Drury, Burr & Burton Boys Reach Giorgi Final

By Shannon BoyeriBerkshires Sports
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alex Heck scored 19 points Wednesday to lead the Drury boys basketball team to the championship game of the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League.
 
Drury led from start to finish in its semi-final against Mount Greylock and emerged with a 56-46 win.
 
Heck had seven rebounds to go along with his game-high scoring total, and Justin Girard added 16 points.
 
Mount Greylock’s Eric Hirsch had a team-high 18 points, and Michael McCormack led the Mounties in rebounds with eight.
 
Drury will play in the finals against Burr and Burton Academy of Manchester, Vt.
 
Burr and Burton held a pretty steady lead over Bennington, Vt.'s, Mount Anthony throughout the game, beating the Patriots 80-59.
 
Joey Shehadi for Burr and Burton had a game-high 35 points and tallied six rebounds. Connor Harrington added 23 points.
 
Drury and Burr and Burton will play at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Noel Field in a double-header that concludes with the Open Division final between MCLA and Flynn & Dagnoli.

See photos of the Drury/Mount Greylock game here and photos of Burr & Burton/Mount Anthony here.


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Anderson Leads SteepleCats Past Danbury

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Aedan Anderson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double Friday to lead the North Adams SteepleCats to a 12-8 win over Danbury, Conn., Westerners in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
 
The SteepleCats broke a 7-7 tie with a five-run seventh inning on the way to breaking a 13-game losing streak in front of their home fans at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
Monument Mountain's Jayder Raifstanger went 1-for-5 with a pair of RBIs, and Taconic's Sam Sherman also was 1-for-5 at the plate for North Adams.
 
Owen Fox earned the win on the mound with 2 and two-thirds innings of work in relief.
 
North Adams (13-26) travels to Holyoke on Saturday for a double-header against the Valley Blue Sox.
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