SteepleCats bats go batty

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NORTH ADAMS-The North Adams SteepleCats handed the Keene Swamp Bats a 12-3 loss Tuesday. Casey McKenzie (University of Tampa) struck out 10 and allowed one earned runs on five hits through eight innings of work for North Adams. The SteepleCats, banged out 11 hits in the team’s eighth win in 10 games. Mike Wagner (University of Washington) and Matt Lein (Wofford College) combined to knock in six runs for North Adams. Seth Pietsch (Oregon State) also knocked in two runs, raising his league-leading total to 24, for North Adams. Keene’s Jeff Barry (University of Vermont) was 2-for-3 with two RBI. New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) Results for Tuesday, July 16 North Adams 12, Keene 3 Middletown 5, Riverpoint (West Warwick) 4 Newport 1, Sanford 0 Thread City (Willimantic) 6, Manchester 3 Danbury 3, Mill City (Lowell) 0 Schedule for Wednesday, July 17 Sanford at Keene (Alumni Field, Keene, N.H.), 7 p.m. Middletown at Thread City (Willimantic) (ECSU Field, Willimantic, Conn.), double header—first game starts at 6 p.m. Newport at Riverpoint (West Warwick) (McCarthy Stadium, West Warwick, R.I.), 7 p.m. Torrington at Danbury (Rogers Park, Danbury, Conn.), double header—first game starts at 5 p.m. Mill City (Lowell) at North Adams (Joe Wolfe Field, North Adams, Mass.) 7 p.m. Schedule for Thursday, July 18 Keene at Concord (Doane Field, Concord, N.H.), 7 p.m. Newport at Middletown (Palmer Field, Middletown, Conn.), 7 p.m. Riverpoint (West Warwick) at North Adams (Joe Wolfe Field, North Adams, Mass.), 7 p.m. Thread City (Willimantic) at Torrington (Fuessenich Park, Torrington, Conn.), 7 p.m. Danbury at Manchester (Northwest Park, Manchester, Conn.), 7 p.m. NECBL Game Summaries for Tuesday, July 16 Middletown, Conn. · The Middletown Giants defeated the Riverpoint (West Warwick) Royals, 5-4. Jim Carone (Monmouth University) got his first won of the season pitching 7 1/3 innings, striking out three and allowing three earned runs on 10 hits. Ron Accabo went 2-for-4 with two RBI for Middletown and teammate Anthony Aquilino went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI. Joe Cantone (CCRI) was 2-for-5 with a run scored, including a home run and had two RBI. Newport, R.I. · A sacrifice fly by Vito Chiaravalloti (Richmond) in the first inning was all the Newport Gulls would need to defeat the Sanford Mainers, 1-0. Rusty Begnaud (McNeese State) pitched a complete game two-hitter and struck out six en route to his fourth victory. Newport has now won six straight while Sanford has dropped three. Manchester, Conn. · The Thread City (Willimantic) Tides snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating the Manchester Silkworms, 6-3. The Thread City attack was well-balanced as six different players came through with an RBI. Jeremy Terni (UConn-Avery Point), Matt Dahlman (Williams College) and Alex Taylor (Chapman University) all had two hits on the night for Thread City. Zane Green (Clemson) had two hits on night for Manchester, including a two-run homer in the sixth. Lowell, Mass. · Thomas Maisano (Fairfield) hurled eight scoreless innings as the Danbury Westerners blanked the Mill City All-Americans, 3-0. Maisano struck out eight while walking none and gave up just four hits to pick up his fourth win of the season. Jeff Baisley (South Florida) accounted for all the Danbury runs going 2-for-4 with three runs batted in. In its last 10 games, Danbury has gone 8-2 and has now won two straight.
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Northern Berkshire United Way Sets 90th Annual Meeting

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire United Way holds its 90th annual meeting and campaign kickoff breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 16. 
 
The breakfast will be held from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Norad Mill's 3West event space and cated by Bounti-Fare Restaurant of Adams. 
 
Guest speakers will be Matt Alcombright, executive director of Berkshire Food Project, and Deborah Leonczyk, executive director of Berkshire Community Action Council.
 
The business meeting will include election of officers for the coming year; the official kickoff will announce the chairs and the goal of the 2026/2027 campaign drive. Corporate sponsors this year are Adams Community Bank and Greylock Federal Credit Union. 
 
In addition to speakers from organizations supported by NBUW, the agency will celebrate the impact they are making together across Northern Berkshire, share a look at what's ahead, and kick off another year of working together to strengthen the community.
 
More information and registration here. 
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