Burega Leads Post 68 Seniors Past East Springfield

By Leland BarnesiBerkshires.com Sports
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PITTSFIELD , Mass. — Pittsfield Post 68 defeated East Springfield Post 420 with a complete game shutout from Matthew Burega at Buddy Pellerin Field on Friday.
 
Burega threw the full 7 innings in the 5-0 win.
 
Burega finished with two strikeouts while allowing four walks and two hits.
 
“It was electric out there,” Burega said.
 
East Springfield used three pitchers, including a great performance by Hamilton Wray, who struck out the side in the fifth.
 
In the first inning, Post 68 had all the momentum, scori,ng two runs off two singles and three walks.
 
Camden Zerbato scored the first run of the game.
 
In the first two innings, Burega sent Post 420 down 1-2-3.
 
Offensively, Roshan Warriar went 3-for-3 with a walk. He also recorded two of Post 68’s runs.
 
Jack Abel recorded Post 68’s majority of bases, reaching and scoring on 3 plate appearances.
 
Post 68 Matthew Kinzer recorded a hit as well as throwing out two runners at second.
 
Nathan Pok recorded one of the only hits for Post 420.
 
Following the win, Post 68 (4-1) will now go on the road for a few games, starting Saturday at Monson.
 
Post 420 (0-3-2) is at Westfield on Monday.
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Congressman Neal Talks With Reid Middle School Students

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Congressman Neal answered questions from students as part of their civics projects. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal answered questions from an eighth-grade class at Reid Middle School on Thursday. 

Students in Susan Mooney's class prepared questions related to their civics projects, ranging from government transparency and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to sports to mental health.  

"Be discerning, be fact-driven, and you know what? As I say to my own children, resist emotional decision making," Neal told the class. 

"You generally will come up with the wrong decision if it's very emotional, and the other part I can give you, an important part of my career: you're always going to give a better answer tomorrow." 

In Massachusetts, eighth-grade students are required to complete a civics project focusing on community issues, research, and action.

Students focusing their project on ICE said they found that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is tasked with protecting citizens. They asked Neal why ICE is controlling DHS when agents "do the opposite." 

"ICE needs to be reformed and restrained, but a lot of it has much to do with the president's position on it," he said, adding that the fundamental job of the federal government is to protect its people. 

"We just need to know who's in the country for a variety of reasons. When the president says he's rooting out the criminals, nobody disagrees with that, but that's not what's happening, is it? It's now people that are just showing up in the courthouse to do what we call 'regularizing their status' that are being apprehended." 

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