Logan Norman
Ken Kortright State Farm Game of the Week: Centereach Clinches League 3 Title for First Time in 14 Years
For the first time since 2010, Centereach has captured the League 3 Title. They clinched a share, pending the results of Smithtown East-Hills East game pic.twitter.com/hEjY5eNbBz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 8, 2024 All season long, Centereach has prided itself on never being out of games and being able to fight back and win games. They proved their mettle today against rival Newfield, as they overcame a 2-0 deficit in the sixth inning to win 7-3 in extra innings. With the victory, they guaranteed they will be at least Co-League Champs along with Smithtown East – as they are 1 game ahead with 2 games to go. It’s their first League Championship since 2010, but they did reach the postseason in 2022. It was really a tale of 2 games, with the first five innings absolu...
Centereach is Looking to Build on Last Year’s Success
by Andy Smith Congratulations to Centereach who defeated Smithtown East in extra innings to clinch their first postseason berth since 2010 pic.twitter.com/xX8F8V0Ap1 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 4, 2022 The Centereach Cougars had quite the notable run last season. The Cougars finished with a 10-8 league record and 2-2 in the playoffs. Head Coach Pete Cammarata reflected, “Last season for us at Centereach was special. It ended with a deep run in the playoffs, and got us back to the winning ways of the past – overcoming the pressure of making the playoffs after not making it in a few years.” This was the first time since 2010 that Centereach High School qualified for the playoffs. Not only did they qualify – but they defeated two rivals in the playoffs – at ...
Centereach Clinches First Postseason Berth in 12 Years
Congratulations to Centereach who defeated Smithtown East in extra innings to clinch their first postseason berth since 2010 pic.twitter.com/xX8F8V0Ap1 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 4, 2022 They’ve been waiting on this for a long time. Even the clinching game was spread out over 24 hours after Tuesday’s scheduled game lasted nearly 3 hours and was suspended due to darkness. Upon the continuation of the game on Wednesday at Centereach, the Cougars scored a run in the top of the eighth on a sac fly by Dom Persichilli to score Burke Sheehan. That was the pitching duo as well – but in reverse order. Sheehan started and went 5+ innings, before giving way to Persichilli who pitched the final 3 innings over the course of two days to seal the 6-5 victory. Centereach ...
Observations From East Coast Lumberjacks’ Workout
Yesterday I went down to 365 Athletics to check out the East Coast Lumberjacks’ organization workout. The travel organization, founded by Ryan and Daniel Pembroke, is coming off a big year in which their 2022 grad team captured the BCS National Championship and compiled an overall record of 48-14-3. Remarkably, that’s not the team that Ryan called the most talented team he’s ever had. We’ll get to that in a bit. But first, some observations from the workout. Josh Knoth (Pat-Med 2023) Charleston-commit Josh Knoth (Pat-Med 2023) up to 96 (!) today. Not shown – CB at 83 (2995 RPMs). @FlatgroundApp @BenBadler pic.twitter.com/cTYQmbFPEJ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 6, 2022 This is a pro-level pitcher and he looked outstanding. Knoth solidified hi...
Season Recap of East Coast Lumberjacks 2024
Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting the top performing travel teams of 2021. First up was Team Francisco 16u Select, and now we have the East Coast Lumberjacks 2024 – who are coached by Eric Strovink. They had an outstanding season. Here are a list of their 2021 highlights. All info was compiled and sent over by the organization. Record: 40-10-2 Robbie Melo Army West Point Commit Perfect Game National Ranking 15u: 45 Perfect Game Mid-Atlantic Regional Ranking (PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD | ON) 15u: 7 Perfect Game NY State Ranking: 2 2X PG tournament Championships 4X Tournament Finalist Made Tournament in Every Tournament except for one Notable wins: 12-0 vs. Padres Scout Team (Fla.) 11-6 vs. NorthEast Pride 17u (Pa) 8-1 vs. Jersey Boys 18u (NJ) 6-2 vs. NY Gotham’s 18u (NY) 5...
Up Next Powered by the Yard Sports: Logan Norman
PG 2021 15U New England Elite Championship 🏆Champion: Eastcoast Lumberjacks 🥈Finalist: Vendetta Baseball 🏅MVP: Logan Norman 🏅MVPitcher: Josh Ossiander pic.twitter.com/bXIoKzRCKy — Perfect Game Tournaments (@PG_Tourney) July 6, 2021 It’s been six years since Centereach HS has produced a Division-I player. That was 6’6 RHP Greg Marino who went onto pitch at Stony Brook University, where he was a key cog for the Seawolves rotation before briefly playing pro ball in 2019. Before that, it was his brother in 2007 who went to play for Stony Brook and won an America East title before playing several years in the Frontier League. In between, Centereach did have back-to-back League III Championships in 2009 and 2010. It’s significant because it’s the last time the Cougars fin...
