Battle of the Berkshires Tournament Continues in Pittsfield

iBerkshires.com Sports09:21PM / Saturday, June 20, 2026Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Force 16U travel softball team earned a 12-4 win over the Nor'Easters to wrap up pool play at the Battle of the Berkshires at the Doyle Complex.

Arianna Perkins went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs to lead a 13-hit attack for the Force.

Lillian MacDonald was 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of doubles, and Ava MacMahon, Mackenzie Biros and Markiara Jackson each had a pair of hits.

Amelia Polidoro and McMahon split time in the circle in the five-inning win, combining to strike out eight and allow three earned runs.

The Force 16U squad took a pair of losses earlier in the day on Saturday: 11-2 to the Worcester Union Rose and 12-10 to the Charlton Wildfire.

Elsewhere in 16U play, the the Greylock Thunder Saturday beat the Demo, 17-2.

Avery Lane earned the win in the circle with a three-inning, complete-game effort.

Sydney Payson anchored the offense, going 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of RBIs.

Lydia Gaudreau, Evy Clairmont, and Lane each had a pair of hits in a 12-hit attack.

12U DIVISION

Two of the Berkshire County entrants in the season's first big travel tournament had big wins on Saturday.

The host Force amassed 11 hits, inlcuding Charlotte Kotski's home run in a 19-1 win over the Hurricanes.

Kotski went 3-for-3 with six runs batted in.

Emma Wixsom went 2-for-2 with an RBI, and Mila Ostellino and Lily Pierce each doubled.

Force pitchers Wixsom and Molly Potash combined to strike out nine and not allow an earned run in the win.

The Thunder's 14U team shut out the Miss Scotties of Ballston Spa, N.Y., 14-0. The Thunder collected four extra-base hits in an 11 hit-attack, and its pitcher struck out five in four innings in the circle.

The third local 12U squad competing this weekend, the Berkshire Storm, lost its Saturday game, 15-3, to the Bethlehem (N.Y.) Bombers.

The tournament concludes on Sunday with playoff games starting at 8 a.m. and finals scheduled for 3.h playoff games starting at 8 a.m. and finals scheduled for 3.

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Dalton Special Town Meeting Rejects Land Buy for Police Station

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
09:29PM / Monday, October 19, 2026

Voters hold up cards to be counted on a vote to cast secret ballots on purchase of land question. Voters rejected the land purchase but authorized buying electronic devices for future voting.

DALTON, Mass. — A special town meeting on Monday night authorized 11 of 12 warrant articles, only nixing a contentious proposal to buy land for a police station.

After nearly an hour of discussion, 113 voters rejected by secret ballot the purchase of land on West Housatonic Street for $69,700.

Article 2 needed two-thirds to pass, and failed 65-48, about 10 votes short.

A motion was made by Robert Collins for the article to be voted on by secret ballot to ensure ballot privacy, which was approved by 72-19.

Town officials have been debating options for a new police station for more than year, focusing on several parcels that could host a new building and, more recently, the possibility of a combined fire and police station. These included the West Housatonic site, another on Main street and the vacant Dalton High lot next to the Senior Center.

Resident Adelard Nadeau Jr., who previously served on the Fire District's Prudential Committee, argued that the town is spending money that it does not have.

He advocated for the lot by the Senior Center which he believed to be cheaper and shovel ready.

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