Kendall baseball team made community proud with tremendous season

Editor:

Congratulations to the Kendall boys baseball team on their phenomenal season!

They beat the other C team and not one, but two crossovers as it was Section Five’s turn to do so, beating the Section 6 sectional champs and Section 3 champs before marching forward to the New York State semifinal. They won that game also. The excitement and pride was overwhelming.

Kendall player Vinnie D’Agostino phrased their loss with class in the final saying Kendall is the best public high school in Class C. He didn’t say they suffered a loss in the NYSPHS State final to a private Catholic school.

The “P” stands for ‘Public” in New York State Public High School Athletic Association. This is an ongoing controversy in Section V. Section VI does not allow it. Section 1 just overwhelmingly voted 69 to 4 to prohibit Catholic schools playing in public playoffs beginning with the 2027-28 school year.

No secret that private schools can recruit and do it openly.

Hold your heads up, boys. We are so proud of your not only winning season but your sportsmanship in getting there.

Margaret Zambito

Oakfield (and Kendall cottage resident)