Anthony Anzalone
Rocky Point Enters 2024 Seeking Sixth Consecutive League Championship
by Max Edelman Rocky Point 7, Miller Place 3 WP: Dom Carbone (6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 8 Ks) AJ Aschettino: 2-for-4, HR pic.twitter.com/tJ23Jjol8b — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 3, 2023 (Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series.) Coming off a 17-6 season that included a trip to the third round of the playoffs and 5th consecutive League Championship, the Rocky Point Eagles enter the season hoping to replicate much of the success they had a season ago. Head coach Anthony Anzalone, who is entering his 6th year as the Eagles head coach, recapped what was overall a successful season, as well as the recent success the team has enjoyed over the last few years. They also won the 2022 Class A Suffolk County Championship. “We lost ...
Following Historic Season, Rocky Point Looks to Continue Success
Rocky Point captures the 2022 Suffolk Class A Championship ! Dominick Carbone fired a complete game with 12 strikeouts to earn the W They advance to the Class A Long Island Championship against the winner of Calhoun-Clarke pic.twitter.com/b10JAjErzR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 30, 2022 From the time the 2021 season ended against Harborfields. Rocky Point knew that they had the chance to have a special season in 2022. “After the first round exit, we knew we would be returning the same team – minus James Maggio, who is doing great for St. Joseph’s. We knew we had the team that could be the last team standing.” It’s not often a team has the star power that the Rocky Point Eagles had. They didn’t just have “D-I commits”, they had ...
Ken Kortright Agency Game of the Week: Nic Benhardt Puts Out Fire in 2-1 Win
Postgame interview with Rocky Point HC Anthony Anzalone following their season opening 2-1 victory over East Islip pic.twitter.com/iASJHbpzTa — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 30, 2022 This was a game that I had circled on the calendar. The reigning Conference IV Long Island Champs on the road against one of the most talented teams in Suffolk. Both teams sending their hard-throwing southpaw ace to the hill. Rocky Point came out on top, 2-1, in our Ken Kortright Agency Game of the Week led by their four Preseason All-Long Island Players. While baseball is a team sport, and Rocky Point certainly has talent all over the field, it doesn’t hurt to have four Division-I commits that all have varsity experience. Carbone, the reigning League MVP squared off against Stony Brook-comm...
Rocky Point Looks Poised to Make a Run at County Title
by Mike Anderson Final: Rocky Point 4, Hills West 2 WP: Dominick Carbone S: Cody Miller Carbone: 3-for-4, 2 RBI Rocky Point improves to 12-1 pic.twitter.com/dwyolLkHjx — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2021 It’s hard to improve on a 16-2 record, but that’s what Rocky Point Varsity Baseball will look to do this year. And when you have a team as talented and as deep as Rocky Point, that is very possible. Though they were upset in the playoffs and eliminated by Harborfields, the Eagles had themselves a great year. Rocky Point was the top seed in League IV last year, and their 16 wins tied them for the most in Section XI along with Mt. Sinai, who was the top seed in League V. What made their season all the more impressive was the competition that they faced: six of their nine opp...
Transcript from IG Live With Anthony Anzalone
Vinny Messana (VM): First, looking at your stats is your batting average in 2005-06, led the county. .550 in ’05 and .552 the next year. What do you remember about that? Anthony Anzalone (AA): It was all about the process. I remember a few years back [head coach Andrew Aschettino] brought me up as a freshman. I remember playing Kings Park and remember rolling everything over. If I’m going to be a good player , I’m going to need to hit the ball all over the field so I worked on my craft. I just simplified things and was a foot-down guy. Ashe, gave me the nickname ‘Slappy’ over it. VM: Would you say you developed more power as you got older? AA: I was a left-center guy. I wasn’t much of a pull guy until my college years where I let loose a little bit and didn’t worry about getting a hit and ...
OTD: Rocky Point and Mount Sinai Come Together for Annual ‘Live Like Susie’ Game
A constant drizzle on this cloudy Saturday morning could not detract from an otherwise fantastic day, as Rocky Point and Mount Sinai met for their annual Live Like Susie fundraiser game. The game, played each year since 2014, is in honor of a Rocky Point alumna, Susie Facini, who passed away suddenly in 2011. The proceeds from this game fund a scholarship in Susie’s name that is awarded to a Rocky Point student each year who exhibits many of the qualities that Susie did. Susie was described as the kind of person who’s presence could just light up a room. In a pre-game ceremony, Rocky Point head coach Anthony Anzalone said “it just epitomizes, in a world of craziness, how you’re supposed to live your life. She just made things so much better when she walked into a room.” Both Rocky Point an...
Rocky Point Looking to Return To the Class A Finals With a Young Core
by Zevan Shuster As Rocky Point baseball looks ahead to its 2020 season, one thing is on its mind: redemption. “Coming off a championship loss last year, we brought some returners back. And that left a sour taste in their mouth,” head coach Anthony Anzalone said. “They got a chance at a decent amount of success last year, especially the younger guys. I think those guys that are returning are definitely hungry to make it to that point again,” said Anzalone. Unequivocally, the goal for this season is to get back to the championship game, and to finish the job this season. Whatever motivation lingers from last season’s painful defeat may certainly help this year, but when it comes to on the field, they likely will have to grind to return to the Class A Finals. “We do have a pretty young te...
Rocky Point Baseball: Blood is Thicker Than Water
Rock Point is coming off a banner season in 2018 in which they captured their first Suffolk County Class A title under Head Coach Andrew Aschettino. The most interesting story line of this years team, however, might not be the quest for a title defense but the fact that on a team with 13 players, there are only 10 last names. The 2019 Eagles field a team with three sets of brothers; Trey and Cody Miller, Eric and John Maier as well as Connor and Sean Hamilton. I had a chance to speak with Trey, Eric and Connor about the dynamic of playing with their brother on a varsity baseball team, the impact that Aschettino had on the Rocky Point program prior to retiring as well as a host of other topics. The Millers Trey and Cody Miller were born in Louisiana and came here when Trey was 13 for their ...
Rocky Point Looks to Defend Their First Title in Program History Under New Head Coach Anthony Anzalone
Year after year, Rocky Point puts a strong, competitive team on the field, fighting their way to the playoffs. At long last, they won the Suffolk County championship in the 2018 season, the first in program history. In his first year at the helm, Anthony Anzalone, recently named Head Coach, looks to continue the tradition of success at Rocky Point. Anzalone is excited for the opportunity that lies ahead. He feels comfortable leading this team, attributing that to his many years of being around former head coach Andrew Aschettino, as well as Eric Strovink. He added, “It helps to still have Strov beside me on this journey. He’s constantly learning himself, and really allows me to elevate my coaching.” Although the Eagles graduated several starters from their championship season, such as Joe ...
Anthony Anzalone New Head Coach at Rocky Point
Anthony Anzalone has been officially named the new Head Coach at Rocky Point HS. The 30-year-old is a 2006 graduate of Rocky Point, where he led Suffolk County in batting average in both 2005 (.550) and ’06 (.552). After playing two years at the York College of Pennslyvania, he transferred to Adelphi University, where he helped lead the Panthers to the ECC Championship in 2009. He has been the JV coach at Rocky Point since 2012 and also the assistant varsity coach last season, in which the Eagles won their first Suffolk County Class A championship in program history. Andrew Aschettino had built up the program to being a perennial playoff team during his 18 seasons and noted that he would only walk away if he was 100 percent confident in the incumbent. “To be able to take over ...
