BHS Opens Registration for Annual Fourth of July 5K Race

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Registration has begun for the highly popular annual Berkshire Health Systems 4th of July 5K Race, held just prior to the Pittsfield Fourth of July Parade.

In 2025 over 1,300 runners participated in the 5K, which runs along the parade route in downtown Pittsfield.

Registration is $35 for adult runners who register prior to July 1, and $40 for adult  registration on July 2 or 3. Online registration is open and can be completed by visiting www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/bhs5k. As with the 2025 BHS 5K, children in Berkshire County schools from K-12 can register and race for free through June 30. In 2025, over 370 children ran in the 5K, at no charge.

Berkshire Health Systems thanks our many race sponsors, who are covering the cost of children’s registration, including: Ashley Associates, LLC; B and G Restaurant Supply; Barile Environmental Inc.; BBE Office Interiors; Berkshire Community College; Greylock Federal Credit Union; Guardian Life; Hillcrest Educational Centers; Hill-Engineers, Architects, Planners, Inc.; J.H. Maxymillian, Inc.; John’s Excavation; Lipton Energy; MacFarlane Office Products, Inc.; Moresi and Associates and Shields Health.

The BHS Fourth of July 5K Race starts at 9 am sharp on the July, 4, ending at Wahconah Park.

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Pittsfield Little Leaguers Go Back to State Tourney

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Myles Morrison-Gould Saturday finished what he started.
 
Both in terms of the game and the Massachusetts Little League Section 1 Tournament.
 
Morrison-Gould struck out seven and walked just one in a complete-game, 3-0 win over Holden that sends the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars into next week’s four-team State Tournament.
 
Three days earlier, Morrison-Gould delivered 4 and a third scoreless innings in Pittsfield’s Section 1 opener, a 9-1 win at Westfield.
 
Together with a 3-2 road win at Holden to get to Saturday’s championship round, Pittsfield’s pitchers allowed three runs in three games to get back to the state’s Final Four for the first time in two years.
 
“We pitched well,” Pittsfield coach Joe Skutnik said. “We pitched very well.
 
“[Morrison-Gould] was running out of gas at the end there. That’s why I sent [pitching coach Tanner Hanford] out, just to give him another rest, to try and get that last out. And he did it. He pitched great. He pitched unbelievably.”
 
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