St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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Michael Radomski Pittsfield Dukes 08:57AM / Tuesday, August 05, 2008
MANCHESTER – With a 9-3 win at Manchester this evening, the Newport Gulls have advanced to the NECBL Semifinals to play the Pittsfield Dukes in a best of three series.
The six run victory for the Gulls completes a two game sweep of the Silkworms and puts Newport in the semifinals for the 9th time in franchise history. The Gulls will take on the Pittsfield Dukes who swept the North Adams SteepleCats on Sunday night 7-2 at Joe Wolfe Field. The Dukes are making their first playoff appearance in the NECBL and will play at Cardines Field in Newport on Tuesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35.
Alex MacKenzie (Canisius) is the probable starter for Pittsfield. MacKenzie is 3-1 with a 2.45 ERA and two complete games this season. He will be opposed by Geoff Brown (Univ of Washington) who is 4-2 on the season with a 2.23 earned run average for the Gulls.
The two teams have met six times this season with Newport winning four of the games in the series. The last meeting came on July 31st in the regular season finale for first place. The two teams battled into the 11th inning and Newport escaped with the 2-1 win.
Game two of the playoff series will be at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield on Wednesday beginning at seven o’clock. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the Dukes box office at 105 Wahconah Street or by calling 413 447 DUKES (3853).
Fans can listen to the game to and all Pittsfield Dukes games on the NECBL Broadcast Network by going to the site at http://www.teamline.cc/sportpage?teamcode=6301&eventcode=5 Pittsfield fans can also tune into Whoopee in the Morning with Sherman Baldwin on Wednesday morning at 8:08 for updated news on the Dukes and their playoff pursuit for the championship. Tune into WUPE on Wednesday morning on 100.1 FM/ 1110 AM for a preview of game one, and log onto pittsfielddukes.com for more information on the team.
Tuesday Southern Division Championship Series – Game 1 Pittsfield @ Newport 6:35pm
Wednesday SDCS -Game 2 Newport@ Pittsfield 7PM
New England Collegiate Baseball League
Results for Monday, August 4th
For more detailed results and statistics, please visit www.necbl.com.
Quarterfinal Playoff Series
Newport 9, Manchester 3 – Newport wins the series Sanford 5, Vermont 1