A quick congrats to our baseball and softball All-Stars and to all those from the area who made the All-State teams.

As both Kingston and Coleman Catholic have proven with their state championship victories, baseball in the area is as good as ever and on a par with the best baseball being played throughout NYS. All these players should be extremely proud of themselves that they earned these postseason accolades.

I look at the announcing of our All-Stars as the unofficial end of the 2011-12 scholastic sports season, and it was quite a good one all around. Let's hope 2012-13 will be just as noteworthy.

And for those wondering, high school football practice begins August 13, with all other sports starting a week later.