David Burke
Wheatley Looking to Defend Long Island Class B Championship
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Axcess Baseball (@axcess_baseball) Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman It was a strong 2024 season for The Wheatley School Wildcats. The team, led by head coach David Burke, went on a remarkable run, before ultimately losing in the state regional finals. “It went pretty well.” Burke said. “We ended up losing in the state regionals to Spackenkill. We won the Nassau County and Long Island B championships last season. Anytime you have a true ace, a guy that’s a trained pitcher that can lead your team you get excited about what could happen and I knew the caliber that we had and the supporting cast that we had on the team that we were going to be very competitive. So t...
First Year Coach Prepared to Continue Success at Wheatley
by Andy Smith Longtime Wheatley head coach, Paul Paino, stepped down after 38 seasons in which he led the Wildcats to: 
10 Nassau County Championships 3 Long Island Championships 434 career wins David Burke is the new head coach pic.twitter.com/bzPqh0nruc — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 27, 2022 Wheatley High School is coming off another fantastic season with a 19-3-1 record and winning the Nassau County B Championship. However, they fell to Center Moriches in the Long Island Championship. First year Head Coach, David Burke, is prepared for the challenges ahead, and hopes to continue the success of this program. He is taking over for legendary Paul Paino who retired with 434 career wins and 10 Nassau County Championships. Burke, a former Diamond Award winner (1993...
