Josh Gutes
Hauppauge Hopeful to Recapture Magic of 2024 After Graduating First Round Draft Pick
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this yearâs series by Anthony DiCocco The Detroit Tigers select catcher Michael Oliveto (Hauppauge 2025) with the 34th pick in the MLB Draft pic.twitter.com/3t8VIRmnim â Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 14, 2025 Despite graduating a first-round pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, the Hauppauge Eagles will attempt to recapture the magic they had two seasons ago with a talented roster. In 2024, head coach Josh Gutes helmed Hauppauge to both Suffolk County and Long Island Championship wins. Last year, the team was successful once again but to a lesser extent, as the Eagles went 12-11 and won a postseason game before being eliminated. Coming into this season, Gutes is dealing with three key departures in terms of quantity, ...
Farmingdale High School Welcomes Third Annual Coaches Clinic
by George Caratzas For the third straight year, the Farmingdale Baseball League is hosting its annual coaches clinic on Sunday, Feb. 1. Inspired by the World Baseball Coachesâ Convention, the clinic is designed as an opportunity for local youth baseball and softball coaches to share ideas and grow the community. After stepping away from coaching, founder Mike LoGerfo â the vice president of the Farmingdale Baseball League â created the clinic in 2024. âI was the varsity baseball coach at Locust Valley High School in the mid-2000s, and I was very fortunate to go to the World Baseball Convention,â LoGerfo told Axcess Baseball. âThat was an awesome event, and I learned so much from the presenters. I have a lot of connections in baseball, and I thought this was something we could do locally....
Sunday Spotlight: Michael Oliveto
đ¨ WALK OFF GRAND SLAM đ¨ Hauppauge junior Mike Oliveto crushes a walk-off grand slam as the Eagles overcame a late 7-2 deficit to win 10-7 and improve to 7-0 pic.twitter.com/aFHDWjUBaF â Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 8, 2024 For most players, thereâs one moment that stands out from the rest. Their most exhilarating moment on a baseball field that theyâll never forget. For Hauppauge catcher Michael Oliveto, itâs impossible to pick one â and for good reason. Last season was filled with amazing moments for the Eagles, who captured their first Suffolk County Championship since 2000, and had plenty of signature wins along the way. Oliveto, who arguably had the most clutch season of any player on Long Island, hit not one, but two walk-off home runs which prope...
Hauppauge Riding High Off Magical 2024 Season
For the first time since 2000, Hauppauge has captured the Suffolk County Championship! They will face the winner of Division-Bellmore JFK in the Class AA Long Island Championship next Saturday pic.twitter.com/kLv0ISJNoC â Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2024 Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this yearâs series Thereâs no other way to put it â 2024 was special for Hauppauge baseball. âIt was a magical season,â said head coach Josh Gutes who has been at the helm since 2014. It was their first Long Island Championship in program history and their first Suffolk County Championship since Josh was a player on the 2000 team. âIâve never been part of a team, as a player or coach, where we just knew before the game...
Hauppauge Edges Division In Instant Classic for First Long Island Championship in Program History
by John Sullivan (Photo: Catherine Scarantino) Hauppauge starting pitcher Matt Neglia takes us through what was working for him on the mound in his phenomenal complete game performance pic.twitter.com/xTN0RcSjYw â Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2024 The Long Island Championship between Hauppauge and Division was obviously a very big game, but this one meant just a little more for both programs. For Hauppauge, they were trying to capture their first ever Long Island Championship, and for perennial powerhouse, Division, they were looking to avenge last years Long Island Championship loss, in which they led for most of the game, but ultimately lost to West Babylon. In their biggest game in program history, Hauppauge gave the ball to St. Thomas Aquinas-commit Matt Neglia, who has...
Ken Kortright State Farm Game of the Week: Walk-Off Grand Slam Wins It for Hauppauge !
