Force 12U Opens Play at National Tourney

iBerkshires.com Sports05:30PM / Saturday, June 28, 2025Print Story | Email Story

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Saturday opened play at the Youth Softball Nationals with a pair of losses.

The Sandy Springs Storm of Georgia beat the Force, 9-1, in their opener.

In the Berkshire squad’s second game in pool play, it fell to the Monroeville Gators of Pennsylvania, 9-0.

Layla Soules doubled to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning and scored on a Victoria Blanchard triple against Sandy Springs.

The Force (0-2) is scheduled to play twice on Sunday, starting with a game against the Pittsburgh Spirit at 2 p.m.

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Summer Wrapping Up for Pittsfield, Berkshire Students

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:19PM / Sunday, August 23, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Students in Pittsfield and beyond are enjoying their last days of summer before classes begin.

Most Berkshire County teachers return to work this month, and students follow in late August and early September.

For Pittsfield Public Schools, staff returns on Aug. 26 and students' first day is Aug. 31; pre-kindergarten and kindergarten begin school on Sept. 2.

Labor Day is on Monday, Sept. 7.

"The summer is pretty much done, and we will be ready and excited to open the doors in about two and a half weeks,” Superintendent Latifah Phillips told the School Committee on Wednesday.

Phillips is returning this year as the permanent superintendent. She was appointed the interim superintendent last spring, and the School Committee voted to hire her permanently in June.

This year also brings the middle school restructuring, moving fifth grade to the middle school level, and the retirement of Morningside Community School.

Welcome night for Reid Middle School students new to the building is on Aug. 18 at 6 p.m.; Herberg will have a sixth-grade welcome night at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 25, and at the same time on Aug. 26 for fifth grade.

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