Here we are again.

The end of another school year is here and with it, the end of another scholastic sports season.

Well, that’s not entirely accurate, as the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders walked off against West Branch 3-2 on Thursday in the PIAA Class A softball quarterfinals, advancing to play Cochranton on Monday.

For everyone else, however, the end has come.

The underclassmen will still don their respective team uniforms for at least one more season, but for the seniors, this was it.

For some, you will continue your careers at the collegiate level. For many of you, however, it was the end of your competitive athletic careers.

Covering a four-county area allows the opportunity to see a wide-range of schools, and with it, even greater opportunity to see amazing things happen.

There are so many things that stick out for me in 2014-15, it’s hard to know where to begin.

In the fall, there was the tremendous success of the Bradford High soccer teams, capped off by a third-straight District 9 championship for the boys. Or how about Kane’s run to the District 9 Class A football championship?

The winter was filled with some pretty special moments as well.

The Cameron County boys and girls basketball teams provided us with plenty of reasons to stand up and cheer.

Nate Sestina was throwing down dunks and Keith Spehalski and Trae Smith were knocking down three’s in leading the Red Raiders to a berth in the D-9 Class A championship game and their first state playoff win since the 1970s.

And who could forget what the girls did, as Madison Harrier knocked down a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left in a triple-overtime D-9 first round playoff win over A-C Valley, followed by a stunning upset of Port Allegany in the quarterfinal round to advance to the state playoffs.

What a special time it was in Emporium this winter.

On the mat, Smethport’s Jimmy Duffy, finished third in the state in the 145-pound weight class at the PIAA wrestling championships.

There were more firsts in the spring.

Oswayo Valley had a magical run to its first-ever District 9 baseball crown, while the Bradford boys had one of the finest seasons in school history, advancing to just the third D-9 Class AAA title game appearance in program history.

While Elk County Catholic is still going in the PIAA softball playoffs, Smethport had another terrific season, capped with another berth in the PIAA playoffs. What I’ll remember most about the Lady Hubbers this season, however, was not anything they did on the field, but the compassion and kindness they showed to first-round PIAA opponent Jefferson-Morgan and Lady Rocket Camryn Dugan, who lost her father, Chris who was also an assistant coach, just three weeks ago to cancer.

There was also the Bradford boys track and field team regaining its stranglehold atop District 9 Class AAA, while the Kane boys won another title in Class AA.

I didn’t even hit the tip of the iceberg when it comes to all the teams and players that did great things this school year. That’s because I want to touch on a more important issue.

That is, no matter if you were a part of a district championship team or a team that didn’t win a game, you were still a part of something you will always remember.

And I say this especially to those who are graduating.

While many of you won’t go on to play sports in college, the memories you’ve made in high school and the friendships you’ve gained will last a lifetime.

Trust me.

So while you enjoy graduation, the parties and the summer time leading up to college, the military or whatever the next chapter of your lives hold, carry fondly with you the memories you made during your four years of high school sports.

You will miss it, I promise, especially at first. But when you look back ten years from now (like I am doing this year) or even farther down the road, it will bring a smile to your face.

That alone has made all the time you invested worth it.