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Calhoun Looks to Bounce Back After a Rare Mediocre Season
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Are you kidding !! Trailing 5-2 and down to their final out, Joey Goodman crushes a walk-off grand slam to send Calhoun into the Nassau Class A Finals against Division! Calhoun 6, Mepham 5 pic.twitter.com/zSdoxrlY4S — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2023 When you’re at the top, everyone is gunning for you. For the Calhoun Colts, they were unable to continue their domination that they enjoyed over the course of the 2022 and 2023 season. Head coach Art Canestro, reflected back on a 9-10-1 season that he wished had a better ending for his program. “Coming off the last two seasons, we won 49 combined games in 2022 and 2023.” Canestro said. We had been in the County Finals both y...
Center Moriches Looks to Continue Their Winning Ways in 2025
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Final: Center Moriches 10, Mattituck 1 WP: Max Rayburn (6 IP, 1 R, 3 H) Rayburn also scored 2 runs, had a hit and drew a walk Christian Meadows drove in 3 runs, Andrew Foster and Dan Gilroy drove in 2 each Center Moriches improves to 7-1 on the season. @GCsports pic.twitter.com/U64kgIbMZ9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 10, 2024 Regarded as one of the powerhouse programs on Long Island – who won back-to-back New York State Class B Championships in 2018 and 2019, as well as a Long Island Championship in 2022, the Center Moriches Red Devils moved up to Class A in 2024. “Last season was our first as a Class A school.” head coach Paul Gibson, who is entering his sixth yea...
Pierson Returns Many Key Pieces from Last Year’s Class C Long Island Champion Team
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman In his rookie season as head coach of the Pierson Whalers, Bob Manning led his team all the way to the regional final, before falling to the eventual champions Burke Catholic. “We kind of knew what we had going into the season.” Manning said. “We were a C school. We had a solid team, we took care of business during the regular season, but it was a short regular season. So we made it to the regional game in June, but from the beginning of May to June, We didn’t play any meaningful baseball. We played anyone that would play us, but we couldn’t replicate those real situations.” With a solid team, Manning’s Whalers are moving up to a B level school, and with plenty of talent, Pierson i...
St. Mary’s Looking to Take Next Step in the Competitive CHSAA
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Building a program in the Catholic League is anything but easy, and for St. Mary’s Gaels head coach Chris Estrada, his program took a big step forward in 2024. And entering his fourth season as head coach, Estrada looks to take yet another leap in 2025. “Last year was definitely an improvement from the past two years.” Estrada said. “We won more games than we ever had, we won a conference game, we had a couple close in conference games, we’re climbing the ladder to be a successful team like the other schools in our conference.” A testament to the quick success of the St. Mary’s baseball program, all six seniors who graduated from St. Mary’s last year continued their baseball careers. ...
North Babylon Returns Strong Core
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman With his 13th season as head coach of the North Babylon Bulldogs fast approaching, Steve Corrado looks to build upon an 11-11 season in 2024. Despite the tough ending to the season, Corrado believes that there were plenty of positives to take away from his up and coming Bulldogs squad. “We went into last season with a lot of questions with our pitching.” Corrado said. “We had graduated literally all of our pitching from the year before. But our younger guys stepped up, in our two playoff games we started two sophomore pitchers. 75% of the innings we pitched last season were by kids in either 10th or 11th grade.” While the majority of North Babylon’s key players will be returning in 202...
St. John the Baptist Looking to Take Next Step In CHSAA
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman Varsity baseball beat Kellenberg 6-5 in an elimination game. Aidan Casey earned the win striking out 6 over 4 2/3. Jacob Schmutz had the game winning 2 rbi double. Ethan Schmutz made a diving catch to end the game. They will play St. Dominic’s on Tuesday. Great team win! pic.twitter.com/XmXrBxdO9j — St. John the Baptist Cougars (@SJBDHSCougars) May 21, 2024 In the always competitive Catholic League, three separate teams lost at the hands of the St. John the Baptist Cougars during the 2024 playoffs. Head Coach Ryan Dalton, who is entering his third year in charge, looked back on what was a strong year for his program. “We were 13-11 overall and 11-11 in league play last season.” Dalton sa...
