Andrew Marino

Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series Prior to the 2022 season, Calhoun head coach Art Canestro recalled one of his senior pitchers, Brian Chin, say to him during a winter workout, “We are winning the LIC this year.” “I told him, ‘take it easy, ‘let’s just make it to counties,” said Canestro, in an interview with Axcess Baseball. It proved to be prophetic as the Colts ran roughshod through Nassau County and then shocked Rocky Point in the Class A Long Island Championship. “They just worked their butts off and took everything serious,” said Canestro. “That’s how it’s going to have to be this year. We are going to focus on fundamentals. A lot of times, they play so much ...