Blue Sox Hold Off SteepleCats in Ninth

10:47PM / Friday, June 21, 2024Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The North Adams SteepleCats scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but the Valley Blue Sox held on for a 7-5 win at Joe Wolfe Field in New England Collegiate Baseball League action on Friday.

Andrew Estrella went 2-for-5 with a home run and a double in an 11-hit attack for the visitors.

Darin Kuskie struck out four and allowed one run in five innings of work to earn the win on the mound.

For the SteepleCats, Monument Mountain graduate Jayder Raifstanger and Mount Greylock grad Derek Paris each doubled and drove in a run.

Taconic alum Sam Sherman went 2-for-3 and scored a pair of runs for North Adams.

And Pittsfield High grad Cam Sime was one of five pitchers for the SteepleCats.

North Adams (5-7) Sunday goes to Holyoke to play the Blue Sox.

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Northern Berkshire EMS Restocks North Adams Veterans Food Pantry

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
07:00AM / Saturday, March 07, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Northern Berkshire EMS helped fill out the Veterans Pantry in City Hall after an agency-wide food drive.

Veterans Agent Kurtis Durocher was thankful for the much-needed replenishing.

"There is always a need, and that need is exponentially growing," he said, adding he estimates the donation equals between $1,000 to $1,500 of groceries and other supplies.

Angela Swistak, of the Transportation Division, helped organize the fundraising effort. She said she went to City Hall to update her dog licenses and saw a flyer on Durocher's door.

"I came in to get my dog license, and I saw the note on the door looking for donations. So I stopped in and said, 'let's do this'," she said.

Durocher said it was a perfect opportunity because that day he was reaching out to businesses and organizations to see if anyone wanted to run a fundraiser.

Swistak said donation receptacles were placed at the North Adams station, the Williamstown station, and the Council on Aging as well as other locations.

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