Camelot Knights
TBR Releases 2020 Preseason Rankings
Travel Baseball Rankings has released their 2020 Preseason Rankings. Below is the New York list. There were plenty of Long Island-based teams: (Disclaimer: This is no affiliation to Axcess Baseball.) 9U Rankings Richmond Titans Giordano EEP Brooklyn Dreamchasers RedBlacks Baseball NY Bluebirds NYC Spartans SFX Huskies Richmond Titans Arne EEP Staten Island Webster Wolves 10U Rankings Brooklyn Bandits Richmond Titans Blue Bonnie Rangers Raiders Baseball Club NY Bluebirds Blue Richmond County Nationals EEP Staten Island Orioles Myers SFX Huskies Ozone Howard Rising Stars Fairport Red Raiders Panthers Shock Prime Crimson Pride RCBC Nationals 11U Rankings Dreamchasers Team Steel Select Grit Baserats Baseball NY Bluebirds Brooklyn blue Storm Richmond County Americans Lions Elite Bonnie Braves T...
Recap of Day 1 of the Gameday USA All Star Weekend
Today opened up Gameday USA‘s All Star Weekend at Baldwin Park. The day began with player introductions, the National Anthem and an address from Gameday President Tony Cappel. After that, the players broke off into age groups and were evaluated by Gameday’s staff. They were measured by exit velocity, throwing velocity, 10-yard shuttle runs and infield practice. At 1pm, the games began and we covered the high school age players. The Red All Stars were victorious in both games, and here’s how it went down. Game 1: The Gold team got off to a quick 1-0 lead when Chris Valencia smoked a leadoff double to left field, advanced to third on an E6 and stole on the backend of a double steal attempt. The lead did not last long, though, as the Red All Stars tied it up in the top of th...
13U Aces Baseball Powers Way to 8-0 Victory over Camelot Knights
13U Knights Coach Joe Palumbo on the Gameday USA tournament this weekend pic.twitter.com/WhEhaaJm1I — Axcess Sports (@AxcessSports) June 30, 2019 In a 13U semifinals match up this afternoon at Newbridge Park, Aces Baseball came out of the gate firing on all cylinders, which was the difference as they advanced to the championship game with an 8-0 victory. After firing a scoreless top of the first inning–working around a leadoff double by Cristino Tufano–their batters displayed an advanced approach at the plate and took advantage of some control issues from the Knights starting pitcher. A leadoff single by Aidan Gallagher followed by a walk put two runners on base. A tailor-made double play was booted to load the bases with no out. Consecutive bases loaded walks made it 2-0 in fa...
11U Camelot Knights Run-Rule Renegades
by Alex Carmenaty The 11U Camelot Knights came ready to play the GameDay USA Tournament at Newbridge Park in Bellmore as they won 16-1 against the Whitestone Renegades. The game was called after the 5th inning due to the mercy rule. The Knights started off strong as Isaiah Marino started the game with a base hit and then Vincenzo Buffalino drove him in with an RBI Triple. The Knights would go on to scored 3 runs in that innings and then continued the rampage on from there, scoring 13 runs after the early start. Marino was definitely the player of the game as he pulled off a true little league act. In the top of the third, Marino hit a 2-run inside-the-park home run, making the lead 8-0. “I feel like I played good as I made a great play, continuing the lead.” Marino said when asked about th...
Cristino Tufano’s Bases Clearing Triple Keys Huge Rally for 13U Camelot Knights
The 13U Camelot Knights awoke after a lethargic first inning–in which they fell behind 2-0 thanks to two steals of home on 1st & 3rd situations–in a big way. After an RBI single by Zach Rosenzweig scored Alex Murcoline and Liam Fonal drew a bases loaded walk to tie it up, their leadoff hitter came to the plate. The supremely talented Cristino Tufano, who played varsity as an eighth grader at Babylon got into one to deep center field. It went over the center fielder’s head and resulted in a bases clearing triple. This opened up a 5-2 lead for the Knights. Their offense would not let up as they added two more runs on a double steal and also an e2 to make it 7-2. Their starting pitcher Chris Critchley was outstanding once he had the lead. His offense added another run on...
Drew McGowan Hits Walk-Off Double in 14U LI Sharks 6-5 Victory
by Chris Amato To start the first inning the Sharks sent the their tall, hard throwing right hander to the mound, Danny Tredermann. Tredermann worked quick in the first inning giving up only a single. Greg Malerba took the mound for Camelot to start. The Sharks struck first on an RBI single to left field by their first baseman Tristan Gatchalion that scored Drew McGowan. The Knights got to Tedermann in the 2nd inning. After a leadoff single by Sean Seligman, the offense capitalized by sending him home on a throwing error to tie the game 1-1. Then with runners on second and third, leadoff batter, Nick DiSanti roped a line drive double down the left field line that would give the Knights a 3-1 lead. The Sharks bat’s hit right back in the 3rd inning with an RBI single by center fielder Jack C...
MaX Effort Baseball Expands 7,000 Square Feet
Back in December 2017, we wrote about the state-of-the-art facility in Farmingdale that had recently opened called “MaX Effort Baseball“. Today we check back in after major renovations that added an additional 7,000 square feet to go along with their 25 ft high ceiling. Brad Jackson on the renovations at MaX Effort Baseball pic.twitter.com/lew9R6oeCs — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 24, 2018 Between the renovations and the training staff, it’s easy to see why they are booked solid through out the winter. Even prior to this year, they were gaining some traction due to the tremendous following of owner Brad Jackson, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Johnson & Wales in ’15, and because of their use of some outstanding training devices. Some o...
Anthony Iapoce Hosts Clinic at the Newly-Removed MaX Effort Baseball
A group of young ballplayers were treated to some high-level training by Chicago Cubs hitting coach Anthony Iapoce on Saturday at the newly-renovated MaX Effort Baseball in Farmingdale, NY. Iapoce is a New York native, who played his college ball at Division-I Lamar University in Beaumont, TX before playing 11 years of professional baseball. He was the minor league hitting coordinator for the Chicago Cubs from 2013-’15, where he played a role in developing many of their best hitters such as Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Albert Almora Jr, Willson Contreras and Kyle Schwarber. pic.twitter.com/PPwhGNi4Ni — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 22, 2018 He became the hitting coach of the Texas Rangers right after, where he helped them become the first team in MLB history to have nine...
Camelot Knights Quickly Becoming a Premier Organization
JJ Palumbo of the Camelot Knights working on a hitting drill pic.twitter.com/5TkbGkTuss — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) January 20, 2018 One of the keys to team success is continuity–especially at the younger levels. The Camelot Knights have built their program’s success with this principle and their players are still only 11-years-old. “We go to battle with the same kids every week,” said Joe Palumbo, Director of the Camelot Knights. “The nucleus of this team has legitimately played together since they were 8-years-old. This is a group of friends that will be friends in 20 years and when they’re old and gray will be talking about these days on Facebook,” he said jokingly. What he does not joke about is the rapid ascension of the organi...
