Author: Vinny Messana
What’s On Tap for Today (Suffolk)
Yesterday was a slow day by the standards of high school playoffs. The highlights of the day included Mike Demarest‘s three-hit shutout of Bay Shore in a 1-0 victory, Ryan Doerschug‘s six-inning outing that led Commack over West Babylon and Joe Enea‘s three-hit shutout of Seaford to lead Manhasset to a 4-0 victory. Today will be heavy on games. Here’s a quick rundown of Suf...
What’s On Tap for Today
With the early morning rain on Saturday, two playoff games were cancelled. Both of those games will be played today. Here is the complete schedule of Suffolk County playoff games today. AA Bracket No. 17 Bay Shore @ No. 6 East Islip 4pm No. 12 West Babylon @ No. 11 CommackA BracketNo.7 Mount Sinai @ No. 6 Sayville
Andrew Garcia Throw CG, Malm and Codispoti Smack 2-R HR in Win over Northport
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz08fO5U7RE]If there was any question whether Pat-Med would have a letdown in the first round of the playoffs, that notion was dispelled quickly with a 5-1 victory over Northport.Brett Malm made a Major League-caliber diving play up the middle on the first batter of the game and in the bottom half of the first, Albany-bound Matt Codispoti deposited a long ho...
Rich Smith Hits Half a Century
Photo Credit: Garden City Athletics Only a handful of people get to exit baseball under their own terms. Generally, there comes a time when somebody tells you that you are no longer the person for the job. It’s been 49 years with the program and that time has still not come for Garden City lifer Rich Smith. “God willing.I still have the passion to keep coming to the ballpark everyday,&...
Dowling Eliminated by Franklin Pierce 1-0
Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics The book is officially closed on Division-II baseball on Long Island. Dowling was the last team standing, and stood tough against a team on a 27-1 run, but fell 1-0.The pitching did a terrific job of holding a .320 hitting offense at bay. Starter David Montiverdi allowed just one ER over 4.1 innings (sac fly in the third inning) and was taken out in favor of senior ...
High School Playoff Bracket Set
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The fun season officially begins! The high school playoffs are set and here is what’s going on with Suffolk County’s AA Teams: Today, Bay Shore will travel to Eastport-South Manor in a play-in game with the winner qualifying for the double-elimination tournament. Here is the schedule for tomorrow: No. 15 Northport @ No. 8 Pat-Med 12 pm No. 14 West Islip @ No...
Dowling Will Have Their Hands Full With Franklin Pierce
Photo Credit: Franklin Pierce Athletics Ideally, Dowling would’ve avoided playing No. 1 ranked Franklin Pierce until the championship game of the tournament. Instead they will be playing them in the loser’s bracket in just the second game. After getting shutout yesterday by St. Thomas Aquinas, they are now 46-3 on the season. It was their first loss since March 25–27 games ago. W...
RPI Cruises Past Old Westbury
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics After winning an emotionally charged game last night against Baldwin Wallace, today did not go as smooth for Old Westbury. They were defeated 12-2 despite RPI committing five errors in the field.Tyler Kapela, the winning pitcher in the do-or-die Skyline Conference title game, was not as sharp today. He pitched 4.1 innings, allowing eight hits and seven ER. He ...
Dowling Falls to Stonehill College
Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics If Dowling had plans to advance through the East Regional, the route just got a bit harder. They were defeated 5-2 this afternoon by Stonehill College and now face elimination.Kyle DeMeo got the start for the Golden Lions and he was touched up in the first inning for a three spot. After allowing a double, issuing a walk and a hit by pitch, he walked in a run and the...
Who Is Stonehill College?
Photo Credit: Stonehill College Athletics Dowling will take on No. 2 seed Stonehill College today at 3 pm on the campus of Franklin Pierce University.They were defeated in their conference tournament last week by No. 1 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce but received a bid for their impressive 33-13-1 record. This is their first appearance in the regionals since 2010, while Dowling qualified last se...
Ingram Throws 132 Pitches Over Eight Innings, 14 K Performance to Lead Old Westbury to 7-5 Victory
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics After waiting nearly 2 hours to begin the game, Old Westbury took down No.2 Baldwin Wallace University 7-5 behind Tim Ingram‘s gutsy 132 pitch, 14-strikeout performance. “I was a little tired,” said the senior right hander. “I threw a lot of pitches and every pitch was max effort because I was throwing against a very good offensive team,...
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That moment when you are about to get picked off.