North Shore Looks To Build Off Last Season’s Playoff Appearance In Gates’ Second Season
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman In his first year as head coach of the North Shore Vikings, Rob Gates accomplished his goal of getting his team back to the playoffs. Although the team suffered a first round defeat to Wantagh, Gates was happy with the effort his team showed, and is looking forward to hitting the ground running in 2025. “The goal last year was to get back into the playoffs after two years without.” Gates said. “So that part of the mission was definitely a success. I got hired a little late last winter, so this winter I’ve been able to get everything up and running. So that’s been a nice adjustment here in year two.” The major loss for the Vikings in 2025 is of star pitcher Garret Gates, who was both a fi...
Friday College Recap (5/10) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Hofstra: The Hofstra Pride suffered a difficult defeat at the hands of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks 13-3 on the road on Friday. The Pride see their playoff hopes take a big hit, after struggling mightily against the Seahawks. Santino Rosso, Will Kennedy and Luke Masiuk each had one RBI for the Pride. After his best start of the year a week ago, Michael O’Hanlon failed to build off of that momentum. In only 22 innings, O’Hanlon allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and only struck out one. O’Hanlon was charged with his fourth loss of the season. For the Seahawks, Kevin Jones led the way with 3 RBIs, and Jacob Shafer was the winning pitcher. The Pride are 20-29 with a 10-12 CAA record and will play the Seahawks again on Saturday. Stony Brook: The Stony Brook Seawolves narro...
GAME RECAP: Garret Gates Fans 11, North Shore Upsets Clarke, 4-3
by Max Edelman FINAL: North Shore 4 – Clarke 3 In a darkness shortened game, the Vikings pull off a huge upset win on the road. Taking down the now 11-2 Clarke Rams. pic.twitter.com/rI3LC76SQo — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 7, 2024 In shocking fashion, the North Shore Vikings went on the road and shocked the Clarke Rams 4-3 in a shortened six-inning game. Entering the game with an 11-1 league record, this may have looked like another win for legendary head coach Tom Abruscato’s team. However, starting pitcher Garret Gates and the Vikings had other ideas. After six innings of a game that took nearly three hours to complete, the umpires were forced to call the game due to impending darkness. The length of the game was due in large part to the numerous walks in the game, as ...
Friday College Recap (5/3) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Hofstra vs Stony Brook With his home run at Stony Brook today, #Hofstra senior Steve Harrington became the 12th player in program history to record 20 career home runs. #PrideOfLI pic.twitter.com/qpBdfeXYCM — Hofstra Baseball (@HofstraBaseball) May 4, 2024 The Hofstra Pride held off a late surge by their cross town rival Stony Brook Seawolves to take a narrow 3-2 road victory. The Pride used 10 hits, as well as a strong outing from starter Michael O’Hanlon to take down the Seawolves. For the Pride, they opened the scoring in the fourth inning with a home run by Steve Harrington. Later that inning, the Pride doubled their advantage when Penn Sealey singled in the second run of the game for Hofstra. The Pride wouldn’t score again until the seventh, when Dylan Palmer drove in w...
GAME RECAP: Sean Atkinson Fires Six Shutout Innings in Holy Trinity’s 7-0 Win over Kellenberg
by Max Edelman FINAL: Holy Trinity 7 – Kellenberg 0 Sean Atkinson tosses six scoreless innings, and Holy Trinity shuts out Kellenberg at home. pic.twitter.com/xlI4yO1X85 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 30, 2024 Sean Atkinson’s six shutout innings helped the Holy Trinity Titans cruise to a 7-0 shutout home victory over the Kellenberg Firebirds in a Catholic League matchup. The Titans only allowed four hits in the contest, and scored two runs in the first inning and never looked back en route to victory. On the mound, Atkinson was dominant. In six innings of shutout ball, Atkinson struck out six, only walked one and allowed only four hits. Atkinson was also a threat at the plate, as he went two for three with a double and a RBI. Atkinson was one of two Titans to collect mu...
GAME RECAP: Aidan Medeiros Strong Day at the Plate Powers South Side to 11-5 Win
by Max Edelman FINAL: South Side 11 – Kennedy 5 A five run sixth inning gives South Side the win, as they take the first of three games between the two teams. pic.twitter.com/CFCJQtcRix — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 29, 2024 The South Side Cyclones came back from an early 3-0 deficit to defeat the Kennedy Cougars, 11-5, at home. In a rare Monday morning matchup, the Cyclones combined for 11 hits, scoring two or more runs in four of the six innings they came to the plate. It was Matt Arnott on the mound as the starter for the Cyclones, but he was unable to start strong as the Cougars took the early lead in the first inning. After Brady Callahan singled to open the game, he would eventually travel all across the diamond, scoring on a sacrifice fly by Gavin Donoghue. One ...
