Max Edelman
Holy Trinity Returns Plenty of Firepower as they Look to Compete for Championship
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Jaden Alvarez (Holy Trinity 2026) hits a double to the LF wall. pic.twitter.com/o2Eeu7wFRo — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 28, 2024 Led by head coach Dan Luisi, the Holy Trinity Titans finished the 2025 season with a 13-9 record, despite only having one senior in their starting lineup. Although they failed to reach their ultimate goal, Luisi, who is about to begin his eighth season in charge of the Titans, looked back fondly on 2025. “I thought last year we made a lot of really great strides.” Luisi said. “We had a really young team. Our whole lineup, with the exception of only one senior, was all juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Which presented some challenges at times for our gu...
Northport Faces Challenge of Replacing 15 Seniors From 2025’s Playoff Team
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman The 2026 season is shaping up to be a year unlike any other for the Northport Tigers. After a 2025 season that saw the graduation of a whopping 15 seniors, the 2026 season for head coach Sean Lynch features a tough task ahead of him. However, he first looked back on a 2025 he won’t soon forget. “We made the playoffs and won our first round game.” Lynch said. “Then we lost to Connetquot over at their place 2-0 in a very good game that was tight all the way. Then we got eliminated. It was a good year and we had a great group of seniors and we really gelled together. We had a lot of chemistry and really good senior leadership. So, losing 15 seniors, we’re going to be very young this year a...
Rocky Point Looking to Build On Last Year’s 11-Win Season
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman East Tennessee SS Cody Miller (Rocky Point 2022) selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2025 MLB Draft pic.twitter.com/Jyf4cYs88M — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 14, 2025 As he enters his eighth year as head coach of the Rocky Point Eagles, head coach Anthony Anzalone’s team is coming off of a season in which they finished just over the.500 mark. Finishing 10-8 in league play and 11-9 overall. Despite falling short of their ultimate goal, Anzalone believes it was a step in the right direction for his team. “We lost to East Islip in the first round of the playoffs 1-0 on a 10th inning squeeze.” Anzalone said. “We came back and beat West Babylon in eight innings...
Shoreham-Wading River Looks to Return to Postseason Play Led by Strong Rotation
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman 8 years ago today Wantagh ended Shoreham-Wading River’s 20 game win streak in the Class A Long Island championship. It was their second of three straight LIC titles pic.twitter.com/9QcyjZuGhQ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 6, 2025 Last year proved to be a difficult year for head coach Kevin Willi’s Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats. Despite having what Willi said was a very strong team, the Wildcats ultimately fell short of their goal of making the playoffs with a 9-11 record. “It was a tough year,” Willi said. “We had a really good team. We were just in the toughest league in the county stacked with teams with college-bound arms. We wound up finishing just below .500. We...
Port Washington Leaning On Pitching & Defense to Compete in Nassau AAA-I
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman The Port Washington Vikings finished 12-8 overall and lost a first round contest to Oceanside. Head coach Matt Holzer, entering his 16th season, looked back fondly on his team’s season. “I thought we played well.” Holzer said. “It was another good year for us. We lost a one-run game down in Oceanside in the playoffs that could have gone our way very easily. Overall, it was a good season.” Port Washington did have a pair of key seniors graduate in 2025, one of which, Jake Scharlat is now playing college baseball at Johnson & Wales in Rhode Island. Additionally, while not playing college ball, Derek Fine was a key player for the Vikings last season, earning all-county honors. De...
Syosset Looks to Make Noise In Ultra-Talented Nassau Conference AAA-I
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Fresh off a 12-8-1 regular season that ended with a quarterfinal loss, head coach Tom Morritt is back for his eighth season with the Syosset baseball team. Despite the early playoff exit, Morritt still looked back fondly on a winning season with his young team. “We still had a young team.” Morritt said. “We had a lot of juniors getting a lot of playing time with two seniors who went on to play college ball in Tommy Martelli who’s playing at Scranton and Ethan Ramirez who’s at Emory. Some young guys had some innings under their belt, we’re playing in the toughest league in the county and still made the playoffs. We had a tough group and an awesome group of kids. I think we learned a lot a...
