LI Elite
LI Elite Cruise to Victory at Antonia Agostinelli Memorial Tournament
by Trevor Dugan We spoke to Old Westbury commit Ryan Kunkel and West Conn commit Anthony Muscatelli following their dominant performances in the Elite’s run rule victory pic.twitter.com/JYP2MtFxWO — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 18, 2025 A pair of college commits led the way for 17u LI Elite on Saturday morning as they sailed to a 12-0 run-rule victory against the LI Strong. West Conn commit Anthony Muscatelli recorded four RBIs with two triples and two runs scored, while Old Westbury-commit Ryan Kunkel pitched three shutout innings and struck out five batters. The only two hits allowed by Kunkel came in the top of the first inning. LI Strong leadoff man Brett Baumiller from Sayville High School led the game off with a single, then following a fielder’s choice Shane B...
14u LI Elite Prospects Takes a Rain Shortened 6-1 Victory Powered by the Bat of Chris Hall and Arm of Lucas Sweeting
by John Sullivan Postgame interview with players of the game Chris Hall and Lucas Sweeting pic.twitter.com/B4Uwra2xDd — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 30, 2025 Long Island Empire Black came into Cantiague Park Wednesday night looking for an upset over the first place team in the 14u American division, the Long Island Elite Prospects. Elite gave the ball to hard throwing right hander Lucas Sweeting, who was featured in our “Up Next” series back in February. Empire had a great start off Sweeting, as Leo Sanchez drew a walk to leadoff the game and advanced to third on a throw away on a pickoff attempt with no outs. With Sanchez on third, Anthony Fiorentino hit a chopper to third for an RBI ground out and an Early 1-0 Empire lead. Sweeting then struck out the next two batters he fa...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm Agency: Lucas Sweeting
(Editor’s Note: This is the sixteenth installment of the popular “Up Next” series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Dylan Weinstein, Jaxson Torres, Richie Roberts, Joe Maxwell, Dom Muccia, Logan Lamberson, Fred Klauck, Jake Ostertag, Mason Gatchalian, Jagger Franco, Evan Frangas, Ryan Matson, Dylan Frers, Aidan Dobrie & Tyler D’Amico. You can read them all by clicking here. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) RBI triple by Lucas Sweeting (Hicksville 2029) pic.twitter.com/e5REznDdLL — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 10, 2025 Great hitters are hard to come by. Generally you either have it, or you don’t from a young age. Lucas Sweeting is one of those natural born ...
16u B1 Ghost Stewart and Elite Tomaselli split doubleheader in Boys of Summer Fall League
by Trevor Dugan B1 Ghost Stewart and Elite Tomaselli met this afternoon for a doubleheader at PAL stadium. Entering the day the Elite were 0-2 in Boys of Summer play, while B1 was 2-0. GAME ONE In the first game of the day, the Elite started Lincoln Blind on the mound, while B1 sent out Brendan Ohl. Blind fired a 1-2-3 first inning, and his offense was quick to strike in the bottom of the frame. Outfielder Nick Morello led off the game for the Elite with a long triple to right center field. He was driven in with an RBI groundout, and the Elite led 1-0 after the first. After a scoreless second inning, the B1 offense came alive to score four times in the third. Two runs scored on wild pitches, while another was knocked in by Jake Mileski. He finished with one RBI and one run scored. Dur...
GAME RECAP: Christian Vascellaro Fires No-Hitter to Capture 15u National Championship
by Trevor Dugan The 15u champions caught up with Axcess after their victory at Medford Sports Complex @liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/R4LePwgjRR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 17, 2024 The LI Elite Prospects Cuomo met with the MXE Academy Giac Squad Friday night to determine the 15u Boys of Summer National Division champion. The Elite sent out Christian Vascellaro to start on the mound, and he was lights out from the very beginning. He struck out two MXE batters in a 1-2-3 top of the first. Joe Arlia took the ball to start the game for MXE. He answered Vascellaro with a scoreless inning of his own in the bottom of the first. In the top of the second, Vascellaro struck out the first two MXE batters. The next batter, Jack Lyke, drew a walk, only to be thrown out by Elite catch...
GAME RECAP: Ryan Brush Drives in 5 Runs in 10-1 Victory for LI Elite Venegas
by Joe Bello Ryan Brush following his 2/3 with 2B and 5 RBI performance at the plate. pic.twitter.com/xvBBxZqVtR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 11, 2024 On a very hot July 11th evening, LIB Select took on LI Elite Venegas in a LI Boys of Summer 14u American Division game. Ryan Brush was a big contributor in this one, leading Elite to a 10-1 mercy rule win. Brush went 2 for 3 with a double and 5 RBIs. Jack Gerbosi also was hot on offense, going 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs for Elite. Elite started the offense early in the 1st inning. Landon Behrens worked an RBI walk to drive in the first run. Then Brush crushed a bases clearing double to center field, giving Elite a 4-0 lead. LIB got one back in the bottom half of the inning, with a perfectly executed hit and run. Frankie Menfre with t...
