2021 Season Preview
Center Moriches Gears Up For Another Title Defense, Enters Season With 30-Game Win Streak
Center Moriches enters 2021 with a 30-game win streak following their highly-publicized 26-0 season in 2019 and a consecutive Class B New York State Championship. It is a very different looking team, though. They graduated Andres Auffant, Matt Alifano, Brad Sakellarides, Alec Maag and David Falco in 2019 and Rob Copozzi last year. Additionally, Paul Gibson III is entering his first full season as head coach after being promoted from assistant in 2019. They return two Preseason All-Long Island players in RHP Jordan Falco (Adelphi-commit) and SS Leyton Pulsipher (Central Connecticut State-commit). Falco was 6-0 during the 2019 season and they will count on him to anchor the rotation again. Pulsipher started every game as a freshman and now enters as one of the more experienced players on the...
East Meadow Enters Season With 1 Returning Player from 2019 Playoff Team
Quick trivia question: Who’s the last Nassau County Class AA team – not named Massapequa – to capture a title? That’s right, East Meadow Jets captured the 2016 Nassau County championship before losing to West Islip in Long Island Championship. Head coach John Marciante said they “emptied the tank against Massapequa. We basically had a five-man pitching staff, or maybe even four-and-a-half.” Marciante is East Meadow through-and-through. He captured a County Championship as a player in 1991. He has been on the coaching staff since 1998 and head coach since 2015. He immediately took the program to the height of success in his second season. Since then, they have been successful but unable to reach the mountain top. In 2019, they had a great season. They wen...
