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Connetquot Looks to Defend Their Suffolk AAA Crown
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series For the first time since 2019, Connetquot captures the Suffolk County Championship! 🏆 They will face Massapequa next Saturday at 7pm for the Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com/dOrZyukw8q — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 1, 2025 Entering last season, Rob Burger knew he had a special group. In fact , he knew well before then. “I remember talking about that group when they were in middle school that it was a dynamic group. Well, that was them,” said Burger. Connetquot took a tremendously difficult path to winning the County Championship, needing to win five elimination games all in one week. They were able to knock off Sachem North twice – including a thrilling 3-2 win in whic...
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...
Massapequa Captures Class AAA Long Island Championship over Connetquot
Massapequa captures the Class AAA Long Island Championship with a 7-0 victory over Connetquot ! 🏆 They advance to the NYS Semifinals next weekend in Binghamton against the winner of Pine Bush-Ketchum pic.twitter.com/JlcUKy76D6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 8, 2025 After a one-year hiatus, Massapequa (19-8) regained their status as the top public school on Long Island. In what was a rematch of 2019, the Chiefs scored early and often as they cruised to a 7-0 victory over Suffolk Class AAA Champion Connetquot , who entered with wins in 5 straight elimination games. With the victory, Massapequa captured their 11th Long Island Championship and will advance to face Ketcham in the NYS Semifinals on Friday at Binghamton University at 10am. Massapequa sent St. John’s-commit Thom...
GAME RECAP: Connetquot Wins Thriller to Capture Suffolk Class AAA Championship
For the first time since 2019, Connetquot captures the Suffolk County Championship! 🏆 They will face Massapequa next Saturday at 7pm for the Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com/dOrZyukw8q — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 1, 2025 Five straight wins in elimination games. All in the same week. As far as paths to winning a County Championship, this came on Expert Mode. The Connetquot Thunderbirds (23-4), who lost to Sachem North (19-7) last Saturday, rattled off wins against Pat-Med, Longwood and Smithtown East to reach the Suffolk Class AAA Finals, in a rematch against the Arrows. The T-Birds won 7-0 on Saturday night behind a 2-hit shutout by Dylan Wilkinson to force a winner-take-all game on Sunday at Middle Country Park. With the bases loaded, clinging to a 3-1 lead they ca...
Game of the Week Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Dylan Wilkinson Fires 2-Hit Shutout to Force Winner-Take-All
No. 1 Connetquot forces a winner-take-all against No.4 Sachem North with a 7-0 victory. Dylan Wilkinson fired a 2-hit shutout with 8 Ks. Aaron Pace had 3 hits and drove in 4 runs pic.twitter.com/kYQETm9CsH — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 1, 2025 Dylan Wilkinson saved his best for the biggest moment of the season. The hard-throwing RHP took a perfect game into the fifth inning as the No. 1 Connetquot Thunderbirds staved off elimination and forced and winner-take-all with a 7-0 win over No. 4 Sachem North on Saturday night at Middle Country Park. It was a primetime pitching match up between Wilkinson and Ryan Palm, who entered the game with a record of 15-1 over the last two seasons. The Connetquot offense was up to the task, however, putting up 4 runs in the fourth inning, much ...
GAME RECAP: Andrew Amarando’s Walk-Off Single Sends No. 1 Connetquot to Suffolk AAA Finals
‼️ Andrew Amarando comes through with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 8th to send Connetquot to the Suffolk AAA Finals against Sachem North ! ‼️ pic.twitter.com/PDbUi3eFqt — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 28, 2025 Back-to-back years Connetquot has been the grim reaper to Smithtown East. Both wins came via walk-off. Both in the 8th inning. Both against the same starting pitcher. If that seems cruel, it’s because it certainly is. Connetquot (21-4), one of the powerhouse baseball programs on Long Island, is headed to the Suffolk Class AAA Finals after a thrilling 2-1 victory on Wednesday against No. 3 Smithtown East (20-5). They’ll face No. 4 Sachem North (19-5) on Saturday at Middle Country Athletic Complex. The pitching match up of DJ Filippone and Sean Fanning ...
