Thomas Gargiulo
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...
Game of the Week Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Mason Gatchalian’s Walk-Off Propels ESM to 22-0 Record
Eastport-South Manor 7, East Hampton 6 WP: Gabe Sikora (4 IP in relief, 0 runs, 2 H) Mason Gatchalian: 2-3, R, sac, walk-off double McGowan: 2-4, R Gargiulo: 2-R single Gubitosi: RBI single No. 1 ESM will face No. 2 East Islip on Monday pic.twitter.com/rvUPS23TCb — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 24, 2025 Sometimes ignorance is bliss in the game of baseball. The Eastport-South Manor Sharks have fielded a young team all season, and somehow they continue to find ways to win. Both their wins in the Suffolk Class AA playoffs have come via walk-off, with the latest one on Friday night by sophomore Mason Gatchalian who ripped a double to right-center field to propel the top-seeded Sharks (22-0) to a 7-6 win in a winner’s bracket game against No. 4 East Hampton. “We’re ...
