Joe Bello
Comsewogue Begins New Era as Spartans
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello FINAL: Comsewogue 3, Westhampton 1 Warriors hang on to win on a lineout to third base pic.twitter.com/r74l5ix2qn — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 14, 2025 Joseph Caltagirone is heading into his 10th season at the helm of the Comsewogue Spartans baseball program. As Caltagirone and the Spartans come off what was a tough season, finishing 5-15, they look to be competitive in a tough league this spring. “Coming off of a winner-take-all County Championship season in 2024 in which we lost to Hauppauge,” Caltagirone said, “We knew it was going to be tough replacing the departing senior class.” The Spartans graduated eight starters in the field and their top five pitchers after the 2024 se...
Mike Postilio, Oceanside Excited For 2026 season
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Oceanside is heading into the 2026 season with a lot of excitement after a successful 2025 campaign. Mike Postilio heads into his 13th year as head coach of the Oceanside varsity squad. The Sailors finished with a record of 15-7 last spring, reaching the playoffs and finishing in the final four. They knocked off Port Washington in round one, but then were eliminated by Massapequa in three games. “We had a very good season and played some great baseball at times.” Postilio said. “Going into the Farmingdale series, it was us and them for the conference title. We were 10-1 at the time, lost the first game 1-0 on a bases loaded walk, and then 6-1 the next day.” “In the playoffs, we advanced ...
Bohringer Enters 31st season at Mineola With a Young Team Hungry for Success
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Congratulations to Mineola RHP Jesse Kostulias who is the recipient of the Axcess Baseball x BK7 Brand Player of the Week. The senior fired a complete game, 2-hit shutout with 14 Ks on the mound while going 7-for-10 with 2 doubles, 2 homers, 7 RBIs and a walk at the plate pic.twitter.com/AiKpKA5C1M — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 20, 2025 The Mineola Mustangs are heading into the 2026 season looking to rebound after a disappointing end to their season last spring. Head Coach Helms Bohringer is entering his 31st season at the helm of the Mineola varsity baseball program. In 2025, Mineola finished with a record of 12-10, going 12-6 in league play. But in the playoffs they were s...
New Hyde Park, Coach Rotondaro have sights set on the postseason
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Joseph Rotondaro is entering his 8th season as the head coach of the New Hyde Park Gladiators. After finishing the 2025 season with a 11-12 record, including a playoff run which saw them beat MacArthur in the first round before being eliminated to the eventual county champions, Garden City. Going into another season in the tough AA-2 Conference, Rotondaro and his team are ready to go into battle in 2026. “I feel we had a strong year with a mixed group of seniors and underclassmen in 2025.” Rotondaro said. The 2025 Gladiators batted over .300 as a team and featured a pitching staff which struck out 170 batters in 138 innings pitched. As mentioned earlier, the Gladiators will have to take on...
John Glenn Looks To Take Step Forward in Year 2 Under Billy Riedel
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Coach Billy Riedel is heading into his second year as the head coach of the varsity squad at John Glenn High School. After finishing with a record of 3-17 during the 2025 season, the Knights look to make some noise during their 2026 campaign. “The 2025 season supplied us with a great foundational year to build off of.” Riedel said, “We had a lot of underclassmen up, like shortstop Armando Muniz, catcher Joey Meyer, and utility man Gavin Paterniani that gained valuable experience as they continue to build their varsity resume.” B1 Catcher Joey Meyer (John Glenn 2028) catches a runner stealing to end the bottom of the first B1 leads 1-0 after one pic.twitter.com/QfahxgyuUR — Axcess Baseball ...
MVP South Shore Wins Big behind Avery Acquaviva’s Pitching and Potent Offense
by Joe Bello MVP South Shore and B1 Ghost Graziano faced off in a LI Boys of Summer 16u American matchup on Thursday evening. The 1st place South Shore took care of business in what would be a blowout victory for them, taking the game 16-0 over Ghost. South Shore improves their record to 16-2 in the 16u American Division with the win. Here’s how we got there. South Shore started off hot in the top of the 1st inning, with their first 5 batters reaching base safely. They would score 4 in the 1st, an RBI single by Chris Amodeo, an RBI groundout by Nick Dragos and the other 2 scoring off of errors. RBI Single for Chris Amodeo makes it 1-0 MVP. pic.twitter.com/FQmdiIMSIc — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 7, 2025 Avery Acquaviva would start on the mound for South Shore in this one, a...
