PIttsfield 16s Fall in Babe Ruth Regional Final

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AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Norwalk, Conn., Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Stars Tuesday beat Pittsfield, 2-0, in the championship game of the New England Regional.

It marked the second shutout loss to the Connecticut State Champions in three days for Pittsfield. But it was a very different game this time around.

On Sunday, Norwalk beat Pittsfield, 10-0, in six innings to wrap up pool play.

That forced Pittsfield to win two straight games to get a rematch in the finals, and it did so, blanking Lyndon, Vt., on Monday and edging Eastern Mass Champion Lynn on Tuesday morning.

But in the title game, Norwalk pitcher Jaxon Ermo held Pittsfield to four hits and allowed two walks while striking out six in a complete-game shutout win.

For Pittsfield, Connor Paronto and Sam Glockner split time on the mound, striking out three.

But Norwalk generated 10 hits and scored a run in the second and a run in the sixth to give Ermo the offensive support he needed.

In the bottom of the second, Luke Manley worked a two-out walk and moved to second on a Jacob Fields single. Matthew Weiss then drove in Manley with a single to right field.

Paronto, Jackson Almeida, Luke Ferguson and John Mullen each had a hit for Pittsfield in the loss.

In Tuesday's regional semifinal, Paronto went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs in the win over Lynn.

Pittsfield jumped on top with two runs in the top of the third and took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth.

Cam Hillard earned the win on the mound, striking out six in 5 and a third innings. Paronto finished up, striking out a pair and not allowing a hit or a walk in 1 and two thirds on the bump.

Pittsfield,with a team comprised mainly of players who are 15 and under, ends up the all-star season with a Western Mass State Championship and an 8-2 record.

Norwalk, which won the 15-year-old title a year ago at Wahconah Park before the tournament structure changed to make it a 15- and 16-year-old bracket, goes back to the Babe Ruth World Series, scheduled this year to begin on Aug. 8 in Branson, Mo.

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2026 Point in Time Count on Jan. 25

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
01:52PM / Tuesday, January 13, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Point in Time count, which measures people experiencing homelessness, will occur on Sunday, Jan. 25, and the Three County Continuum of Care stresses that every survey matters.

Earlier this month, the CoC's data and evaluations manager Michele LaFleur and compliance manager Natalie Burtzos reviewed past data with the Homelessness Advisory Committee and discussed planning for this year's count.

LaFleur described the PIT count as "our attempt to try and determine how many people are experiencing homelessness on a single night." Each year, it has to be conducted within the last 10 days of January.

In January 2025, there were 215 Pittsfield people in shelter, and 12 people unsheltered. In July, 107 city people reported being in shelter, and 27 people reported being unsheltered.

Of the unhoused individuals in the winter of 2025, 113 were people in families with children under 18. The PIT count for 2024 reported more than 200 people experiencing homelessness on that day.

Pittsfield's shelter data consists of ServiceNet's individual and family shelters, Soldier On's shelter and transitional housing, and Elizabeth Freeman sheltering areas. The winter count has increased significantly since 2021, and the CoC conducted a summer count on July 20 that showed fewer people in shelters and more unsheltered.

It was noted that the count misses people who are couch surfing or paying to live in a motel, as the reporting is on the burden of service agencies or community members who work with those experiencing housing instability.

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