Max Edelman
Friday College Recap (3/29) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
By Max Edelman St. John’s The St. John’s Red Storm continued their hot stretch on Friday when they shut out the Winthrop Eagles 6-0 at home. The Red Storm have now won 15 of their last 16 games, and move to 13-0 in home games. Blake Mayberry was the star of the show for the Red Storm, going five for five with a double and triple, and brought in three runs in the contest. Jackson Tucker, Luke Orbon and Garret Scavelli each had one RBI of their own. Xavier Kolhosser continued to dominate, as he moved to 6-1 on the year. Through seven shutout innings, Kolhosser struck out ten and only allowed three hits. For the Eagles, only Charlie Evans had multiple hits. Riley Huge started the game for Winthrop, tossing 4.1 innings, striking out 10 and allowing three runs on five hits as his record drops ...
GAME RECAP: John Carroll Strikes Out 9 in 2-1 Opening Day Victory
by Max Edelman FINAL: @CHSFlyersBall 2 – @SAFriarsBase 1 John Carroll finishes off a complete game, in which he struck out nine. The Flyers hold off a late Friars surge to open their season with a win. pic.twitter.com/vqAKeEUyil — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 26, 2024 On a day where all seven Catholic League teams played at the Moriches Sports Complex to celebrate the beginning of a new season, the Chaminade Flyers defeated the St. Anthony’s Friars 2-1. Entering the top of the seventh and final inning up 2-0, Chaminade starting pitcher John Carroll needed only three outs to give the Flyers the win, and his first complete game shutout of the season. However, that’s where things got dicey. The top half of the seventh began with Carroll getting sophomore CJ Alfano to hit ...
Friday College Recap (3/22) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
By Max Edelman Division-I: Hofstra: G1: Hofstra 3 – Northeastern 2 G2: Northeastern 13 – Hofstra 9 The Hofstra Pride opened their conference play at home with a doubleheader split against the Northeastern Huskies. The Pride were victorious in the first game 3-2, before suffering a defeat in the second game, losing 13-9 in an offensive shootout. In the first game, all five runs were scored in the first inning. The scoring was opened by the Huskies just two batters into the game when Tyler MacGregor connected on a two-run home run to give Northeastern an early lead in the contest. However, Hofstra immediately responded in the bottom of the first frame when Luke Masiuk drove in two on a double. One batter later, Matt Pelcher brought in the go-ahead, and eventual game-winning run....
Valley Stream Central Begins New Era Under Head Coach Tino Muscatelli
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. After serving the previous two years as an assistant coach of the Valley Stream Central Eagles, new head coach Tino Muscatelli is set to step into the head role for his first year. With a new head coach, and in a new conference, Muscatelli looked back on what was a successful season for his squad last year, and why his team will be joining a new league this year. “Our program was in the county wide last year.” Muscatelli said. “We had success last year, we went 15-4-1. But this year, we’re out of the county wide, back into our regular scheduled league. I’m looking forward to playing against some good teams, and trying to build the program from the bottom up.” Seven starte...
Friday College Recap (3/15) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman It was a busy day of college baseball for the locals. Here’s how it went down: Division-I: St. John’s 19, Rider 3 JOHNNIES WIN!! Make it eight straight wins! 🔴🌩️ pic.twitter.com/31COU1emm5 — St. John’s Baseball (@StJohnsBaseball) March 15, 2024 The St. John’s Red Storm’s offense led the way in a 19-3 dominant home victory over the Rider Broncos 19-3. The Johnnies scored in all but two innings en route to a complete performance and win over the Broncos. The Red Storm offense was led by Ben Beauchamp and Jimmy Keenan, who each had three RBIs in the game. Jackon Tucker, Max Aude, and Anthony Brienza each had two, and five other St John’s batters had one. Jackson led the team in extra-base hits with two, one double and one triple. And Keenan hit St. John’s only home ...
The Stony Brook School Locked and Loaded for Another Strong Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. For a team loaded with talent, the Stony Brook Bears are hoping to take the next step in 2024 and become champions. Led by third-year head coach Jon Brewer, Brewer believes that after last year, this team has what it takes to go even further this year and win a state championship. “Last season was good.” Brewer said. “It was my second year here, and the second year of building the program. We had a really good year last year, we ended up going to the state championship and losing to Poly Prep 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh. We were disappointed, but overall, it was a good second year. I’m very happy with that next step we took.” The 2023 Bears only had two seniors, whic...
