Leading off today: Irondequoit senior shortstop Chris Culver had a dream day at the plate yesterday, slugging two grand slams during an 18-11 baseball victory against Webster Schroeder.

   Culver, who signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Maryland next season, finished 4-for-4 with nine runs batted in for the Eagles. He's a three-time Monroe County League all-star and team MVP.

   Speaking of slugging, Iroquois senior Calvin Sluberski hit two home runs in a game for the second time in four days, also throwing a three-hitter with nine strikeouts in a 9-5 victory over Lake Shore. Sluberski was 4-for-4 at the plate.

   In between starts on the mound, Sluberski plays second base. He's a three-year starter.

   Latest from the PSAL: It's been a couple of days since I've picked on the PSAL, so it's time to get back on track with the help of an almost oh-by-the-way note from the New York Daily News this morning.

   The story was about how the Madison High coach would like to see the Brooklyn 'A' division schedules restructured to make games more competitive, but the background of the story was pegged on Madison's 1-0 win over powerful Fort Hamilton a few days earlier.

   Very low in the story was the notation that Joseph Abadia, a recent transfer, scored the game's only run.

   And his transfer is the story. Coach Vinny Caiazza said Abadia received immediate eligibility to play for Madison despite his transfer status. He played for Canarsie last spring, but that school has been slated for closure under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

   But here's the fascinating part: Canarsie has not closed yet, and the school still fields a baseball team. I have no problem with kids transferring out of a school that's so bad that it's being forced to shut down, but the athletic and academic issues are entirely separate.

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Either you have a transfer rule with a mandatory one-year waiting period or you don't.

   Oh, wait. We're talking about the PSAL.

   "I had too many distractions at that school," Abadia told the paper. "I didn't like the team. They didn't play for real. I wanted to go to a place that had a more serious team."

   Two-sporter: Niagara-Wheatfield senior Alex Buerger is having a busy spring. Besides playing No. 1 singles on the tennis team, he's keeping his golf game in shape to compete in the Section 6 championship May 17 at Diamond Hawk.

   Golf's regular season is played in the fall in the Buffalo area, but sectionals are held in the spring to conform with the rest of state. So Buerger plays tennis on weekdays and golf on weekends.

   Buerger made the varsity as a freshman, has played first singles since he was a sophomore and is 6-0 this spring. In golf, he's a six-year varsity veteran and a two-time Niagara Frontier League medalist.

   "I'm expected to win at both, so I do feel the pressure," Buerger told The Buffalo News. "I've learned to accept and try and get past it. Sometimes I question if maybe I have to choose one or the other. I balance them well. It doesn't get too crazy. I enjoy them both, so I try to give them equal time."

   He has signed a letter of intent to play golf at Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.), a Division II program.