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Field, Mercier Lead West to Bay State Games Gold

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BOSTON — Despite trailing 44-36 at halftime, the West was able to rally back and win the Bay State Games Girls Basketball Showcase Gold Medal by a score of 73-69 on Sunday at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury Crossing.
 
The West had three players score over 10 points in the finale, including Hoosc Valley's Lexi Mercer who scored 16, and Fallon Field (Adams) and Katy O’Connor each finishing with 14 points.
 
Metro played well despite taking the loss, as they had three players score in double digits as well, led by Erin Donlon (Medford) who finished with 18 points. Makayla Graves (Topsfield) scored 13, and Olivia Dziadyk scored 11.
 
Field averaged 19 points per game for the West, which went 6-0 under head coach Amy Cyr, a Drury High graduate and Hampshire Regional varsity coach.
 
Drury's Brooke DiGennaro had 10 points in Saturday's West win over Central.
 
The West girls team also included Field's and Mercier's Hoosac Valley teammates Kailynne Frederick and Riley Robinson.

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Adams Sees No Races So Far

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — With less than a week left before nomination papers are due, there are currently no contested seats.
 
Only selectman incumbent John Duval has returned papers. Selectman Howard Rosenberg has decided not to seek re-election. 
 
Rosenberg, who was elected in 2021, said he has chosen not to run again to make room for younger candidates.
 
"I feel strongly, we need younger people running for public office,  as the future of our town lies within the younger  generation. The world is so fundamentally different today and rapidly changing to become even more so. I believe we need people who are less interested in trying to bring back the past, then in paving the way for a promising future. The younger generation can know that they can stay here and have a voice without having to leave for opportunities elsewhere," he said.
 
The only person to return papers so far is former member the board Donald Sommer. Sommer served as a selectman from 2007 to 2010 and before that was a member of the School Committee and the Redevelopment Authority. He ran unsuccessfully for selectman in 2019 and again in 2021 but dropped out of before the election.
 
Incumbent Moderator Myra Wilk and Town Clerk Haley Meczywor have returned papers for their respective positions.
 
Assessor Paula Wheeler has returned papers and incumbents James Loughman and Eugene Michalenko have returned papers for library trustees.
 
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