Game of the Week Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Defending Champion Commack Clinches Playoff Berth
by Trevor Dugan Commack punches their ticket to the playoffs with a gritty win against league champ Connetquot FINAL: Commack 4 – Connetquot 2 pic.twitter.com/9AbkHKrPUZ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 13, 2025 The defending Long Island champion Commack Cougars punched their ticket to the playoffs Tuesday with a thrilling win over the League II regular season champion Connetquot Thunderbirds. Entering the game with a 9-6 record, the Cougars faced their toughest opponent yet in the 14-1 Thunderbirds. On the road at Connetquot High School, Commack started Chris Messina on the mound, his first game back on the hill after undergoing Tommy John surgery last year. Connetquot went with Dylan Wilkinson for this intra-division rivalry matchup, a RHP committed to Saint Thomas Aqui...
Connetquot Motivated After Falling One Game Shy of Reaching County Finals
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Final: Connetquot 4, Walt Whitman 0 WP: Nick Pepitone (CG shutout, 2 hits, 15 Ks, 3 BBs) Connetquot is moving on! They will face the loser of Commack-Sachem North on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/aN0VNGIuOG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2024 Robert Burger is heading into his 6th year as the head coach of the baseball team at Connetquot High School, and his 26th year coaching in the district. The Thunderbirds skipper is expecting another season full of success this spring. “After finishing the regular season with an 18-6 record and clinching the League II Championship, we were eliminated in the semifinals.” Burger said. “We lost our first playoff game which took place over a tw...
Where Are They Now Powered by Prime Performance: B.J. LaMura
(Editor’s Note: This is the ninth of a 10-part “Where Are They Now” series in which look back on some of the top players in Long Island history. Previously, we featured James Bailin, Jeff Tyler, Jake Thomas, Luke Stampfl, Nick Trabacchi, Thomas Roulis, Billy Alvino and Matt Prokopowicz. Special thanks to Prime Performance for sponsoring this year’s series.) Had Instagram and TikTok been around, there’s no doubt there would’ve been a barrage of content built around Connetquot in the late 80s and all of the 1990s. They were the premier baseball program in Suffolk County, capturing the State Championship in 1989 and 1995 and were always contending for a County Championship under the late, great Bob Ambrosini. In 1999, Connetquot did not win the County Champ...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm Agency: Logan Lamberson
(This is the seventh installment of the popular “Up Next” series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Dylan Weinstein, Jaxson Torres, Richie Roberts, Joe Maxwell, Dom Muccia and Fred Klauck. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Logan Lamberson shows his pop with an opposite field homer pic.twitter.com/21Wg0UXZxs — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 16, 2024 2024 was a tremendous season for Logan Lamberson. He batted .541 (98-for-181), with 20 doubles, 8 triples, 34 HRs, 124 RBIs, 104 runs scored, 60 walks and 60 stolen bases. Just a remarkable season by any metric, even if much of it occurred on the small fields. He did show a glimpse of the future in the fall when h...
Q & A With Mike DiFilippo
One of the hallmarks of a winning college program is player development. While any program would love to bring in the big-time recruit, it’s just not rational to expect that every player on your roster will be a PG All-American or an All-State player. There needs to be instances of players that come in and take a leap forward. During my time at Farmingdale State College, that would occur routinely. Players that were either overlooked in high school or simply took their game to another level once they stepped foot on campus. St. Joseph’s is the new king of the Skyline Conference – having won back-to-back-to-back championships including a thrilling walk-off win, 9-8, this year over those Farmingdale Rams in the winner-take-all finals. The Golden Eagles, who lost their first...
GAME RECAP: Nick Pepitone Fans 15 in 2-Hit Shutout to Keep Connetquot’s Hopes Alive
Final: Connetquot 4, Walt Whitman 0 WP: Nick Pepitone (CG shutout, 2 hits, 15 Ks, 3 BBs) Connetquot is moving on! They will face the loser of Commack-Sachem North on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/aN0VNGIuOG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2024 With their backs against the wall, having lost their first playoff game on Friday (which leaked into Saturday when the game was suspended after 11 innings), Connetquot has rattled off wins in three straight elimination games to keep their championship hopes alive. They defeated Smithtown East on Sunday and Longwood on Monday to set up a rematch against the upstart Walt Whitman Wildcats, who are buoyed by their impressive young talent. Connetquot called up senior RHP Nick Pepitone, who took the hard luck no-decision on Friday when he struck...
