Drury, Lenox Athletes Earn Weekly Honors

One of this week's Athletes of the Week has her team picking up right where it left off a year ago.

 

The other has his team pointed in a new direction and looking to better days ahead.

 

Lenox senior Nicole Gamberoni and the Millionaires girls soccer team have opened the year 2-0 in impressive fashion, outscoring each of their first two opponents by 5-0 margins.

 

Last year, Lenox opened the season 2-4-1 before catching fire and winning 12 games, going all the way to the Western Massachusetts Division 4 final.

 

Gamberoni was second on the team in scoring a year ago, and she leads the way this year with two goals and two assists.

 

Lenox has a tough test this week against a resurgent Drury squad Wednesday and unbeaten Mount Greylock on Friday.

 

The new football season has been good to the old Berkshire County League, which went 6-0 against the Pioneer Valley on Friday and Saturday. Throw in McCann Tech, and county teams were 7-0 outside the county with two squads -- Mount Greylock and Hoosac Valley -- playing an intracounty thriller.

 

Nowhere was the Week 1 win more welcome than at Drury, which won just one game a year ago.

 

Last year, the Blue Devils started with a 40-16 loss to Smith Vocational. On Saturday, the Blue Devils turned the tables, routing the Vikings 44-8 behind 140 yards rushing and 76 yards passing by Obilio Rodriguez.

 

The senior QB accounted for two rushing touchdowns and two throwing touchdowns.

 

The iBerkshires.com Athlete of the Week is sponsored by Adams Community Bank.