MacArthur
Nassau County Class A Playoff Preview (Plus Predictions)
As always, the Class A playoffs will be a roller coaster of emotions. It brings high energy, closely contested match ups and upsets. The factor that makes these playoffs so great, is that there’s 18 teams competing for the ultimate goal of a county championship. As we’ve seen in previous years, there’s been clear favorites heading into the postseason. However, this year, it’s anybody’s title to win. With that being said, let’s take a look at the Class A playoffs. Play-In Games: #18 South Side vs. #15 Island Trees For several reasons, this is a great match up. Not only do both teams have great arms, but they both struggle to hit high-end pitching. For South Side, expect Dan Kelleher to take the mound. Kelleher features a lively fastball, along with the ab...
MacArthur Blanks Great Neck South 8-0, Sweeps Series
In dominating fashion, MacArthur shut out Great Neck South on Thursday evening by a score of 8-0. With the victory, MacArthur sweeps the series to start their season off 3-0. From the get go, it was obvious the Generals were going to be in control of this one. After a scoreless first inning, Jimmy Mahoney and David Johnsen got things started as they both drove in runs in the second inning to provide MacArthur with an early 2-0 lead. This was all the run support Kyle Gaertner would need. On the mound, Gaertner went the distance as he threw five shutout innings with six strike outs. Throughout the series, the MacArthur pitching staff only allowed two earned runs. Kyle Gaertner talks about how the MacArthur pitching staff was dominant during the three-game sweep and what it means heading into...
Coming Off 18-1 Season, Great Neck South Ready For Challenge of Conference A1
The Great Neck South Rebels dominated last year, wining the county wide league with an 18-1 record, which was also the best record for any varsity team in Nassau County. With that considered, this year, they were ready to take a step up in competition. The coaches were ready, and the players wanted the challenge. This year the Rebels move up to the A1 league, where they will find the competition they were looking for. They have the talent to compete and win this year. Coming back for this year’s team is senior and all county catcher, Brett Figelman. He has already committed to Ithaca. He hit a ridiculous .529 last year, with 23 RBI’s. Another leader from last year’s team is junior and all conference pitcher Phil Menist, a left-hander who went 6-0 last year, with an insane two earned runs i...
MacArthur Looks Upon New Faces To Make An Impact In 2019
If you’ve followed Nassau County baseball at some point in your life, you are aware that MacArthur is one of the most decorated programs in Long Island history. Within the last ten years, MacArthur has totaled five Diamond Award winners and took home the Class AA County Championship in 2015. Among one of the few programs in Nassau County who compete for a county championship no matter what their roster looks like, MacArthur knows what it takes to be successful. Since their switch to Class A in 2017, the Generals fell to their cross-town rivals Division in the postseason back-to-back years. If we’ve learned one thing from the past, it’s that MacArthur always knows how to rebound and will never go down without a fight. However, they may face some adversity coming into this ...
Brandon O’Brien, Division Come Out Victorious In The Battle of Levittown
FINAL: Division 5 MacArthur 1 WP: Brandon O’Brien Vinny Inciarrano: 2 RBI’s pic.twitter.com/CWUy7GGkgI aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) May 15, 2017 For the first time in 17 years, the two powerhouses of Levittown met on the diamond in a highly-anticipated contest. It was the Division Blue Dragons who came on top, defeating MacArthur by a score of 5-1. With a crowd of at least 500 people, it was no surprise that this game was a thriller. On the mound, Quinnipiac-commit Bobby Lewis (6-2) received the starting bid for MacArthur and St. Joseph’s-commit Brandon O’Brien (6-1) got the start for Division. Both pitchers have been in their varsity rotations for three years and are the aces of their respective programs. Was it set up for a pitcher’...