đ¨ WALK OFF GRAND SLAM đ¨ Hauppauge junior Mike Oliveto crushes a walk-off grand slam as the Eagles overcame a late 7-2 deficit to win 10-7 and improve to 7-0 pic.twitter.com/aFHDWjUBaF â Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 8, 2024 As far as endings go, it doesnât get any more dramatic than a walk-off grand slam. Hauppauge junior Mike Oliveto was able to experience the pure jubilation of turning a deficit into a victory for the Eagles against rival East Islip, in the first game of a crucial three-game set which could determine Suffolk County League 5. âItâs feels greatâŚit feels amazing,â said Oliveto, in the moments following his heroics. Clearly at a loss for words, the junior was overcome with excitement after getting mobbed at home plate by his teammat...
Led by 14 Seniors, Hauppauge Poised for Playoff Run
by Max Edelman (Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this yearâs season preview series.) Hauppauge freshman Tucker Brown ripping a go-ahead 2-R single in the bottom of the 6th to break a 6-6 tie against Hills West in a first round playoff game. Hauppauge hung on to win 8-6 pic.twitter.com/M48yI1Jqqt â Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) January 14, 2024 Entering his 10th season as the head coach of the Hauppauge Eagles, head coach Josh Gutes looked back at a season that included a 14-9 overall record (13-7 league), as well as a playoff victory. Gutes looked back on what he considered a strong season for his team. âLast year went well.â Gutes said. âWe won a playoff game against Half Hollow Hills West. We got eliminated two games later by Kings Park. But in...
Hauppauge Looks to Rebound in 2023
by Nick Cipolla The Hauppauge Eagles had a rare down season in 2022. They finished with a record of 4-14 in league play. It was always going to be a challenge as they had to replace their top 5 hitters from 2021 due to graduation. Coach Josh Gutes seems to look towards the future after the tough 2022 season. âI think the bad taste of last year will actually be a positive for us heading into this yearâ, said Coach Gutes, âLast year was the youngest team weâve had since I took over in 2014. We started five sophomores and a freshman. We had plenty of talented younger guys but we just didnât have quite enough overall to be as competitive as we normally are. Our lack of experience last year will undoubtedly help us this year. We have 14 returning players. We donât have a senio...
Hauppauge Prepares for âBiggest Challengeâ
by Chris Sacchi After the 2019 season, Hauppauge head coach Josh Gutes already had a clear idea of how the team would stack up the following year, ready to defend a league title. âI pretty much had opening dayâs lineups written at the end of the 2019 season.â For a program that has won 4 league titles of the last 5 seasons, that makes sense. Yet heading into 2021, Gutes has a team that is filled with positional battles, and the lineup is much less of a sure thing thanks to graduating 7 seniors following 2020. âI probably have seven different lineups that are written out already, with as many as 15,16 kids mixed in there.â This has made preseason that much more important, and coach Gutes embraces the new feeling in Hauppauge. âEvery second of practice matters. I think this is going to be a ...
Hauppauge Enters 2020 Coming Off 4 League Titles in 5 Seasons
by Diana-Nicole Ramirez A positive and humble mindset has been a hallmark for Coach Josh Gutes during his tenure with Hauppauge. Having been league champs for the fourth time in five years, will not blind the Eagles to the competition they face in a difficult league. They had last season end with a record of 14-9-1 (11-4 league play). When asked about the expectations of his team for this coming season, Gutes was more than excited yet still extremely modest while he stated, âThereâs an excitement moving forward this season, maybe even more so than last, but that means nothing preseason because you still have to play the games.â The Eagles will be playing League V this season and will face in order, West Babylon, Eastport/South Manor, Harborfields, Half Hollow Hills West, Islip, and Rocky ...
Hauppauge Looks to Replace 13 Graduating Seniors From 2018
by Andrew Giantasio Final: Hauppauge 2, BBP 1 (11 innings) WP: Pete Sanderson Ryan Levenberg hits walk-off sac fly Rob Ray pitches CG pic.twitter.com/ANoE4lPiD0 â Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2018 Despite having their season end at the hands of Miller Place in the postseason, it was another winning season for the Hauppauge Eagles. They played a thrilling extra-inning game against Bayport-Blue Point in which Ryan Levenberg hit a walk-off single in the 11th inning to spoil League MVP Rob Rayâs gem. With a year of Class A baseball under their belt, Josh Gutesâ club enters 2019 as one of the favorites once again. While three new teams enter the Class A division this year (Eastport, Hills West and West Babylon), in their second season, the Hauppauge Eagles are ready to tak...
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