Pittsfield Little Leaguers Stay Alive in Sectional

iBerkshires.com Sports09:37PM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Three Pittsfield Little League 12-year-old All-Star pitchers combined to strike out 12 and allow no earned runs on Wednesday as Pittsfield stayed alive in the Section 1 tournament with a 11-1 win over Leominster at Deming Park.

Pittsfield survived the elimination bracket game in the double-elimination tournament and earned a return trip on Thursday to Holden, which fell to Westfield in the winners bracket on Wednesday.

Mateo Herrera got the start on the mound on Wednesday and struck out seven while allowing two hits and no runs in 3 and a third innings.

He then gave the ball to Bradley Charow for an inning and a third. Ryder Froio went to the hill in the bottom of the fifth for an out and pitched around a one-out double for a scoreless sixth.

Froio also stayed hot at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a double in a 12-hit Pittsfield attack.

Herrera also doubled, going 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs.

Edaniel Hebert and Charow each had a pair of hits.

Pittsfield on Thursday will be looking to avenge a 4-3 loss at Holden in the state sectional opener on Tuesday.

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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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