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Updated July 16, 2017 07:36PM

Bulldogs Advance to Cal Ripken State Final

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GREENFIELD, Mass. -- Tyler Bartini and Tyler Carlson each hit a two-run home run to highlight the Lanesborough Bulldogs’ 11-1 win over Greenfield in the semi-finals of the Cal Ripken Baseball League 11-and-under Western Mass State Tournament.


The Bulldogs Monday at 3 face Ash/West in the finals of the double-elimination tournament, needing to win twice after falling to Ash/West earlier in the tournament.


Damon Pause and Bartini split time on the mound in the semi-final win.


Carlson also added an RBI double, and the Bulldogs got RBIs from Judge Martin and Mason Abdalla in the “mercy” rule, four-inning win.


Bulldogs 16, Ayer/Shirley 0

The  Bulldogs opened the tourney with a four-inning win. Kyle Kelly and Josh Worthington split time on mound. The offense was led by Damon Pause, who had two home runs, and Damenecoe Conway and Emile Mille, who each homered. Bulldogs scored 13 runs in the third to open up the game.


Bulldogs 11, Greenfield 5

Judge Martin, Tyler Carlson & Tyler Bartini share time on the mound. Bulldogs broke open a close 1-0 game in the bottom of the 5th with 11 runs to mercy rule Greenfield on Saturday. Martin ended the game with a walk-off grand slam.


Ash/West 6, Bulldogs 4

Ash/West came from behind to hand the Bulldogs their first loss of the tournament. Lanesborough had a 4-0 lead with help from Tyler Carlson's solo HR in the second and a three-run third led by singles by Caleb Low and Emile Miller and a two-run bunt by Conway. Conway then scored on a passed ball. Ash/West, however, rallied in the fifth with six runs to advance to the title game on Monday. Kelly pitched four strong innings for the Bulldogs.

 

 

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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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