Force 14U Softball Team Splits in Nutmeg State

iBerkshires.com Sports10:44PM / Sunday, July 13, 2025Print Story | Email Story

ENFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Force 14-and-under travel softball team Sunday went 1-1 at the Enfield Invitational.

The Force opened the day with a 13-3 win over the Connecticut Bearcats 13U squad.

Berkshire pounded out 14 hits, including four extra-base hits, in the win.

Mollie Crawford and Ava McMahon each went 2-for-3 with a triple against the Bearcats.

McMahon and Amelia Polidoro split time in the circle, striking out six in the five-inning win.

Then the Force had a rematch with tournament host Enfield Extreme Blue 14U, a 4-2 victim when the teams played on Saturday.

This time around, the Enfield Extreme came out on top, 7-2, after jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the third inning.

Lillian MacDonald led the Force offensively, going 2-for-3.

Julia McComish and McMahon split pitching duties, combining for 14 strikeouts while allowing just two earned runs.

The Force makes the short trip to Dalton next weekend for the CRA Invitational.

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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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