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Berkshire Force Top Greylock Thunder in 12U Final at Dalton CRA Tourney

By Leland BarnesiBerkshires.com Sports
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DALTON , Mass. — Cassidy Flynn threw another complete game as the Berkshire Force 12U defeated the Greylock Thunder Klein, 10-4, in the Dalton CRA Softball Tournament Championship Game on Sunday.
 
“They put it all together today,” Force coach Cliff Flynn said. “Really kept their heads in the game, always striving forward and giving it their very best efforts.”
 
“We have already started to move some coaches and families down south toward Alabama for our World Series visit this week. Funding was really significant to our travels in the coming days traveling south, a lot of programs and sponsors also helped us fund the trip.” said Force Coach.”.
 
While Berkshire Force anticipated their journey south, they still had a ball game to play against a tough Greylock Klein team.
 
Savannah Hammon of Greylock Klein brought the bat for her team, bringing in 2 runs as well as going 2-for-3 with two doubles.
 
“The girls for Greylock [Klein] kept their heads in the game the whole time, a very well coached team with a lot of bright futures,” Flynn said.
 
The game got busted open following Liv Archembauer’s two-inside-the-park homerun day, on top of her 3-for-3 performance.
 
Greylock Klein 12u had the unfortunate situation of playing later than Berkshire Force prior to their face off. The Force advanced with an 8 a.m. semi-final against the Greylock Thunder Black squad; the Thunder Klein team faced the ACS Swat in an 9:45 semi-final.
 
As a whole both teams were making really good contact and strong defensive plays.
 
Flynn threw five strikeouts in seven innings, only allowing two earned runs.
 
Throughout the highly competitive game, many minor injuries occurred.
 
But even with the high competition, both teams stayed in it till the very end and showed no sign of fatigue or misery. Both teams were happy to have made it to the championship and play in the 14th annual tournament.
 
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Wigglesworth Leads Pittsfield Back to State Little League Final Four

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Weston Wigglesworth has delivered a lot of highlights for the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars this summer.
 
On Sunday, two back-to-back gems turned the tide in a 3-0 Section 1 Tournament title game win over Holden.
 
It was a 0-0 game, and Pittsfield had not had a baserunner in the top of the fourth when Holden used an Owen Williams double and a hit batter to get runners to second and third with two out.
 
Wigglesworth reared back and fired his 11th strikeout of the game to end the threat and get an enthusiastic Pittsfield team back into the dugout.
 
Mateo Fox then led off the bottom of the fourth with a single up the middle to break up a perfect game for Holden’s Ciara Rota.
 
Rota got the next two hitters on a line drive to second base and a strikeout to bring Pittsfield’s No. 1 hitter to the plate.
 
And Wigglesworth did what he has done so many times before, crushing a pitch deep over the center field fence to give his team a 2-0 lead.
 
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