Greylock Thunder 12U Softball Opens Season with Win

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
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ADAMS, Mass. – Avery Lane went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles on Tuesday to lead the Greylock Thunder to a 20-11 win over Dalton in the teams’ opening games in the Berkshire County Fastpitch Softball 12-and-under division.
 
Greylock jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the first inning, but Dalton battled back with four-run rallies in the third and fourth innings to get back in the game.
 
Lane hit her first double of the game to drive in a run in the first-inning rally, which started with a leadoff single from Sadie Stuebner.
 
Elin Reinhard delivered a big blow in the middle of the rally with a two run single.
 
Greylock tacked on five more runs in the second to go ahead, 17-2. Stuebner drove in a pair in that inning on her way to a four-RBI night.
 
Gianna Witek struck out six over the first three innings and held Dalton to two runs in the first two innings to allow the Thunder to build its big lead.
 
But the visitors struck for four in the third, when Abby Munday ripped a two-run single to left.
 
In the fourth inning, Dalton continued to hit the ball well, getting an RBI double from Layla Soules and an RBI triple from Mallory Radwich to cut the deficit to 10.
 
But Lane allowed just one run in the fifth, and Witek returned to the circle to deliver 1-2-3 innings in the sixth and seventh.
 
Maddie Lampiasi and Kaylee Drew handled the pitching for Dalton.
 
Each team turned in a double play defensively.
 
In the fourth, Dalton’s Drew snagged a liner back to the circle and threw to first to double off a runner. In the sixth, Greylock shortstop K.J. Livingstone caught a line drive and threw to first.
 
Dalton will get plenty of chances to get some revenge in the next few weeks. The two teams are part of a three-team age group that includes the Berkshire Force out of Pittsfield; each team will play two games against the other two teams in the division before the three-team playoff at the end of July.
 
Dalton Tuesday goes to the Doyle Complex to play the Force. The Thunder visits the force next Wednesday.
 
 
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Adams Sees No Races So Far

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — With less than a week left before nomination papers are due, there are currently no contested seats.
 
Only selectman incumbent John Duval has returned papers. Selectman Howard Rosenberg has decided not to seek re-election. 
 
Rosenberg, who was elected in 2021, said he has chosen not to run again to make room for younger candidates.
 
"I feel strongly, we need younger people running for public office,  as the future of our town lies within the younger  generation. The world is so fundamentally different today and rapidly changing to become even more so. I believe we need people who are less interested in trying to bring back the past, then in paving the way for a promising future. The younger generation can know that they can stay here and have a voice without having to leave for opportunities elsewhere," he said.
 
The only person to return papers so far is former member the board Donald Sommer. Sommer served as a selectman from 2007 to 2010 and before that was a member of the School Committee and the Redevelopment Authority. He ran unsuccessfully for selectman in 2019 and again in 2021 but dropped out of before the election.
 
Incumbent Moderator Myra Wilk and Town Clerk Haley Meczywor have returned papers for their respective positions.
 
Assessor Paula Wheeler has returned papers and incumbents James Loughman and Eugene Michalenko have returned papers for library trustees.
 
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