Pittsfield Little League 10-Year-Olds Open Tourney with Win

By Leland BarnesiBerkshires.com Sports
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PITTSFIELD , Mass. — A strong first and third inning, and a consistent outing on the mound by Myles Morrison-Gould led the Pittsfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars to an 18-3, run-rule win over Adams-Cheshire in the first game of pool play in the Don Gleason District 1 Tournament on Monday.
 
Control issues on the mound plagued Adams-Cheshire, as it allowed 11 walks in the three-inning game.
 
Pittsfield outhit Adams-Cheshire by a margin of 12-3.
 
All players did well for Pittsfield, all but one scoring at least once.
 
“It's Little League there's always room for improvement,” Pittsfield coach Jack Chevalier said.
 
“We saw some issues that we are going to get fixed before tomorrow.”
 
Adams-Cheshire could not seem to find a solution to Pittsfield's offense and pitching.
 
But Adams-Cheshire was not always behind.
 
Lukas Benson and Maddox Milesi led the charge, each scoring in the first inning to give AC a 2-0 lead. Hudson Ziter scored in the third to make it 10-3.
 
But that led to the bottom of the third, when Pittsfield scored eight times without an out to end the game.
 
Chase Albano drove in Morrison-Gould to make it a 15-run margin.
 
Albano finished the night 3-for-3 at the plate. Morrison-Gould was 1-for-1 with a pair of RBIs.
 
On the mound, Morrison-Gould struck out four while pitching into the third inning before giving the ball to Sean Rozak to finish up.
 
An overall excellent performance from Pittsfield will lead into tomorrow's continuation of pool play.
 
Adams-Cheshire (0-1) will play Dalton-Hinsdale (0-1) at Clapp Park. Pittsfield (1-0) faces Great Barrington (1-0) at Deming. Both games are at 5:30.
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CBRSD Makes Cuts to Lower Town Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — School officials say reductions in the Central Berkshire Regional School District's budget will be felt, but remain optimistic that it will not prevent them from being "the best regional district in the state."
 
Throughout the budgeting season, officials said they strived to keep the seven member towns informed amid contractual increases outside their control and concerns with a state aid funding formula described as "remarkably wrong."
 
The initial budget was about a 9 percent increase, but with "strategic reductions" the district was able to cut that down to 2.99 percent, bringing the total budget to $37,740,005. 
 
"This was no small feat," said Paul Farella, district's Finance Committee chair.
 
In earlier budget drafts, towns voiced concerns over significantly higher assessments, which ranged from approximately 7 to 15 percent, compared to prior years, when it was about 2 to 7 percent. 
 
With the revised budget, projected net town assessments are: 
  • Becket for $2,859,205, an increase of 5.49 percent
  • Cummington for $670,246, an increase of 5.11 percent 
  • Dalton for $10,106,445, an increase of 5.86 percent
  • Hinsdale for $3,277,495, an increase of 10.54 percent 
  • Peru for $1,083,751, an increase of 6.11 percent 
  • Washington for $826,774, an increase of 6.64 percent
  • Windsor for $995,438, an increase of 9.37 percent
"[The cuts] will be felt, but we believe that it is what is necessary for the time being to not overburden our towns while still being able to provide a quality education to our community," Farella said. 
 
Delivering high-quality education while responsibly managing public funds in a district, which like many rural areas, faces financial constraints is a duty Superintendent Michael Henault said he takes very seriously.
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