Lakeville Journal Sports

As the cooler weather arrives the idea of standing around in water becomes less and less attractive. Sensible anglers call it a season. They put their gear in the closet, and leave it there until April.

It is a sad but undeniable truth that many if not most of our trout streams in the Northeastern U.S. require stocking of trout. 

That means trucks from state hatcheries occasionally appear and put large numbers of hatchery-raised trout in the rivers.

LIME ROCK — The 38th annual Historic Festival at Lime Rock Park took place, as always, for four days over Labor Day weekend. 

In these days of cancellations, postponements, virtual alternatives and uncertainties, it was a huge achievement to present the festival in any form. 

FALLS VILLAGE — Accompanied by her dog Coffee Bean, the hiker whose trail name is A.J. set out on Thursday, July 23, looking to complete yet another section of the Appalachian Trail, this time hiking from Falls Village to Great Barrington. 

SHARON — The majority of all other triathlons have been canceled due to the ongoing pandemic,  but the Sharon Parks and Recreation Commission chose to go ahead with the 13th annual Sharon Sprint Triathlon on Saturday, Aug. 8, drawing participants from across the Tri-state area.

A few years back I received a strange birthday present from a friend. It was some kind of fishing rod that collapsed. I took the cap off the butt and the sections started sliding out. I pushed them back in, screwed the cap back on, and stuck it in the fish closet.

FALLS VILLAGE — Russell Sears, a rising junior at Housatonic Valley Regional High School and a Sharon resident, beat out the Northwestern Field Hockey team to win the first ever Berkshire League Backyard Sports Championship.