Max Edelman
Friday College Recap (3/8) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman With the calendar turning to March, each of the local teams are in action each week. This week pitted two of the colleges against each other for a weekend series. Here’s how it all went down. Division-I: Hofstra vs St. John’s G1: St Johns 3 – Hofstra 2 G2: St John’s 10 – Hofstra 1 The Hofstra Pride and St. John’s Red Storm battled in a double header in Queens that saw the Red Storm defeat the Pride in both games. They won 3-2 in the opening game before exploding to a dominant 10-1 victory in game two. For the Red Storm, they have won four in a row, and remain undefeated at home. While the Pride drop to 4-8 and have dropped their last four games. Although the Pride and Red Storm combined for 19 hits in the first game, the teams only scored a combined five ru...
Ward Melville Looks to Build on 19-Win Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Paul Gibson Award winner Charles West gets the start for the Suffolk All Stars against Nassau in the Grand Slam Challenge pic.twitter.com/cOlUKKZTMK — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 14, 2023 Last season, the Ward Melville Patriots rode a 19-win season to the conference finals. Unfortunately for the Patriots, it wasn’t meant to be. Head coach Lou Petrucci, who is going into his 17th season as head coach of Ward Melville, looked back on what was a good season, despite it not ending with a conference championship. “We won 19 games.” Petrucci said. “We advanced to the conference finals, it was a good season for the boys. I’m disappointed on how it ended, lost to P...
Long Island Lutheran Enters 2024 as Three-Time Reigning PSAA Champs
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. And this is how the game ends. Bases loaded, 2 outs Final: LuHi 14, Portledge 4 LuHi captures 3rd consecutive PSAA Championship pic.twitter.com/XU3YEjzlvW — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2023 In a school known around the country for its basketball, the Long Island Lutheran Crusaders are beginning to make their mark on a different sport. Head coach Shaun Manning, who is entering his fifth year at Long Island Lutheran, who is fresh off winning his third straight PSAA championship, looked back on last season, and looked ahead to the future. “Last season we won the PSAA championship for the third time in a row.” Manning said. “We lost in the quarterfinals in th...
Friday College Recap (3/1) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Division-I: Stony Brook: VT 6 – Stony Brook 3 The Stony Brook Seawolves opened their three game series on the road against the Virginia Tech Hokies with a 6-3 loss on Friday. Despite collecting nine hits to the Hokies eight, runners left on base killed the Seawolves, who left 11 runners on base during the game. Only one Seawolf collected an RBI in the game. Brett Paulsen scored Cam Santerre on a walk. The other two Seawolves runs were scored by Evan Fox and Ryan Micheli on an error. All three Seawolves runs came in the seventh inning. Fox led the team in hits with three. Matt Brown-Eiring was right behind him with two of his own, including the teams only extra base hit. Eddie Smink started the game for the Seawolves and was the losing pitcher. Smnik tossed six innin...
East Islip Enters Season With Dominant Pitching Staff
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. East Islip 4, Hills West 3 (9innings) WP: Jaden Schmidt Nick Rizzo (8 innings, 8k’s, 3 earned, 3 walks) Rizzo: walkoff single in the 9th Thomas Costarelli: 2-3, RBI triple pic.twitter.com/Q0JXJu5sje — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 8, 2023 Whenever a varsity roster is dominated by freshmen and sophomores, it means that a bright future is ahead. And for the East Islip Redmen, the future is now. Despite only having two seniors on their roster last season, head coach Sal Ciampi was encouraged by the team’s season last year, as well as the progress he saw in many of his younger players. “Last year went pretty good.” Ciampi said. “We were a very young team. By ...
Mineola Looking to Build Off Last Year’s Playoff Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Mineola 8 Roslyn 3 WP: Andrew Basel Andrew Basel 2-2 HR 4RBI Jack Ryan 3-3 RBI 5 SB Mike Duda 2-3 2 RBI pic.twitter.com/1t8nTgQfVL — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 17, 2023 In Helms Bohringer’s 28th season as head coach of the Mineola Mustangs, his team was loaded with a senior class that had spent the last number of years playing under him. Although the team didn’t accomplish its preseason goal of winning a county championship, Bohringer was still proud of what his team was able to accomplish last year. “Last season wasn’t bad.” Bohringer said. “We finished 11-7 in the league, third place, made the playoffs, and unfortunately were eliminated after the third gam...
