SteepleCats Win Regular Season Finale

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Michael Babb hit a two-run home run to lead the North Adams SteepleCats to a 4-0 win over Newport in New England Collegiate Baseball League on Saturday at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
With the win and a loss by Laconia, the SteepleCats (21-21) clinched third place in the NECBL Northern Division. North Adams will face second place Sanford, Maine, this week in the first round of the playoffs.
 
Jim Haley went 2-for-3 with an RBI in an eight-hit attack for North Adams, which won its second straight to close the regular season.
 
Matthew Kostalos earned the win with three innings on the mound. Mount Greylock graduate Rob Buffis pitched two innings of one-hit relief as the the SteepleCats used five pitchers on the night.
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BAAMS' Monthly Studio 9 Series Features Mino Cinelu

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On April 20, Berkshires' Academy of Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) will host its fourth in a series of live music concerts at Studio 9.
 
Saturday's performance will feature drummer, guitarist, keyboardist and singer Mino Cinelu.
 
Cinelu has worked with Miles Davis, Sting, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Vicente Amigo, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Branford Marsalis, Pino Daniele, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Salif Keita.
 
Cinelu will be joined by Richard Boulger on trumpet and flugelhorn, Dario Boente on piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis on drums and percussion.
 
Doors open: 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased here.
 
All proceeds will help support music education at BAAMS, which provides after-school and Saturday music study, as well as a summer jazz-band day camp for students ages 10-18, of all experience levels.
 
Also Saturday, the BAAMS faculty presents master-class workshops for all ages, featuring Cinelu, Boulger, Boente, Lewis and bassist Nathan Peck.
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