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The Lee youth football seniors celebrate their league championship on Saturday at Berkshire Community College.

Lee Seniors Win County Youth Football League Title

By Leland BarnesiBerkshires.com Sports
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Bryce Hoff led Lee's offense and scored the game's only touchdown.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Lee Seniors Saturday won back-to-back Berkshire County Youth Football League championships with consecutive undefeated seasons.
 
Lee, who has been unbeaten since 2022, continued its reign of dominance with an 8-0 win over Pittsfield at Berkshire Community College.
 
Lee’s Bryce Hoff went 59 yards for a rushing touchdown in the first quarter, and it ended up the only score in the contest.
 
Pittsfield, who had only lost one game in their season to Lee, early looked to find revenge in the championship game rematch.
 
Lee had a really good run game for the most part, with Hoff getting most of the carries.
 
Pittsfield made it tough for the South County powers to find good passing options.
 
Pittsfield’s defensive backs found ways to prevent the big plays that Lee is known to make.
 
Pittsfield Head Coach Lavonte Wiggins seemed very passionate during the game, exhorting his players with phrases like “you earned this game.” 
 
But Pittsfield’s offense had some issues early into the game with its snaps, allowing Lee to have good field position.
 
Pittsfield’s defense did not allow any big yardage – outside of Hoff’s score – and stopped Lee on four separate occasions.
 
The teams combined to not be able to convert any fourth down plays.
 
Lee gave a lot of opportunities to Pittsfield in the red zone but, unfortunately for the Bulldogs, miscommunications caused bad timing fumbles.
 
It was a back-and-forth game all afternoon with both defenses excelling, forcing turnovers on downs and recovering fumbles.
 
Following the third quarter, both teams looked heavily equal style wise, with both teams running the ball most plays.
 
Neither team would find the end zone following the big run play by Lee.
 
Lee had some big plays on defense against Pittsfield, one including an 8-yard tackle-for-loss on a screenplay by Mason Lucy.
 
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Local Bowlers Compete in Junior Gold Championships

iBerkshires.com SportsUpdated 10:19AM
Updated Wednesday morning to reflect the fact that qualifying ends on Thursday. 
 
MINNEAPOLIS -- A dozen high school bowlers from throughout Berkshire County are competing with Massachusetts contingent at the Junior Gold Championships.
 
Four girls and eight boys from five different area high school varsity teams are participating in the event, which draws thousands of bowlers competing in divisions ranging from 12-and-under to 18-and-under.
 
Lee's Devyn Fillio ended Day 1 of qualifying on Monday 68th out of 325 competitors in the U16 girls group. The top 46 advance out of the first round of the competition after qualifying ends on Thursday. 
 
Fillio rolled a high game of 177 and averaged a 169.25 to finish 20 pins out of qualifying position.
 
Also competing in the U16 girls is Taconic's Danielle Mathes, who posted a 150 on her way to a 117.25 average for four games.
 
Among the U14 girls, Lee High's Lauren Scheurer averaged 121.25 on Day 1 with a high game of 131 to place 158th in the field with just 26 advancing to the next round.
 
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