East Meadow Looking to Improve on Last Year’s .500 Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. East Meadow 10, Carle Place 3 WP: Danny Ratkewitch (3 IP, 0 R) Brandon Tauber: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs Joe Lanza & Devin McQuillan: 2 RBIs each pic.twitter.com/g7A2DjshoO — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 31, 2023 The 2023 season was a year of ups and downs for the East Meadow Jets. Vinny Mascia, who is entering his third year as head coach of the Jets, led his very young team to a .500 season. “Last year we were a very average 11-11.” Mascia said. “We were very young, and we got knocked out in the first round against Plainview.” Being a young team, East Meadow was not a group that was made up of very many seniors, as only five of the Jets last season gradu...
Calhoun Looks to Maintain Their Spot Among Nassau County’s Best
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Are you kidding !! Trailing 5-2 and down to their final out, Joey Goodman crushes a walk-off grand slam to send Calhoun into the Nassau Class A Finals against Division! Calhoun 6, Mepham 5 pic.twitter.com/zSdoxrlY4S — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2023 Entering his 10th season as head coach of the Calhoun Colts, Art Canestro along with 2023 Nassau assistant coach of the year, Steve DeMarco, has built the program into one of Nassau County’s elites. In 2022, Calhoun reached the mountain top, winning the Class A Long Island Championship over Rocky Point. Although the Colts were unable to defend their title in 2023, his Colts still charged to a 24-4 overa...
Friday College Recap (2/23) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
The college baseball season is in full swing and we had an exciting upset down in Baton Rouge that had baseball fans feeling like it was 2012 all over again! Here’s how it went down: Division-I Stony Brook 5 – LSU 2 The Stony Brook Seawolves went on the road and shocked the No. 2 ranked Louisiana State University Tigers 5-2. After the two teams scored two runs each in the second inning, the Tigers were held scoreless for the remainder of the game, while the Seawolves offense scored one run in the fourth, and two in the eighth to give Stony Brook an improbable victory over LSU, handing the Tigers there first loss of the year. The Seawolves offense was anchored by junior Robert Taylor. Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Cam Santerre and Matt Miceli had the other two RBI’s. Eddi...
Coming Off Another Conference Championship, Clarke May Lean on Younger Core
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Clarke 12, Wantagh 6 Clarke captures the Nassau A-IV Crown JJ Palumbo: 3-for-4, 4 RBIs Tom Roche and Dylan Vikara each had 2 hits and 2 RBI AJ Bardi hit a grand slam for Wantagh pic.twitter.com/TyhR3cNUn6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2023 In his 25 years as head coach of the Clarke Rams, head coach Tom Abruscato has been league champion 23 times and compiled an .800 winning percentage. And 2023 was no different. But as sweet as last season was, the goal is always to win the county – as they last did in 2019. “We won the conference.” Abruscato said. “We won the conference for the 23rd time in 25 years. So that was good. We’re in a very competitive l...
Despite Graduating 12 Seniors, Carey Primed for Playoff Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Ryan Degnan struck out 14, allowing just one hit and one walk and Carey won on a walk-off infield single in the bottom of the 7th pic.twitter.com/bgpt0MdTQG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 25, 2022 The Carey Seahawks enter 2024 following a season in which they finished the year in third place in their conference, with an 11-11 overall record. Head coach Doug Robins, who is entering his fifth year as head coach of the Seahawks, praised his team’s performance despite being in a very strong league. “We’re in a very competitive league with Division, Garden City and Calhoun,” said Robins. “Looking forward, we only lost two starters to graduation....
Coming off Final 4 Appearance , Lindenhurst Looking to Revamp on the Fly
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Lindenhurst scores 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th and they defeat Commack 7-6 on a walk-off sac fly by Steve Hernandez pic.twitter.com/gloo0C8L9s — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 9, 2023 The Lindenhurst Bulldogs were a team dominated by seniors in 2023. Led by head coach Rob Moore, who is entering his 10th year in the role, looked back fondly on his team last year, and the senior class that drove the squad’s success to 18 wins. “Last year was an exciting year.” Moore said. “I knew it would be because of the seniors I had. They were with me since ninth grade. We made a pretty good run all the way to the final four. Which was exciting.” The Bulldogs were v...
