Nick Lawrence
Coming Off Magical 2025 Season, Eastport-South Manor Looks to Compete for County Title
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series By Anthony DiCocco Eastport-South Manor 11, Hills West 10 (F/11 innings) Walk-off hit by sophomore 2B Connor Minihane. They will host No. 4 East Hampton on Thursday pic.twitter.com/yVYOXaCUiR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2025 Following a magical season that featured a disappointing ending, head coach Jim McGowan and the Eastport-South Manor (ESM) Sharks will work to get over the hump in 2026. After losing a win-and-in game in 2024 to miss the playoffs, the Sharks put together a campaign for the ages last year. Though ESM lost its final two contests of the season to end its run prematurely, those were the team’s only defeats all spring, as it won its league and was ranked the No. 1 Cla...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Nick Lawrence
(Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment of the 2025 Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we highlighted Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto, Charlie Edwards and Evan Picciano. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm for sponsoring this year’s series.) Nick Lawrence (Eastport-South Manor 2028) pic.twitter.com/JYLTauSmQj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 8, 2025 Eastport-South Manor started the 2025 season with 22 wins in a row before finally losing to the eventual champs, East Islip, with the Axcess Man of the Year, Thomas Costarelli, on the mound. Remarkably, ESM did not have a senior in their starting lineup once the playoffs began and several of the players were underclassmen. One of thos...
