Alex Strickland
Joe Mancini Takes Over as Miller Place’s Head Coach, Expects Competitive Season
by Mike Merolle (Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series.) Miller Place 15, Hampton Bays 3 WP Nick Frusco (5IP 1H 0R 10Ks) Tyler Lopez 2 for 3 2-2bs 3RBI Joey Citrangola 1 for 3 3RBI pic.twitter.com/XHHuAWzHNk — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 9, 2023 Miller Place had a strong 16-8 campaign until it was cut short by Sayville in the playoffs last season. This year, the Panthers are under new leadership. Joe Mancini is taking the reigns from former head coach Ricky Caputo. Mancini served as Miller Place’s assistant coach for eight years under Caputo. In terms of coaching style, Mancini plans to focus on the fundamentals. “I learned a lot from Rick. I’m very grateful for the time we had together. We grew a bond, he’s a...
After Graduating 10 From 2022 Class, Miller Place Ready to Move Forward
by Brian Honka Miller Place 3, East Hampton 1 WP: Trevor Diamond 6ip 1 run 5 hits Tyler Hodella 2-3, double, 2 RBIs Mikey Schleider 2-3, RBI pic.twitter.com/xK3ohQ2o81 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 19, 2022 Miller Place is coming off a 13-6 season and a trip to the playoffs where they lost to Bayport-Blue Point. They will be looking to follow that up with another postseason appearance. The team graduated 10 players from last year’s team so filling the gaps left by those players will be something the coaching staff will have to figure out this off-season and early in the season. Among that group was their All-County OF Tyler Hodella – who had ridiculous season. He batted .557 with a .618 OBP, .889 SLG, 1.520 OPS, 34 hits, 10 doubles, 3 triples, 2 HRs, 25 runs and 24...
Up Next Powered by The Yard Sports: Alex Strickland
This is the fifth installment of the popular series “Up Next” Powered by the Yard Sports Academy in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Centereach OF Logan Norman, Garden City LHP Gabe Beschloss , Connetquot INF Ryan Kiendle and Clarke MIF Nick Berasti. Make sure to check out the Yard Sports Academy here. Miller Place was the favorite to capture the Suffolk Class A Championship in 2019 as they entered the playoffs as the No. 1 overall seed. They were not able to finish the job, as Sayville wound up getting hot and riding that streak to their first LIC in program history. The core of that Miller Place graduated in 2019, they had 18 seniors. Last year’s team had only five which means they are returning the bulk of their team. One of those pl...
