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Berkshire Force 12-Year-Olds' Run Ends at World Series

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FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team ended its run at the Babe Ruth World Series the way it began: with a game against Davidson, N.C.
 
Unfortunately for the Force, the second meeting went the other way as Davidson earned a 12-6 win on Tuesday to elimninate the Force in the tournament's consolation "Diamond Bracket."
 
Davidson scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to break open a tie game after the Force battled back from an early 5-0 deficit to tie the game twice.
 
Berkshire scored four runs in the bottom of the third to get within a run and tied it when Kaylana Altman singled and scored in the fourth to make it 5-5.
 
In the fifth, Davidson took a 6-5 lead, but Giannah Moses delivered an RBI single with two out in the bottom of the fifth to tie it.
 
Davidson just had too much offense in the top of the sixth.
 
And the North Carolinians' pitcher overcame a walk and a single in the bottom of the sixth to preserve the six-run margin.
 
Moses went 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Force. Cassidy Flynn and Olivia Archambeault split time in the circle, combining to strike out four.
 
The Force finishes play at the World Series with a record of 3-4 in the tournament.
 
Davidson and Team Mexico, two of the teams in the five-team pool that included the Force to start the tournament, advanced to Wednesday's final of the Diamond Bracket, the tournament's fifth-place game.
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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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