By Michael Malaszczyk Here’s the final out of the Bethpage victory to capture their first county championship since 1983 pic.twitter.com/skTtGBufZx — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 19, 2021 Coach Rob Fisher of Bethpage wants to see last year’s success come again. Bethpage won the County Championship in 2021 – their first since 1983. They played with a vengeance and finished with an 18-3 overall record. Coach Fisher was happy to share his thoughts on the 2021 season in an interview with Axcess Baseball. “I was extremely happy with how it ended,” he said. “Kids gave everything they had last year. I was so proud of them and so happy for them.” When it comes to repeating last year’s success, Coach Fisher feels two things will be key: firstly, his returning players, and s...
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana You can totally ignore the non-conference stats or choose to interpret it as trend. Whatever the case may be, St. Joseph’s has now lost consecutive games to sub .500 teams entering the Skyline Conference playoffs on Friday.Yesterday it was a 9-6 loss to 2-26 John Jay College and today it was an 8-5 loss to New Jersey City–who entered with a 15-20 record.The Golden Eagles used many of their typical starters in the lineup–Joseph Lynn, Brendan Sullivan, Joe Calabrese, James Nakashian and Anthony Bonilla but used the day to get some work in for their relievers.The offense did compile 14 hits–with three coming by CF Ryan Walsh, who also scored a run. Bonilla had two separate RBI singles and Lynn hit a two-run double.Adam Brisman suffered his s...
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was another good weekend for St. Joseph’s, who swept Mount St. Vincent’s on Sunday and split with Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday to improve to 16-12.On Saturday, in their 7-2 victory–they committed three errors but out-hit the opposition 13-4. Joe Calabrese and Joe Lynn both had three hits and drove in a run. Brendan Sullivan and Anthony Bonilla both had two hits. Glenn Patriss threw the seven-inning CG, allowing four hits, 0 ER while striking out three. On Sunday, they won 11-0 in the first game of the DH. Josh Outsen threw a complete game, allowing only two hits, walking two while striking out five. The Golden Eagles scored six in the second inning and that was all they needed. Brendan Sullivan led the way with three hits and four R...