John Margolies
Hauppauge Riding High Off Magical 2024 Season
For the first time since 2000, Hauppauge has captured the Suffolk County Championship! They will face the winner of Division-Bellmore JFK in the Class AA Long Island Championship next Saturday pic.twitter.com/kLv0ISJNoC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2024 Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series There’s no other way to put it – 2024 was special for Hauppauge baseball. “It was a magical season,” said head coach Josh Gutes who has been at the helm since 2014. It was their first Long Island Championship in program history and their first Suffolk County Championship since Josh was a player on the 2000 team. “I’ve never been part of a team, as a player or coach, where we just knew before the game...
Hauppauge Looks to Rebound in 2023
by Nick Cipolla The Hauppauge Eagles had a rare down season in 2022. They finished with a record of 4-14 in league play. It was always going to be a challenge as they had to replace their top 5 hitters from 2021 due to graduation. Coach Josh Gutes seems to look towards the future after the tough 2022 season. “I think the bad taste of last year will actually be a positive for us heading into this year”, said Coach Gutes, “Last year was the youngest team we’ve had since I took over in 2014. We started five sophomores and a freshman. We had plenty of talented younger guys but we just didn’t have quite enough overall to be as competitive as we normally are. Our lack of experience last year will undoubtedly help us this year. We have 14 returning players. We don’t have a senio...
Recapping Wednesday’s Underclassmen Showcase
It’s not often you get some of the top uncommitted players on Long Island all in one location. Additionally, it’s not often high school players get the opportunity to play in front of 19 Division-I & II coaches. That’s what occurred on Wednesday at Long Island Indoor Sports in Ronkonkoma for the Underclassmen Showcase. Below are just some of the schools that were in attendance: St. John’s Hofstra Stony Brook LIU Princeton Seton Hall Manhattan Albany Iona Farleigh Dickinson Molloy AIC Felician 50 players were in attendance which made for an outstanding ratio of coaches: players. Below are some players that really caught my attention and stood out. AJ Aschettino (Rocky Point 2024) AJ Aschettino (Rocky Point 2024) 79 mph pic.twitter.com/QaABKzuwcq — Axcess Baseball...