Friday College Recap (3/8) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman With the calendar turning to March, each of the local teams are in action each week. This week pitted two of the colleges against each other for a weekend series. Here’s how it all went down. Division-I: Hofstra vs St. John’s G1: St Johns 3 – Hofstra 2 G2: St John’s 10 – Hofstra 1 The Hofstra Pride and St. John’s Red Storm battled in a double header in Queens that saw the Red Storm defeat the Pride in both games. They won 3-2 in the opening game before exploding to a dominant 10-1 victory in game two. For the Red Storm, they have won four in a row, and remain undefeated at home. While the Pride drop to 4-8 and have dropped their last four games. Although the Pride and Red Storm combined for 19 hits in the first game, the teams only scored a combined five ru...
Ward Melville Looks to Build on 19-Win Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Paul Gibson Award winner Charles West gets the start for the Suffolk All Stars against Nassau in the Grand Slam Challenge pic.twitter.com/cOlUKKZTMK — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 14, 2023 Last season, the Ward Melville Patriots rode a 19-win season to the conference finals. Unfortunately for the Patriots, it wasn’t meant to be. Head coach Lou Petrucci, who is going into his 17th season as head coach of Ward Melville, looked back on what was a good season, despite it not ending with a conference championship. “We won 19 games.” Petrucci said. “We advanced to the conference finals, it was a good season for the boys. I’m disappointed on how it ended, lost to P...
Long Island Lutheran Enters 2024 as Three-Time Reigning PSAA Champs
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. And this is how the game ends. Bases loaded, 2 outs Final: LuHi 14, Portledge 4 LuHi captures 3rd consecutive PSAA Championship pic.twitter.com/XU3YEjzlvW — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2023 In a school known around the country for its basketball, the Long Island Lutheran Crusaders are beginning to make their mark on a different sport. Head coach Shaun Manning, who is entering his fifth year at Long Island Lutheran, who is fresh off winning his third straight PSAA championship, looked back on last season, and looked ahead to the future. “Last season we won the PSAA championship for the third time in a row.” Manning said. “We lost in the quarterfinals in th...
Friday College Recap (3/1) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Division-I: Stony Brook: VT 6 – Stony Brook 3 The Stony Brook Seawolves opened their three game series on the road against the Virginia Tech Hokies with a 6-3 loss on Friday. Despite collecting nine hits to the Hokies eight, runners left on base killed the Seawolves, who left 11 runners on base during the game. Only one Seawolf collected an RBI in the game. Brett Paulsen scored Cam Santerre on a walk. The other two Seawolves runs were scored by Evan Fox and Ryan Micheli on an error. All three Seawolves runs came in the seventh inning. Fox led the team in hits with three. Matt Brown-Eiring was right behind him with two of his own, including the teams only extra base hit. Eddie Smink started the game for the Seawolves and was the losing pitcher. Smnik tossed six innin...
East Islip Enters Season With Dominant Pitching Staff
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. East Islip 4, Hills West 3 (9innings) WP: Jaden Schmidt Nick Rizzo (8 innings, 8k’s, 3 earned, 3 walks) Rizzo: walkoff single in the 9th Thomas Costarelli: 2-3, RBI triple pic.twitter.com/Q0JXJu5sje — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 8, 2023 Whenever a varsity roster is dominated by freshmen and sophomores, it means that a bright future is ahead. And for the East Islip Redmen, the future is now. Despite only having two seniors on their roster last season, head coach Sal Ciampi was encouraged by the team’s season last year, as well as the progress he saw in many of his younger players. “Last year went pretty good.” Ciampi said. “We were a very young team. By ...
Mineola Looking to Build Off Last Year’s Playoff Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Mineola 8 Roslyn 3 WP: Andrew Basel Andrew Basel 2-2 HR 4RBI Jack Ryan 3-3 RBI 5 SB Mike Duda 2-3 2 RBI pic.twitter.com/1t8nTgQfVL — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 17, 2023 In Helms Bohringer’s 28th season as head coach of the Mineola Mustangs, his team was loaded with a senior class that had spent the last number of years playing under him. Although the team didn’t accomplish its preseason goal of winning a county championship, Bohringer was still proud of what his team was able to accomplish last year. “Last season wasn’t bad.” Bohringer said. “We finished 11-7 in the league, third place, made the playoffs, and unfortunately were eliminated after the third gam...
