By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays And down the stretch they come! With league titles on the line and just one week left before Section 1 playoffs start, Class AAA is looking more and more like another potential battle between

By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Here are some of the things that are tough to ignore about the Section 1 baseball circuit at the midway point of the 2024 campaign: First and foremost Class AA is stacked with

Croton Crushing it in Class B; Lakeland, Panas Split Series By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays While it hasn’t exactly felt like baseball weather this spring, things are bound to start heating up, and the long-range forecast is shaping

Surging Brewster Flashing Aces; Panas off to Hot Start By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays While early April hasn’t exactly produced all that much ‘Baseball Weather’ in our neck of the woods, some of our local diamonds did dry

Colonials Take 3 Chips; Shrub Oak Cruises to Victory over New Castle on Strength of Defense by Nick Robbins & Ray Gallagher The Mount Pleasant Colonials stole the show last weekend, taking home three championships at the 10-11-12U divisions of

Class A Panthers Fall in NYS Finals, 5-1, to Columbia By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There was an early air of confidence in the Walter Panas dugout at the NYSPHSAA Class A Baseball Championships, starting with Friday’s Final

Panthers Escape 9th-Inning Scare, Win on Witters’ Heroics in 10th By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It’s been quite a lavish spring for the 2023 Walter Panas High baseball team, rife with team and individual accomplishments the likes of

Panther Coach Fata’s 24th Year Bears Fruits of Labor By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays PURCHASE – Nearly a quarter century ago, Walter Panas baseball Coach Anthony Fata – full of piss and vinegar, and a pinch between his