2020 Season Preview
Valley Stream North Prepared To Rebuild On the Fly
by Zevan Shuster The nature of high school baseball means roster turnover each year. The goal is to capitalize on strong senior classes. Valley Stream North High School Baseball Coach Phil Sanfilippo faces a unique challenge as the 2020 season approaches, Sanfilippo knows that the roster turnover from last year to this year – and the resulting inexperience of his roster – will be something that he hasn’t had to deal with since his coaching tenure began. “We graduated pretty much every starting pitcher that we had and every single starter on the field. They all graduated. Now, in many cases, we don’t always play all of the seniors. We play our best players and lots of times you’ll have a couple seniors on the field ,and guys from other grades, but it just so happened last year ...
Hauppauge Enters 2020 Coming Off 4 League Titles in 5 Seasons
by Diana-Nicole Ramirez A positive and humble mindset has been a hallmark for Coach Josh Gutes during his tenure with Hauppauge. Having been league champs for the fourth time in five years, will not blind the Eagles to the competition they face in a difficult league. They had last season end with a record of 14-9-1 (11-4 league play). When asked about the expectations of his team for this coming season, Gutes was more than excited yet still extremely modest while he stated, “There’s an excitement moving forward this season, maybe even more so than last, but that means nothing preseason because you still have to play the games.” The Eagles will be playing League V this season and will face in order, West Babylon, Eastport/South Manor, Harborfields, Half Hollow Hills West, Islip, and Rocky ...
North Shore 2020 Season Preview
(Photo Credit: Shelly Newman) by Zevan Shuster For North Shore High School baseball coach Scott Lineman, the potential of his team heading into the 2020 season is endless. And with potential, come high expectations. “I expect to compete at a high level, and we’re going to try and win the league. We have an extremely tough league this year, where it won’t be easy to come and get the number one seed, but it’s something we’re going to be fighting for,” Scott Lineman said. At all levels of sports, winning is a result due to a long, complex process that takes place both on and off the field. It’s a journey that encapsulates every important aspect of what it takes to build a team, and get the sum of the team, to be greater than its individual parts. “We’ve been trying to build our team unity ...
