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Pittsfield's Patti Notches Game-Winner for College Squad

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Pittsfield High School alumna Taylor Patti scored the game-winner in double overtime last month to lift Wentworth College to a 2-1 win at Emerson.
 
It was just the second career goal for the senior back, and it helped Wentworth 5-4-2 record going into Saturday's game against Nichols.
 
Alessandra Arace scored her first goal of the season for the Providence College women's soccer team in a 3-2 overtime loss to Xavier last week. The Lenox graduate has a goal and a two assists this season for the Friars (7-4-1).
 
Amanda Wright (Pittsfield) had a team-high seven shots and helped set up the winning goal in Springfield College's 2-0 win over Mount Holyoke on Saturday. Wright has six goals this fall for the Pride, who are 7-1-1 going into Tuesday's game at Clark University.
 
The one loss for the Pride came at second-ranked Williams, where PHS grad and Ephs sophomore Ilana Albert has appeared in all nine games and has recorded one assist in the midfield. Williams (8-0-1) is home for its next three, starting with Saturday's non-league game at noon against Farmingdale State.
 
MCLA keeper Megan Richardson (Hoosac Valley) Monday was named the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season. Richardson was honored after she collected 19 saves in the week and posted a .95 goals against average in two games.
 
Mount Holyoke sophomore Meryl Phair (Monument Mountain) has helped the Lyons' cross country team to a runner-up and a third-place finish in their first three meets of the season. On Saturday, she ran a 5-kilometer PR of 20 minutes, 32.5 seconds as Mount Holyoke competed at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational.
 
Mount Greylock's Ellie Williams, a junior at Hamilton College, competed for the Continentals at the RPI Inivational at Saratoga Spa State Park earlier this month, where she ran a time of 21:18.7 for a squad that placed fifth.
 
They play fall ball in the Herkimer College softball program, and Hoosac Valley graduate Kali Puppolo threw three innings and allowed one earned run in the Generals' 7-2 win on Saturday. Herkimer is 6-2 this season.
 
Williams College senior Jake Foehl (Mount Greylock) carded a 2-over-par round of 74 Sunday at the NESCAC Fall Qualifier in Middlefield, Conn. Williamsjust missed one of the top four spots at the event, finishing a stroke behind fourth-place Tufts, which grabbed the last spot in the spring conference championship. Foehl finished tied for 16th at the event.
 
Michael Kays (Taconic) carded a 2-over-par round of 74 in Monday's final round of the Northeast-10 Golf Championship at the En Joie Golf Course in Endicott, N.Y. Kays, a freshman at American International College, helped his team place eighth in the 10-team field.
 
Hoosac Valley graduate Adam Bush had a solo tackle and half a sack in his collegiate debut for Massachusetts Maritime. The freshman defensive lineman appeared in the Buccaneers' win over Maine Maritime. At MMA, he is joined by fellow freshman and Wahconah alum Dane Campbell, a wide receiver. Mass Maritime (1-3) hosts Westfield State on Saturday.
 
Bush's Hoosac Valley teammate, Vance Eugene, is a freshman QB at Curry College, where he has appeared in one game this fall. Curry (2-3) is at the University of New England on Saturday.
 
Mount Greylock grad Sean McCormack had his first collegiate reception, which went for 14 yards, in St. Lawrence's season-opening overtime loss to Utica. The Saints (1-4) are at Rochester on Saturday.
 
Williamstown resident Warren Taylor has punted six times this fall for North Dakota, averaging just more than 35 yards per kick. UND (3-2) is off until Oct. 13, when it hosts Montana.
 
University of Massachusetts senior Kevin Boino (Wahconah) had a shot in the Minutemen's 1-0 loss to Dartmouth last month. Boino has started in seven games this fall for UMass, which is 4-4-2 going into Wednesday's game at Virginia Commonwealth.
 
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Pittsfield Celebrates Arbor Day at Taconic

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Mayor Peter Marchetti presented the framed original cover art for the day's program. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Generations of Taconic students will pass the tree planted on Arbor Day 2026 as they enter school. 

Pittsfield's decades-long annual celebration was held at a city school for the first time. Different vocational trades at Taconic High School worked together to plant the Amelanchier, or flowering serviceberry, mark it with a plaque, record the ceremony, create artwork for the program's cover, and feed guests. 

Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Manager James McGrath said the students' participation reflects the spirit of Arbor Day perfectly: learning by doing, serving the community, and helping Pittsfield grow greener for generations to come.

"It's not unknown that trees help shade our homes, help clean our air and water, they support wildlife, and make our neighborhoods and public spaces more beautiful and resilient," he said. 

"And Arbor Day is our chance annually to honor that gift and to remember that when we plant something today, we are investing in the future of our green world."

The holiday was established 154 years ago by J. Sterling Morton and was first observed in Nebraska with the planting of more than a million trees.

CTE environmental science and technology teacher Morgan Lindemayer-Finck detailed the many skilled students who worked on the event: the sign commemorating this Arbor Day was made by the carpentry and advanced manufacturing program, specifically students Ronan MacDonald and Patrick Winn; the multimedia production program recorded the event, and the culinary department provided refreshments. 

The program's cover art was created by students Brigitte Quintana-Tenorio and Austin Sayers. The framed original was presented to Mayor Peter Marchetti. 

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