Eastport-South Manor
Eastport-South Manor Returns 16 Players, Headlined by 2-Time All-County Catcher
By Mike Merolle Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Eastport-South Manor 4, Westhampton Beach 3 WP: Cole Johnson (CG, 6 H, 6 Ks, 1 BB) Tristan Gatchalian game-tying HR Ayden Deslauriers scored go-ahead run on wild pitch ESM improves to 8-6 overall (6-6 league play) pic.twitter.com/zZ1RkuqL9e — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 28, 2023 After finishing last season with a record of 11-11, Eastport-South Manor is focused on improvement in 2024. Their season came to an end after losing to Sayville and Mount Sinai in the playoffs. Head coach Jim McGowan will look for more in his 10th season as the Eastport-South Manor head coach. McGowan is excited for the return of 16 players from last year’s playoff team. Senior D...
Ayden Deslauriers Leads Eastport-South Manor over Mount Sinai in Pitcher’s Duel
by Andy Smith Deslauriers continued on how he bounced back after being down early. pic.twitter.com/iQSaJ4FERo — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 3, 2023 It was a low-scoring affair on a cold windy day. While both starting pitchers only surrendered one run combined, there were many batters left on base. In the opening frame, Ayden Deslauriers and Brady McGowan of ESM hit two consecutive singles. Then, following a stolen base by McGowan and a base on balls by cleanup hitter Tristan Gatchalian, who then swiped a bag, the Sharks had two men in scoring position. However, Mount Sinai starter and Mercy College commit Max Reichenbach worked out of the early jam to keep it scoreless. Reichenbach finished the day with four shutout innings and six punchouts. Bennie Franquiz was the fSS f...
Eastport-South Manor Looks to Reload After Graduating 11 Seniors
Eastport-South Manor 5, Westhampton Beach 0 WP: Jake Deslauriers (6.1 IP, 8 Ks) Tristan Gatchalian: 3-for-4, RBI Deslauriers: 1-for-3, 2 RBI pic.twitter.com/V4R7KN67jZ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 31, 2022 It’s fair to say that Eastport-South Manor flew under the radar last season as they finished the regular season with a record of 14-4 and even won two of three from league champ and eventual County Champs, Rocky Point. In the postseason, ESM lost their first game to East Islip before beating West Babylon to advance to face East Islip, but they had their season cut short by them. Head Coach Jim McGowan said, “It was an emotional ending. We had 11 seniors. Seven of them I had since 8u on the Sharks. It was a special group; the way they carried themselves and pra...
Nick Rizzo, East Islip With Gritty Road Win at ESM
Nick Rizzo fired a complete game in East Islip’s 8-4 win over Eastport-South Manor pic.twitter.com/sU1te6NRHz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 17, 2022 As far as postseason assignments go, facing an undefeated Division-I commit on the road is about as tough as it gets. East Islip, the reigning Long Island Champions, would not let that slow them down as they came away with an 8-4 victory in the first round of the Suffolk Conference IV playoffs against Eastport-South Manor. The Redmen scored a run in each of the first three innings against Hostra-commit Jake Deslauriers who entered the game with an unblemished record of 7-0, 0.83 ERA and 0.85 WHIP. They broke the game open with a five-spot in the fifth inning to make it an 8-3 ballgame. East Islip had their own Division-I com...
Eastport-South Manor Returning 15 Players from 2021 Playoff Team
by Daniel Lopes After losing the 2020 season to the COVID-19 pandemic, players and coaches on Long Island took on the 2021 season with even more importance. This was no different for Eastport-South Manor and head coach Jim McGowan, who went 10-8 and lost to Newfield in the playoffs. “Having a school season after losing 2020 made the season itself special and we had a special group of kids that gave us everything they had,” said McGowan. “We lost six games by one run or in the last inning, so we had to deal with adversity and injuries, but the group responded every time, which is a credit to them.” Despite returning 15 players from last years team, Eastport-South Manor still lost contributors on each side of the ball to graduation. On the mound, Connor Marcello had a phenomenal year, posti...
