bombardier hit a home run and Ethan Lebatt pitched four strong innings to earn the win on the mound for Lanesborough.
 
Tyler Cantata pitched a scoreless fifth before Bombardier came on to close things out in the sixth
 
Westminster loaded the bases with nobody out and a seven-run deficit, but Paulie Roeder stabbed a grounder at third, touched third and threw to first to complete a double play.
 
The next batter grounded out to Charlie Gratton to end the game.
 
The Bulldogs, who have players from Lanesborough, Pittsfield, the Lee-Lenox area and Pownal, Vt., went 2-1 in pool play to reach Sunday's semi-final.
 
Lanesborough beat Naragansset, 19-6, on Friday, lost to Ayer-Shirley, 12-5, on Saturday morning and beat host Fitchburg, 8-5, on Sunday morning.
 
Ayer-Shirley advanced to Monday's final with a 5-4 win over Greenfield in nine innings on Sunday evening.
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Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corporation Scholarships

LUDLOW, Mass. — For the third year, Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corporation (BWPCC) will award scholarships to students from Lanesborough and Hancock. 
 
The scholarship is open to seniors at Mount Greylock Regional High School and Charles H. McCann Technical School. BWPCC will select two students from the class of 2024 to receive $1,000 scholarships.
 
The scholarships will be awarded to qualifying seniors who are planning to attend either a two- or four-year college or trade school program. Seniors must be from either Hancock or Lanesborough to be considered for the scholarship. Special consideration will be given to students with financial need, but all students are encouraged to apply.
 
The BWPCC owns and operates the Berkshire Wind Power Project, a 12 turbine, 19.6-megawatt wind farm located on Brodie Mountain in Hancock and Lanesborough. The non-profit BWPCC consists of 16 municipal utilities located in Ashburnham, Boylston, Chicopee, Groton, Holden, Hull, Ipswich, Marblehead, Paxton, Peabody, Russell, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Templeton, Wakefield, and West Boylston, and their joint action agency, the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC). 
 
To be considered, students must submit all required documents including a letter of recommendation from their school counselor and a letter detailing their educational and professional goals. Application and submission details will be shared with students via their school counselors. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 19.
 
 MMWEC is a not-for-profit, public corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts created by an Act of the General Court in 1975 and authorized to issue tax-exempt debt to finance a wide range of energy facilities.  MMWEC provides a variety of power supply, financial, risk management and other services to the state's consumer-owned, municipal utilities. 
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