Sports 'N Stuff: Finally Some Respect For Berkshire County Athletics
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That's right folks. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) released the seeds yesterday and Drury High School took the top spot in Division II clearly making them the team to beat this year. Mount Greylock, Wahconah Regional and Monument Mountain sit 5,7 and 8 respectively. In addition, Taconic is seeded fifth in the D1 tourney and Mount Everett took the third spot in Division III.
This could be a banner postseason for the county and, even it turns out not to be, it's about time that the MIAA recognized the efforts our teams put forth out here in the REAL Western Mass! For entirely too long our teams have gotten the shaft when it comes to getting some respect for the various sports tournaments.
The Drury girls should be commended for an awesome season going 17-3 after losing 10 players from last years' sectional championship team. I have followed them for quite some time having had a daughter play on Coach Maroni's Western Mass title team a few years ago (wow I am so old I can't remember what year)! It gets a little tiresome that they typically get seeded somewhere in the middle and have to play their way through top teams on the road. The same thing was standard for girls' basketball. I remember many conversations with local fans about how it was a shame our teams don't get recognized more by the state's association.
Well, girls your time has come. Hopefully, all the teams fare well. My heart, though, is with the Lady Devils. After a 17-3 season, you deserve that one seed. Good luck and Go Devils !
