Victor Acosta
Recap of the 2025 Axcess Awards Banquet
Oh what a night! We hosted the 2025 Awards Banquet on Saturday, November 8 at the Hilton Long Island. It was our 5th straight year hosting the event there. We also had one at Villa Lombardi’s and Mediterranean Manor. This was our biggest turnout yet – over 300 guests in the grand ballroom. Below is a rundown of the award recipients. Axcess Man of the Year Powered by LI Field House – Thomas Costarelli, East Islip College Co-Player of the Year Powered by Max Effort Baseball – Sean Welsh, Molloy Liam Daly, SUNY Purchase Lifetime Achievement Award Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm – Mike Pienkos, Chaminade Silver Slugger Award Powered by Tyrus Baseball – John Franco, Farmingdale Cy Young Award Powered by The Arm Academy – Nassau – Victor Acos...
GAME RECAP: Danny Anicito Hits Walk-Off Single in 10th For Dramatic Victory
What a game ! Danny Anicito comes through with a walk off single in the bottom of the 10th Chaminade 4, Holy Trinity 3 pic.twitter.com/BpVTK7wBjx — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 26, 2025 The calendar might still say March but there’s already a contender for the Game of the Year. What started as a mundane afternoon affair in dreary weather at Cantiague Park, turned into a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat extra inning battle between two Catholic League rivals. Here’s the game-tying blast by Kentucky-commit Michael Gardner of Chaminade pic.twitter.com/jeWR9sqrq0 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 27, 2025 The Chaminade Flyers erased multiple late-game deficits – a dramatic game-tying two-run shot by Kentucky-commit Michael Gardner in the 9th inning and ultimatel...
Holy Trinity Leaning on Experienced Pitching Staff and Team Athleticism to Compete for CHSAA Title
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Fresh off of a season in which they won the Catholic League and New York State Championship, the Holy Trinity Titans very narrowly missed going back-to-back in 2024. After an 18-9 season, the Titans fell just short of their goal of repeating after a championship loss to St Anthony’s. With the success that the Titans have enjoyed in recent years, it’s no surprise that a number of their players are continuing their baseball careers following their high school graduation at the college level, including a handful of 2024 graduates. They include Tyler Cook (Troy), Gabe Klarikaitis (Molloy), Andrew Heppner (Pace), Andrew Sinclair (University of Bridgeport) and Ryan Czyz (University of St. Jos...
GAME RECAP: St. Anthony’s Wins Extra Inning Thriller, Capture First Title in 24 Years
Here was the final out of last night’s NSCHSAA Final @SAFriarsBase pic.twitter.com/8b8kvPYgIo — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 27, 2024 Trailing 2-0 in the 6th inning against the reigning Catholic League Champs is an unenviable position to be in, but the St. Anthony’s Friars were not going to be denied this time. Not after coming up close in many instances over the past two decades as the Friars searched for that elusive Catholic League Championship. The 2024 Friars, led by head coach Paul Parsolano, were able to outlast Holy Trinity in 9 innings at Mitchel Field to capture their first NSCHSAA Championship since 2000. “I’m at a loss for words. They are such a tough team – to be able to keep answering the way these guys have. I can’t believe these guy...
Up Next Powered by Eye Q Investigations: Victor Acosta
(This is the 14h installment of our weekly “Up Next Series Powered by Eye Q Investigations” in which we highlight the best underclassmen from across Long Island. Previously, we featured Miguel Sime Jr, Matt Cruz, Luke Coats, Michael Gardner, Tyler Scarry, Kenny Meliere, Jaiden Zoller, Max Donacea, Keegan McElligott, Lucien Saint Cyr, Jayden Gigante, CJ Alfano and Jack Durso. Make sure to check out Eye Q Investigations by clicking here) For Holy Trinity to return to their prominence of 2010 and 2012, it will take a full team effort. They took a step forward in 2022 and were near the top of the CHSAA standings all season with Chaminade, but ultimately they ran out of steam in the postseason. They currently have a plethora of talented seniors such as Sebastian Velasquez, Brian Zweigbaum, Nich...
