Palmer O’Beirne
Huntington Poised to Build On Learning Experience of 2022
In 2021, Huntington had the perfect recipe for ending their 61-year County Championship drought with a victory over Bay Shore before losing to Garden City in a extremely hard-fought Class II Long Island Championship at Mitchel Field. Incredibly, it was their first postseason appearance since 2005 and they were rewarded as 8 players garnered All-League recognition and Coach Bill Harris earned Conference II Coach of the Year. Truth be told, Huntington would’ve had a legitimate shot to win the year before, had there been a season in 2020. They had an exceptionally talented team that had all played together as sophomores in 2019. Coach Bill Harris noted that they lost some one-run games but played very well. When the Town of Brookhaven hosted their tournament in July 2020, they went toe-...
Huntington Coming Off First County Championship Since 1960
By Daniel Lopes In 2021, Huntington made history, making the playoffs for the first time since 2005 and winning the Conference II Suffolk County Championship for the first time in over 60 years. This success was rewarded heavily, as eight players earned All-League honors and head coach Bill Harris won the Conference II Coach of the Year. “Being an alumni of Huntington High School, I couldn’t be more proud of these young men and my assistant coach Rob Cappas for the great achievements we made last season,” said Harris. “We put Huntington baseball back on the map.” They will be without much of the core that helped them get to the championship last year, as nine seniors from last year’s team have since graduated. One of the biggest losses is Kyle Colleluori, who was a workhorse for the ...
Who Are the Top Remaining Uncommitted 2022 Players?
Pitchers: Leo Asta, Mepham Ryan Degnan, Carey 6’3 RHP Ryan Degnan (Carey 2022) gets the start for LI Elite Prospects against Tri State Arsenal pic.twitter.com/jbJMzHkcap — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 22, 2021 Garrett Grathwohl, Mattituck Mike Knapp, Division Mike Knapp (Division 2022) off to a great start with two shutout innings as Elite continues to lead 1-0 pic.twitter.com/P4ksEgVk2w — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 7, 2020 Palmer O’Beirne, Huntington Uncommitted LHP Palmer O’Beirne (Huntington 2022) pic.twitter.com/ASXkPUPjM3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 8, 2021 Randy Ramnarace, Brentwood Catchers: Brian Heckelman, Chaminade Nick Gnardellis, Commack Uncommitted Nick Gnardellis (Commack 2022) showcasing his power at Diamond Na...
Connetquot Starts off With a Bang and Recap of Opening Day for Section XI
I mean, you couldn’t have asked for anything more on Opening Day for Section XI baseball. Town of Brookhaven was generous enough to host the Coaches Memorial Opening Weekend which will feature tributes to Carmine Argenziano, Bill Batewell and Bob Ambrosini today – the three coaches who passed away over the previous year. That will take place today at Moriches. As far as the action on the field – it was thrilling and the energy from the dugouts and fans were absolutely electric. You could just feel the excitement and anger from all the emotions the past year. It was relieving to know we arrived at this point – even if many were frustrated with the route it took. In any event, I had a busy day. I drove to Kings Point to watch the Opening Round of the Skyline Conferenc...
Huntington Is Ready to Make Noise
One of the sure signs of a team having a breakout year is when they have many third-year varsity players that received playing team as sophomores and juniors. An even better sign is when they have fourth-year varsity players that received playing time for three years. The best sign is when they lost a bunch of one-run games the previous year as a young, inexperienced team. Huntington checks off all those boxes and for that reason, I think they will shock a lot of people and be a legitimate contender in 2021. They were going to be very good last year as well. After going 2-18 in 2018, they went 9-11 in 2019 and lost six one-run games – including a 2-1 loss to West Islip on the last game of the season which could’ve clinched a playoff berth. They are littered with talent. Look no...
Recap of the Blue Chip Prospects Long Island Showcase
There was an army of talented baseball players on Thursday at Medford Athletic Complex for the Blue Chip Prospects’ Long Island Showcase. While the event always garners a big turnout, this was especially large considering all the prior events had been postponed due to the pandemic and players understand there is a finite amount of time to find their future college. I was there all day taking videos and notes on the top performers. Understand that it’s possible I missed a couple kids as there was multiple games going on simultaneously, but here is my best attempt at highlighting the very best. A.J. Joya (Central Islip 2021) Back-to-back BP home runs for uncommitted AJ Joya (Central Islip 2021) pic.twitter.com/lYUWF1wnzM — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 3, 2020 Th...