Eastport-South Manor One of the Few Teams With Chemistry Amidst the Pandemic
by Ben Diamond With the new season right around the corner, Eastport-South Manor has been making sure they are ready to go. Eastport-South Manor’s head coach Jim McGowin has had his team participate in tournaments to help make sure his team is ready to go before the season starts. Unlike other coaches who have been unable to see the level of talent and preparedness from their team due to the pandemic, McGowin has been able to see which players on his squad are prepared, and what the level of skill is. “We’ve been very fortunate, we’ve been able to play in a bunch of tournaments, we played 18 games together in the fall,” McGowin said. “A lot of the guys are playing together, and we’ve been able to take advantage of the time we got and get some of the young guys some work, and allow them to ...
OTD: Eastport-South Manor Holds Off Connetquot; Advances to To First Class AA Final Since ’12
Eastport-South Manor is headed to the Suffolk Class AA Finals with a 3-2 victory ! pic.twitter.com/qfosu0J54T — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 25, 2018 Six years ago it was on this same field that the Eastport-South Manor Sharks had a chance to win a county championship against Connetquot. They had better fortunes this time around as they are now one step closer to accomplishing that feat. They held off Connetquot’s late rally to win 3-2 and they have a date with West Islip on Sunday. Starting pitcher Alex Doskoez was efficient and used his defense all game, striking out five batters in a complete game victory. He proved his mettle on a number of occasions, stranding runners in scoring position in the first, fifth and sixth innings and seventh innings; exemplifying the classic ‘b...
OTD: Ryan Foran Throws Gem, ESM Outlasts Hills West
Our @DigmiNation Player of the Game is winning pitcher Ryan Foran who pitched 6.1 solid innings allowing only 2 runs with eight strikeouts #TipYourCap pic.twitter.com/qtYtzP6MwM — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 30, 2018 Despite getting off to an undefeated start at 11-0, Hills West is still looking to clinch League 5. They had an opportunity to separate themselves from second-place Eastport-South Manor today, but the Sharks were led by a strong pitching outing by ace Ryan Foran and a sixth inning rally to defeat them, 5-3. The Sharks got off out a fast start. Consecutive doubles by Mike McCormick and Angelo Montalbano gave them a quick 1-0 lead just two batters into the game. After a strikeout, Foran helped himself with an RBI double of his own. At Hills West’s field, the lack ...
Eastport-South Manor Hoping Last Year’s Experience Equals Turnaround Season
In a little over one year, Eastport–South Manor went from the Class AA Finals to a 3-12 season. Graduating eight seniors from 2018 certainly did not help–including Axcess League 5 MVP Ryan Foran. There was a huge amount of roster turnover and the year did not go so well for them as they dropped to last place. Coach Jim McGowan has made some big changes this offseason, though, to make sure that the events of last year never happen again. “With 12 returning players, we put a team in a summer league where we were able to play the equivalent of a high school regular season,” McGowan said. “We also played a fall tournament together and have changed some of how we run our winter workouts.” Pitching was a big question mark heading into last season, but now McGowan says that the depth of arm...
Jake Deslauriers Fires 3-Hit Shutout Over Kings Park
It hasn’t been a great season for Eastport-South Manor, coming off an appearance in the Suffolk County AA Finals last May. You would never know by their performance today, as freshman Jake Deslauriers pitched mature beyond his years. The young RHP was efficient and dominant in a 4-0 shutout over a solid Kings Park team. He fired a three-hit shutout, not allowing a runner past second base in the game. “I really thought I would do well today,” he said. “That’s what I was planning to do. I tried to get my team a win–we’ve been struggling, but I had to go out and do something. They have a tough lineup but I had to find a way to work through it,” he added. His offense go him a run to work with early. After the first two batters were retired by Chr...
Eastport-South Manor Looks to Repeat 2018 Success with Young Roster
The Eastport-South Manor High School baseball team finished a successful 2018 season with a 20-7 record, winning the League 5 championship with a 15-5 league record but losing in the County Championship to West Islip. “Last year was a great year,” Eastport-South Manor head coach Jim McGowin said. “Lots of great guys.” The team lost eight seniors after last year, though, which brings up lots of questions about this year’s roster. “The big question mark for us is going to be our pitching,” McGowin said. “We have some big shoes to fill.” “[We had] arguably the best pitching staff in Suffolk Country,” he said. We are about to get underway here for Game 2 of the Suffolk Class AA Finals with Ryan Foran on the hill. Fordham-commit Jake Guercio steps in first pic.twitter.com/Bmb6Ylyhy4 — Axcess Ba...
