Joe Bello
Mike Milano’s Seaford Vikings Enter the 2025 season with 11 seniors
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Coach Mike Milano is preparing for his 22nd season at the helm of Seaford High School baseball. The Vikings bench boss is excited and ready for what is to come in the 2025 season. The Vikings went 15-8 during the 2024 season, making the playoffs but eventually falling to Mineola in the Class A quarterfinals. “We won 6 in a row to close out the season as the #3 seed in Class A Playoffs and took an experienced Mineola team to 3 games where they pitched out of a bases loaded, one out jam to win the quarterfinals series.” Milano said. “With one senior in 2024, we won the series vs Island Trees & North Shore and swept CSH & LV. Only lost 2 out of 3 to Class A Champion Clarke and 2 of th...
Valley Stream North Looks to Return to Postseason Led by 4 College Commits
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Phil Sanfilippo is entering his 15th year as the head coach at Valley Stream North High School and is assisted by James Casella. The Spartans made it to the Conference A quarterfinals in the 2024 baseball season, being eliminated by the eventual county champs, Clarke. “We were glad to be back in the postseason after missing it in 2023.” Sanfilippo said to Axcess Baseball. “Due to construction on a new turf field, we played all but one regular season series away from North and held practices at four different locations throughout the season, so there was plenty of adversity to deal with. We had series victories over Plainedge and Lynbrook, and played a very tight series with Mineola. We dre...
Connetquot Motivated After Falling One Game Shy of Reaching County Finals
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Final: Connetquot 4, Walt Whitman 0 WP: Nick Pepitone (CG shutout, 2 hits, 15 Ks, 3 BBs) Connetquot is moving on! They will face the loser of Commack-Sachem North on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/aN0VNGIuOG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 21, 2024 Robert Burger is heading into his 6th year as the head coach of the baseball team at Connetquot High School, and his 26th year coaching in the district. The Thunderbirds skipper is expecting another season full of success this spring. “After finishing the regular season with an 18-6 record and clinching the League II Championship, we were eliminated in the semifinals.” Burger said. “We lost our first playoff game which took place over a tw...
Talented West Babylon Team Tasked With Replacing Program’s All-Time Winningest Pitcher
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello West Babylon has done it ! They comeback and defeat Division, 4-2, to capture the Class A Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com/hhHQzypWoe — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 The West Babylon Eagles are prepping for their 2025 season, one that head coach Shaun Kaminski expects to have a lot of success in. Kaminski is heading into his 2nd season at the helm of West Babylon baseball, but this will be his 4th season as a part of the program. The Eagles finished with a record of 13-5 in 2024, they reached the playoffs but their season was cut short due to losses to Centereach and Smithtown West. “The 2024 season was an interesting season to navigate.” Kaminski said. “Prior t...
Mineola Looks to Build Off Last Year’s Semifinal Appearance
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landcape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Helms Bohringer is looking forward to the 2025 baseball season, which will be his 30th as the varsity head coach at Mineola High School. The Mustangs went 7-6-2 last season, they made the playoffs and beat Seaford in the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Clarke in the semifinals. “I thought we got better as the season went along, some of our juniors stepped up and our senior leaders played well.” Bohringer said. “It was a good season for the Mustangs. First time we had ever reached the semifinals.” Unfortunately, Bohringer lost some good talent last season, losing 3 players who are all playing baseball at the next level. Andrew Basel is at Northeastern University, Matt Orena is now a...
James Demsky Excited to Lead Mepham in His First Year at the Helm
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series. by Joe Bello James Demsky is heading into his first year as head coach at Wellington C. Mepham High School. He has been a part of the coaching staff for 7 seasons as an assistant coach to Eric Passman, but this year Demsky will be running the show. “The 2024 season was a strong season for the Pirates.” Demsky said. “We had a large senior class who all had strong performances. Great group of players who had a ton of fun playing together, and were a pleasure to coach.” Mepham finished with a record of 11-8 in the 2024 season. They made the playoffs and were knocked off in the first round by a strong Carey team. The Pirates will be without Kieran Kehoe in the 2025 season, as he graduated last year. The 6...
