Greylock 14Us Come Back to Win Greenfield Tourney Title

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GREENFIELD, Mass. – Lydia Gaudreau hit a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth to give the Greylock Thunder 14Us a 7-6 lead en route to a 15-7, come-from-behind victory over the Vermont Rockets in the title game of the Mid-Summer Storm tournament.
 
The Thunder went 3-0 in bracket play on Sunday after finishing pool play with a perfect 3-0 record on Saturday.
 
In the championship game, the Rockets of St. Albans, Vt., jumped out to a 5-0 lead midway through the second inning.
 
Greylock came back to tie it with two in the second and three in the third, but the Rockets scored again in the top of the fourth to take a 6-5 lead.
 
Bayleigh Tatro started the winning rally with a one-out single, and Kyleigh Cooper followed with a single to put two runners on. After Izzy Chenail worked a walk to load the bases, Gaudreau ripped a line drive double to right to score Tatro and Cooper and give Greylock its first lead of the game.
 
Gianna Witek plated Chenail with an RBI groundout to give the Thunder a two-run cushion, and it scored four in the fifth to go ahead, 12-6.
 
Kendall Moran went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs. Cooper, Marlene Eason and Avery Lane each had three hits in the win.
 
Lane went the distance in the circle against the Rockets, striking out a pair and allowing three earned runs.
 
In the tournament’s semi-final, Moran went the distance in the circle, striking out two in a 3-2 win over the 413 Panthers of Hampden.
 
Greylock rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to reach the title game.
 
Gaudreau and Witek each singled to start the inning. With one out, Eason singled back to the circle to load the bases.
 
Gaudreau then scored on a passed ball to make it 2-1. Lane’s two-run single plated Witek and Eason to give the Thunder the win.
 
Greylock started its Sunday morning with an 11-2 win over the Baystate Thunder of Braintree.
 
The Thunder is off until it hosts its own tournament at Alcombright Field in North Adams July 11-13.
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Cheshire West Mountain Bridge Reconstruction Eyed for April

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The town is hoping to start the reconstruction of the West Mountain Road bridge in April. 
 
The steel culvert, which carries West Mountain Road over Kitchen Brook, has several structural and erosion-related issues, including cracking, rusting, minor wall displacement, sinkholes, partially failed and dulled galvanized coating, roadway settlement, and signs of leakage. 
 
According to the state Structures Inspection Field Report from January 2025, the structure is a single-barrel corrugated steel arch with an open bottom supporting fill with an asphalt wearing surface.
 
The town was previously awarded a small municipal bridge grant to cover the engineering costs, which was done by Gill Engineering.
 
The town was again awarded another bridge grant for the reconstruction project, anticipated to cost $770,518, with the bid being awarded to CD Davenport of Greenfield. 
 
According to the plans from Gill Engineering, the project will include repairing the bridge's foundation, reinforcing the sides of the crossing, rebuilding the road surface, and adding new guardrails and drainage. 
 
During excavation, the contractors will take "extreme care" not to damage the existing corrugated steel culvert. To prevent unbalanced loading, they will remove equal amounts of fill from both sides simultaneously. 
 
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