LI Elite
GAME RECAP: LI Elite Score 7 First Inning Runs in Run-Rule Victory
by Tucker Terranova Ryan Pisciotti and Coach Fanelli discuss LI Elite’s 17-0 win. pic.twitter.com/4Z3n1DGfMg — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 25, 2024 Game 2 of our coverage of EYCB Memorial Day Clash opening night at Eisenhower Park featured a 13u matchup between the LI Jr. Ducks and LI Elite Fanelli, with both squads looking to start the weekend off in the win column. From the start of the game, Elite took control and ran with it. Anchored by a seven-run first inning, an astonishing 19 stolen bases, and a solid performance on the mound from Ryan Pisciotti, Elite took their tournament opener by a score of 17-0. “They all hit the ball hard, and our pitching did pretty well,” Coach Fanelli said in a postgame interview with Axcess Baseball. In the top of the first inning, Piscoitti...
Up Next Powered by Eye Q Investigations: Tyler Scarry
(This is the fifth installment of our weekly Up Next Series Powered by Eye Q Investigations in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we have featured Miguel Sime Jr., Matt Cruz, Luke Coats and Michael Gardner. Make sure to check out Eye Q Investigations by clicking here.) Division Ave HS has a rich tradition of baseball. They have won an astounding 37 league championships, 14 Nassau Championships, 9 Long Island Championships and 2 NYS Championships. They have done so with great coaching (beginning with the late Doug Robins to current coach Tom Tuttle), a deep talent pool in Levittown and a blue-collar demeanor when it comes to work ethic. They had the 2021 League MVP in Nick Roselli – currently a sophomore at SUNY Binghamton, the 2022 Diamond Award winn...
Berthel and LI Elite Outlast Farmingdale Greendogs 3-0 in Eight Innings
by Chris Prystupa Here’s Jason Berthel from LI Elite, he takes us through what it felt like to be the one to close this game out and preserve the shutout in a 3-0 win over the Farmingdale Greendogs. @liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/Li5hKyzvhD — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 24, 2022 It was quite a pitcher’s duel for both teams in tonight’s LI Boys Of Summer matchup between the LI Elite and the Farmingdale Greendogs. Both teams remained tied at zero through seven full innings. The Greendogs sent Jake Dunn to the mound in the first and he and his counterpart, Joe Cavallaro, were both dominant throughout the early innings. In the third inning, LI Elite was yearning to get the scoring started as they managed to get a baserunner into scoring position early on in the inning. Ja...
LI Elite Sweeps Sunday DH at Mitchel Field
LI Elite swept a double header this afternoon. Here’s Kieran Kehoe following the games @liboysofsummer pic.twitter.com/0ISwX6HZLE — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 5, 2022 The LIB Voodoo faced off with the LI Elite Vallas in a double header between two impressive 16U teams in LI Boys of Summer action. The Voodoo started the game off with an RBI triple off the bat of their right fielder to take an early 1-0 lead. They quickly followed it up with another RBI single by their starting pitcher Tyler Anderson to make it a 2-run lead, another runner would be walked in and before he even stepped foot on the mound it was a 3-0 game. Anderson would go on to work around a walk and throw a scoreless first. In the second, Elite starting pitcher, Marino would throw a scoreless frame. An...
LI Elite Brock defeats Team Steel American 12-1 in Northeast Elite 16u Tournament
by Matthew Cataruzolo Andrew Sinclair with an RBI single to cap off a five run fourth inning for LI Elite. They are up 9-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. pic.twitter.com/KBIudp5YiU — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 16, 2021 Yaphank, NY – LI Elite Brock defeated Team Steel American by a score of 12-1 to kick off the Northeast Elite 16u Tournament at Lasorda Legacy Park in Yaphank, New York. Steel was the home team, so they took to the field with starting pitcher Mateo Martinez on the mound. Working against LI Elite’s Parker Workman, the two battled for the first three innings before the game got out of hand. After exchanging three shutout innings, LI Elite began to take charge and put some runs on the board. Siegel took to the batter’s box and cleared the bases with a d...
LI Elite Venegas Captures 15U National Fall Championship
Mike Knapp throws a 3-hit shutout with 11 Ks to capture the @liboysofsummer Championship 15U National division pic.twitter.com/3ZfsGHB9lj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 7, 2020 Mike Knapp was just about as dominant as you can be, in helping his team to not one – but two victories to capture the LI Boys of Summer 15u National Fall Championship. It was two distinctly different games. They won 7-6 in 9 innings over LI Elite Natale and then 2-0 over Tri-State Arsenal in the championship. Knapp threw the final inning in relief to slam the door in the semifinals and cruised to a 3-hit, 11 K shutout in the finals. “I felt good, man, my arm felt good. I came out in the semifinal closing the game – just felt really good out there,” said Knapp, a junior at Di...
LI Elite Takes Game 2 of DH, 13-4
by Ethan Berch Axcess Reporter Ethan Berch gets a few words with the winning coach of the LI Elite following their 13-4 victory! pic.twitter.com/p4dcsFT9NN — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 27, 2020 LI Boys of Summer Baseball this fall has been in full swung as we enter late into September. This version features the LI Elite taking on the Smithtown Bulls in a 15u matchup at Brentwood State Park. After the Bulls took down the Elite in game one in stunning fashion, the Elite didn’t let that faze them coming into game two. Colin Rosen got the nod for the Elite with determination in his eyes. Colin was electric in this game as he kept the Elite in the game as it went back and forth early on. First, the Bulls struck first when they went up 1-0 on a Ryan Conk RBI double. The Elite...
Recap of Axcess Invitational
After four days of wall-to-wall baseball at Moriches Sports Complex, we were able to crown championships at the 14, 15, 16 and 17/18 age group. The winners were: 14U- KA Elite Junior Ducks 15U- Diamond Spikes 16U- Black Diamonds 17/18U- Junior Ducks It took several months of planning, but it was almost all derailed by the pandemic that delayed the start of the 2020 season until July 6. It was almost derailed again with a huge storm that swept through Long Island on Wednesday night and parts of Friday morning. For those that have followed Axcess Baseball for a few years, you know how a dark cloud hangs over at out events. It started in 2016 with Dowling College closing the day before the Battle of the Border. Later that year, had to cancel a Home Run Derby. Once again, the first Awards Ban...
Koustulias, Cucinella Power LI Elite to 6-1 Win
by James Ryder Final: LI Elite take W 6-1. Here is Mike Cucinella (3 RBI) and Nick Koustulias (complete game, 0 ER) on their teams early success at the plate and how their team felt in their first game of the day: pic.twitter.com/GHwToYN8y9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 24, 2020 Some heavy rain nearly put a damper on the Axcess Baseball Invitational at Moriches Complex Friday morning. It caused the 9 AM matchup between 15 U Long Island Elite and Freedom Baseball to play just 6 or the usual 7 innings. The rain, however, didn’t seem to be a factor for LI Elite, whose early offensive success and strong dominant pitching led to their 6-1 victory. The game began with LI at the plate. Leadoff hitter JD Decina drew a walk. He then stole second base before being driven in on Mike Cuc...
LI Elite Win Extra Inning Thriller to Capture 16U Columbus Day Tournament
The test of a good team is the ability to overcome adversity and not wave the white flag. LI Elite showed incredible resiliency today in a 7-4 extra inning win in the 16U Columbus Day Tournament Finals against a terrific Next Level Baseball team. “We said we’d get into a slug fest today and we go punched in the face and bounced back,” said Head Coach Appel. “We’ve been a bend-but-don’t break team but any time we play a big game we seem to show up. Today we were able to foul off curveballs and hunt fastballs,” he added. They faced a very good pitcher in JJ Gatti. The hard-throwing righty had great stuff but he ran into some trouble leaving the ball up in this game. LI Elite scored two runs in the top of the second on a sac fly by Ryan Desmond and an...
LI Indians Walk-Off Against Thunder
LI Indians Elite 12U Coach discusses their walk-off victory @EcybTournaments pic.twitter.com/vjmkxL62i3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 19, 2019 by Ethan Marshall In a game that went from a slug fest to a pitchers’ duel, the Long Island Indians defeated the Long Island Thunder 5-4 on a walk-off ground out by Frankie McNally, scoring Brian Licata from third after he set the table with a ringing triple to left-center field. “That’s what you play baseball for,” Indians Head Coach Carl Cascio said of his team’s victory. “A lot of the scoring was early in the game, but it came down to that last inning.” The Thunder struck first in the opening inning thanks to a two-out RBI single by first baseman Tommy Desantis off starting pitcher Brian Licata. However, the Indians wasted little t...
Up Next: James Sill
Having watched a lot of baseball across the nation these past couple years, I have noticed one huge difference between northeast players and their counterparts in the midwest or south. That difference is pure size for young players. This weekend especially in Miami, I saw many middle school age players that are over 6’0 and 180 lbs. That is typically the size of a 16-18 year-old. When you’re that size at a younger age, however, you generate more power and more power means more recognition and more recognition typically means more offers. Levittown-native James Sill possesses that size. And that power. And will soon generate the recognition. Standing 6’2″ 190 lbs 90 MPH exit veto, the young man turned some heads this season while playing on the big field as a seventh...
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