Interviews with The Post-Journal, the Olean Times Herald and WNY Athletics were complete, and the Wolfpack was enjoying some time on the field with family and friends soaking in the winning feeling.

But there was still one interview left to be completed — maybe the most important one for the teenagers from southern Chautauqua County who have been merged into one baseball team.

Junior Austin White grabbed a bat, flipped it upside down and began a mock interview with C/S/P’s players of the game.

First was a question for junior Gabe Roth, the winning pitcher in that afternoon’s 12-2 five-inning victory over the Panthers.

Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s Bryce Hinsdale and Gabe Roth celebrate their Section VI Class D championship late last month at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J file photo by Matt Spielman

Next up was freshman Bryce Hinsdale, who went 2 for 3 with a run scored and a pair of RBIs to invoke the 10-run limit.

“I think Austin and Trent (Burchanowski) were probably the co-conspirators on that,” C/S/P head coach Jake Marino said Tuesday evening of the postgame shenanigans.

The whole team is part of the “press conference” — and they are all having fun.

It’s what the Wolfpack has been doing all spring — for the past couple of years.

“They are pretty wild and they like to have fun,” Marino said. “They know their limits. They know they are there to celebrate their own guys and win a baseball game. They come up with some of the craziest things. As long as everybody puts in the effort, they have a longer leash.”

Two years ago, many of C/S/P’s current older players felt they had a sectional championship-level team before COVID-19 wiped out the spring season.

Last year, the Wolfpack played at the Class C level for the postseason and ran into a Gowanda buzz saw that beat C/S/P 2-1 in the semifinals before winning the sectional crown three days later in Portville.

But this spring, C/S/P’s group of many personalities has rolled to a 17-1 overall record, including a 13-1 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 West record that earned them a split league championship with Maple Grove.

“This has been a great year. The group of kids I have, they are the easiest group to coach. … They lead themselves, pretty much,” said Marino, a first-grade teacher at Sherman. “I’m there to coach, but sometimes it seems like I wouldn’t even need to be there for practice to go well.”

White has been the catalyst in the leadoff spot.

“He’s pretty laid back. He’s a good team leader, he leads by example,” Marino said of the son of assistant coach Dan White. “He’s always ready and always the first guy to be ready to go.”

Hinsdale and Tate Catanese have been welcome freshmen additions to the lineup that provide youthful confidence as well as an abundance of baseball talent.

“They have a lot of confidence. All year, they’ve succeeded in tough spots,” Marino said. “They’ve jump-started the team in different spots. Having played 18 games now, they’ve had a lot of experience. In those games, we’ve been able to put them in different situations, and the confidence level right now is pretty high.”

Roth has been the team’s ace and No. 3 hitter.

“He’s played a lot of baseball games. We have a lot of guys who play travel ball,” said Marino, who was the modified coach when this year’s juniors were in eighth grade. “(Gabe) keeps everyone up and keeps everyone focused on a lot of different aspects of the game.”

Micah Willink and Kurtis Olson have provided senior leadership and consistency — behind the plate for Willink and at the hot corner for Olson.

“I think he’s caught every inning for us … and he’s conserved himself in some ways,” Marino said of Willink, adding about Olson: “He’s quiet and he’s one that’s hard to read. … Sometimes third base can be an offensive position and not necessarily a defensive spot, but he certainly holds down third base pretty well.”

And Marino has melded the team from a trio of school districts together — much like C/S/P’s other successful athletic programs — keeping the Wolfpack focused while not taking away their individuality.

“The football team started this a couple of years ago and they went through their struggles a little bit, but I feel like the three administrations work on the same page toward a common goal of state championships and competitive teams,” Marino said. “I give a ton of credit to (football coach) Ty Harper. He started this and kind of led. He’s been a mentor to me, too.”

C/S/P will be put to the test for the final time this weekend when it takes on Section IX champion Chapel Field Christian in Friday’s semifinals at SUNY Broome before a possible title game Saturday at Binghamton University.

“The kids love being together. They went from being rivals on the basketball court to a week later being best friends in the baseball gym,” Marino said. “They are having a blast together.”