| | | Monday, April 14
Molly Meczywor, Transcript Correspondent
NORTH ADAMS
When Jenn Allard accepted the coaching position of the Drury girls' track and field team this season, one may wonder if she was aware of the rich traditions she was bringing with her and how those traditions will assist her this year and years to come.
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Two things happened on June 10 of last year, when Southwick's Kyle Yelin hit a game-winning single to beat Hoosac Valley 3-2 in the semifinals of the Western Massachusetts tournament.
The Hurricane's season was done, and North Berkshire County started looking for its newest ace.
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Jeremy Pierce has one simple request for anyone who's interested in watching high school track and field this spring.
"May 6, be there."
That's when Pierce, a senior on the Hoosac Valley track and field team, will go head-to-head with local rival and fellow speed demon Wyatt Demo of Drury.
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NORTH ADAMS -- It has been said that the only thing tougher than winning a title in sports is being able to repeat that same success the following season.
After cruising to a Western Massachusetts championship last season, the Drury softball team faces such an obstacle. The pressure to defend the title shouldn't be a factor, however, as most of the 2008 Blue Devils weren't
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NORTH ADAMS -- As if playing its home games on the road in 2006 wasn't enough for an explanation, Drury tennis head coach Whitney Suters feels that the sport is underappreciated in North Adams. However, he hopes to change that, even if it's one player at a time.
The Blue Devil boys and girls went 1-15 last season, but it's not about the wins and losses for Suters.
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NORTH ADAMS -- It's been a long time coming for the Drury track and field teams.
With over 90 athletes participating for both the boys' and girls' teams this season, 30 of whom are seniors, both coaches have a great deal to look forward to. And if that wasn't enough to build excitement, many of these athletes made nice runs at the Western Massachusetts trials last year.
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Melanie Zeneski, Transcript Correspondent
WILLIAMSTOWN -- After a 6-14 season, Mount Greylock baseball head coach Steve Messina will have no problem finding experience when he looks to his roster. The Mounties only lost three players to graduation and have a slew of young players that already have a year of seasoning under their belt.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Last year's Mount Greylock softball team flew under the radar all the way to the quarterfinals of the Western Massachusetts tournament. It was the team's first trip to the tourney since 2003 and it put Williamstown back on the softball map. The days of Greylock being a side note on teams' schedules are over, and the Mounties no longer a secret.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Last spring, the Mount Greylock boys' tennis team ended its season knowing most of its players would be back and figuring better days were ahead.
The Mounties did not know how good they would have it.
Second-yearcoachMary Vaughan indeed returns nearly everyone from last year's 10-7 squad.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- You know those massive track and field teams that come at you in waves with dozens of kids piling up points in every event?
That is not Mount Greylock boys, not this year anyway.
Fortunately for the Mounties, they are the kind of team that will be a threat to take first-place points in enough events to keep them competitive this spring.
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CHESHIRE -- When you've made the finals of the Western Massachusetts baseball tournament four out of the last 10 seasons, you tend to get some attention in your neck of the woods. When you've won the championship two (2001 and 2006) out of the four times you've been there, people from across the state start to realize that Berkshire boys can play with the best of them.
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ADAMS -- New coach, new team, new attitude, new start. And are the members of the Hoosac Valley girls' softball team excited.
Hoping to rebound from last year's disappointing record of 6-14 with a squad new to boot, new head coach Mike Ameen has his work cut out for him. However, with Ameen's deep background in coaching softball and his positive outlook for his team, the
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CHESHIRE -- With numbers at a low and only 14 upperclassmen, the Hoosac Valley boys track and field team faces a rebuilding year in 2008. Hoosac coach Ron Namislo is hoping to have a competitive season, however, and hopefully carry over some momentum from their 7-1 season in 2007 in which they shared the county title with Mount Greylock and Wahconah.
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To the west of Berkshire County is New York's Capital District, where new high school lacrosse programs seem to come online each year and where the University at Albany men's team has gone to the NCAA Division 1 tournament four of the last five years.
To the east is the rest of the commonwealth, with 177 boys and 150 girls teams at the high school level, a UMass men's team
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WILLIAMSTOWN
For the last four years, Berkshire County softball's North Division has been seeing double ... and triples ... and home runs, coming off the bats of Ally and Lindsay Maynard, Mount Greylock's dynamic senior twin captains.
Ally and Lindsay form Greylock's version of Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz as they generally hit right next to each other in the lineup,
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