Ryan Adams
West Babylon Prepared to Defend Their Title as Long Island Champs
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. West Babylon has done it ! They comeback and defeat Division, 4-2, to capture the Class A Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com/hhHQzypWoe — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 For the first time in 30 years, West Babylon captured the Long Island Championship in 2023 as they came-from-behind to defeat a powerhouse Division team at Farmingdale State College. It was one of those magical seasons, where they were able to overcame every obstacle in their way including having to beat the No. 1 seed Bayport-Blue Point in the Suffolk Class A Finals. Ultimately, they had their season ended in the NYS Class A Semifinals against Columbia. They finished with an overall record of 22...
West Babylon Looks to Take the Next Step in 2023
by Nick Cipolla 2022 was a step in the right direction for the West Babylon Eagles baseball program as they made the playoffs for the first time in 6 years. They finished with a 9-9 league record where they had to face some tough teams that contend for the playoffs every year like West Islip, Smithtown West, and nearby North Babylon. The Eagles are led by head coach Victor Manzella, who took over in 2020 after a stint at Babylon High School. Manzella is certainly responsible for the quick turnaround that saw this team improve drastically since he was hired. “I was extremely proud of my team last year”, said Manzella, “As an ‘A’ school, we qualified for the playoffs for the first time in 6 years in a very competitive league mixed with AA schools. When I took over the program in 2020, I mad...
Season Recap of Team Francisco 16u Select
Over the next several weeks we will be highlighting the top performing travel teams from 2021. First up is Team Francisco 16u Select, coached by Joe Fusco. Below are some of their team accomplishments. • 45-11 On the season • Ranked 60th in country by Perfect Game • Head Coach Joe Fusco • Won PG Super 25 Super Qualifier beating 3 nationally ranked teams at the time (SJ Young Guns #41 at time, Virginia Stars and Bronx Bombers) • Went to PG in Florida. Lost championship game of Freedom Classic PG Florida to Royals Scout team 3-2 • Played in BCS NATL CHAMPIONSHIP in Florida. Went 6-0. Was number 2 seed out of over 100 teams. Beat Dodgers Scout team (nationally ranked #65 in country at time) in round of 16. Lost in Quarterfinals. Ended Florida trip 12-2 • Went to Virginia PG Coastal World Seri...
