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GAME RECAP: 16u Top Tier Aviators, South Shore Elite Earn Wins over Titans Baseball Petraitis
by Trevor Dugan Game 1 Axcess caught up with the Top Tier Aviators after their 4-1 victory@liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/K7nyZaiO9j — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 9, 2024 Titans Baseball Petraitis played two games Sunday morning, facing the Top Tier Aviators in game one at Diamond in the Pines. Runs were hard to come by to start the day as both teams’ starting pitchers had their best stuff working. The Aviators started Jake Bodenburg, and he was lights out from the very beginning. He struck out the first batter of the game looking. The next Titans batter walked and reached scoring position, then Bodenburg struck out the next two batters as well. The Titans sent out Tommy Murphy to start on the mound. Not to be outdone by his Top Tier counterpart, Murphy also struck out thr...
GAME RECAP: Top Tier Aviators Power Their Way to 11-7 Victory
by Trevor Dugan Aviators get the win after six innings FINAL: Aviators 11 – B1 5@liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/GRaOp0crT5 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 7, 2024 The 18u Top Tier Aviators overcame B1 Ghost Sarni 11-7 on Friday night to earn their third win of the Boys of Summer season. The Aviators wasted no time getting the scoring started, as they struck for seven runs in the top of the first. Patient at bats by the Aviators yielded several walks. Disciplined hitting and a few timely hits, including an RBI single by catcher Christian Meadows, secured a huge lead for the Aviators right away. It was 7-0 midway through the first. But B1 didn’t want to go quietly. In the bottom of the first, B1 Sarni loaded the bases and had their whole dugout on the fence. With the pressu...
15u Titans Baseball and MXE Academy Split Sunday Doubleheader
by Trevor Dugan The 15u Titans and the MXE Academy Giac Squad split their doubleheader on Sunday at Joe Nathan Field in Stony Brook. Both teams were playing their first games of the Boys of Summer season. Axcess spoke to coach Joe Giacomantonio and Jefferson Biener after their victory over the Titans @liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/LqPT5FCbGA — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2024 GAME ONE The first game of the day featured two starting pitchers who look to be in mid-season form right away. For the Titans it was Tiger Brew, who pitched a complete game, allowing just one earned run and striking out eight batters. After a 1-2-3 top of the first, the Titans offense gave Brew some early run support. With two runners on, third baseman Matthew Chinn ripped a triple down the right ...
Led by Lukas Dunn’s no hitter, Merrick Mayhem wins the 10u Spring Championship
by Joe Bello Here is coach Brian Galligan and Lukas Dunn following their 10-0 championship win. Dunn threw a no hitter (4 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 K) and was 2/3, 2B, 2 R at the plate. CJ Amato went 3/3, 3 1B, 2 RBI, 3 R pic.twitter.com/uvtJLu9qRC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2024 The championship game of the East Coast Youth Baseball Spring 10u National Division was held on Sunday, June 2nd at Pops Field in Farmingdale. The big game featured Merrick Mayhem-Galligan and New York Longhorns-Dorman. The Mayhem, led by Lukas Dunn and CJ Amato, took down the Longhorns in a 10-0 victory. Dunn, who started the game for the Mayhem, threw a 4-inning no hitter; the game was called due to the run-rule. He finished with 4 strikeouts and only allowed two base runners, one on a walk and anoth...
Evan Kay Strikes out 11, Leads Commack to Third Long Island Championship in 4 Years
by Jacob Infald (Photo: Adam Rubin/Commack School District) Kay does it again! 11 strikeouts on the day including striking out the side in the 7th. pic.twitter.com/HM7EGjJlrC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2024 For the third time in four seasons and for the second consecutive one, the Commack Cougars are the Class AAA Long Island baseball champions. On the evening of June 1st at Middle Country Athletic Complex, the Cougars were once again led by their ace, Stony Brook-commit Evan Kay and they defeated the Farmingdale Dalers, 2-1. Kay was dominant out on the mound allowing only one unearned one in a seven inning complete game shutout. He struckout 11 batters and walked none. Kay attacked Dale hitters early in the count with a sharp slider, a nasty changeup and a powerful fa...
