Half Hollow Hills East
Talented Hills East Returns Core of Last Year’s Playoff Team
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman After an 11-7 season that ended in his team dropping their first two playoff games, head coach of the Half Hollow Hills East RedHawks Tim Belz looked back on what was an up and down season for his team. “We were a young team.” Belz said. “Where we started only one senior and had four ninth graders in the lineup and at times two or three sophomores and the rest were juniors.” While the RedHawks will be full of youth this upcoming season, they did lose four seniors to graduation. Including Matt LeRose, who is attending Alvernia University, where he is continuing his baseball career. Among returning players, Belz is looking for a big season from Nate Greene. Greene is committed to Rollins...
Where Are They Now Powered by The BK7 Brand: Rob Rizzo
(Editor’s Note: This is second installment of the “Where Are They Now” series in which we highlight standout players from previous generations. Last week, we highlighted Kyle Gelling of West Islip.) Getting to play baseball professionally is a dream for just about every kid that ever steps foot on a field. Half Hollow Hills West alum Rob Rizzo had finished up his collegiate career at Lynn University in Boca Raton when his head coach called him asking if he wanted to play overseas in Italy. Rizzo did not hesitate to say yes. He hopped on a flight and played baseball in the Serie A1 League for 3 months until the season ended. With that, his career ended with what he called a “three month vacation in Italy.” It was a soft landing to his career which had included ...
