Taconic Grad Gittens Racks Up More Honors at MCLA

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— MCLA senior guard and Taconic High School graduate Quentin Gittens has been named the MASCAC Player of the Week for the third time in four weeks.
 
Gittens averaged 30.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, four assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks in a 2-0 week for the Trailblazers.
 
He Posted a double-double with 25 points and 12 rebounds, adding six assists, two blocks, and a steal in a 73-72 road victory at Salem State, where he sank a pair of free throws in the final seconds to secure the win. And he followed that up with a career-high 36-point performance in a 67-59 at Framingham State, adding five rebounds, four assists, two blocks, and a steal, leading the Trailblazers to the conference win.
 
Gittens and the Trailblazers are back in action on Saturday when they welcome Worcester State for a MASCAC matchup with Lancers. The tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
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Berkshire Force 12U Team Stays Alive at Conn. Tournament

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WINDSOR, Conn. – The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Saturday went 2-1 in the double-elimination bracket at the End of Summer Challenge at the Fast Pitch Nation complex.
 
The Force dropped into the tournament’s losers bracket, where, on Sunday morning, they will face the Connecticut Titans needing two wins to reach the championship round.
 
On Saturday, the Force won its first two bracket-play games, beating the Enfield (Conn.) Extreme, 8-2, and the Hops Fastpitch Red of Rhode Island, 7-2.
 
Against Enfield, C.C. Clark went 2-for-2 at the plate and Cali’Ray St. John doubled in a six-hit Berkshire attack.
 
Emma Wixsom went all three innings in the circle in the win, striking out three.
 
Peyton Demary threw three innings against the Hops, striking out three before giving the ball to McKinley Bushika to finish up.
 
Wixsom went 3-for-3 with three RBIs in the win, which saw Demary double and drive in a run.
 
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