Led by 12 Seniors, Smithtown East Ready to Make Another Postseason Run
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Final: Smithtown East 5, Hills East 0 WP: James Lanflisi (6.2 innings relief, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 Ks) Ciminiello: 1-3, 3B, 3 RBIs Smithtown East clinches postseason berth pic.twitter.com/3g30UNRryz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 7, 2024 Rob Christensen is entering his 4th season as varsity head coach for Smithtown East. After a strong 2024 season, Christensen and his team are looking forward to the upcoming season. “2024 was a great season,” Christensen said. “We felt like we finally hit our stride in the final two weeks of the season, leading into playoffs. The team played extremely well down the stretch, taking the momentum into the playoffs. The losses were heartbreakers, but ...
Doug Robins’ ‘Battle Tested’ Carey Seahawks Ready For a Big 2025
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Here is the Gamechanger player of the game…..Jayden Gigante. Gigante went 4-5 breaking the 4-4 tie in the fourth to give his team the lead, 6-4. pic.twitter.com/i9NWeduZwC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 8, 2024 Doug Robins is revving up for his 26th season as a high school baseball head coach. The 2025 season will be his 7th at H. Frank Carey High School, and he is looking forward to another season of competitive baseball for the Seahawks. “In 2024 we played a very tough schedule in playing Division, Garden City, Calhoun, New Hyde Park, and Roslyn.” Robins said. “We finished in 3rd place and were one game away from the first place team in the standings. We played in 5 Eli...
Locust Valley Leaning on a Young Team Again in 2025
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Brian LoRusso heads into his 3rd year as head coach for the Locust Valley Falcons in 2025. While competing in a highly competitive Class A conference last season, they finished with a record of 2-18 and missed the playoffs. “We were extremely young with multiple middle schoolers on the roster.” LoRusso said. “We will still be young again this year but we are hoping to be able to bridge the gap to compete. Despite being as young as we were, we fielded to a 91% success rate, which is something to build off of.” They only graduated one senior last year, center fielder Kyle Prisco. Junior shortstop and pitcher Liam Baker is going into his 4th year starting on varsity. He was awarded All-League...
Mattituck To Lean on Their Pitching in 2025
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Dan O’Sullivan is entering his 6th season at the helm of the Mattituck baseball program. After a 2024 season which included a 6-16 record and a short playoff run, O’Sullivan and the Tuckers look to a younger team for success in 2025. The Tuckers held their own in a difficult league during the 2024 season, which included many baseball powerhouses such as Bayport-Blue Point, Shoreham-Wading River, and Center Moriches. “We battled and competed in a very difficult mixed league. We played predominantly against A schools and were up in class.” O’Sullivan said. “We were very senior-heavy last year and I was very proud of the group that never gave up, despite the challenges and tough competition....
John Romano’s Huntington Blue Devils Look to Improve in 2025
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello After finishing with a 2-18 record in the 2024 season, Coach John Romano’s Huntington Blue Devils will look to improve in 2025. Romano is heading into his second year as head coach for the Blue Devils. He spoke to Axcess Baseball about his expectations for the 2025 season and the changes he is making to the organization since taking over. After facing tough competition in League 4 last year, Huntington will play their 2025 campaign in League 3. Romano anticipates that his team will perform much better this season. “This season, unlike last year, we have a foundation built and new expectations going into this year.” Romano said. “We changed leagues and expect to be much improved off of last...
GAME RECAP: Giac Squad Captures 14u Boys of Summer Fall Championship
by Joe Bello Dan Santopietro following his dominant preformance on the mound to help his team capture the championship. pic.twitter.com/KCM9cm9RN8 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 9, 2024 Giac Squad was crowned champions of the LI Boys of Summer 14u National Division on Saturday night. They took on Merrick Mayhem Kalkau on what was a very cold night at Eisenhower Park. They captured the trophy with an 11-3 victory, backed by a complete game effort by their starting pitcher Dan Santopietro. Santopietro went 6 innings while allowing 5 hits, 3 walks, 3 runs and notching 4 strikeouts. Giac Squad’s Richie Oakley drove in 2 of his team’s 11 going 2 for 4 while scoring 2 times also. The action started in the top of the 2nd inning, where Giac Squad scored on an error by the third ba...
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