Leading off today: The season for one of Section 6's most successful boys lacrosse programs has come to an abrupt end due to rough play -- not on the field but rather in the locker room, according to multiple media reports.

   School Superintendent Charles Rinaldi canceled the school's remaining varsity and JV games after learning that two players engaged in a brief "boxing match" after practice April 29 while other players took video and cheered them on. The video reportedly made its way onto YouTube.com.

   Gowanda's last game was an 18-16 loss to Silver Creek on April 30 that dropped the team to 6-3. The Panthers, 12-time Section 6 champions, have forfeited three games since after what Rinaldi told The Buffalo News was the toughest decision he's had to make at Gowanda. "Parents were upset,” he told the paper. "There were different arguments as to whether I was right . . . I can say honestly, I was sympathetic to the issues the parents brought up."

   The school board will hear an appeal from players and parents on Monday.

   The video showed two JV players -- both willing participants -- wearing gloves during the impromptu bout, which ended when the brother of one of the fighters intervened.

   The Observer reported that the two fighters originally were kicked off the team and the third student received a five-day school suspension. A subsequent special meeting was held for parents, at which time Rinaldi and the school board canceled th rest of the season.

   A big number: James Monroe baseball coach Mike Turo notched his 1,000th victory yesterday in an 8-3 win over host DeWitt Clinton.

   Eagles players presented Turo with a plaque and a signed commemorative jersey as he joined Archbishop Molloy’s Jack Curran as the only members of the quadruple-digit club. He started his career at Monroe in 1977 and has become a PSAL institution. He has led Monroe to five overall city championships and 27 Bronx PSAL crowns.

   Turo has sent over 300 players to college and has had 21 drafted.

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   "I just love working with the kids to get out of The Bronx, to get to a better place,” he said. “I feel I’m helping more here."

   “He spends more time with us than his family,” pitching coach and former player Jose Bautista told The New York Post. “This is his life. He puts this in front of everybody.”

   At 54, Turo would seem to have a lot of wins left in him. "I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “We have some more championships to win and we’re going to keep working hard."

   A close call: North Rockland junior Darius Favors is recovering from a most improbable -- and nearly catastrophic -- injury suffered at track practice, The Journal News reported.

   Favors was hit by a discus on April 29, sustaining a fractured skull and a concussion. He was taken to Nyack Hospital, where he was found to have bleeding on the brain. Treatment continued at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where doctors operated to relieve the pressure caused by the pooling blood.

   "It was touch and go the next day, but he really came around the day after, so the prognosis is excellent," coach Gene Dall said.

   Favors, who competes in the weight events and has gone over 51 feet in the shot already, has been out of school for two weeks.