It was a little bit of an end of an era for the Panama Panthers boys basketball team last year. Behind seniors Nick Lenart, the school’s all-time leading scorer, Zach Lubi, Tyler Marsh and Dylan Stow, Panama won its first sectional title since 1971, a span of 41 years. They’ve all moved on, but now so has Panama — to ... Read More

Jamestown, Silver Creek lose heartbreaking finals; Panama wins Class D Three championships. Three games each school won’t soon forget — for all completely different reasons. At one end of the spectrum, it is the glorious run of the Panama Panthers, who won the Class D Sectional Zeddie Williams (No. 52) ... Read More

In completely contrasting styles, the Panama Panthers and Clymer Pirates advanced to Section VI’s Class D Championship by closing out opponents Monday night at Jamestown Community College. Behind a full house at JCC, Clymer edged Sherman 40-39 on a buzzer-beating putback from Dan Lictus before top-seeded Panama walloped Brocton ... Read More

Four years ago, Panama finished the 2008-09 season with a 5-15 record and just one league win. Nick Lenart was just a freshman, but already the team’s third leading scorer. The 2011-12 Panama Boys Basketball team. (Submitted photo). Now Lenart, who cracked the school’s 1,000-point club earlier this ... Read More

Class AA All AA schools finish up league play tonight. But as of right now, here are the projected brackets: (Seed) School — Total Rating [First Round Bye's] 1. Jamestown — 4.46 (to play 8/9 winner) Jamestown senior Kareem Walker's defense and rebounding has been a huge component for the Red ... Read More

It was another wild night between Panama and Cassadaga Valley Friday night, but the Panthers’ Nick Lenart sunk the Cougars for the second time in a week with a jumper in the final seconds to give Panama a 63-62 win. That came exactly one week after Lenart converted on a three-point play in the closing seconds of Panama’s 58-55 win last ... Read More