Brian Forbes
Prime Performance Opens in Port Jefferson Station
Prime Performance, an indoor training facility, is now open in Port Jefferson Station, NY. The facility is opened in September and is 3,500 square feet. It features artificial turf and is tailored to accommodate baseball, softball, lacrosse and speed & agility training. They are fully operational for this off-season team winter workouts as well as private lessons, group training and clinics. Co-owner Scott Audia had the following to say: “Our mission is to be able to provide a clean training facility to young athletes at a reasonable price.” He went on to add that he has kids that have played sports for years and the facilities they trained at weren’t always as affordable. They have built out a pretty impressive list of trainers already: Andrew Aschettino Brian Forbes...
Who Are Some College Freshmen/Transfers That Can Have An Immediate Impact This Year?
With the 2022 season right around the corner it’s time to start digging into some story lines regarding the season. As I mentioned in the last column, the 2021 graduating class on Long Island featured several players who have since moved onto college off of Long Island where they should thrive, but that doesn’t include the players that stayed on LI and can have an impact on local colleges. So this article we will dive deeper on five players that will help their teams win games in 2022. John Rizzo, Adelphi RHP Can’t look much better as a freshman than John Rizzo. The East Islip grad sits 86-90 T91 and spots his fastball and slider routinely pic.twitter.com/rNMEm0z4W6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 27, 2021 Rizzo was an absolute steal for Adelphi. It was jus...
All-Around Effort By Rocky Point Propels Them Past Newfield
As the clouds parted to make way for a beautiful day at Bethpage Ballpark, Rocky Point took the field against Newfield for a non-league match up. Rocky Point was carried to a 10-3 win by the arms of James Weisman and Colin Brodsky, who allowed just three hits between them, and a strong offensive outing–particularly from the middle of the line up. Not only did Weisman get the win, he drove in the first run of the game on what appeared to be a triple, however on appeal he neglected to touch first on his way around the bases and was called out. Weisman worked well with the lead, walks got him into a couple of jams, but he didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning. Rocky Point took a 1-0 lead into the third when they began to open the game up. First baseman Brian Forbes drove in t...
