ACS Swat 10-Year-Olds Down Greylock Thunder

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
09:06PM / Monday, July 11, 2022Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Alexyss Gancarz and Kylee Mazza each homered Monday to lead the Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat to a 23-7 win over the Greylock Thunder in the 10-and-Under Division of the Berkshire County Fastpitch Softball League.

Tenley Biros, Olivia Archambeault and Gancarz combined to strike out 14 in the five-inning win at Francis Millard Field.

Although the final score does not show it, the game started out as a back-and-forth affair.

Archambault singled in a two-run first inning for the visiting Swat.

But the Thunder struck back with two runs of their own in the bottom of the frame, taking advantage of back-to-back walks from Ava Ruiz and Braylee Todd at the top of the lineup.

ACS retook the lead in the top of the second.

It capitalized on a couple of walks, an error and an infield single by Gancarz to go ahead, 5-2.

Again, the Thunder had the answer, scoring four runs on three hits in the bottom of the second.

Isa Giraldo, Paige and Lilliana Arnold each singled as Greylock rallied to take a 6-5 lead.

ACS then scored six runs in each of the next three innings – hitting the maximum allowed runs in the third and fourth innings of the instructional league.

Mazza hit the inning’s first inside-the-park home run to drive in Skyana Field, who reached with a leadoff single. Gancarz ended the inning with a round-tripper to plate Zoey Shepard.

Archambeault, Field and Evelyn Richardson singled in a six-run fourth.

In the fifth, the Swat players did the work with their legs, using five walks and two stolen bases and taking advantage of some pitches to the backstop to round out their scoring.

The Thunder picked up its seventh run in the fourth inning. Bayleigh Tatro reached when she was hit by a pitch, moved up on a couple of pitches to the backstop and scored when Bridget Holland reached on a dropped third strike.

Greylock used two pitchers in the loss.

Arnold struck out 11 in four innings of work. Ruiz started the fifth, and Arnold returned to the circle to pick up two more strikeouts for a total of 13 in the game.

The ACS Swat is back in action on Tuesday at Reid Field against the Berkshire Force. The Thunder plays the Force on Thursday at the Doyle Complex in Pittsfield.

Photos from this game here.

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North Berkshire School Study Encouraging Stakeholders to Take Survey

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
07:22AM / Saturday, October 03, 2026

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The consultants behind the education study for North Berkshire are hoping for solid responses to its recently released survey.

The survey, released last week, can be found here.

"Our goal is somewhere between 5 and 10 percent overall survey responses, which is somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 responses," project manager Jake Eberwein told the steering committee for the North Berkshire Educational Sustainability Study at Wednesday's meeting at Hoosac Valley High School.

This is the next phase of the study of secondary education in North County being undertaken through state funding and conducted by Berkshire Educational Consulting Group, Berk12.

"Our first phase was project awareness, and that was really our you know attempt to meet the school committees, select boards, and we wrapped that up this past Monday in Williamstown," Berk12 researcher Brendan Sheran said. "And certainly, we'll be doing more of that going back out probably in the midyear or springtime. But in terms of info gathering, really, the data collection — that's where we are now."

The community survey was launched through sharing on social media, the group's stakeholder list, the press, and the district partners, which are distributing it to educators, parents and students. The window is expected to close on Friday, Oct. 9, but Sheran said they can be flexible with the date.

The survey takes about seven to 10 minutes and is open to those in the Hoosac Valley Regional and Mount Greylock Regional school districts and in North Adams, Clarksburg, Florida and Savoy.

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