Both Pittsfield Little League teams in action in sectional play on Saturday won to stay alive in their respective age groups.
The 11-year-old All-Stars earned a 14-0 win at Westfield behind Hector Reyes-Colon’s complete-game effort on the mound.
The Pittsfield 11s came out of the loser’s bracket to earn a date against Holden on Sunday in the finals.
A win by Holden, and it takes the Section 1 title in the double-elimination tournament. If Pittsfield wins, it will be home on Monday night in a winner-take-all finale.
It is the same scenario for the Pittsfield 10-year-old All-Stars, who won, 7-3, at Holden on Saturday to stay alive in their double-elimination tournament.
The Pittsfield 10s will be at undefeated Westfield for a rematch on Sunday. If Pittsfield wins that one, it will host Westfield for the Section 1 crown on Monday evening.
11-Year-Old Sectional
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Reyes-Colon drove in the game's first run with a two-run single in the top of the fourth inning, and Pittsfield went on to take a five-run lead in the inning.
Maizen Errichetto drove in a run with a single, and Mason Fox laid down a sacrifice bunt in the rally.
Pittsfield added a run in the fifth, when Carmelo Coco's RBI fielder's choice scored Myles Morrison-Gould.
Sean Rozak made two big plays in center field to keep Westfield off the board in the bottom of the fifth, and Pittsfield put the game away in the top of the sixth.
The Pittsfield 11s used nine hits to score eight runs in the inning. Reyes-Colon had an RBI double, and Chase Albano and Rozak drove in two runs apiece.
All 10 Pittsfield hitters had at least one hit.
Reyes-Colon and Rozak led the way with three hits apiece.
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Summer Wrapping Up for Pittsfield, Berkshire Students
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
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.
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