Anthony DiCocco
Ward Melville Looks to Lean on Pitching to Return to their Winning Ways in 2026
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Anthony DiCocco After a challenging season in 2025, head coach Lou Petrucci and the Ward Melville Patriots will seek to restore the program’s glory this spring. Last year was not kind to the Patriots. Following a 2024 campaign that saw it finish a game over .500, Ward Melville went 5-15 a season ago to miss the playoffs. Regardless of the team’s performance, Petrucci, who is entering his 20th season at the helm of the Patriots, took full responsibility for the lost season. “The players were 5-0 and I was 0-15; that’s God’s honest truth,” Petrucci said in an interview with Axcess Baseball. “Last year was a reality check and payback for all of the times we won a lot of games.” Two of the m...
Friday College Recap Powered by Orlin & Cohen
By Anthony DiCocco With a number of teams snowed out this weekend, only three local squads were in action on Friday. Let’s see how these three Division I schools fared. Stony Brook 11, FIU 1 F/7 First of many, congratulations to our leader! 👏 🌊🐺 x #NCAABaseball pic.twitter.com/YlFMSm3J93 — Stony Brook Baseball (@StonyBrookBASE) February 28, 2026 In a run-ruled shortened affair, the Seawolves cruised to their first win of the season, which also acted as Jim Martin’s first victory as the team’s head coach. Micah Worley shoved for Stony Brook across six scoreless innings, striking out 11 batters while walking one and allowing two hits. With its No. 1 pitcher at his best, the Seawolves’ offense took care of the rest. Stony Brook capitalized on an error in the first inning, as Chanz Doughty gro...
Led By Strong Top of the Rotation, Division Looks to Return to Nassau County AA Finals
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Anthony DiCocco FINAL: Division 9 – MacArthur 1 Jefferson Biener shines, allowing only one run on four hits. Division moves to 4-3 in league play, and MacArthur drops to 5-2. pic.twitter.com/3puGAAn0rp — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 21, 2025 After failing to complete a Nassau County Championship three-peat last season, the Division Blue Dragons will seek to return to the Promised Land in 2026. Head coach Tom Tuttle and the Blue Dragons put together another successful campaign a year ago, but it fell short of their usual title-winning expectations. Despite going 17-7, Division narrowly missed out on a trip to the semifinals and had its three-year streak of fielding Diamond Award w...
Commack Begins Quest to Return to the Mountaintop
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Anthony DiCocco Commack captures their 4th consecutive Suffolk County Championship behind a complete game gem by Evan Kay against Sachem North 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 pic.twitter.com/ElDOlV4Qlz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2024 After having their streak of four straight Suffolk County Championship victories snapped last year, the Commack Cougars have their sights set on rediscovering their winning ways in 2026. In addition to its county dominance, Commack had captured three Long Island Championship titles in that same four-year span prior to last season. However, the Cougars went 9-11 in 2025 and failed to win a postseason game. Though Commack’s green team endured some growing pains a season ago, ...
Friday College Recap Powered by Orlin & Cohen
By Anthony DiCocco With the second weekend of college baseball underway, Adelphi and Queens kicked off their 2026 seasons. Let’s see how they and some of the other local teams in the area fared on Friday. Division I: Game 1: Stony Brook 5, Georgia Tech 14 Game 2: Stony Brook 5, Georgia Tech 10 F/7 tie game 👀 📊 https://t.co/nzMGQiFlkl 📺 https://t.co/4J1DV4ZlMx (ACCNX) 🌊🐺 x #NCAABaseball pic.twitter.com/BtsJgdwL0A — Stony Brook Baseball (@StonyBrookBASE) February 21, 2026 Despite being down 3-1 heading into the fifth inning, a single and hit-by-pitch set the stage for Johnny Pilla to deliver a go-head, three-run homer. However, Georgia Tech stormed right back in the bottom of the frame. Following a leadoff walk, Ty Panariello immediately served up a two-run blast to Alex Hernandez to put the...
Pat-Med Hopeful to Make Playoff Push After Graduating Carl Yastrzemski Award Winner
By Anthony DiCocco A season ago, Pat-Med made another playoff appearance while its 16 wins matched its second-highest season total in the past 15 years. Now head coach Anthony Frascogna and the Raiders will attempt to replicate that success without last year’s Carl Yastrzemski Award winner. RHP/CF Jayden Stroman — the younger brother of current MLB free agent Marcus Stroman — powered Pat-Med in all aspects of the game last season. When on the mound, Stroman went 5-0, posting a 0.70 ERA and 0.76 walks and hits per inning pitched with 50 strikeouts in just 20 innings pitched. RHP Jayden Stroman named recipient of the Carl Yastrzemski Award given to the top player in Suffolk County pic.twitter.com/LFrSfPaIVw — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 17, 2025 At the dish, he produced a .431 ...
