Williams Men's, Women's Hockey Win

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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- The Williams College men's hockey team came away with a narrow 4-3 victory over the Wesleyan Cardinals Saturday afternoon
 
The Ephs scored three goals in the second period to propel them to another four-point weekend.
 
Senior netminder Noah Klag made 27 saves for the Ephs (15-4-1, 11-2-1 NESCAC), while Dawson Sprigings made 28 saves in net for the Cardinals (2-11-8, 2-6-7). 
 
Wesleyan took a 2-0 lead after the first period, but the Ephs answered with three goals in the second. Roberto Cellini and Greg Johnson each scored before Tyler Young scored a shorthanded goal to give Williams the lead. Cellini added a goal in the third.
 
Williams takes a five-game winning streak into Thursday's game against Middlebury at Lansing Chapman Rink.
 
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Christina Cleroux made 22 saves to earn her third shutout of the season on Saturday as the Williams women's hockey team beat Trinity, 4-0.
 
Annie Rush, Talia Simon, Kearan Burke and Alex Lovaas scored for Williams (12-8-0, 8-6-0).
 
The Ephs face off against Oswego State Friday night.
 
WRESTLING
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Williams wrestling team Saturday hosted No. 9 Ithaca College, Oneonta State, and Wesleyan University on Senior Day.
 
The Ephs (12-4) opened the day battling Oneonta State and Williams claimed a decisive 36-19 win notching six pins. Eph winners via pin included Matt Morris (125), Ben Morton (133), Jake Savoca (149), Tim Garripoli (165), Chris Chorzepa (184) and Anthony Brooks (197).
 
In their second match of the day the Ephs again posted six pins. In downing Little Three and NESCAC foe Wesleyan, 43-10, the Ephs showed how far they have progressed since facing Wesleyan on Jan. 22 in the third place match at the NEWA Duals. Back then, the Ephs edged Wesleyan by two points, 24-22.
 
n the 16th ranked Ephs' final match of the day they were paired with No. 9 Ithaca.
 
Ithaca wasted no time in establishing control of the match winning the first seven bouts and building a lead of 24-0, before Eph junior Chris Chrzepa won 7-4 at 184. Chorzepa went 3-0 on the day and has extended his season long win streak to 33.
 
Next Saturday the Ephs will head to Springfield College to compete in a tri-match at noon against Springfield and WPI.
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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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