East Coast Lumberjacks
Recap of Saturday’s Axcess World Series at PAL Stadium
by Trevor Dugan Long Island Crew Defeat the East Coast Lumberjacks The Crew earn a six run victory over the Lumberjacks FINAL (5): Crew 7 – Lumberjacks 1 pic.twitter.com/PLAXpKWABE — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 7, 2024 The East Coast Lumberjacks and Long Island Crew kicked off day two of the Axcess World Series this morning at PAL Stadium. The Lumberjacks sent out Nick Vignola (Shoreham-Wading River 2026) to start on the mound, while the Crew started James Rugolo (Babylon 2025). The pair of starters each pitched a scoreless first inning to begin the game. In the second inning, the Crew brought in RHP Joe Cavallo (Babylon 2025). He would pitch the next two innings and strike out five batters, allowing no runs while doing it. When asked about his approach on the mo...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Evan Fallon
Evan Fallon (St. Anthony’s 2027) pic.twitter.com/tCbuoNiGcG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 19, 2024 Despite sustaining an injury in the summer that limited his game-action, Evan Fallon recovered and posted a terrific fall season for the East Coast Lumberjacks. He compiled 45 at bats playing between the 2028s and 2026s. In that time, he notched 16 hits with 5 doubles, 2 triples and 12 RBIs. He was also able to notch 17 strikeouts over his 11 innings. Since that time, he has gained strength and has been reportedly siting 80 MPH and touching 83 MPH. This is for a 9th grader that hasn’t played a game of varsity ball yet at St. Anthony’s. His older brother, Joe, also attends St. Anthony’s and is one year older – he is committed to Long Island University....
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Andrew Poxon
(Editor’s Note: This is the 15th installment of the “Up Next” series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously we highlighted Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower, Stellan Zangari, Ryan Bush, Bryce Cutrone, Justin Ortiz, Colin Raymond, Jagger Adamo, JD Duffy, Chris Sultana, Matt Zambriski, Tucker Brown, Christian Calabro and Derek & Ryan Yormack. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Sometimes it’s easy to forget how young a player is, when they carry themselves a certain way and play at a high level. It’s even easier to forget when they are head & shoulders above their competition – both literally and figuratively. Fourteen-year-old, 6’3 RHP Andrew Poxon was light...
East Coast Lumberjacks Working Hard Entering 2024 Season
This past Sunday, I was down at 365 Athletics to watch the Winter Workout for the East Coast Lumberjacks organization. It was an incredibly talented group with plenty of future college players. Here’s a quick rundown of the top performers from this past summer from throughout their program: Season stats for Mount Sinai sophomore Bennie Franquiz (11 games) 23-for-35 (.657 AVG), 15 runs, 19 RBIs, 6 doubles, 10 BBs, 0 Ks, .717 OBP, .828 SLG, 17 stolen bases pic.twitter.com/RDDmdtXBB6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 22, 2023 2024 grads Nicholas Mirabile (2025 grad, College of Charleston-commit): .349 AVG, 13 doubles, 3 triples, 3 HRs, 21 SBs Bennie Franquiz (2025 grad, Army-commit): .340 AVG, 6 doubles, 2 triples, only 8 strikeouts in 165 PA Robbie Melo (Army-commit): .345 A...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Matt Zambriski
It is no secret that players on Long Island have long been overlooked. More specifically, players from the east end have been overlooked as they have to not only deal with the cold weather, but the issue that some college coaches and pro scouts don’t often make the trek out east. Some players have broken through recently, specifically Kyle McGowin of Pierson and Chris Pike of Southampton, but the challenge remains. Travel organizations like the East Coast Lumberjacks are helping to eliminate that challenge as they travel around and play in the most competitive tournaments in the country during the summer. Riverhead RHP/INF Matt Zambrinski is one of those players that is hoping to break through. The big righty was called up to varsity as an 8th grader. His coach, Kevin Kerman, had the...
Joey Lionetti Reflects On The Year That Changed His Life
Wow ! Joey Lionetti fires a no-hitter and for the first time in their 72-year history Massapequa Coast is headed to the Little League World Series ! pic.twitter.com/NROC1fF8i6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 13, 2022 On August 12, Joey Lionetti did not just introduce himself to a national audience – but he burst onto the scene with a no-hitter on ESPN to send Massapequa Coast to the Little League World Series for the first time in the program’s 72-year history. The ensuing days were a mad rush of media attention and it would be understandable to be overwhelmed as a 12-year-old. Overall he posted some incredible numbers – it wasn’t just the no-hitter. He went 8-3 over 51 innings, striking out 68 batters against just 42 hits and a 2.35 ERA and 1.19 WHIP ...
