East Catholic-Manchester baseball coach Jim Penders announced Friday he no longer will coach the Eagles. “I’ll be 70 in September and my health is good,” he said. “But the last few years ...

said. Jim Penders Sr. coached each of his three sons at East Catholic High, where he has coached since 1969. Rob, who is younger than Jim, played at Wake Forest and became a coach. "I knew I was ...

27—MANCHESTER — Hank Penders was 5-foot-2 and barely ... the Huskies' 1965 College World Series team. Jim won 600 games in 43 seasons at East Catholic. He took home four high school state ...

While Tom went on to a nomadic life of college basketball coaching while Jim spent 43 seasons as the baseball coach at East Catholic, raising his family in Vernon. Penders grew up feeding ducks on ...

His grandfather Jim was the longtime baseball coach at Stratford (Conn.) High School from 1931-68 and won four state championships, a record matched by Penders' father at East Catholic.

It takes a certain kind of athlete to succeed on the grounds paved by Dee Rowe, John Toner, Andy Baylock, Lew Perkins, Jim Calhoun ... than the Big East. For Penders, the most disappointing ...

Tommy’s grandfather, Jim Penders, was a legendary baseball coach ... Tommy’s uncle, Jim, Jr., is a baseball coach at East Catholic High School in Conn., and like their father, he has four ...