A few days ago I wrote about the spirited chase for Ryan Pennell. It appears the Rye Neck star has ended that chase, choosing to pitch for Elon.

I confirmed it earlier tonight with Pennell, who had received offers from more than 10 schools since July 1.

I’ll have more from Pennell about his decision tomorrow.

One part of research that was a little lost in Tuesday’s Behind the Scenes story is the fact that the recruitment of Ryan Pennell (above) has really exploded in the last three weeks. I wanted to provide a little more detail on Pennell here.

1. Pennell has received nearly a dozen offers already. And they are [...]

Many of you have asked for more on the summer baseball circuit. It isn’t exactly results, but I delved into the topic for a story in today’s paper. There are various levels a player can choose to play summer ball now. Some teams are nearly free. Others can cost upwards of $3-4-5,000. But it’s safe [...]

If you know Pat Massaroni (left) at least a little, and I do, you know, at minimum, these three things about him: 1. He loves baseball; 2. He loves local sports (Stepinac in particular); and 3. He doesn’t have a bad bone in his body.

Unfortunately, his life took a terrible turn yesterday. I received an [...]

I talked to Suffern star Robbie Aviles earlier tonight and we discussed a few things, including: 1. His college choice and 2. His (fractured) pitching hand. Here are the updates…

— Aviles has committed to the University of Florida. The rumors are true. The hard-throwing right-hander chose Florida. I asked him why and he told me [...]

I also didn’t have an opportunity to link to Monday’s feature on Zack Tax, the Rye Country Day senior-to-be.

The story focuses on how well Tax has pitched and played despite having to tend to his Type I diabetes. As you can see in the photo above, Tax can never forget it while he pitches, try [...]

First, I hope everyone had a chance to check out our postseason honors. If not, you can find them by surfing this post.

Second, I’d just like to share a few links from when I was away. The wife and I celebrated our first anniversary over the weekend in DC, so I was out of town. [...]

As I said yesterday, today is the debut of the Westchester/Putnam all-star and Rockland all-county teams in the newspaper and here on LoHud.com. Here are some quick details and some links:

WESTCHESTER/PUTNAM — Our player of the year was Matt McGovern of Mamaroneck. The senior finished his career strong, leading the Tigers to a second straight [...]

There’s been some player of the year debate over the last 10 days or so. All of it comes to an end tomorrow when the Westchester/Putnam all-star team and the Rockland all-county team are both announced.

The POYs and the first-team, second-team and honorable-mention selections will all be published in tomorrow’s paper and on LoHud.com. I [...]

As Jake noted, I was away for the week. Played a little golf, chauffered my brother around, hung out with the wife and went upstate to a cousin’s graduation. All in all, it was a solid break.

I hope you don’t think I forgot about you. So, to account for my absence, I hope to launch [...]