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Big Weekend for Greylock Thunder Softball Program

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Greylock Thunder 16U travel softball team Sunday rolled over its competition for three wins to complete a 5-0 weekend in a round-robin event at Alcombright Field.
 
Avery Lane struck out four and scattered four hits in a complete-game, four-inning effort in Greylock’s 10-0 win over the Columbia County (N.Y). Reds.
 
Evy Clairmont went 2-for-2 with a triple, Genevieve Lagess was 2-for-3 with a double in the win. Bayleigh Tatro also doubled, and Gianna Witek was 2-for-3 at the plate.
 
The Thunder’s Sunday started with a 10-3 win over the Latham (N.Y.) Lynx.
 
Kendall Moran was 2-for-3 with a triple, and Reagan Walker tripled in a run in the win. Lagess led the offense, going 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs.
 
Witek earned the win in the circle, striking out five and allowing no earned runs in five innings.
 
Moran handled the pitching in the weekend-ending 12-1 win over Greenfield’s Valley Storm.
 
She struck out three in a five-inning effort.
 
Lagess ended the weekend with a power surge, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a double and four runs batted in.
 
Claremont and Moran also doubled, and Walker was 2-for-3 with a pair RBIs in the win.
 
10U Softball
 
A successful weekend for the Greylock Thunder program included a tournament championship  for its 10-and-under team, which traveled to New York to play in the Hoosick Falls All-Star Showdown Softball Tournament.
 
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Berkshire Reign Baseball Program Hosts Inaugural Tournament

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – With the fall high school sports season just around the corner, the boys – and women and men – of summer are still going strong.
 
The next week or so features a plethora of baseball and softball games around the county, with the Berkshire Adult Baseball League finals this weekend, the North Adams Women’s Softball League tournament building to next Thursday’s semi-final round and the county’s newest summer offering: the 1791 Classic youth baseball tournament that gets underway on Friday in North Adams and Dalton.
 
The 1791 Classic is the brainchild – or Reign child – of Berkshire Reign baseball coach Kristopher Ireland.
 
Since 2022, the Reign program has been offering local youngsters a chance to develop their skills on the baseball diamond in Berkshire County and beyond, including road trips to compete in tournaments from Maine to Maryland.
 
Now, the non-profit is ready to offer the same experience in its backyard.
 
“Since 2022, 23 wanted to get a feel for the landscape, make some contacts out and about,” Ireland said this week. “The plan was always to host a tournament. We wanted to leverage Wahconah Park, but, obviously we can’t use that now. The surrounding towns have been awesome – Pittsfield, North Adams, Dalton.
 
“Ultimately, what I’d love to have is a 50- to 100-team tournament where could have a North County Division, Central County Division and South County Division and everyone meets at the new Wahconah Park for the final. That’s what I’m seeing in Upstate New York, seeing in Maine, seeing in Boston.
 
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