Winter Weather Delays Pittsfield and St Josephs Baseball
Local high school baseball teams in Pittsfield and St Josephs face slow progress under cold conditions. Pittsfield High under Buddy Pellerin trains indoors with 80 candidates while St Josephs coach Bill Murray shifts to indoor drills. Season opens April 24 with Pellerin hoping for early outdoor sessions and practice games against Williams College.
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Pittsfield High
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Buddy) Pellerin
Pear Parra
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Pellerin
Murray
Pittsfield
Gene Mersien Wins as Mars ton Family Shines in Ski Races
Three members of the Mars ton family excelled in weekend ski events. Gene Mersien won the Connecticut Ski Council race at At. Snow West Dover VI amid 217 entries in the two run giant slalom. His sister placed second, and their dad also finished high.
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Gene
Connecticut Ski Council
At. Snow
West Dover
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Saddleback
Rangeley
Maine
Pamela
Laycock Steps Up To 181 Lb Class For NE YMCA Meet
Barry Laycock, 17, Pittsfield High, will compete in the New England YMCA light heavyweight championship at Springfield College. He moved to 181 pounds this season, after starting at 165 and finishing second in the 165 div in the Connecticut open. Laycock, cochampion in 165 last year at New England, has not entered the Nashville national teenage tournament due to funds and graduation conflicts. He lives with his mother at 57 Memorial Drive.
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Pittsfield
New England Ymca
Springfield College
Laycock
New England
Nashville
Tenn
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Mary Laycock
Memorial Drive
Len Watters Clinic highlight in football coaching circles
Len Watters and his brother Warren run the Raleigh clinic in Elmsford New York next week drawing over 600 coaches mainly from high schools. The event offers 22 hours of lectures by top college pro and high school coaches with a $15 fee covering all lectures a clambake and a hospitality hour.
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Williams College
Berkshire County
Lake Venice
Fla
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Raleish
Elmsford
N.Y
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Williston Academy
Frank Navarro
Williams
Raleigh Clinic
Turner
White Plains
Saturday Evening Post
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Dartmouth
Hal Lahar
Colgate
Houston
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Harvard
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Boston College
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Delaware
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Tulane
America
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Furman
Phil Bengston
Green Bay Packers
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Mineola
L.L
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Nyack
White Plaine
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Waiters
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Bob Merritt
Fred Tanner
Irv Hughes
Bob Burbank
Marcel Peltier
Borkshire Senior Golfers’ Association
Florida
Berkshire Association
Venice Gardens
Berkshire
Warren Walters
Williston
St. Margaret Episcopal Girls' School
Waterbury
Conn
Horan Reaches Final in New England AAU Welterweights
Fred Hap Horan of Pittsfield wins two decisions in the New England AAU boxing meet at Boston Garden before losing in the welterweight final to Ron Flynn of Somerville. Horan suffered a stopped fight after his eye closed from a butt in the opening bout. Bruce and Whitfield claim divisional titles in other weight classes.
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Fred
Hap) Horan
Pittsfield
Horan
Ron Flynn
Somerville
Boston Garden
Amherst Baseball Drops 121 Run Loss to Georgia Southern
Beacca Catches John Beacca of Stockbridge caught the entire game for the Amherst College varsity baseball team in its 12 1 loss to Georgia Southern yesterday afternoon at Statesboro Georgia. Dan Pierce held the losers to four hits. Amherst, with a tie with Navy and nine defeats on its southern trip, will conclude the tour by meeting Georgia Southern again today.
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Stockbridge
Amherst College
Georgia Southern
Statesboro
Dan Pierce
Amherst
Navy
CYC Opens Tourney With Win Over Longmeadow 86-50
Pittsfield CYC rolled to an 86-50 victory over Longmeadow in the Kiddie Drake memorial tourney at Holyoke Boys' Club. Four players hit double figures led by Dave Southard with 18, as nine CYC players scored and a 38-20 halftime margin set the tone.
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Pittsfield Cyc
Holyoke Boys’ Club
Berkshire County
Longmeadow
CYC
Dave Southard
Denny Kelly
Dick Falkenbush
Bob Matthews
Pittsfield
City Hall
Joe Cuddy
Belchertown Market
Hadley
Hartford
CYC and Boys Club Peewees Triumph In Tourney Opener
The Catholic Youth Center and Boys Club peewees won openers in the 12th annual Peewee basketball tournament. CYC crushed Williamstown 62 21 while Boys Club Pinefield edged Lee AC 34 31 after a late rally. Leon Kelly and Kevin O'Donnell led Pinefield, Lee’s Bill O’Brien scored 40, and Tony Simonelli paced the CYC with 12 points.
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Peewees
CYC
Williamstown
Pinefield
Lee AC
Openers Highlight Catholic Youth Center Basketball Upsets
In opening-round CYC junior tournament play St Agnes Dalton shocked Sacred Heart Pittsfield 57 50 Mount Carmel defeated Notre Dame Adams 58 53 and St Charles eliminated Holy Family 65 20 St Agnes and Sacred Heart battled evenly as Elm Street held a narrow lead 10 9 and 22 24 after two periods The third quarter saw St Agnes press Sacred Heart but the game remained tied 40 40 Entering the final period Sacred Heart cooled and St Agnes pulled away Mike Connolly led Sacred Heart with 23 points Paul Downs paced Mount Carmel with 16 and Alex Borelli's late baskets secured the win Borelli also drilled a key 15-foot jumper late to seal Mount Carmel’s victory Ned Evans scored 20 for St Charles with John Wilk adding 11 Holy Family fell behind early and St Charles never trailed as Northeast Penn showed strong rebounding and offense Tonight three more opening-round games are on schedule including St Joseph’s vs Corpus Christi St Mary’s Pittsfield vs St Ann’s Lenox and St Mark’s vs St Mary’s Lee.
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Dick Quinn
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Hibbard Clinches Volleyball League Title in Playoff
Hibbard School sixth graders coached by Tony Piralta and Ricky DeLuca defeated Williams two games to one to capture the South League championship. The teams finished the season 4-1. Hibbard won 15-10, lost 15-13, then won 15-12.
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Gateway Regional High School 46 game baseball schedule
Gateway Regional High School announces a 46 game baseball schedule led by Arnold J. Estelle. The 14 bi county league contests include two independent games with Williamsburg. Open April 20 at Smith School in Northampton, first home game May 4 vs Granby at Huntington.
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