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by Vinny Messana “It was the type of game that umpires won’t complain about,” said Bayport-Blue Point Head Coach James Moccio following his team’s 1-0 shutout over League VII rival Mount Sinai that took all of 80 minutes to complete. The Phantoms knew they were facing one of Long Island’s premier pitchers in Sam Kessler, but their starter, junior Nik Ingraffia, actually outdueled him. “I told these guys before the game, you can all worry about Sam Kessler, but you’re going to forget they have to score on you too,” said Moccio. “If our guy goes out and throws strikes and you play defense, it’s not about their guy on the mound. He’s not there when we’re on defense. Worry about what we do,” he added. Ingraffia fired...

by Vinny Messana After one week of being in the top spot, Stony Brook relinquished their spot by getting swept this weekend at Bryant University. There will be a new one number–but a familiar one considering how the first four weeks of the season went. Farmingdale has the biggest jump after another weekend sweep, they’ve now won seven in a row. LIU Post also makes a jump after a four-game weekend sweep. Here’s how the teams stack up in our sixth edition of the weekly Power Rankings. 1.Molloy Record: 26-13, Stock UP Who knows, maybe I motivated them by dropping them out of the top spot for the first time all season. They went out and won three of four games this weekend against Mercy as well as a non-conference win on Tuesday against Post. They are now 26-13 and and 10-6 i...

by Vinny Amodeo A two-run bottom of the eighth inning solidified a much-needed sweep of New Haven for the Adelphi Panthers this afternoon, and brought them back in the race for the NE-10 playoffs in May. With solid starts from both pitchers, the game was tied 2-2 moving into the bottom of the eighth with Adelphi’s best hitter, Rob Vani, due to lead off. Vani grooved a ball to right center, which was almost ran down by the center fielder as the ball tipped off his glove and allowed Vani to get to third. Senior Alex Zykoff got the job done with a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Vani to take the lead. Junior second baseman Zack Levinson added an insurance run with an RBI single through the right side on a hit and run, scoring Steven Withers, who walked and was moved over on a single from...

This was the first full month of HS ball. It was a tremendously exciting month of baseball. There were several individuals who set themselves apart with outstanding play. Below are a handful of players who we have nominated as being worthy of this award. It’s up to our viewers to decide who should have the honor. *UPDATE* JEREMY DALIMONTE of Walt Whitman was voted winner by his peers with 35% of the 31,000 votes

by Danny Gatta St. Joseph’s topped the College of Mt. Saint Vincent by the score of 7-1 in both games of a doubleheader this afternoon. The Golden Eagles earned two conference victories with phenomenal team pitching and timely hitting. In game one St. Joseph’s Ryan Aloise squared off against Mt. Saint Vincent’s Michael Kochen. It was a bumpy start for Aloise, but after putting a couple men on base in the first inning, escaped without allowing any of them to cross the plate. Aloise pitched a gem, throwing six shutout innings. He struck out six while allowing three walks and only three hits. St. Joseph’s broke the tie in the bottom of the first. After a misplay by the right fielder resulted in an Anthony Bonilla leadoff triple, Mike Griffo delivered a single up the middle to give the Golden ...

by Vinny Amodeo Huge day for all three divisions on the island with series openers being played… Here is a recap of today’s events on the diamond. Division-I: Stony Brook dropped the series opener to Bryant University by a score of 14-5. Freshman James Karinchak of Bryant University improved his record to 8-1 with a stat line that included four earned runs, four walks and six strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched. Connor Doyle took the bump for the Sea Wolves giving up seven runs–six of which were earned– while walking three, striking out three and surrendering only six hits. The bullpen faired the same as they gave up a combined seven earned runs on eight hits and five walks. Stony Brook was solid on the offensive end besides the fact that they left a total of 13 runners on base. ...

by Vinny Messana Over the past few years, Commack has built up quite a reputation for developing some of the best talent in the northeast. First it was Charles Galiano in 2012, getting selected out of HS before attending Fordham–where he was selected again by the Milwaukee Brewers and eventually signed. Two years later, it was Jesse Berardi, who was selected in the 40th round by the Philadelphia Phillies. He did not sign, but is now leading the Big East in HRs as a sophomore and is well-positioned to follow in Galiano’s path. Once again, they possess one of Long Island’s best prospects, and he’s just a sophomore. 2018 graduate, James Cardinale, is that type of player that can put his name in that conversation. “James has a tremendous work ethic and is a studen...

by Chris Amato Two perennial playoff teams in their respective leagues squared off in a battle between Class A and Class AA powerhouses. It was the Class A team that came out on top by the score of 10-3. The Bayport-Blue Point Phantoms’ red hot offense was truly a major part in the win, especially backed up by an excellent starting pitching performance by junior, Jake Liberatore. Bayport scored 10 runs which were more then enough to assure them the victory.  The game started off with Max Nielsen taking the mound for Ward Melville, along with Bayport jumping out to an early 1-0 lead in the first. The run was scored by Dylan Rooney who was driven in by a RBI double from the centerfielder, Nik Ingraffia. The Phantoms offense struck again later in the 2nd inning by placing a three-spot o...

by Vinny Messana They didn’t necessary hit the ball all over the yard, but that’s not what they needed to do to win this game. Floyd scraped across two runs in the fourth inning after the first two outs were retired thanks to RBI hits by Nikko Rodriguez and Mike DiGiovanni. In the fifth, they scored three runs on an error by the pitcher, wild pitch and suicide squeeze. Head Coach Glenn Davis was pleased by his team’s ability to capitalize on mistakes and execute small ball. “We were just gritty,” he said. “We were able to squeeze there, and the guy got it down on a high fastball that was over his head–and he’s a freshman. They did a good job trying to pitch out of it and our guy did a great job. Our kids battled, they were into it and we got ...