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Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Conor Dietz
Editor’s Note: This is the 19th installment of the Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto, Charlie Edwards, Evan Picciano, Nick Lawrence, Robbie Mascia, Jacob Abran, Tyler Camastro, Jason Davis, Michael Garcia ,Vincent Bourne, Nate Lewis, Jack Yonkman, Andrew McQuade , Dean Geiger. and Matthew Passantino. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm Agency for sponsoring this year’s series. LHP Conor Dietz (Shoreham-Wading River 2028) pic.twitter.com/sOiypYyUgD — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 2, 2026 It is not often that a playoff team relies on an underclassmen to anchor the rotation. That is likely to be the case this year for perennial powerhouse Shoreham-Wading...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Dean Geiger
(Editor’s Note: This is the 17th installment of the Up Next series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto, Charlie Edwards, Evan Picciano, Nick Lawrence, Robbie Mascia, Jacob Abran, Tyler Camastro, Jason Davis, Michael Garcia ,Vincent Bourne, Nate Lewis, Jack Yonkman and Andrew McQuade. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm for sponsoring this year’s series.) LHP Dean Geiger (West Babylon 2028) FB T80 MPH CB 65-66 CG: 74-75 pic.twitter.com/JPGabzrNTj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 11, 2025 The NY Longhorns have quickly become one of the top travel programs on Long Island thanks to the hard work and dedication of the late Erik Paulsen Sr. The organization was able to con...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Andrew McQuade
(Editor’s Note: This is the 16th installment of the Up Next series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto, Charlie Edwards, Evan Picciano, Nick Lawrence, Robbie Mascia, Jacob Abran, Tyler Camastro, Jason Davis, Michael Garcia ,Vincent Bourne, Nate Lewis and Jack Yonkman. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm for sponsoring this year’s series.) Three years ago, the NY Longhorns made history going 10-0 and winning the championship in Cooperstown Dreams Park. In the championship game, Andrew McQuade crushed a grand slam en route to a 14-3 victory. Fast forward to 2026 and McQuade is coming off a monster season. He has a real chance to break camp with the varsity team at Connetquot H...
Where Are They Now Powered by Complete Sports Performance: Thomas Roulis
(Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in January 2025) Chaminade has had many dominant seasons in their program’s rich history. You don’t have to turn back the clock too far to look at their 2022 season as possibly their greatest season. If that’s Number 1, then right behind it is their 2011 team. They won the CHSAA Championship over St. Dominic in a thrilling 3-game series and had 13 players that went onto play collegiately. They finished the season 21-5. It was a team that was accustomed to winning, who had won their championship as freshmen and sophomores but came up short in the 2010 playoffs. While the years have gone on, their legacy will go down as one of the best teams that Long Island has seen. Their starting shortstop, Thomas Roulis, would be named Co-Player...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Tyler Camastro-Szwejkowski
(Editor’s Note: This is the tenth installment of the Up Next series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto, Charlie Edwards, Evan Picciano, Nick Lawrence, Robbie Mascia and Jacob Abran.) Tyler Camastro (‘28, NY)#USGShowcase @PG_Scouting pic.twitter.com/o0gOqBsUwQ — PG Mid Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA, MD,DE,DC) (@PGMidAtlantic) June 12, 2025 With the newly-implemented NCAA Division-I roster limit of 34 players, there is certainly a premium on spots that didn’t previously exist. Teams will find clever ways to adapt. One way is to have more 2-way players that will contribute on the mound and at the plate. While it remains way too early to project how his future will play out, St. Dominic ...
Where Are They Now Powered by Complete Sports Performance: Tommy Boyce
18 hour bus rides are not for the faint of heart. You really have to love baseball to drive from Salt Lake City to Medicine Hat, Canada only to get off the bus and play a double header. This was life in the minor leagues in the late 1980s. Long Island-native Tommy Boyce did it for 3 seasons after his recording-setting career at NY Tech. Prior to that, he helped lead Comsewogue to their first and only New York State Championship in 1982. Along his journey there were many highs and lows, but first let’s turn the clock back. The Early Days Tommy was born in Brooklyn but raised in Port Jeff Station. His father was an air traffic controller and his mother owned a hair salon. He had one younger brother, who was the Long Island record holder for most goals scored in a boy’s lacrosse g...
