Hood to play baseball at Kutztown Panther Valley senior Stephen Hood (second from right) will continue his academic and athletic careers at Kutztown University, where he plans to play on the baseball team. With Hood in the front row, from left, are his brother Bradley (who is playing baseball at Mansfield) and his parents Jennifer and Ronald Hood. In the back row, from left, are Panther Valley athletic director Kristin Black, PV's superintendent of schools David McAndrew Jr., high school principal Patricia Ebbert, and Panther head baseball coach Rich Evanko. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS