Josh McGee
What Can Connetquot Do For An Encore?
Connetquot is the 2019 Suffolk AA Champs ! They will face Massapequa in the Long Island Championship on Saturday pic.twitter.com/DVn38w3IzF — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2019 Entering the 2019 season – his first as head coach – Robert Burger knew he had a talented team with sky-high expectations. “The challenge for the coaching staff was how are we going to keep these guys grounded? After that Commack series, we kind of got on a roll. We set up small goals for ourselves – win the league, get a high playoff seed and get our pitching staff ready, which was the strength of the team. I’m extremely proud of how well they handled adversity,” said Burger. As we know, they defeated Ward Melville in a classic three-game series to capture the Suff...
Matt Brown-Eiring Throws CG Shutout to Send Connetquot to AA Finals
Coach Rob Burger is going to the Suffolk AA Finals in his first year at the helm for Connetquot pic.twitter.com/0IhOa1ufp0 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 30, 2019 There are a lot of similarities between 2017 Commack and this year’s Connetquot team from the insane amount of talent right down to having a first-year Head Coach. Just as those Cougars did two years ago, the T-Birds are headed to the Suffolk AA Finals, one year after losing in the Final 4 on their home field to Eastport-South Manor. This year’s team was not going to be denied. They defeated No. 7 Longwood, 2-0, in Game 3 of the semifinals. Coach Burger was undecided about who to send to the mound following yesterday’s loss. “We were in the office just sitting around for about 45 minutes and Ma...
LI Jr. Ducks Orange Sweep DH over South Shore Slammers
The LI Jr. Ducks would clinch a playoff spot with their two wins over the Slammers by decisive scores of, 5-1, and, 9-5. The first game of the DH went slightly long causing the second game to be shortened by two innings due to PAL Stadium’s lack of lights. Five innings is all the Jr. Ducks offense needed, though, to bring nine runs across. Their main contributor was their three hitter, Alex Russo. The incoming junior at Chaminade would have an impressive day at the plate with his biggest hit coming in the fifth inning when he would step into the left hand side of the box with bases loaded and no outs. The tall power hitter would drive a long and high fly ball over the right fielder’s head clearing the bases. “I really just kept my normal swing, I wasn’t thinking about hitting it over anyon...
