Walt Whitman
Unfinished Business: Walt Whitman Baseball Sets Its Sights on a Breakthrough Season
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Ryan Manno Uncommitted SS Lucien Saint Cyr with a grand slam for Walt Whitman. Was featured in our “Up Next” series pic.twitter.com/eQpHsXxG15 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 29, 2025 The Walt Whitman Wildcats enter the 2026 season with a clear mission and standard. After reaching the playoffs in each of the last three years, head coach Keith Barrett says the goal is simple: make it four straight. For this group, success starts with another postseason berth, but the Wildcats are determined to go further than they did a season ago. Last spring, Whitman finished 12-6 in league play and 12-8 overall. The season included a playoff win and valuable experience in high pressure games. The Wild...
GAME Of The Week Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Luke Rizzi Hits Walk-Off Single in Longwood’s 4-3 Win
Final: Longwood 4, Walt Whitman 3 WP: Matt Faraone & hit 2 R homer Longwood improves to 12-1 pic.twitter.com/HTR356iUSV — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 29, 2025 The sign of a great team, is being able to win even when they don’t play their best game. Longwood has appeared to be that type of team this season. The Lions sit atop the League I standings, and entered Tuesday with a critical series against a young and talented Walt Whitman with their ace on the hill. They were able to overcame a late 3-0 deficit and found a way to win, 4-3, on a walk-off hit by Luke Rizzi. Walt Whitman sent ace RHP Jaden Grose to the mound, the junior is one of the top pitchers in the northeast. He looked every bit of that today as he was electric. He squared off against fellow junior Bren...
Fresh off Appearance in Suffolk County Semifinals, Walt Whitman Ready to Take Next Step
The 13th ranked player in NYS Jaden Grose (Walt Whitman 2026) has an electric fastball sitting 89-91, with a changeup that can hit 80 Has multiple power four offers on the table pic.twitter.com/T4xLWv019L — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 23, 2025 Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman It was a strong year in 2024 for the Walt Whitman Wildcats, finishing the year with double as many wins as losses, ending with a 16-7 record between the regular season and playoffs. However, head coach Keith Barrett, who will be entering his 13th season in charge of the Wildcats in 2025, will look to take yet another step forward. “We were a final four team last year.” Barrett said. “We won three playoff games, our first one we be...
GAME RECAP: Nick Pepitone Fans 15 in 2-Hit Shutout to Keep Connetquot’s Hopes Alive
Final: Connetquot 4, Walt Whitman 0 WP: Nick Pepitone (CG shutout, 2 hits, 15 Ks, 3 BBs) Connetquot is moving on! They will face the loser of Commack-Sachem North on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/aN0VNGIuOG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2024 With their backs against the wall, having lost their first playoff game on Friday (which leaked into Saturday when the game was suspended after 11 innings), Connetquot has rattled off wins in three straight elimination games to keep their championship hopes alive. They defeated Smithtown East on Sunday and Longwood on Monday to set up a rematch against the upstart Walt Whitman Wildcats, who are buoyed by their impressive young talent. Connetquot called up senior RHP Nick Pepitone, who took the hard luck no-decision on Friday when he struck...
GAME RECAP: Dean Ennis Fires 5.2 Shutout Innings, Longwood Defeats Walt Whitman
Final: Longwood 5, Walt Whitman 0 WP: Dean Ennis (5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 Ks) Urso: 2-R triple Moscatiello: solo HR pic.twitter.com/UZrts3GjF5 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 27, 2024 With an established team like Longwood and an up-and-coming program like Walt Whitman, it promised to be a great League I series to kick off the 2024 season. With the exception of two innings, Walt Whitman has been up to the task, but they have came up short both games by the score of 1-0 and 5-0. Longwood’s pitching has proven to be just too tough and their ability to put together rallies has been the difference. Walt Whitman sent their sophomore stud, Jaden Grose to the mound against Longwood’s senior southpaw Dean Ennis. The game was scoreless through three innings, as both pitch...
Whitman Looks To Compete For League Title In 2024
by Mike Merolle 🚨 Upset Alert Whitman 8, Commack 7 WP Jaden Grose (4.1P 6Ks) Paul McNally 3-4 HR Johnathan Matthew 2-3 rbi Kevin Brown 1-3 2rbi pic.twitter.com/1SvvIlyRfB — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 26, 2023 Whitman is poised to redeem themselves in the playoffs in 2024. After finishing the regular season with a 13-7 record, the team came up short in two close postseason games. In their first playoff game in 2023, Whitman led by the score of 4-1 with four outs to go but Smithtown West rallied and stole the win. In their second game, Whitman lost 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning to West Islip. Keith Barrett is entering his 12th season as Whitman’s head coach and he’s confident that this year’s squad can make it a special one. “This year, we’re basically looking to t...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: JD Duffy
(Editor’s Note: This is the ninth installment of the popular ‘Up Next’ Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower, Stellan Zangari, Ryan Bush, Bryce Cutrone, Justin Ortiz, Colin Raymond and Jagger Adamo. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) JD Duffy, an outfielder and pitcher for Walt Whitman HS, is coming off a very impressive 2023 season. He batted .390 with a .480 OBP, 1.045 OPS, 3 HRs, 50 RBIS over 148 at bats. On the mound, he allowed just 1 ER over 20.1 innings. He’s only in 10th grade, so look out for him to be an impact player at the varsity level for the next 3 seasons. His summer coach, Joe Fusco, spoke glowingly of him: ...
Biederman, Whitman Hold On in a Defensive Battle Against Smithtown East
by Nick Cipolla Post game interview with Walt Whitman’s Grant Biederman. pic.twitter.com/McOfxSBvVV — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 7, 2021 Grant Biederman (Walt Whitman 2021) has had a dominant senior season. He has pitched a perfect game against Hills East and his last start saw him throw a complete game, four hit shutout against the very same Hills East. Biederman showed how dominant he can be against Smithtown East In the first inning, Whitman capitalized on two errors made by Smithtown East leading to Whitman’s only two runs in the game. The first run came in on an RBI single which was followed by a ball hit deep to left by sophomore Tyler Mezadurian that hit off of the left fielder’s glove, allowing the second run, and ultimately the deciding run, to cross the plate...
Whitman Looks to Make It Three Straight Playoff Trips Led By Two Division-I Arms
It was certainly a wild season in 2019 for Whitman. After beginning the season 0-4, they quickly completely turned the tables and won 10 of 11 qualifying for a postseason berth in the loaded League II. What turned it around? “We were up 3-1 against Sachem North in the last inning and gave it up to go to 0-4,” said Coach Keith Barrett. “After that, we went on a run. We won a couple one-run games and then the winning was contagious. We expected to win after a while. Also, we made some changes in the lineup and really took off,” he added. After their incredible streak, they had the misfortune of drawing a bracket with Longwood and Smithtown East. They drew Adelphi-commit Steven Murphy (Longwood) and SUNY Oswego-commit Jai Sharma (Smithtown East) and lost both games fac...
