by Max Edelman Island Trees take the lead! Bobby Westcott connects on a two out, two-run home run to put the Red Devils ahead 3-2 in the top of the fifth. pic.twitter.com/ibKazxVYMS — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 28, 2025 The Plainedge Red Devils keep on rolling, as they traveled to and defeated the Island Trees Bulldogs 6-2. Trailing 2-1, a two-run homer off the bat of Stony Brook-commit Bobby Wescott gave the Red Devils the lead and they never looked back, scoring five unanswered runs en route to their 12th straight victory to begin the season. “The pitcher was hitting his spots.” Wescott said after the game. “It was a long at-bat, I got to a 3-2 count. They know how to pitch here at Island Trees, but if you leave a fastball up in the zone, you’re going to do some damage wi...
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello FINAL (7 innings): Plainedge 1, MacArthur 0 WP: Matt Rosenberg – 5.2 IP, 7 K LP: Tyler Bonsignore – 6 IP, 12 K pic.twitter.com/mAAQRuN17b — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 1, 2024 Colin Fratrik is getting ready to enter his 13th season as the head coach at Plainedge High School. After a solid 2024 season, the Red Devils are ready to make some noise in 2025. “Looking back on our season, I thought that we had a good season.” Fratrik said. “We were extremely competitive throughout the season, finishing in 2nd place in our conference, and lost in the semi’s to a really good Wantagh team. We felt like we had chances to win that game 3, but didn’t make enough p...