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Cross' Big Night Lifts Team in Narrow Giorgi League Win

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Keiland Cross scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Sunday to lead Lifting Standards to a 46-43 win over Flynn & Dagnoli/Kingsbread in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League.
 
Javi Osorio scored 10 points to back up Cross.
 
Sedale Jones had 13 points, and Lawrence Carrier contributed 11 points and eight boards for Flynn & Dagnoli. Lavante Wiggins finished in double figures with 10 points.
 
In Monday's other game, Pizza House topped RJ's Taxi, 78-48, behind 25 points and nine rebounds from Deshawn Hamlett. Clayton Palmer had a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds, and Khalil Paul scored 13 in the win.
 
Reece Racette led three players in double figures with 15 for RJ's, which got 11 points from Obilio Rodriguez and 10 from Hayden Bird.
 
On Monday night at Noel Field, Rivers Lawn Care/Timeless Training and Swish each picked up a win.
 
In the first game, Brandon Roughley scored 17 and Todd Hunt added 10 points and nine rebounds as Rivers beat Frank Field Contracting, 60-40.
 
Robbie Burke had a big night for Frank Field with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
 
Jerry McDonough scored 19 to lead Swish to a 70-43 win over Maselli/Bedard Bros.
 
Matt Chamberlin scored 15, and Caleb Mackey scored 12 and grabbed 13 rebounds in the win.
 
For Maselli, Devon Walker scored 19, and Dan Carroll and Zach Ronnow each scored 10.
 
Play continues Tuesday evening with two games scheduled for 6:30 at Noel Field with the Armory as a backup in case of rain.
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BAAMS' Monthly Studio 9 Series Features Mino Cinelu

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On April 20, Berkshires' Academy of Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) will host its fourth in a series of live music concerts at Studio 9.
 
Saturday's performance will feature drummer, guitarist, keyboardist and singer Mino Cinelu.
 
Cinelu has worked with Miles Davis, Sting, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Vicente Amigo, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Branford Marsalis, Pino Daniele, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Salif Keita.
 
Cinelu will be joined by Richard Boulger on trumpet and flugelhorn, Dario Boente on piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis on drums and percussion.
 
Doors open: 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased here.
 
All proceeds will help support music education at BAAMS, which provides after-school and Saturday music study, as well as a summer jazz-band day camp for students ages 10-18, of all experience levels.
 
Also Saturday, the BAAMS faculty presents master-class workshops for all ages, featuring Cinelu, Boulger, Boente, Lewis and bassist Nathan Peck.
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