William Floyd Looks to Build Off Recent Success
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman For the first time in a long time, the William Floyd Colonials made the playoffs in back to back seasons. Keith Kobaisuk, the head coach of the team for the last eight seasons, looked back fondly on a season in which his program continued to take steps in the right direction. “We finished 10-8 and got into the playoffs.” Kobaisuk said. “It’s the first time in a long time we’ve been in the playoffs back to back years. We went 1-2, we won the first game against Walt Whitman and lost to Smithtown East 3-2, and then lost to Riverhead to be eliminated. I was happy to make the playoffs, so we’re trying to build to be a playoff team every year.” Nine members of last year’s Floyd team wer...
Centereach Looks to Bounce Back from Down Season and Return to Postseason Play
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Centereach Cougars head coach Pete Cammarata is a baseball lifer. Having coached 26 years in various roles, Cammarata has been at the helm for the Cougars since 2018. As he entered his 27th season coaching, Cammarata reflected on the Cougars 2025 season, in which the Cougars won four games in a rebuilding season. “I think our guys last year prepared as hard as any one of our teams,” Cammarata said. “Even when we were league champs, or made the playoffs last year. They prepared as well as any team, we just didn’t have the horses last year. They played to their ability level, they played hard, we just didn’t have a successful season.” This past June, two key members of the Cougars graduat...
Oyster Bay Looking to Take Next Step and Capture County Championship
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Having been part of the Oyster Bay Baymen baseball program for the last 15 years, head coach Jeff Schiereck has had plenty of successful teams during his tenure. Despite falling short in the County Finals, the Baymen were able to win their third consecutive league championship. “It was our third year in a row winning the league.” Schiereck said. “We had a nice nine game winning streak in the middle of the season. It was a pretty good season. Obviously, we want to get over that last hurdle and win that county championship, but it was a good season overall.” The Baymen graduated two key seniors last year, Justin Alas is now playing at St. Joseph’s, and Liam Gorney, who while not playing ...
St. John the Baptist Returns Key Contributors and Hopes to Contend for League Title
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Final: St. John the Baptist 4, Holy Trinity 1 WP: Joseph Randello S: Ryan Audette Jacob Schmutz went 2-for-2 with a walk, HBP and RBI pic.twitter.com/K6Rx4Am4nc — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 2, 2025 In one of New York’s toughest leagues, the St. John’s the Baptist Cougars have constantly put winning teams on the field, and last season was no different. The team finished with a 16-10 record. However, St. John’s came up short of their goal of winning the Catholic League championship. Head coach Ryan Dalton, who is entering his fourth year as the team’s head coach, looked back fondly on last season. “We dealt with a lot of adversity last year.” Dalton said. “We ha...
Talented Hills East Returns Core of Last Year’s Playoff Team
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman After an 11-7 season that ended in his team dropping their first two playoff games, head coach of the Half Hollow Hills East RedHawks Tim Belz looked back on what was an up and down season for his team. “We were a young team.” Belz said. “Where we started only one senior and had four ninth graders in the lineup and at times two or three sophomores and the rest were juniors.” While the RedHawks will be full of youth this upcoming season, they did lose four seniors to graduation. Including Matt LeRose, who is attending Alvernia University, where he is continuing his baseball career. Among returning players, Belz is looking for a big season from Nate Greene. Greene is committed to Rollins...
Riverhead Looks to Build On First Playoff Appearance in a Decade
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman In his three seasons as head coach of the Riverhead Blue Wave, Kevin Kerman’s team has undergone a full transformation. In his first year in charge, Kerman’s squad managed only one victory in 20 games, fast forward just two years, the Blue Wave finished 14-10, the first time Riverhead finished over .500 under Kerman. “Last year was a huge step in the right direction for our program.” Kerman said. When I took this team over 4 years ago, we were in rebuild mode. We were a young group that needed to get bigger, stronger, and gain more experience. We went from 1-19 in year one to 4-16 in year two, to 14-10 with two playoff victories in year three. It was a massive improvement from our p...
