BCC to Host Free College Information Session May 14

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will host an information session on Wednesday, May 14, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. to explain how Massachusetts residents may be eligible to attend community college at no cost.
 
The session will take place in the Susan B. Anthony Lounge on BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West St.
 
The session will outline the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' free community college initiatives, which provide tuition- and fee-free education to residents who have not yet earned a bachelor's degree. The program also includes an allowance for books and supplies for qualifying students.
 
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is available through May 14 at www.berkshirecc.edu/freecollege.
 
Applications to BCC are accepted year-round, with no application fee. Fall semester classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 2.
 
For more information, contact the BCC Admissions Office at admissions@berkshirecc.edu or call (413) 499-4660.

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Connecticut Tops Pittsfield in 13-Year-Old Babe Ruth Regional

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
WESTFIELD, Mass. – A frustrating day ended in a frustrating manner for the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars on Friday: with the bases loaded and nobody out in the top of the seventh.
 
Pittsfield failed to convert on that opportunity or several others as Connecticut State Champion Bethel earned a 7-1 win in the opening game of the New England Babe Ruth Regional at Bullens Field.
 
The designated visitors faced a tall order going to the seventh down by six runs, but they got a lift when pinch-hitter Alex Woo started the inning with a single up the middle.
 
Jake Knauth and Mateo Herrera (3-for-4 with a double) followed with singles to load the bases. But Bethel reliever Alex Martin got a strikeout, a fly ball to short left and a groundout to the right side to end the threat.
 
The three seventh-inning hits gave Pittsfield an 8-4 advantage in hits and upped its number of runners left in scoring position to six.
 
“It’s tough when you outhit a team, eight to four,” Pittsfield coach Francis McKeon said. “You should win nine times out of 10. And unfortunately, today was that day that we just didn’t win the game.”
 
Bethel struck first in the bottom of the first, taking a 1-0 lead without a base hit.
 
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