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Back row, from left: coaches Len Miller, Amy Pires and Alyssa Sorrentino. Middle row: Savannah Reber, Kelsey Kirchner, Charlie Keator, Kylie Schmidt, Autumn Biernacki and Dayna Ackerman. Kneeling: Claire O’Brien, Chloe Parsenios, Grace Julieano and Jocelyn Fairfield, who also received the MVP award.

Lenox Youth Basketball Team Wins Tournament on Cape

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BOURNE, Mass. — The Lenox fifth- and sixth-grade girls travel basketball team won its age group last weekend at the Busnengo Tournament, sponsored by Bourne Youth Basketball.
 
The Lenox squad won its fourth game of the tournament on Sunday, beating West Warwick, R.I., 22-19, to take the title.
 
West Warwick had advanced to the title game with an upset win over East Greenwich, the top-rated team in Rhode Island, which came into the tournament with 50 straight wins.
 
"The championship game was a real battle," Lenox coach Len Miller said. " Our girls played great defense during tournament and played hard and as a team, team effort to win all the four games.
 
"Really fun way to end season going to Cape, all Lenox travel teams go."
 
The fifth-grade team includes: Dana Ackerman, Autumn Biernacki, Jocelyn Fairfield, Grace Julieano, Charlie Keator, Kelsey Kirchner, Claire O'Brien, Chloe Parsenios, Savannah Reber and Kylie Schmidt.

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Ghost Tour at Ventfort Hall

LENOX, Mass. — Join Robert Oakes, author of "Ghosts of the Berkshires," who will lead participants through the rooms and halls of Ventfort Hall sharing tales of its alleged hauntings.
 
The tour will take place at 8 pm on Saturday March 16.
 
Admission is $30 and minimum age to attend is age 12. Reservations are strongly recommended as tickets are limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations visit https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call at 413-637-3206. All tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Payment is required to make a reservation for an event.
 
This is not an active investigation.
 
Robert Oakes is an author, teacher, storyteller, and singer/songwriter originally from northern New Jersey and currently residing in the Berkshires.. Since 2010 Robert has led the ghost tours at Edith Wharton's The Mount in Lenox, and has represented the museum and its ghosts on Syfy's Ghost Hunters, Jeff Belanger's New England Legends series on PBS, and The Apple Seed show on BYUradio. 
 
In 2020, Robert's debut book, "Ghosts of the Berkshires," was published by Arcadia Publishing and is on sale now in our gift shop. Robert's latest book, "Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey," was released in September 2022.
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