Where Are They Now Powered by Complete Sports Performance: Shawn Fagan
(Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of the ‘Where Are They Now’ series in which we highlight standout players from the past. Previously, we featured Mike Ambort and Kraig Binick. Thanks to Complete Sports Performance for sponsoring this year’s series.) There was no local indoor training facility to do winter workouts. There wasn’t even a batting cage in the school. Legendary coach Doug Robins was resourceful, though. He found an area in the boiler room to hang tarp and he used tennis balls that were donated to the team. That was all they needed. They swung until their hands bled. That is the grittiness that separated Levittown Division from just about every other program. During their peak years in the 1990s, they won 47 consecutive games, back-to-ba...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Robbie Mascia
(Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment of the Up Next series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured, Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto, Charlie Edwards, Evan Picciano and Nick Lawrence. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) (Class of 2028) Robbie Mascia leads the game off for @thecanesbb with a pull side hr to get the scoring going early in the 1st. 2028 GRAD | C/3B, MIF, OF | COMMACK, NY pic.twitter.com/1sLkv0Rtyy — Coachem Media (@Coachem_media) July 23, 2025 When we last spoke to Robbie Mascia, he was a 12-year-old coming off a mythical season in which he hit 24 homers in 53 games playing exclusively in PG events. His town team, the LI Rebels, ran roughs...
Bailey Brown Representing Long Island on the National Stage
by Tucker Terranova Bailey Brown (Southampton 2026) works out of a bases-loaded jam and keeps Dodgers Nation off the board in the fifth. She and the rest of the A’s staff have kept the opposing offense at bay and trail 1-0. pic.twitter.com/WhuInC7CFA — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 29, 2025 Bailey Brown has spent her entire baseball life at the center of attention. For her, standing out on the field goes beyond her pitching abilities. As a girl playing a male-dominated sport, Brown has dealt with challenges the average high school player doesn’t. That made this October especially meaningful. Brown, a 17-year-old pitcher from Southampton, was selected as a member of the United States Women’s National Baseball Team and is Long Island’s lone representative on the roster. As one of...
Where Are They Now Powered by Complete Sports Performance: Kraig Binick
There was a time when NY Tech was among the best programs in the region. During the legendary career of Bob Hirschfield, who received Axcess Baseball’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024, he won over 660 games, had 4 ABCA All-Americans and sent dozens of players to pro ball. One of their best players in program history was Kraig Binick, who was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles following a stellar four-year career for the Bears in which he was named the Division-I Independent Player of the Year in 2007 after batting .406 with a 1.123 OPS. Binick’s name is all over the program’s record book, finishing with the most triples (13), second most runs scored (175), second most hits (270) and third most stolen bases (114). It wasn’t always a slam dunk, however, that his futu...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Evan Picciano
(Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment of the 2025 Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we highlighted Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto and Charlie Edwards. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Evan Picciano (Pat-Med 2029) pic.twitter.com/0t4RNgcGFm — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 1, 2025 In the history of Patchogue-Medford HS – which has featured some extremely high-end players in recent history, there has never been an 8th grader that has played as much as Evan Picciano did this past season. Think about that – they have a current big leaguer with 11 years of experience, another that played for Team USA, and a first round pick j...
Q & A With Long Island Empire Owner, Anthony Rinaldi
(Editor’s Note: This article was originally post in January 2025. We will have an exclusive one-on-one interview with Anthony Rinaldi coming in a couple of weeks to update us on the progress of the organization.) One of the up-and-coming programs on Long Island over the past couple years is the Long Island Empire. Established 4 years ago by Anthony Rinaldi with one team, they not only grew to 13 teams but made an impact winning a number of championships this year. Heres’ a quick rundown of your championships and runner-up finishes… 16u Blue Chip Prospect Summer Series Champs 17u BOS Labor Day Champs Boys of Summer College Crossover Champ 13u Boys of Summer Semi Finalists 13u Blue Chip Summer Series Semi Finals 13u BOS Labor Day Finalist 15u Summer Sendoff PA Finalist 16u Boys of Summ...
