Pittsfield Falls in Extra Innings to Start Little League State Tourney

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HOLDEN, Mass. -- The Bridgewater American Little League All-Stars Thursday scored three runs in the top of the seventh and went on to a 15-14 win over Pittsfield in the first round of the State Tournament.

Pittsfield scored twice in the extra inning and had the winning run on base when Bridgewater's pitcher got a ground ball out to end a back-and-forth contest.

Bridgewater started the high-scoring game with three in the top of the first, but Pittsfield answered with five in the bottom of the frame.

Bridgewater then scored four in the top of the second to go ahead by two, but Pittsfield scored another five in the bottom of the frame for a 10-7 lead.

Then things quieted down until Bridgewater scored five in the top of the sixth to go up, 12-10, but Pittsfield rallied to stay alive.

With two out and runners at second and third with his team down two in the bottom of the sixth, Mason Fox singled to left field to score Chase Albano and Brody Hamilton to tie it.

Bridgewater then got four hits in the top of the seventh, taking full advantage of the "ghost runner" and adding two insurance runs to take a 15-12 lead.

It needed that insurance.

Pittsfield made two outs to start the bottom of the seventh, but one of those outs moved ghost runner Myles Morrison-Gould from second to third.

Sean Rozak then singled to center field to drive in Morrison-Gould, making it 15-13.

Maizen Erichetto singled to get Rozak to third, and he scored on William Knauth's single to center to get Pittsfield within a run.

But that is where it ended after Bridgewater reliever Calvin McGough came on to get the final out.

Fox and Knauth each went 3-for-4 to lead Pittsfield at the plate. Rozak and Colton Smith each had a pair of hits, and Morrison-Gould doubled.

Four Pittsfield pitchers combined to strike out six hitters. Carmelo Coco and Hector Reyes-Colon combined for 2 and a third innings of scoreless relief.

Pittsfield now will face Boxford, an 8-2 loser Thursday to West Roxbury's Parkway All-Stars, on Friday at 5 p.m. in an elimination game.

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Former Miss Hall's Head Arraigned for Child Endangerment

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
04:03PM / Monday, August 17, 2026

Warning: this article discusses sexual assault.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A retired head of Miss Hall's School was charged with reckless child endangerment in relation to sexual abuse allegations against a former teacher.

Jeannie Norris, head of the girls' boarding school from 1996 to 2012, was arraigned on Monday for one count of reckless endangerment of a child. Now living in North Carolina, she appeared virtually before Judge James Manitsas in Berkshire Superior Court and pled not guilty.

Based on evidence collected during the investigation into allegations of abuse that occurred at the school, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office alleges she was aware of inappropriate relationships between a teacher, Matthew Rutledge, and students attending the school. The evidence collected demonstrated that she received numerous reports of Rutledge's alleged inappropriate conduct, according to the indictment.

Rutledge, 63, was arraigned on rape charges in April of this year. Several women came forward publicly to accuse him of grooming them as teenagers and raping them.

Norris, represented by attorney Thomas Hoopes, had her physical presence waived for Monday's arraignment and for Nov. 18, when the case goes to pretrial. Reckless child endangerment is a misdemeanor that carries more than 100 days of incarceration.

The DA's Office, represented by Assistant District Attorney Joseph Yorlano, returned the indictment on July 22.

Rutledge was indicted by a Berkshire grand jury following accusations dating back to the 1990s of sexually assaulting students at the girls' school. Standing in front of the Superior Court, former students Hilary Simon and Melissa Fares that day called out the school for failing to protect them.