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By Anthony DiCocco Friday marked the start of the 2026 college baseball season. Let’s see how these six local squads fared on the NCAA’s Opening Day. Division I: St. John’s 3, Ball State 4 The Red Storm broke through against Keegan Johnson in the top of the third inning. Following a leadoff walk by Dylan Fitzimmons, Jon LeGrande blasted a two-run homer to right field. Ball State immediately cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the frame. Gavin Balius was hit by a pitch before stealing second base, allowing Kenskey Thomas to drive him in with a single. St. John’s tacked on another run during the top of the fourth. However, its offense stalled from there, as John Chambers struck out five and allowed three hits over five shutout frames in relief for the Cardinals. In the bottom of the sev...
East Hampton Riding the Wave of Last Season’s Run to Class AA Championship
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Anthony DiCocco East Islip LHP Lucas Patton fires a complete game 2-hit shutout against East Hampton to capture the Suffolk Class AA Championship! 🏆 They will face Garden City in the Long Island Championship on Thursday at Farmingdale State College pic.twitter.com/ch6RRKlVVK — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 31, 2025 In 2025, the East Hampton Bonackers went from missing the postseason in 2024 to going 18-6 while being Suffolk County championship runners-up. Now head coach Vincent Alversa will try to get his team over the hump. For head coach Vincent Alversa, a championship win over East Islip last season would have been the icing on the cake for a near-perfect campaign. “Last year was great...
Wantagh Looks to Defend Nassau Class A Crown
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Anthony DiCocco Wantagh takes home the title! They defeat Seaford, 6-1, in Game 3 of the Nassau A Finals to capture the County Championship🏆 They will face Sayville in the Class A Long Island Championship next Thursday at Middle Country Athletic Complex at 4:30 pm. pic.twitter.com/lZXM4KZnm4 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 1, 2025 Head Coach Keith Sachs and the Wantagh Warriors will look to defend their crown in a highly-competitive conference. In his 32nd season at the helm of the Warriors, Sachs has a tall task in front of him. After going 23-5 last year en route to winning a Nassau County title, Sachs will attempt to replace a number of key contributors from a team that fell just shor...
Coming off First County Title in 9 Years, East Meadow Looking to Build on Success
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series By Anthony DiCocco Owen Smith is the @GetGameChanger Player of the Game as the East Meadow RHP went the distance and also drove in 3 runs at the plate pic.twitter.com/ooUcF4Mwuj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 25, 2025 In year two under head coach Bill O’Connor, a young and hungry East Meadow Jets team will hope to make some noise against some of Nassau County’s best squads. Last spring, East Meadow went 17-7, riding its wave of success all the way to a Conference AA-1 title. After capturing their first title in nine years, the Jets now find themselves back in Conference-AAA for the 2026 season, where they will take on some powerhouse programs, such as Farmingdale and Massapequa. “We...
Farmingdale Eager to Regain Nassau-AAA Title
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series By Anthony DiCocco Final: Farmingdale 1, Oceanside 0 WP: Justin Hills (6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 6 Ks) Lone run scored on a bases loaded walk by Kenneth Roldan in first inning Farmingdale improved to 11-1-1 pic.twitter.com/lvRXN0zQf3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 6, 2025 After falling just short of being back-to-back Nassau County Champions, the Farmingdale Dalers are eager to begin their climb to return to the top of the mountain. Two years ago, Farmingdale finally got over the hump, as it captured its first county title after a 34-year drought. However, the Dalers were unable to complete the repeat last spring despite going 19-5-1. In the final game of a best-of-three series, Massapequa ups...
Sachem East Returns Strong Core Following 17 Win Season
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Anthony DiCocco Bottom 3: AJ Vurchio rips a 2-out, 2-run double to extend Sachem East’s lead to 5-0 pic.twitter.com/AxM1n0Isjf — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 20, 2025 Under the watchful eye of head coach Kevin Schnupp, Sachem East will hope to take the next step in 2026 after a strong finish to last season. In 2025, Sachem East got off to a tough start before surging back into playoff contention. After beginning the season 2-5 while experiencing some growing pains, the team rattled off 13 straight wins, helping it finish the campaign 17-7. Sachem East — a squad that featured a large number of underclassmen last season — was ultimately bounced from the postseason, but found some playoff ...
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