Frank Ziegler
Frank Ziegler Takes Over for Legendary Head Coach Steve Costello
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Anthony DiCocco For the first time in 33 years, the MacArthur Generals will not have the legendary Steve Costello at the helm as the team’s skipper. Now first-year head coach Frank Ziegler will try to carry on his legacy. “I’ve coached with Coach Costello for the last five years and he was an unbelievable mentor, not just for baseball, but for life,” Ziegler said in an interview with Axcess Baseball. “It was an amazing feeling to take over for him. The program’s got a reputation and a lot of history and we don’t take it lightly. We need to keep it up to standard and live up to the legacy and exceptions that Steve set.” MacArthur went 14-6 last year with a senior-heavy team. Despite performing well all sea...
St. Joseph’s Splits With CCNY
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana St. Joseph’s cruised past CCNY in the first game of their DH by the score of 11-4. The offense compiled 11 hits, with Nick Girardi, Joe Calabrese, Dennis McAllister and James Terry all driving in two runs to lead the Golden Eagles. Frank Ziegler started and went five innings, allowing one run on one hit and four walks to record his first win of the season.Chris Bauer threw two innings in relief, allowing two runs to seal the victory.The Golden Eagles opened up the scoring in the second inning on a wild pitch, which scored Calabrese. They broke out with a six-spot in the third to essentially put the game away. CCNY took the second game by the score of 5-4.They will host Farmingdale in a crucial double header on Monday.
