Hills West baseball
Hills West Well-Positioned For Another Run at League 5 Title
With an elite Head Coach such as Tom Migliozzi, sometimes a team can catapult from playoff contender to League Champions. That is precisely what happened last year when Hills West took a team with two seniors and two freshmen and tied for the League 5 with Eastport-South Manor. Migliozzi, now in his 27th season at the helm, has 394 wins and 11 league titles to his name. He has the uncanny ability of maximizing the ability of players. Winning a league title with two starting freshmen is no small task. True to his personality, he was not willing to take credit for it. “A major part of our success last year came from senior Ethan McMenamy‘s ability to lead them,” said Migliozzi. “We were in search for a leader, he helped instill a good culture within the team,” h...
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 ...
Aidan Tornquist: Why I Chose Fordham University
(Editor’s Note: Aidan is a 2019 CF/LHP graduate of Half Hollow Hills West. He recently announced his verbal commitment to Fordham University. The following words are his own.) On Sunday, March 18, I chose to commit to Fordham University. That frigid morning, I visited Fordham with my travel baseball coach, Pete Kritikos of MVP Beast, and my parents. Coach Kevin Leighton gave me a tour around the campus for an hour-and-a-half and I immediately fell in love with the school. I’ve always found myself looking for a small campus and I found exactly that when I toured Fordham. Coach Leighton went into detail about life as a Fordham student, more specifically as a student-athlete, and the support system offered by the school to foster students with great ambition. Over the past year, I...
Ryan Levenberg Outduels Brad Camarda, Hauppauge Wins 4-2
Freshman Ryan Levenberg stole the show in today’s League 5 match up between two perennial playoff contenders. Even more impressive, he out dueled 2016 Long Island win leader and Hofstra-commit Brad Camarda. Hauppauge came away with the 4-2 victory over Hills West. “Ryan did a great job of keeping them off balance,” said Head Coach Josh Gutes. “They hit some hard balls–just right at us, so we might’ve been a little lucky in that regard because Hills West is a fantastic team and they’re tremendously well-coached,” he added. The freshman Levenberg went six innings, fanned six batters, allowing just two ER on five hits to record the victory in his first varsity start. He gave way to senior Matt Overton who fired a 1-2-3 seventh inning with two st...
