Brian LoRusso
Locust Valley Leaning on a Young Team Again in 2025
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Brian LoRusso heads into his 3rd year as head coach for the Locust Valley Falcons in 2025. While competing in a highly competitive Class A conference last season, they finished with a record of 2-18 and missed the playoffs. “We were extremely young with multiple middle schoolers on the roster.” LoRusso said. “We will still be young again this year but we are hoping to be able to bridge the gap to compete. Despite being as young as we were, we fielded to a 91% success rate, which is something to build off of.” They only graduated one senior last year, center fielder Kyle Prisco. Junior shortstop and pitcher Liam Baker is going into his 4th year starting on varsity. He was awarded All-League...
Locust Valley Enters 2024 With Youthful Team
by Aaron Diaz Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. A satisfying finish to the 2023 season for the Locust Valley Falcons left the team with a 12-11 record. Head Coach Brian LoRusso took his team to the playoffs but lost in the first round to Carle Place in a three-game series. Now heading into the 2024 season, LoRusso looks to build off of last year’s success with a young team at its core. “We graduated a large part of our team,” LoRusso said. “We only have three returners this year. Two are sophomores and the other is a senior. We are going to be extremely young but I expect big things from them so we hopefully make the playoffs.” 2023 was a big graduation class for Locust Valley. The Falcons graduated 12 seniors and will...
Locust Valley Ready to Build off County Championship Appearance
by Andy Smith Locust Valley 3, Oyster Bay 2 WP: Matt Gallo (5 IP, 3 H, 5 Ks) S: Jack Baker Christian Corey: 2 RBIs Locust Valley will face Wheatley in the Nassau B Finals in a best of 3 series beginning on Monday at SUNY Farmingdale pic.twitter.com/SFVSq5cBfr — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2022 The Locust Valley Falcons are coming off a strong year in 2022. The Falcons finished with twelve wins and made a deep playoff run. However, their season was ultimately ended by Wheatley in the County Championship. Locust Valley will be entering 2023 with a new skipper. Brian LoRusso, a former college baseball player at SUNY New Paltz and college coach in Maryland, looks to continue the success of the Locust Valley program. The Falcons are starting their campaign without some key ...
