Berkshire Lacrosse Team Takes 2nd at UMass Tournament

The Berkshire Elite Bulldogs U-13 lacrosse team captured second place at the "Beast of the East" tournament at UMass-Amherst this past weekend. The Bulldogs were made up of Tri-Mountain League players from Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.

The Bulldogs, who went 4-1 throughout the tourney, are pictured above:
Back Row: Aidan Reilly, Michael McCormack, Matt Hogan, Tec Calcagni and Carter Stripp.
Middle Row: Tommy Astle, Kyle Bazonski, Connor Balestra, Cal Filson, Sean McCormack, Dan Finnegan and Benni McCommish.
Front Row: Patrick Storie and Jackson Thibodeau.

Greylock Lax Notches Another Championship

More good news for the Mount Greylock lacrosse program.

The under-15 team captured  the Tri-Mountain League championship on Wednesday night, defeating Manchester, Vt., 8-7 in sudden-death overtime thriller.

Jeff Stripp, coach of the Mount Greylock team that captured the Berkshire County Lacrosse Association (BCLA) championship recently, is the head coach of the under-15 squad. John Hogan is the assistant coach.

Players on the u-15 title-winning squad are: Tristan Reinhard, Ross Burnham, Micheal Mcormack, Sean Finnegan, John Driver, John Driver, Niko Santore, Chad Trottier, Cal Filson, Matt Malloy, Carter Stripp, Aj Sabanski, Trent Tabor, Jake Kobrin, David Hamilton, Daivon Berne Clement, Carter Cummings, Austin Larabee, Cole Jackson, Jacob Rossitter, Sam Kobrin, Alejandro Viquez-salas, Jonah Groman and Jonah Kelly.

Adams Babe Ruth Pitcher Tosses No-Hitter

Mitch Graves, who plays on the Hoosac Valley Coal & Grain/Adams Co-operative Bank team in the Adams Babe Ruth league, pitched a no-hitter over Elks. He had 10 strikeouts with only one walk in an 11-0 victory.

Also, a big congrats goes out to the Mount Greylock boys' lacrosse team, which won its second consecutive Berkshire County Lacrosse Assocation (BCLA) championship on Wednesday night with a 13-8 victory over Lee. Senior Andy Budz led the Mounties with five goals. Marson Albert notched two goals and two assists, while Kyle Quagliano had two goals and one assist.

Other point-scorers were: Jason Pilot (one goal, four assists), Gus Colonna, (one goal, two assists), Noah Kelly (one goal, one assist) and Connor Field (one goal).