GAME RECAP: LI Elite Score 7 First Inning Runs in Run-Rule Victory
by Tucker Terranova Ryan Pisciotti and Coach Fanelli discuss LI Elite’s 17-0 win. pic.twitter.com/4Z3n1DGfMg — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 25, 2024 Game 2 of our coverage of EYCB Memorial Day Clash opening night at Eisenhower Park featured a 13u matchup between the LI Jr. Ducks and LI Elite Fanelli, with both squads looking to start the weekend off in the win column. From the start of the game, Elite took control and ran with it. Anchored by a seven-run first inning, an astonishing 19 stolen bases, and a solid performance on the mound from Ryan Pisciotti, Elite took their tournament opener by a score of 17-0. “They all hit the ball hard, and our pitching did pretty well,” Coach Fanelli said in a postgame interview with Axcess Baseball. In the top of the first inning, Piscoitti...
Up Next Powered by Eye Q Investigations: Tyler Scarry
(This is the fifth installment of our weekly Up Next Series Powered by Eye Q Investigations in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we have featured Miguel Sime Jr., Matt Cruz, Luke Coats and Michael Gardner. Make sure to check out Eye Q Investigations by clicking here.) Division Ave HS has a rich tradition of baseball. They have won an astounding 37 league championships, 14 Nassau Championships, 9 Long Island Championships and 2 NYS Championships. They have done so with great coaching (beginning with the late Doug Robins to current coach Tom Tuttle), a deep talent pool in Levittown and a blue-collar demeanor when it comes to work ethic. They had the 2021 League MVP in Nick Roselli – currently a sophomore at SUNY Binghamton, the 2022 Diamond Award winn...
Berthel and LI Elite Outlast Farmingdale Greendogs 3-0 in Eight Innings
by Chris Prystupa Here’s Jason Berthel from LI Elite, he takes us through what it felt like to be the one to close this game out and preserve the shutout in a 3-0 win over the Farmingdale Greendogs. @liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/Li5hKyzvhD — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 24, 2022 It was quite a pitcher’s duel for both teams in tonight’s LI Boys Of Summer matchup between the LI Elite and the Farmingdale Greendogs. Both teams remained tied at zero through seven full innings. The Greendogs sent Jake Dunn to the mound in the first and he and his counterpart, Joe Cavallaro, were both dominant throughout the early innings. In the third inning, LI Elite was yearning to get the scoring started as they managed to get a baserunner into scoring position early on in the inning. Ja...
LI Elite Sweeps Sunday DH at Mitchel Field
LI Elite swept a double header this afternoon. Here’s Kieran Kehoe following the games @liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/0ISwX6HZLE — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 5, 2022 The LIB Voodoo faced off with the LI Elite Vallas in a double header between two impressive 16U teams in LI Boys of Summer action. The Voodoo started the game off with an RBI triple off the bat of their right fielder to take an early 1-0 lead. They quickly followed it up with another RBI single by their starting pitcher Tyler Anderson to make it a 2-run lead, another runner would be walked in and before he even stepped foot on the mound it was a 3-0 game. Anderson would go on to work around a walk and throw a scoreless first. In the second, Elite starting pitcher, Marino would throw a scoreless frame. An...
LI Elite Brock defeats Team Steel American 12-1 in Northeast Elite 16u Tournament
by Matthew Cataruzolo Andrew Sinclair with an RBI single to cap off a five run fourth inning for LI Elite. They are up 9-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. pic.twitter.com/KBIudp5YiU — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 16, 2021 Yaphank, NY – LI Elite Brock defeated Team Steel American by a score of 12-1 to kick off the Northeast Elite 16u Tournament at Lasorda Legacy Park in Yaphank, New York. Steel was the home team, so they took to the field with starting pitcher Mateo Martinez on the mound. Working against LI Elite’s Parker Workman, the two battled for the first three innings before the game got out of hand. After exchanging three shutout innings, LI Elite began to take charge and put some runs on the board. Siegel took to the batter’s box and cleared the bases with a d...
LI Elite Venegas Captures 15U National Fall Championship
Mike Knapp throws a 3-hit shutout with 11 Ks to capture the @liboysofsummer Championship 15U National division pic.twitter.com/3ZfsGHB9lj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 7, 2020 Mike Knapp was just about as dominant as you can be, in helping his team to not one – but two victories to capture the LI Boys of Summer 15u National Fall Championship. It was two distinctly different games. They won 7-6 in 9 innings over LI Elite Natale and then 2-0 over Tri-State Arsenal in the championship. Knapp threw the final inning in relief to slam the door in the semifinals and cruised to a 3-hit, 11 K shutout in the finals. “I felt good, man, my arm felt good. I came out in the semifinal closing the game – just felt really good out there,” said Knapp, a junior at Di...
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