2025 Season Previews
North Shore Looks To Build Off Last Season’s Playoff Appearance In Gates’ Second Season
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman In his first year as head coach of the North Shore Vikings, Rob Gates accomplished his goal of getting his team back to the playoffs. Although the team suffered a first round defeat to Wantagh, Gates was happy with the effort his team showed, and is looking forward to hitting the ground running in 2025. “The goal last year was to get back into the playoffs after two years without.” Gates said. “So that part of the mission was definitely a success. I got hired a little late last winter, so this winter I’ve been able to get everything up and running. So that’s been a nice adjustment here in year two.” The major loss for the Vikings in 2025 is of star pitcher Garret Gates, who was both a fi...
Bridgehampton Looks to Claim Regional Title after Consecutive Trips
(Photo Credit: Mari Barnett) Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series Final: Bridgehampton 11, Amityville 1 WP: Kai Alversa (CG, 1 R, 1 R, 2 BB, 16 Ks) Foard: 2 hits, 2 R, 3 RBIs pic.twitter.com/EjVnK6mYHe — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 4, 2024 by George Caratzas Entering its fourth year since reviving its baseball program, the Bridgehampton Killer Bees have taken a 6-12 season in 2022 and turned it into consecutive Class D regional appearances. This year, they are hungry to get past a familiar foe. A year ago, the Killer Bees completed their second straight winning season under head coach Lou Liberatore but ultimately fell to Chapel Field in the regional round for the second straight year. While coming up short of the end goal, ...
St. Dominic Looks to Accomplish Ultimate Goal in Year Four Under Fusco
by George Caratzas Final: St. Dominic 8, St. John the Baptist 7 WP: Luke Lang (3.2 IP in relief, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 Ks) Victor Frederick: 3-4, 3 RBIs Ray Kim: walk-off sac fly Matt Cruz: 2-4, 2 R St. Dominic will face St. Anthony’s on Wednesday at Hofstra 4:30 pic.twitter.com/GfehEMfM9p — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2024 Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series. Since head coach Joe Fusco’s staff took the reins in 2022, St. Dominic has gone 51-25, including a 38-12 record over the past two seasons. In that same window the Bayhawks have won 27 of their 34 league games, but are yet to claim the ultimate end goal: a Catholic League championship. After losing to Holy Trinity and St. Anthony’s in last year’s postseason and losing ...
