Author: GBart
South Side Confident That Team Depth Will Yield Big Results
Ask any team on Long Island about depth. It’s a good thing to have. The South Side Cyclones could tell you all about it, even after losing a few impact seniors last year from an 8-12 team, the Cyclones return one of the deepest teams the school has seen in years, which is leaving the school excited that it can return to being at the top of the conference. Even with their big senior class last year...
Holy Trinity Ready to Take Next Step in Dan Luisi’s 2nd Season
The Holy Trinity Titans know what challenges are ahead of them for the upcoming season. The Titans play in the Catholic league, which is one of, if not the toughest league on Long Island. They finished last year with a record of 8-13 under Head Coach Dan Luisi in his first year. They know what it takes to compete, and they are hoping that some new additions to the team, along with some key returni...
St. John the Baptist Looks To Young Core To Push For Consecutive league championships
If there is one thing that’s consistent across all sports, it’s that teams who get hot at the end of the season win championships. That was exactly the case last year for the St. John the Baptist baseball team as they won 11 of their final 12 games on their way to a CSHAA league championship. And it wasn’t easy. “In [this] league, it’s almost whoever gets hot at the right time,” said St. John the ...
John Glenn Ready for Bounce Back Season
It’s tough to bounce back when you lose 13 seniors from your team. The John Glenn Knights learned just how difficult that could be last year. The good news? In coach Matthew Rocchio’s third season, they’re now ready to take the next step, as many players were able to get invaluable experience playing last year. Just two years ago, they won eight games, including one over Shoreham-Wading River̵...
East Hampton Looking to Continue Momentum into New Season
(Photo Credit: Craig Macnaughton ) With a young team, wins don’t come easy. But young teams bring more experience to the table the following season. After a three-win 2018 season, East Hampton High School baseball head coach Vincent Alvera said the youth of the team was the story line last season. “We had a pretty young squad,” Alvera said. “We only lost three seniors last year. Now we have four s...
North Babylon Looks Primed For a Huge 2019
With a solid Head Coach at the helm, you can bounce back quickly from down seasons. After winning eight games in 2017, the North Babylon Bulldogs improved to twelve last year including an incredible comeback victory in the postseason over Lindenhurst. This year, they’re hungry for more. North Babylon scores two in the bottom of the seventh to stave off elimination and defeat Lindenhurst 8-7 pic.tw...
Hauppauge Looks to Replace 13 Graduating Seniors From 2018
by Andrew Giantasio Final: Hauppauge 2, BBP 1 (11 innings) WP: Pete Sanderson Ryan Levenberg hits walk-off sac fly Rob Ray pitches CG pic.twitter.com/ANoE4lPiD0 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2018 Despite having their season end at the hands of Miller Place in the postseason, it was another winning season for the Hauppauge Eagles. They played a thrilling extra-inning game against B...
Team Steel Captures Boys of Summer College Division Title
Brentwood State Park, Brentwood NY – Team Steel Baseball Heaven (Yaphank) has won Boys of Summer College Division Championship game played at Brentwood State Park Monday night. The Boys of Summer (Selden) College Division had 19 teams competing in their summer baseball league. Team Steel defeated the Mattituck Ospreys 4-3 in the quarter finals, Hank’s Yanks 4-1 in the semi- finals and the Bulld...
LI Lightning Capture 2018 LICBL Championship With 7-3 Victory
Our player of the game was Mike DeMarest. Mike came in to pitch in the second inning and provided five innings for the Lightning in their 7-3 win over NorEaster for the LICBL Championship. pic.twitter.com/tVoyuT6Rm5 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 4, 2018 The Long Island Lightning took down the Long Island NorEasters by a score of 7-3 to take home the Long Island Collegiate Baseball ...
Lightning Shutout Thunder on their way to the LICBL Championship
Our Player of the game between the Long Island Thunder and Long Island Lightning is Kyle Heiss of the Lightning. Heiss went 3-3 at the plate with a HR and two RBI to help the Lightning win 7-0 and advance to the LICBL Championship. pic.twitter.com/wlPo6VMpbS — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 31, 2018 Two of the better teams in the Long Island Collegiate Baseball League squared off Tuesda...
Thunder Eliminate Redbirds with Combined One-Hitter
Valles slams the door on a combined one-hitter and the Thunder win 2-0. They will move on to the semifinals. pic.twitter.com/ov0UjIl1XS — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 31, 2018 The Long Island Thunder ousted the New York Redbirds 2-0 on Monday night to advance to the National Division finals of the Long Island Collegiate Baseball League. Kieran McLaughlin, a rising senior at Adelphi, ...
Thunder Get Revenge, Beat LI Baseball to Win Brian Moore Memorial Tournament
Player of the game Steve Proko threw a complete game for the win. pic.twitter.com/MqL1BDvuPG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 15, 2018 3 days ago, Long Island Baseball demolished the Long Island Thunder 12-3 to open the 4th annual Brian Moore Memorial Baseball Tournament. Today, however, was an entirely different story. LI Baseball threatened early against Thunder starter Steve Proko....