Exclusive Q & A With Ole Miss-commit Josh Knoth
Bottom 2: Knoth gets back to work in a scoreless game pic.twitter.com/i8Eg8wC06f — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 27, 2022 Long Island is a pitching-rich region, and right now there is nobody that possesses more talent and current pedigree than Josh Knoth. He won the Carl Yastrzemski Award given to the top player in Suffolk County. Since then, he has appeared in the Area Code Games, East Coast Pro, the PG All-American Game, Baseball Factory All-American Game and the MLB/USA All-American Game. He is projected to be a third-round pick in the upcoming MLB Draft, but with an outside shot to go earlier if he matches or exceeds his 2022 season. He also signed his NLI with the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) – one of the top programs in the country. But despite all the atte...
East Coast Lumberjacks 2023s Season Recap
Below is a season recap for the East Coast Lumberjacks 2023s, who were one of the top performing teams this season. (Editor’s Note: The following information was sent in by the organization) Record: 35-23-1 (35 games played against Perfect Game Top 100 teams nationally) Received PG WWBA World Wood Bat Championship Bid (Most prestigious event in amateur baseball) Finalist at PG 17u Mid-Atlantic World Series Finalist at PG WWBA Northeast Qualifier Semifinalist at PG WWBA Ohio Valley Qualifier Playoff appearance at PG WWBA National Championship in Georgia *Most Competitive schedule in the northeast* National events in Texas, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Florida (twice), Ohio (twice). Only team in the northeast to compete in all these PG Events on an annual basis 20 Division-I commits on t...
Observations From East Coast Lumberjacks’ Workout
Yesterday I went down to 365 Athletics to check out the East Coast Lumberjacks’ organization workout. The travel organization, founded by Ryan and Daniel Pembroke, is coming off a big year in which their 2022 grad team captured the BCS National Championship and compiled an overall record of 48-14-3. Remarkably, that’s not the team that Ryan called the most talented team he’s ever had. We’ll get to that in a bit. But first, some observations from the workout. Josh Knoth (Pat-Med 2023) Charleston-commit Josh Knoth (Pat-Med 2023) up to 96 (!) today. Not shown – CB at 83 (2995 RPMs). @FlatgroundApp @BenBadler pic.twitter.com/cTYQmbFPEJ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 6, 2022 This is a pro-level pitcher and he looked outstanding. Knoth solidified hi...
Season Recap of East Coast Lumberjacks 2022s
(Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some of the top performing travels teams from 2021. All information is provided by the organization. The following words are by ECL founder Ryan Pembroke.) The East Coast Lumberjacks 2022 grad team had a tremendous season going 48-14-3 overall while playing a highly-competitive national schedule going to Georgia twice, Florida twice, Alabama, Ohio, then some tough regional events. Which earned them the #18 ranked team in the country, #1 Ranked Team in the Mid-Atlantic Region (NY, NJ, PA, MD, DE and ON) by Perfect Game and #1 Ranked Team in New York. What made us proud most about this team was how they absolutely bought in to be a team and not worry about the commitments. They knew if we just did what we expected from them tha...
Season Recap of East Coast Lumberjacks 2024
Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting the top performing travel teams of 2021. First up was Team Francisco 16u Select, and now we have the East Coast Lumberjacks 2024 – who are coached by Eric Strovink. They had an outstanding season. Here are a list of their 2021 highlights. All info was compiled and sent over by the organization. Record: 40-10-2 Robbie Melo Army West Point Commit Perfect Game National Ranking 15u: 45 Perfect Game Mid-Atlantic Regional Ranking (PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD | ON) 15u: 7 Perfect Game NY State Ranking: 2 2X PG tournament Championships 4X Tournament Finalist Made Tournament in Every Tournament except for one Notable wins: 12-0 vs. Padres Scout Team (Fla.) 11-6 vs. NorthEast Pride 17u (Pa) 8-1 vs. Jersey Boys 18u (NJ) 6-2 vs. NY Gotham’s 18u (NY) 5...
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