Anthony Amato
Smithtown West Leaning On Young Arms to Lead the Way
They took Ward Melville to the absolute edge before finally getting defeated by a passed ball in the eighth inning of the Suffolk County Class AA quarterfinals. Regardless, winning 17-games is always a tremendous accomplishment for a team. They will, however, have to replace a terrific pitching staff that featured Brandon Lamanna (five wins), Rob Tamarro (four wins) and John Craft (five wins). They will be looking to a group of four young promising arms to fill that void. Nick Trabacchi, Anthony Amato, Nick Grande and Mike Zito will all be counted on to lead the way. Eleventh year Head Coach Al Nucci stated that all four of those arms are capable, but are untested because they were not needed last year, given their dominant rotation. Grande will have a much larger role than a pitcher–...
Top Colleges In Attendance at Local Showcase
Today the College Coaches Camp was held at the LI Indoor Sports Field in Ronkonkoma and it featured a wide array of schools, featuring many Division-I programs. Notre Dame, James Madison Seton Hall, UCONN, Stony Brook, Fordham, Boston College, Penn State, Old Dominion, Hofstra, St. John’s, Fairfield, Farleigh Dickinson and Rhode Island were the Division-I programs in attendance to watch the best unsigned 2017, ’18 and ’19 graduates. Also in attendance was St. Joseph’s and LIU Post. The best pitchers were Jason Diaz (Kellenberg ’19), Liam Pulsipher (Center Moriches ’18) and Nick Payero (Monroe Township ’18). I came away most impressed with Brad Malm (Pat-Med ’17), Anthony Amato (Smithtown West ’17) and Nathan Hampson (Victor ’18) ...
