Luke Filippi
Port Jefferson Looking to Repeat as Class C Long Island Champs
It’s only fitting that Luke Filippi handles it himself to end the game and win the Class C Long Island Championship for Port Jefferson pic.twitter.com/lmcrT5AE96 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 3, 2022 Port Jefferson captured their first Long Island Championship since 2008 this past season with a victory over Carle Place at St. Joseph’s University. The game ended in very appropriate fashion as their ace RHP Luke Filippi caught a line drive back to the mound to secure the final out. Filippi, who is now a freshman at Albany, led the Royals in every possible way. He batted an insane .750 for the season, with an .803 OBP. He also drove in 41 runs, scored 31 runs and stole 42 bases. On the mound, he did not give up an earned run over 40 innings and was the winning pitche...
Recap of 2022 Suffolk All-County Award Banquet
The annual Suffolk County Awards Banquet returned for the first time since 2019 at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook after a two-year hiatus due to covid. It was attended by roughly 700 people and featured the best players and coaches in our region. The highest honor of the night went to Pat-Med junior Josh Knoth who was the 54th annual recipient of the Carl Yastrzemski Award. The award is given to the top player in Suffolk County and the previous winners are littered with players that enjoyed successful professional – and in some cases big league – careers. Knoth was the runaway winner. He set a school record with 107 strikeouts and during the regular season and a ridiculous K/BB ratio of 93/4 with only 10 hits allowed and 0.86 ERA. If you watched him pitch, it’s more ...
Port Jefferson Captures Class C Long Island Championship
It’s only fitting that Luke Filippi handles it himself to end the game and win the Class C Long Island Championship for Port Jefferson pic.twitter.com/lmcrT5AE96 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 3, 2022 There’s no question that Luke Filippi has been the best player on the field in every game that he’s played this season. The Albany-commit finished the regular season with an unblemished ERA of 0.00 and struck out nearly two batters per inning. Detractors may question the level of competition in League 8, but the reality is that he has been head-and-shoulders above his peers in every way possible. He continued his remarkable season as he helped lead the Port Jefferson Royals to their first Class C Long Island Championship since 2008. The League MVP allowed only a...
