Luke Hansen
Breaking Down the Leading Candidates for Paul Gibson Award
The Paul Gibson Award is given to the top pitcher in Suffolk County every year. Due to the volume of talented pitchers on Long Island every year, the winners have typically gone on to have very successful college–and in some cases, big league–careers as well. Last years winner was Patch Dooley of Hills East. Here’s the winners since 2005: 2016: Sam Kessler, Mount Sinai 2015: Joe Flynn, Ward Melville 2014: Jack Piekos, Bayport-Blue Point 2013: Jack Piekos, Bayport-Blue Point 2012: Anthony Kay, Ward Melville 2011: Remy Jenco, Hills West 2010: Ed Macaluso, Islip 2009: Marcus Stroman, Pat-Med 2008: Ryan Pfaeffle, Commack 2007: John Mincone, Hills East 2006: Mike Belfiore, Commack 2005: Glenn Gibson, Center Moriches Of that bunch, there are five players that have gone on to pl...
Who Is Luke Hansen?
Playing out on the east end makes it difficult to get noticed sometimes. In the case of Southold LHP Luke Hansen–who announced his verbal commitment to Div-I Sacred Heart University on Friday–you can make up for that lack of notoriety with a dominating fastball. He had a tremendous season, compiling 101 strikeouts this season with a sub 1.00 ERA while guiding his team to a Class C Long Island Championship. I had the chance to speak with him and here’s what he had to say… Can you talk about the college recruiting process and how Sacred Heart came about? I started talking to Sacred Heart towards the beginning of the summer after they saw me pitch in a tournament. I was also interested in a handful of other schools, some in the north and some in the south. I felt a goo...
Southold Takes Home Long Island Class C Championship
Southhold wins! They take the Class C Long Island Championship final pic.twitter.com/Oy03M9EOAY — aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2017 by Matt Torpe The Southold Settlers are Class C Long Island champions after a 13-5 victory over the East Rockaway Rocks. “Pretty special team–our pitching’s been there, our bats have been there. We were lucky to get those runs early. Still got to clean up a few things, we didn’t play a perfect game we hit well enough and pitching was good enough to keep us there, but it feels good we worked hard. It was a great season,” said Head Coach Mike Carver on the team’s victory. He went on to talk about what it meant for to get this victory, “Lets see that’s our first Long Island Championship since 2002. We we...
Axcess League MVPs Honored at Battle of the Border
During the seventh inning stretch of today’s Battle of the Border, we honored the high school aXcess baseball League MVPs during a ceremony. Below is a list of the winner’s from each conference: Nassau County: A1: Bobby Lewis, MacArthur A2: Tyler DeMeo, Carey A3: Jimmy Joyce, Wantagh A4: Nick Tuzzio, Lynbrook A5: A.J. Cain, Seaford AA1: Brendan McFall, Oceanside AA2: Mark Faello, Plainview-JFK Suffolk County: League 1: Brad Malm, Pat-Med League 2: Pete Theodorellis, Commack League 3: Mike Ruggiero, Smithtown East League 4: Greg Tsouprakos, West Islip League 5: Matt Overton, Hauppauge League 6: James Weisman, Rocky Point League 7: Brian Morrell, Shoreham-Wading River League 8: Kenneth Gordon, Babylon League 9: Luke Hansen, Southold
