Paul Gibson III
Center Moriches Hungry to Capture County Championship
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series The season ended in painful fashion for Center Moriches, who lost to Bayport-Blue Point, 2-1, in the Class A semifinals. It was an all-too familiar opponent for the Red Devils who compiled a record of 17-2 against all teams not named Bayport-Blue Point and 0-5 against them. That loss came directly after a thrilling 13-inning victory over the reigning Class A Long Island Champs, Kings Park, in which their ace, Joey Hiller, put the team on his back en route to a 4-3 victory. Center Moriches, who last captured a County Championship in 2022, enters the season with one goal in mound – getting back to the top. “Anything less than a County Championship is not good enough,” said head coach Pa...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Charlie Edwards
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth 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 and Michael Cotto. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm for sponsoring this year’s series.) 6’4 RHP Charlie Edwards (Center Moriches 2029) pic.twitter.com/mi2vXWOAeV — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 24, 2025 Every teenager wants to have fun on their birthday. That would usually include a day with their friends or maybe going to their favorite restaurant. Center Moriches 9th grader Charlie Edwards had a 14th birthday so good that it was perfect – he fired a perfect game in the Northeast Elite tournament for MVP East End. He put up a monster season for them in 2025. He...
Sunday Spotlight: Joey Hiller
Congratulations to Center Moriches RHP Joey Hiller who is this week’s recipient of the Axcess Baseball x BK7 Brand Player of the Week. The junior fired a 3-hit complete game gem with 15 strikeouts. He also went 7-for-13 with 4 doubles, 6 runs scored and 4 RBIs Previous winners:… pic.twitter.com/B3fPVAzjcL — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 5, 2024 Center Moriches head coach Paul Gibson III knows Joey Hiller as well as anyone. He’s been coaching him since he was 12-years-old and called him up to varsity in 8th grade. Fast forward to May 2025 and Hiller was not just their ace, but one of the best pitchers on Long Island – twice named All-County and a 4x All-League selection. Hiller was locked in a pitcher’s duel with Kings Park RHP Everett Zarzicki, he fired 10 inni...
GAME RECAP: Joey Hiller Goes the Distance, Reaches K Milestone in 12-2 Win over Mattituck
Center Moriches RHP Joey Hiller struck out 12 in a complete game victory over Mattituck @GetGameChanger pic.twitter.com/BmDBWW4yOz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 15, 2025 Anytime a player on Center Moriches can have their name in the same sentence with a Gibson, it’s a pretty big deal. In Tuesday’s 12-2 victory over League VII rival Mattituck, senior RHP Joey Hiller notched career strikeout 200, passing his head coach Paul Gibson III, who had 194. Recently, he also passed Cameron Ball (180). Interestingly, Hiller will be attending Quinnipiac University in the fall, which is also where Gibson III and Ball attended. He now only trails legendary Paul Gibson (375) and Glenn Gibson (270). Needless to say, Gibson’s record is safe – the award for the top pit...
Center Moriches: How Do They Do It?
by Patrick Duryea Center Moriches does it! Back-to-back New York State Class B Champs Undefeated season. 26-0. pic.twitter.com/wfJQ56wNm6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 15, 2019 All great ballplayers have to start somewhere. For most, it’s playing little league baseball in their hometown. For players in Center Moriches, it all starts at “Beachfern”. “A hidden gem for several decades now,” as Center Moriches Head Coach Paul Gibson described it, Beachfern is the town’s storied little league field. Gibson went on to explain the small town, old school charm that Beachfern emits. With an ice cream shop and pizza parlor less than 100 feet away, a press box down the third base line, community sponsorships on the outfield fence, and a vintage scoreboard to top it all off. Center Moric...
Center Moriches Looks to Continue Their Winning Ways in 2025
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Final: Center Moriches 10, Mattituck 1 WP: Max Rayburn (6 IP, 1 R, 3 H) Rayburn also scored 2 runs, had a hit and drew a walk Christian Meadows drove in 3 runs, Andrew Foster and Dan Gilroy drove in 2 each Center Moriches improves to 7-1 on the season. @GCsports pic.twitter.com/U64kgIbMZ9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 10, 2024 Regarded as one of the powerhouse programs on Long Island – who won back-to-back New York State Class B Championships in 2018 and 2019, as well as a Long Island Championship in 2022, the Center Moriches Red Devils moved up to Class A in 2024. “Last season was our first as a Class A school.” head coach Paul Gibson, who is entering his sixth yea...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm Agency: Richie Roberts
Center Moriches is one of the true powerhouses in Suffolk County. They won back-to-back Class B Championships in 2018 and 2019 and captured the Long Island Championship in 2021. The talent pool is always deep in the school district and they have a penchant for calling up underclassmen that wind up playing impact roles at the varsity level. Last year, he featured JT Bonventre who was a 9th grader at the time, and this past year they had an 8th grader not only get called up but was a key contributor for them. His name is Richie Roberts, and he will be a big time player for the Red Devils for the next 4 seasons. Last year, he went 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA and 2 saves over 18 innings on the mound. Additionally, he committed just 1 error in 46 chances splitting time between 2B and SS. At the plate, ...
Center Moriches Enters 2023 As Reigning Class B Long Island Champs
by Andy Smith Center Moriches captures the Class B Championship with a 2-1 win over Mattituck Riley Morris, Jack Rupe, Leyton Pulsipher combined on a no-hitter pic.twitter.com/1BXTbcLGfa — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 24, 2022 Head Coach Paul Gibson described last season as “the most rewarding one in my baseball career.” Center Moriches entered 2022 as a very young program. “We had some instances where our defense failed us early on, and we also didn’t have the quality at bats that we had hoped for. As the season progressed the boys really came together and bought into the system, and started to understand their roles and the ways they can make a positive impact.” The Red Devils finished with an 11-9 record but went on a playoff run, which resulted with a Long Island Class B ...
My Favorite Player Growing Up
by Paul Gibson III (Editor’s Note: Paul is the head coach of Center Moriches HS, his alma mater. He was the assistant coach during their back-to-back New York State Class B championships. The following words are his own.) Growing up around the game I was lucky enough to to watch, meet and learn from so many great baseball players. Wade Boggs, Paul O’Neill, Cecil fielder are just a few that come to mind. But when I started to think about who MY favorite player was growing up the answer came to me right away. Of course , this is pretty much as bias as it gets, but my favorite player was and always will be my dad. Of course their are players with more notoriety and accolades, but having this first-hand experience made the choice pretty simple. I always loved the game, so I was as observ...
