RJ Going
Islip Looking to Build on Magical Run to Postseason
by Aaron Diaz Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Islip qualifies for playoffs for 1st time since 2017. Islip 15 Harborfields 6 WP: Shawn Ryan George Trimigliozzi hit a 2 run HR pic.twitter.com/3FOptDT6he — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 12, 2023 2023 was an exciting one for Islip. After hitting a 2-9 record, Islip had to win out with eight games left in the season. Islip unraveled eight wins in a row to squeak into the playoffs. Their unbelievable win streak put them head-to-head against Kings Park where they defied the odds at the Kingman’s ballpark and pulled off the upset. Heading into 2024, head coach RJ Going knows his team can achieve much more with the experience they gained from an incredible 2023...
Led by Strong Junior Class, Islip Poised for Improved Year
Islip fielded a very young team in 2021 – they graduated three impact players – Connor Ruland (Mercy College), Matt Flood (Farmingdale State) and Nick Classie. The benefit of that is that their younger players took their growing pains and that typically bodes well for the future. Head Coach RJ Going is optimistic about their program considering their talented young players that earned valuable experience last year – specifically the 2023 class. RHP/OF Dylan McKenna was named All-League last season after batting .380, but he is also a talented pitcher and he should be an impact player for them. OF Ethan Ferrera was up on varsity last year as well and he batted .300 during his time. Today we will have coverage of Harborfields @ Islip Here’s sophomore George Trimiglioz...
Recap of Team Steel College Signing Day
St. Thomas Aquinas-commit Dom Persichilli (Centereach 2022) and Fairfield-commit Aidan Colagrande (Kings Park 2022) talk about their experience playing with Team Steel pic.twitter.com/nQoCBQR2dh — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 31, 2021 Teamwork. Respect. Integrity. Commitment. Those are the core values of Team Steel. A common theme within the 2022 class are those values are instilled within the players. Last night, the program recognized the 40 players in the 2022 class that will be playing in college. Cam Sorgie, Director of teams, had this to say regarding the class: “The 2022 class is made up of incredible players who have showed their commitment both on and off the field. These players have traveled the country and competed at the highest level while maintaining h...
Islip Building the Foundation for a Strong Future
RJ Going was a part of three County Championships while playing for Islip from 2007-2011 including two Long Island Championships. Now the Head Coach, he is tasked with re-building the program after some lean years while playing in the shadow of some strong Class A programs. The future of the team appears to be in good hands, especially considering they may have six sophomores playing roles on this team which usually bodes well for the ensuing years. Beyond that, they have eight 8th graders that could wind up playing JV – another sign that there’s some significant players on the horizon. In the interim, they will be led by three returning varsity players. Connor Ruland, a Mercy-commit, was named All-League in 2019. He is a definition of a versatile player as he can play any infi...
Islip Looking To Rebound In Year 2 Under RJ Going
by Zevan Shuster Heading into the 2020 season, Islip head coach RJ Going expects a much improved team from the campaign prior. “Last year, I thought we were just going to take off. We had a bunch of seniors, we had a few kids going to college (to play baseball), but we had to deal with a few injuries early in the season, including to one of our better pitchers,” Going said. Out of the 20 games Going’s club played last year, a staggering 16 were a one or two run game heading into the sixth. Clearly, the margin for error is small, and the need for execution is extraordinarily high. Islip wound up compiling a record of 4-16. “The expectations for us this year is to just win those one or two-run games. We have to flip the script,” said Going. “This year, we set up seven scrimmages before ...
Disappointing Day for Three Division-II Teams
Photo Credit: Michael Parchinsky Friday was a bitter day for Adelphi, LIU Post and Dowling, who all had their seasons end prematurely in the conference tournament. After upsetting the No. 1 seed Pace, Adelphi was defeated on Thursday and faced elimination on Friday. They staved off elimination with a 7-2 victory against New Haven in which John Thompson threw 6.1 strong innings to record his second win of the season. John Fogarty had three hits and Rob Vani drove in two runs. They advanced to face Stonehill for the second time in as many days and it did not go well. They were defeated 14-3 with 13 of those runs coming in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Kyle Garrison suffered his fourth loss of the season, he threw two innings and allowed six ER. The offense smacked 10 hits but couldn&...