NY Longhorns Tassielli and Mayhem Baseball Kalkau Split Saturday DH by Identical Scores
by Joe Bello New York Longhorns Tassielli and Mayhem Baseball Kalkau battled in a LI Boys of Summer 14u National Division double header early on Saturday morning. The twin bill featured offense of all sorts on both sides, with some superb pitching as well. The Longhorns and Mayhem split the double header having identical scores in both games. Mayhem took game one 8-0, while the Longhorns rallied back to take game two 8-0. Game One Brady Kalkau shows off some impressive 2-strike hitting to drive in Mayhem’s 4th run of the game! pic.twitter.com/OQCP1tPprR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 2, 2025 Game one featured a pitching matchup of Mayhem’s Liam Brady and Longhorns’ Joey Moy. The scoring started early for the Mayhem, with 2 runs coming across in the 1st inning. Joseph Lentini...
Eddie Sanderson’s Efforts Propel Pro Diamond Rangers Over Long Island Empire Black 9-4
by Joe Bello Eddie Sanderson of Pro Diamond Rangers following their 9-4 win over Empire. He went 5 innings on the mound, allowing 4 runs in the 1st and then firing 4 scoreless to keep his team in the game. Also had the go-ahead hit in the win in the 3rd, a 2-RBI double. pic.twitter.com/7A5o2NT89h — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 22, 2025 Island Trees High School in Levittown played host to a LI Boys of Summer 14u American Division matchup on Monday night. Long Island Empire Black and Pro Diamond Rangers faced off in the action packed game. The Pro Diamond Rangers would come away victorious in this one, winning by a score of 9-4 but the game was closer than the score makes it seem. Let’s recap how we got to this point. The 6pm game started off with Mike Bernius toeing the slab fo...
Top Tier Aviators Take Game 2 After Tying With Islip Owls Baseball Club
The Top Tier Aviators took on the Islip Owls Baseball Club on Saturday morning in a LI Boys of Summer 15u American doubleheader. The two games featured a mix of almost everything; good defense, good pitching and a lot of offense. The Aviators ended up with the upper hand on the Owls today, as they won game two of the twin bill after game one ended in a tie. Game 1 This one ends in a 4-4 tie, great job by Ascher to retire the last 3 outs in a row. Game 2 coming up shortly. pic.twitter.com/z8AlieQIPV — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 12, 2025 Game one of the doubleheader started off slow on the offensive side of things, with only 1 run being scored in the first 3 innings of the contest. Harrison McManus would toe the rubber for the Aviators while Aiden Gibbs would take the ball for...
MVP South Shore Scores 11 runs in the 5th, beat Team Francisco 17-5
By Joe Bello Anthony Nardone following MVP South Shore’s 17-5 win over TF. He went 2/4 with 2 RBI in the win. pic.twitter.com/oGuM9x6Nzs — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 26, 2025 MVP South Shore and Team Francisco Notorious 9 faced off in a 14u National LI Boys of Summer midweek matchup on Wednesday night at Salk Middle School. The game started off as a close and good matchup but quickly became ugly in the top of the 5th where South Shore dropped 11 runs onto their total. South Shore walked away with the 17-5 win over Team Francisco in the very hot evening game. Ballgame over, MVP South Shore holds on to win 17-5 over Team Francisco. pic.twitter.com/Vc1TfBxIfw — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 26, 2025 Nick Casale started things off early for South Shore, ripping an RB...
LI Elite Prospects Win Pitching Duel, 2-1, Over Yeti Baseball
Campisi strikes out the side for the win! Elite 2-1 over Yeti. pic.twitter.com/OHEod8Dk8w — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 18, 2025 By Joe Bello Long Island Elite Prospects took on Yeti Baseball Select in a 15u National LI Boys of Summer midweek matchup at Diamond in the Pines on Tuesday night. The game featured great pitching and ended up with Elite taking home a 2-1 victory. The pitching matchup featured Ethan Ruff toeing the rubber for LI Elite while Jax Cascione started on the mound for Yeti. The Yeti started things off hot in the top of the first inning, with a bases loaded opportunity and only 1 out. Which came to be because of a hit by pitch, a single by Joey Vulin and a walk by Drew Nucci. But Ruff shut it down quickly, notching a beautifully executed 1-2-3 double play t...
GAME RECAP: Top Tier Aviators and B1 Ghost Black Split Double Header
by Joe Bello The Top Tier Aviators and B1 Ghost Black faced off in an LI Boys of Summer 15u American Division doubleheader Sunday afternoon at East Islip High School. The two games featured a lot of action between the two teams, which included a lot of walks. Base on balls were a common them as 30 were issued against both of the teams throughout the 12 innings of baseball played Sunday. Due to the time limit both games only went 6 innings each. Game 1 3-2, 2 outs, bases loaded, and Aiello with a huge strikeout to end this game as a 4-4 tie. Game 2 coming up shortly. pic.twitter.com/maO42FLM5Y — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 8, 2025 Starting off with game one, the Ghost sent Chris DiGiovanni to the mound to face off against the Aviators. DJ Whitmore started the game off with a l...
