The Averill Park board of education officially appointed Jim Kahler as the program's new varsity baseball coach on Tuesday, January 28th.

Kahler has been a coach with the program for 17 seasons and will replace Mike Conroy as the Warriors' head coach. Conroy led the program for nearly 20 years.

According to a press release from the school, Kahler's goals this season "include making positive connections with the Averill Park youth baseball community and providing opportunities for the baseball team to play nonleague games outside of the section."

That objective is already making moves for the Warriors, who have scheduled a non-league matchup in Cooperstown this spring, squaring off against a team from Rhode Island in late April.