image description — The youth football team from Pittsfield's Boys and Girls Club of the Berkshires Sunday celebrates its Senior Division Super Bowl win in the Berkshire County Youth Football League.

Boys and Girls Club Gets Crown in Program's 15th Straight Win

By Kevin ShakeriBerkshires.com Sports
08:15PM / Sunday, November 02, 2025Print Story | Email Story

DALTON, Mass. – The Boys and Girls Club of the Berkshires defeated Dalton in the Senior Division Championship Game of the Berkshire County Youth Football League, 30-0, on Sunday.

It was an unusual start for both teams, as the Pittsfield squad opened with a dominant defensive stand, forcing Dalton to punt after three consecutive plays for a loss. The Bulldogs didn’t help their cause early, turning the ball over on each of their first two drives. In between those turnovers, Dalton also fumbled, resulting in three straight possessions ending with fumbles.

The Boys and Girls Club eventually settled in and struck first with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Messiah Grandson to Xavier Barbarotta. After that opening score, the Bulldogs’ offense came alive. Barbarotta added a second touchdown on a 1-yard run and went on to account for all four of his team’s touchdowns, three through the air and one on the ground.

The Boys and Girls Club took a 22-0 lead into halftime and, after a quick score to open the third quarter from the Grandson-to-Barbarotta duo, they cruised to an easy 30-0 victory to claim the Seniors Championship. This marked the Boys and Girls Club of the Berkshires’ 15th consecutive win, dating back to last year’s title team.

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Berkshire Museum Explores Ancient Egypt With ‘Soulful Creatures’

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
11:33AM / Friday, October 09, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Following its multimillion-dollar renovation, the Berkshire Museum is welcoming an exhibition unlike any it has been able to host before.

Marking the museum's first major exhibition since its renovation, "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt," opening Saturday, Oct. 10, thins the veil between the ever-evolving history of Egyptian culture and society and modern day people.

"The most important thing about history is recognizing people from the past as actual people. Ancient Egyptians are no different than us," said William Dore, the museum's chief curator. "They have different cultures and beliefs and different viewpoints, but you can say the same thing about people today."

When audiences experience the exhibit, they will see the humanity in the people of the past, which in turn helps them connect with different views and perspectives around the world today, he said.

Combining archeology with modern scientific imaging, Brooklyn (N.Y.) Museum curators Yekaterina Barbash and Edward Bleiberg designed an exhibit that works to uncover the mysteries behind these objects and the beliefs and rituals that surround them.

"I think something that people kind of misunderstand about history is none of it's ever settled. ... History is a science that is constantly questioned,” Dore said. "It only works if everyone's constantly rethinking things, learning new things ... which is for me super exciting because as much as we know a lot about the ancient Egyptians, there's a lot we don't know.”

The installation features dozens of artifacts on loan from the Brooklyn Museum that explores the practice of animal mummification and the role animals played in ancient Egyptian religion.

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