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

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

FISHKILL, NY – Living a nomadic lifestyle comes with the territory of being a professional umpire, and the most recent assignment for Panama native J.J. Bilinski will force longer trips and more time on the road. He’s perfectly fine with that, though. The first-year professional umpire earned a promotion from the rookie-level Gulf Coast League ... Read More

CALEDONIA, NY — Two Chautauqua County athletes brought home championships from the high school state track and field meet in Caledonia over the weekend. Craig Howard, a senior from Chautauqua Lake, and John Strickland, a senior from Panama, each took title honors through their work at states. Howard earned the New York State Public High School ... Read More

PANAMA, NY — At 13-1 overall and 12-0 and in possession of the Division 4 championship, Panama’s softball team again has high hopes for the month of June. Only this year, the Lady Panthers hope to make this June even better than last year, when the team claimed the Class D section championship. After a loss in the Far West Regional a season ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — It has been more than four decades since Jim McElrath left coaching basketball full-time, but the Air Jordan sneakers he wears give away the passion he still carries for the sport. “It doesn’t leave you,” McElrath says of his love of the game. “I still feel I could coach a team and still win.” McElrath’s teams at ... Read More

Panama’s girls’ volleyball team wrapped up yet another winning regular season this week, finishing its slate with a 16-1 record and await a likely high seed in the Class D playoffs which begin ... Read More

After reaching the Class D sectional finals one season ago, Panama has not skipped a beat this fall, remaining one of the top volleyball programs in Western New ... Read More

After hosting the school’s first home playoff game in nearly 30 years last season, the Panama Panthers enter 2010 looking for a return to the post-season with a host of new faces. “The season wrapped up really well,” said coach Ch Read More

Lisa Roberts is a coach who makes a positive impact on her players lives. She is the head coach of the boys/girls varsity tennis team at Panama High School, a position she has held now for two years.Roberts embraces a positive coaching philosophy which places the learning of proper technique, team camaraderie, and enjoyment of the sport above wins ... Read More