Castillo, Bond Cap Busy Week with Weekly Honor

The holiday break from school was no vacation for this week's iBerkshires.com/Bedard Bros. Athletes of the Week.

 

No one was busier as 2025 wound down than the Pittsfield High girls basketball team, which went 3-0 on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, winning the first two games on the road.

 

The Generals then rang in 2026 with a fourth win of the week on Friday, knocking off county rival Drury.

 

Harolyn Castillo has been a force in the paint for Pittsfield, averaging more than 19 points and nine rebounds per game on the young season.

 

She scored 24 points in a one-point, overtime win over Hornell of Western New York on Sunday. One night later, she matched that total and pulled down 12 rebounds against Niskayuna, N.Y.

 

She had another double-double -- 14 points, 11 boards -- as Pittsfield improved to 2-0 in the Valley League with a home win over Longmeadow.

 

This week, Pittsfield stays in the division with a home game against unbeaten Minnechaug on Tuesday and Thursday's trip to Northampton.

 

Drury's boys went 3-0 during the New Year's holiday week, and one of those wins brought with it a major milestone for junior Jorge Bond, who scored his 1,000th point at Veritas Prep Charter.

 

He followed that up with 35 more points in a Berkshire County League win at Monument Mountain three nights later.

 

Bond, who averaged almost 21 points per game as a sophomore, is even more dominant this year, putting in 29 points per game for the Blue Devils.

 

Drury is 6-1 this winter and takes a five-game winning streak into its next league showdown, Monday night in Bucky Bullett Gymnasium against unbeaten Wahconah.

 

The iBerkshires.com Athlete of the Week is sponsored by Bedard Bros.