By Rob Potter

March 21, 2003 – Monticello

Overall Record: 19-3

League Record: The Panthers won the OCIAA Division II title with a 9-1 record within the division.

Top Performers: Seniors Geraldo Fernandez, Rick Villegas and Deon Morgan led the Panther offense this season.
Fernandez was the team’s leading scorer, averaging 17.3 points per game. He also grabbed 11.3 rebounds, dished out 2.4 assists and blocked two shots per game.
Villegas averaged 14.3 points and 2.4 assists a game.
Morgan aveaged 12.8 points and 1.3 assists per contest. He also grabbed an average of four rebounds a game, a surprising total for a point guard.

Season Highlight(s): “Just competing the way we did after moving up to Class A from Class B,” Coach Dick O’Neill said. “Competing as well as we did was certainly a high point for us.”

Season Lowlight(s): “I don’t think we had one this season,” O’Neill said.

Other: O’Neill said he would miss the contributions of the six Panther seniors next season. Those seniors are Reed Barnofsky, Devin Brust, Fernandez, Morgan, Devan Scantlebury and Villegas.