Dowling Sweeps St. Thomas Aquinas, Improves to 23-9
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was a huge double header against the reigning ECC Champion St. Thomas Aquinas, and Dowling responded to the challenge by sweeping the twinbill by the scores of 10-7 and 10-2.The first game was a 3:25 slog that featured 337 total pitches but Dowling persevered. Brendan Butler got the start and went six innings, allowing three ER while striking out two. Dennis Buckstein, Jon Parisi and Andrew Sesto combined for three strong innings of relief allowing just one ER.The Golden Lions were down to their last three outs but mounted an incredible rally–scoring five runs. Dan Parisi scored RJ Going with an RBI single to get them within two runs. Tyler Piccolo hit a game-tying two-run double down the left field line to score Tim Going and Michael Richter. Tyler Har...
Dowling Wins Three of Four From Mercy
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Dowling stayed red-hot and won three of four games from Mercy College this weekend to improve to 21-9. We covered the win on Friday night, in which Cody McParland threw seven innings and the offense racked up 17 hits. They won the second game by the score of 10-5 on Saturday. Brendan Butler improved to 5-1, but it was not his most dominating effort of the season. He went 6.1 innings, allowing three ER on six hits and five walks while striking out five.Andrew Sesto came in and provided 2.2 perfect innings of relief, striking out four batters. Fortunately, the offense provided more than enough runs. They smacked 14 more hits–Tyler Piccolo had three while driving in two runs, while Vinny Orlando, RJ Going, Dan Parisi and Michael Richter all had two hits. Le...
Dowling Continues the Home Cooking
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Don’t try to come into Dowling‘s kitchen and steal their cake. They won’t have any of it. They staved off Concordia’s ninth inning rally to hang on 5-4 for their ninth home win in 10 opportunities.David Montiverdi started for the Golden Lions and he was exceptional. He threw 8.1 innings, allowed three ER on 10 hits, walked nobody and struck out five. It was his first win of the season.After allowing an RBI double in the top of the first, Montiverdi settled down and was dominant.His offense backed him right away, tying it up in the bottom of the first and taking the lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Tyler Piccolo.RJ Going drove in two with a single in the fifth inning, scoring Anthony Ferrante and Rob Costanzo. They opened up t...
Brendan Butler’s 11 K’s Keeps Dowling Rolling
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq5ZTfUH9Kc]It’s safe to say Brendan Butler made a sound decision in transferring to Dowling from Farleigh Dickinson. He led Dowling to another victory, this time a 9-4 rout of Queens. After three seasons marred with high walk totals, the 6’4″ graduate of Sayville HS is making it easily to forget about the starting rotation of last season. “Those guys were great last year,” said Butler. “I’m just trying to win, you know. If I could do what they did last year that would be great. If not, as long as we keep winning, I’ll take it any way I can get it,” he added.They certainly have been winning. With their victory over Queens in the first game of the double header, they improved to 13-4 on the season....
RJ Going’s Two-Run Double Leads Dowling Past Queens
Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Dowling took care of business with a 4-1 win over ECC foe Queens College. Cody McPartland, who was nominated for the Cy Young of March, padded his stats with another seven dominant innings, allowing only one run on seven hits, three walks while striking out four batters to improve to 2-0. The game was scoreless through four innings, when Queens broke through with a run in the fifth on a sac fly to right field.It didn’t take long for the Golden Lions to respond. In the sixth, Adam Schuster singled down the left field like to score Chris Appell and tie up the game.RJ Going gave Dowling with a two-run lead with a double that scored Schuster and Jon Photo credit: Vinny Messana Cruz. They padded the lead in the eighth inning with a sac fly by Schuster to sco...
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