Hauppauge Edges Division In Instant Classic for First Long Island Championship in Program History
by John Sullivan (Photo: Catherine Scarantino) Hauppauge starting pitcher Matt Neglia takes us through what was working for him on the mound in his phenomenal complete game performance pic.twitter.com/xTN0RcSjYw — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2024 The Long Island Championship between Hauppauge and Division was obviously a very big game, but this one meant just a little more for both programs. For Hauppauge, they were trying to capture their first ever Long Island Championship, and for perennial powerhouse, Division, they were looking to avenge last years Long Island Championship loss, in which they led for most of the game, but ultimately lost to West Babylon. In their biggest game in program history, Hauppauge gave the ball to St. Thomas Aquinas-commit Matt Neglia, who has...
GAME RECAP: Wheatley Captures Class B Long Island Championship Against Babylon
by Tucker Terranova Final: Babylon 1 | Wheatley 3 Wheatley wins their first Class B Championship since 2021! pic.twitter.com/GmFQzf2qnF — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 30, 2024 Since Coach David Burke took over the Wheatley program in 2023, one thing has been certain: in big games, Connor Quinn gets the ball. After today’s contest, Burke described Quinn as “the kid who, as a coach, you dream of having. You know when you put the ball in his hands in pressure situations that he will reward you.” Quinn, in the biggest game of his career at Wheatley, backed up Burke’s trust in him with yet another stellar performance. The right-hander, who will be heading to SUNY Brockport this fall, ensured that today would not be his last time in the white and red. Quinn went the dista...
Pitching Leads WEST Warriors to Tournament Title
Led by their outstanding starting pitchers, who combined to allow only five total earned runs in four games, WEST Warriors 11U won the Championship at the 2024 Long Island Memorial Day Gold Glove Invitational in Central Islip, NY. To win the title game, the top-seeded Warriors struck twice in the first inning and never looked back, behind a dominant pitching performance by Dominic Lipari, beating second seed New York Empire 11u National 4-2. Lipari surrendered only 5 hits in a six-inning complete game victory, allowing just one earned run, which came in the fourth inning. Lipari struck-out three and didn’t walk a batter. Only hours before their Championship matchup, the Warriors held-on for a 6-5 pool play victory over the same Empire team. Starting pitcher Julie Krolick allowed only 5 hit...
Ken Kortright State Farm Game of the Week: Nick Berasti Goes the Distance, Clarke Reclaims Class A Title
by Tucker Terranova (Photo: Catherine Scarantino) Nick Berasti delivered a performance for the ages today for Clarke. He broke down what worked for him in a postgame interview with Axcess Baseball. pic.twitter.com/NxseFThmYA — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 28, 2024 In the bottom of the seventh inning, with the bases loaded and one out, the Clarke Rams fell just short of stealing a win, losing the first game of their best-of-three series against the Wantagh Warriors by a narrow 4-3 margin, facing the brink of elimination. Such a devastating playoff loss might have broken most teams, but Clarke’s dugout remained resilient. They bounced back in Game 2 with a decisive 7-3 victory, setting the stage for a thrilling Game 3 that was the only fitting way to conclude this back-and...
GAME RECAP: NY Longhorns Use 6-Run Fourth Inning To Capture 12u Memorial Day Clash
by Gabe Zoda FINAL Longhorns: 9 B1.000: 6 pic.twitter.com/wCcfmvs93L — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 27, 2024 The 12u New York Longhorns used Memorial Day, a day meant to remember the heroes of our past, to make memories that will last a lifetime after defeating B1 Ghost Russo 9-6. The Longhorns used a six-run outburst in the fourth inning to push themselves to victory. The tone was set early when Joe “Moose” Agostino plated Gabe Hirschorn with a well-placed grounder. Hirschorn led off the game with a walk and worked himself over to 3rd on a couple of stolen bags. The Longhorns’ baserunning and timely hitting would turn out to be one of the main difference makers in this game. The Longhorns proved this importance in the second inning where they tacked on another run. Thi...
GAME RECAP: Weather Forces Dream Chasers and Bayside Yankees to Be Co-Champions
by Gabe Zoda B3 Bayside Yankees get back in this one with two of their own on this single from Jesse Baldassare. Dream Chasers: 3 Yankees: 2 pic.twitter.com/FyJEuhitei — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 27, 2024 A great championship game was halted due to weather on Monday at Wantagh Park between the Bayside Yankees and the Dream Chasers. They both became 11u Co-Champions of the Memorial Day Clash for ECYB after a 3-3 draw in the 5th inning. The Dream Chasers came out strong in the first two innings and poured on the pressure with three runs in the first three innings of the game. It started in the first with back-to-back shingles from Mike Sacco and Lucas Samuel, followed by a grounder by Dylan DeMichiel that plated Sacco. T1 Dream Chasers strike first with this RBI grounder from...
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...
