MCLA's Rachiele Earns All-Region Honors

MCLA Sports Information04:43PM / Monday, May 29, 2023Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts senior outfielder Austin Rachiele has been selected to the 2023 D3baseball.com Region 2 First Team.

Earlier this month the Pittsfield resident and Taconic graduate was voted the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

Rachiele's memorable 2023 season saw him lead the conference in batting (.453), home runs (14), hits (63, tying the MCLA program record), triples (four), total bases (127, also a program record), as well as on base percentage (.550) and slugging percentage (.914). He scored 53 runs, aprogram record, had 40 RBIs and drew 28 walks while stealing 17 bases.

UMASS Dartmouth's DJ Perron was voted as the D3baseball.com Region 2 Player of the Year with Salve Regina's Sean Mulligan earning Rookie of the Year and Endicott's Gabe Van Emon taking the Pitcher of the Year honors. Endicott's Bryan Haley was selected as the Coach of the Year.

D3baseball.com Region 2 in comprised of 30 Division III institutions from the MASCAC, Little East Conference, Commonwealth Coast Conference, New England Collegiate Conference and the University Athletic Association.

iBerkshires.com Text Ads

Now's the time...

to harvest value from your home. Click for more details about a HELOC. Insured by NCUA.

www.greylock.org

rk MILES Blding Materials

Are You Ready to Update Your Home? Start With rk MILES. 4 Locations (800)670-7433

www.rkmiles.com

If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Four Pets Lost in North Adams Fire

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
11:03PM / Saturday, September 26, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A cat may be the cause of a fire that forced a woman to flee her home on Saturday night and lose four of her five pets.

The occupant of the small home at 1561 Massachusetts Ave. called 911 to report a fire on her kitchen stove at about 9:10 p.m.

"Looked like the fire started in the kitchen area. Best guess at this point is that it an animal turned the stove on," said Fire Chief Brent Lefebvre, repeating what the woman had reported.

"Basically, the occupant was alerted to the sound of the stove igniting, the electronic ignition. She came downstairs and witnessed the cat on the stove. Unfortunately, there was a box on top of the stove, and that lit, and that got the cabinets going."

One cat was saved but firefighters were unable to rescue two other cats and two dogs.

The chief said he hadn't completed his investigation but was going by what the resident had reported at this point.

Firefighters were able to swiftly douse the blaze on arrival and were rolling up hose about an hour later. Mass Ave was closed at Ashton Avenue on the city side.

View Full Story