Berkshire Force 16U Softball Hosts Tournament

05:49PM / Sunday, September 27, 2026Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Force 16-and-under travel softball team this weekend went 3-2-1 at its Fall Frenzy tournament.

The Force beat the Miss Scotties of Ballston Spa, N.Y., twice, by scores of 7-1 and 6-1 and the Charlton (Mass.) Wildfire, 7-6.

It lost games to the Frozen Ropes Outlaws of Albany, N.Y., and the Capital Region Reign Empire out of Colonie, N.Y., and tied the Guilderland (N.Y.) Rogue, 4-4.

All games were played on Saturday at the Doyle Complex.

Against Charlton, Amelia Polidoro went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and two runs batted in, and Lexi Spratling singled and drove in a run.

Polidoro also earned the win in the circle, allowing just four earned runs.

Amaya Alger and Lillian MacDonald combined on a two-hitter against the Miss Scotties, striking out four between them. Alger, Polidoro, Alliah DiPietro and Jayda Klein each doubled in the 7-1 win.

In the 6-1 victory, Mollie Crawford scattered three hits in three innings in the circle to earn the win.

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Berkshire Force 12U Wins Tournament Title

iBerkshires.com Sports06:29PM / Sunday, October 18, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Charlotte Kotski doubled, and Abbigail McLaughlin had a pair of hits Sunday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team to a 14-11 win over the Cage Heat Elite in the championship game of the Nightmare on the Dirt tournament.

The Thunder scored six runs in the top of the first and never trailed in the title game win at the Doyle Complex.

Emma Wixsom and Peyton Demary split time in the circle, striking out 11 in the seven-inning win. Wixsom helped their cause by driving in a pair of runs.

The Force, which started bracket play as the two-day tournament's No. 1 seed, advanced to the tournament final on Sunday by beating the Northern Columbia Impact, 12-0, and the Bethlehem Bombers, 9-2.

Against the Impact, McLaughlin and Kotski each homered and drove in three runs.

In the win over Bethlehem, Kotski went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs and McLaughlin was 2-for-2 with a double in a six-hit attack for the Force.

In the 10U bracket, the Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat defeated the Berkshire Force, 10-9, on Sunday morning to reach the tournament semi-finals, where the Swat fell to the HVS Select, 10-1.

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