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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Berkshire County Firefighters Graduate from Mass Firefighting Academy

STOW, Mass. — The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy this week graduated 45 firefighters from the 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program, including six Berkshire County firefighters.
 
Graduating from Career Recruit Class S44 were Shamus Gaherty of Monterey; Broc Healey, Carolina Jones and Scott Matteson Jr. from Pittsfield; and Paul Hernandez and Michael Meagher of Stockbridge. 
 
"Massachusetts firefighters are on the frontlines protecting their communities every day, and today’s graduates are needed now more than ever," said State Fire Marshal Jon Davine. "The hundreds of hours of foundational training they've received will provide them with the physical, mental, and technical skills to perform their jobs effectively and safely."
 
Career Recruit Class S44 trained in Springfield. Its 21 members represent the fire departments of Agawam, Holden, Marlborough, Monterey, Northampton, Palmer, Pittsfield, Springfield, Stockbridge, and Turners Falls.
 
The 24 members of Career Recruit Class BW38 trained in Bridgewater and were expected to graduate last week — but the ceremony was postponed after the Blizzard of 2026 dropped more than 30 inches of snow on the campus. They represent the fire departments of Bourne, Braintree, Cohasset, Duxbury, Fall River, Hanover, Harwich, Kingston, Milton, North Attleboro, Provincetown, Rockland, and Scituate.
 
Maurice Jarmman Jr. of the Marlborough Fire Department, graduating with S44, and Jacob Warmington of the Duxbury, class BW38, were presented the Richard N. Bangs Outstanding Student Award.
 
The award is named for a longtime chair of the Massachusetts Fire Training Council and reflects the recruit's academic and practical skills, testing, and evaluations over the course of the 10-week program. It is given to one recruit in each graduating career recruit training class.  
 
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