Mike Demarest
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: JT Bonventre
This is the 18th installment of the Up Next series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower, Stellan Zangari, Ryan Bush, Bryce Cutrone, Justin Ortiz, Colin Raymond, Jagger Adamo, JD Duffy, Chris Sultana, Matt Zambriski, Tucker Brown, Christian Calabro, Derek & Ryan Yormack, Andrew Poxon, Tristan Garcia and Evan Fallon. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series. When it comes to improving as a ballplayer, it always helps to play against older competition. You can find out a lot about yourself when you’re not always the best player on the field. In the case of JT Bonventre, he is still often the best player on the field even when playing up. This past season, he...
Four-Run First Inning Propels Adelphi to 2-0 Start
With a small window to get the game in on Sunday, Adelphi made the call to schedule a matinee against St. Thomas Aquinas that had been originally cancelled due to the forecast. And with a loaded roster and fresh pitching staff, can you blame them for being excited? They continued the red-hot start to their season with a 7-2 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas. The reigning ECC Champs have stumbled out of the gate and the Panthers took full advantage; sweeping a mini weekend series. Senior Mike Demarest got the start, he was the beneficiary of a four-run first inning by the Panthers offense that included an RBI single by Lawrence Cicileo (more on him later), a bases loaded walk by Tyler Becker and a two-run single by Lucas Terwilliger. Demarest was terrific for four innings of work, he used two...
LI Lightning Capture 2018 LICBL Championship With 7-3 Victory
Our player of the game was Mike DeMarest. Mike came in to pitch in the second inning and provided five innings for the Lightning in their 7-3 win over NorEaster for the LICBL Championship. pic.twitter.com/tVoyuT6Rm5 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 4, 2018 The Long Island Lightning took down the Long Island NorEasters by a score of 7-3 to take home the Long Island Collegiate Baseball League Championship Saturday afternoon. The Lightning had to overcome some early inning trouble to capture their victor. Starting pitcher George Rodriguez could only go a third of an inning after he allowed a hit and two walks to open the game. Troy Simpson had to come on in the first inning to get the Lightning out of the early jam and he struck out the next two batters to leave the bases loaded ...
T.J. Santiago Dominates in Adelphi’s 5-2 Win on Opening Day
More than one player referred to Opening Day as a holiday during pregame warmups. Adelphi’s starting pitcher, TJ Santiago, had the energy of a kid on Christmas morning but his splitter acted more like the Grinch. The senior RHP was lights out (7 IP, 9 K, 0 R, 2 H, 2 BB) in Adelphi’s 5-2 win over perennial powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas. It was a tremendous match up between a member of our 2016 All-Long Island team and Frankie Moscatiello (Rocky Point ’14), who hit 92-MPH with his first pitch of the game. Both pitchers have a chance to get drafted this year. “I was able to use all my pitches in various counts,” said the Panthers’ ace. “First game of the year is always a little more special,” he added. The offense got off to a slow start, but in...
Casey Krebs Goes the Distance to Improve East Islip to 6-1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kX3A94m9Xg] It took just one hour and 40 minutes for Casey Krebs and the East Islip Red Men to defeat the Centereach Cougars 6-2 today.“I like to keep the defense not on their heels,” said Krebs. “I always like to keep them on their toes,” he added.Krebs, who won his second game of the season, pounded the strike zone all day and limited the Cougar offense to only four hits and was charged with one ER. He did walk the lead off batter on four pitches, but had no issues working ahead after that. He was not over powering, but consistently got ahead with fastballs on the outside corner while using his change up and curveball to expand the zone. The Red Men took the lead right away, when the lead off man walked, the next hitter b...
