5 Players Named to FCCAA All Academic Team- Released July 23, 2009

The following 5 players for Alex Morales's baseball team were selected to the Florida Community College Activities Association All Academic Team. To qualify students had to maintain a cumulative 3.25 or above.

Daniel Schefffler- 3.31

Raymond Church- 3.32

Evan Stermer- 3.81

Ben Carhart- 3.44

Ronnie Oelerich- 3.38

MOONEY COLLECTS NATIONAL AWARD

Released June 4, 2009

Peter Mooney, the Panthers freshman shortstop was named the Rawlings NJCAA National Gold Glove recipient for the top defensive player of the year at his position. Mooney, who has followed in the footsteps of his brother Michael who won the award 2 year ago, had a fielding % of .969 and was on eof the key ingredients to the Panthers winning 18 of their last 22 and finishing 3rd in the Florida state tournament.

PANTHERS PLACE 3 ON ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AT STATE FINALS
Released May 23, 2009

Sophomores Larry Walicki and Raymond Church along with freshman Peter Mooney were selected to the recently concluded All tournament team at the State Finals.

PANTHERS FINISH 3RD IN FCCAA BASEBALL STATE FINALS
Released May 18, 2009

In 5 days of action packed baseball the PBCC team came up a little short in their quest for the schools first state title in years. PBCC fought their way through the consolation bracket working their way into the final 3 before being ousted by Chipola on Tuesday May 12. PBCC started off the tournament on Friday May 8 on the arm of Mike Rayl and cruised to a 6-2 lead in the bottom of the 9th vs. Tallahassee only to allow the northern school to score 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th, losing 7-6 on the first day.

On Saturday May 9 the Panthers bats and pitching were alive and well as they crushed St. Pete 12-1 to set up a game with conference rival Miami Dade who was ranked 5th in the country. Sunday May 10 was arguably the game of the tournament as the lead changed hands 5 times before Peter Mooney stepped to the plate in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and hit a walk off homer to give the Panthers another day winning 11-10.

On Monday May 11 the Panthers continued their quest as they defeated Sante Fe (eventual state champs) 10-6 by scoring 4 runs in the ninth innning however on Tuesday May 12 the dream ended as Chipola defeated PBCC narrowly 4-3.

The Panthers ended their magical run by winning 18 of thier last 22 games. Their final season record was 34-20 which marked the 3rd time in the 4 years of Coach Alex Morales' tenure that the Panthers have won 30 or more games.

DJ LEONARD SENDS PANTHERS TO ELITE 8 WITH 12TH INNING WALK OFF HOMER!
Released April 30, 2009

In a game packed with drama, tension, great defense, and clutch hitting, the PBCC baseball team punched their ticket to the State Juco Finals with a thrilling 8-7 12 inning victory over Broward on Wednesday evening. Three times in the late and extra innings the Panthers fought back from deficits culminating in Leonard's dramatic 3 run homer in the bottom of the 12th to set off the mad celebration.

With the victory, PBCC has now gone 15-2 in their last 17 games and moved their record to 31-18 overall. The Panthers will take on Tallahassee at 1pm on Friday May 8 at Chain of Lakes Stadium in Winter Haven, Florida.

PBCC BASEBALL CONTINUES LATE SEASON TEAR!
Released April 29, 2009

After playing the first two thirds of the season with .500 ball (16-16), Coach Alex Morales' Panthers have turned the corner winning 14 of their last 16 games to run their season record to 30-18. The Panthers have won the first 2 rounds of the playoffs against Brevard 6-4 and Broward 8-4. PBCC is 1 step away from qualifying for the "Elite Eight" of the Florida State JUCO Tournament. PBCC will take on Broward again today April 29 @ 4pm for a right to advance to the State Finals.

PBCC Baseball Team Places 8 on First or Second Team Team All-Conference
Released April 27, 2009

The Panthers baseball team placed 4 players on the first team and 4 players on the second team of the Southern conference as voted on by the coaches. Named to the first team were Peter Mooney- infield, Larry Walicki - outfield, Patrick Roedel - catcher, Michael Rayl - pitcher. Second team selections were Dan Scheffler- infield, Raymond Church - infield, Alex Bello - outfield and Ronnie Oelerich - pitcher. PBCC has won 12 of their last 14 games and begin the playoffs today, Monday April 27 vs. Brevard.

Panther's Mooney Named Baseball Player of the Week
Released April 14, 2009

Peter Mooney a first year shortstop for Palm Beach Community College was named the Florida Community College JUCO Player of the week for the period April 6-13. Mooney batted .556 (10-18) with nine runs scored, one home run and eight RBI's in four games (3-1) for the Panthers. In a two game series against Brevard on April 7-8, Mooney went 7-8, scored 5 times and drove in five runs. He followed that with a 3-6 effort against #4 ranked Broward on April 10 in which he had a home run and three RBI's. Mooney also walked three times last week and was a perfect 3 for 3 in stolen bases.