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Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Jagger Adamo
(Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment of the Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we highlighted Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower, Stellan Zangari, Ryan Bush, Bryce Cutrone, Justin Ortiz and Colin Raymond.) Keith Osik has seen a lot of baseball. He is one of the five best baseball players ever to come out of Long Island, as he had a remarkable career at LSU and went on to play a decade in the big leagues. Since then, he has been the head coach at Farmingdale State College for close to 20 years where he has won 8 Skyline Conference Championships. Additionally, he has been around the travel league circuit for many years and coaches Team Steel. All of that is to say that his evaluations are typically extremely accurate so it opene...
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...
Up Next Powered by The Yard Sports: Alex Strickland
This is the fifth installment of the popular series “Up Next” Powered by the Yard Sports Academy in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Centereach OF Logan Norman, Garden City LHP Gabe Beschloss , Connetquot INF Ryan Kiendle and Clarke MIF Nick Berasti. Make sure to check out the Yard Sports Academy here. Miller Place was the favorite to capture the Suffolk Class A Championship in 2019 as they entered the playoffs as the No. 1 overall seed. They were not able to finish the job, as Sayville wound up getting hot and riding that streak to their first LIC in program history. The core of that Miller Place graduated in 2019, they had 18 seniors. Last year’s team had only five which means they are returning the bulk of their team. One of those pl...
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Five Teams Crowned Champs in Axcess Invitational
Over the course of four days at two locations, the second Axcess Invitational took place this weekend. Over 30 teams competed, with winners at five different divisions. It was a marathon but it was well worth it, as great baseball was played all weekend and Sunday featured some exceptional playoff match ups. Additionally, several college coaches were in attendance for the action. Those schools were Hofstra Stony Brook Adelphi Molloy Queens New Haven Old Westbury Farmingdale St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn Here are the winners 14u – Dodgers Nation Marazzo over LI Elite 15u – KA Elite Jr. Ducks over Next Level 16u A – Team Steel over Diamond Baseball Academy 16u B LI Elite Prospects over South Shore Elite Varsity – LI Strong over B1000 Seminoles
Team Steel and Phenom Baseball Split Two Excellent Games
by Gabe Zoda After the game we caught up with WP James Haupt to talk about today’s DH and his CG on the mound. pic.twitter.com/vIFiVePEDz — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 22, 2021 Whenever you have two good teams going up against each other, you know it’s going to be a good game. But when you get a DH between two good teams you get to watch 2 great games. That’s exactly what was seen at Newfield HS when Team Steel Molinaro played against Phenom Baseball. Both teams would take one game of the DH and both of the games would only be decided by one run. The first game would go in favor of Team Steel. They would take it by a score of 3-2 but the scoring wouldn’t start until the top of the 3rd. This run would be scored by Ryan Suppa, who pinch ran for Ryan Yerkes. He started ...
Dominant Pitching Leads Steel to DH Sweep over LI Strong
Some familiar names were on display in today’s Boys of Summer-Perfect Game Collegiate League double header at Brentwood State Park between the Steel Collegiates and LI Strong. Despite fielding a team of primarily 2021 graduates, Steel looked like a team mature beyond their years and executed well in all aspects of the game. It starts with pitching and they performed in spaces. Here’s how it went down: Game 1 Tyler O’Neill took the mound for the Steel Collegiates. He is fresh off winning Nassau Conference II Pitcher of the Year for Mepham. He picked up right where he left off, but before he took the mound he was staked to a 1-0 lead. Joe Sanguedolce (St. Joseph’s) led off with a single to right and scored on Billy Kender’s RBI double. It was a huge day for Kend...
Q & A With UCF-commit Jason Ambos
Uncommitted 2022 Jason Ambos pic.twitter.com/yYLHaxBE6V — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 29, 2020 It’s not often that a Long Island-born position player is able to play at a powerhouse Division-I program in the south. It’s even more rare to do thrive once you get there. It’s such a competitive atmosphere and the players from the south are simply at an advantage when it comes to hitting the high-end pitchers. Jason Ambos, a Bay Shore-native, but now at Elev8 Academy in Delray Beach, FL., recently announced his commitment to play at University of Central Florida in the AAC Conference. Ambos is a left-handed hitting outfielder with lightning in his bat and great speed. He plays summer ball for Team Steel. UCF was off to a 15-3 start in the 2020 season and well...
Team Steel Captures LI Boys of Summer College Fall Championship
by Ethan Berch Axcess Reporter Ethan Berch (@eberch5) speaks with Joe Marino and Vinny Napolitano following Team Steels Boys of Summer League championship win! pic.twitter.com/Q9sInyiFnP — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 7, 2020 They do say that November baseball never fails to excite. The Boys of Summer College Championship may have agreed with that statement! The East End Aviators, representing majority of Suffolk Community College baseball players and Team Steel representing majority Farmingdale State College players went head-to-head at Brentwood State park. Coming off a dramatic win just minutes before, the Aviators came in with serious momentum after clobbering a walk-off homerun. They threw Ray Hoffman to start this game. Ray was solid in the first inning, finishing wi...
B1000 Sweep Double Header Over Team Steel In BOS PG Collegiate League
B1000 Seminoles outlasted Team Steel in both games of Thursday’s double header in the Boys of Summer/Perfect Game Collegiate League. Each game went six innings due to the time limit, but they both featured compelling action. Here’s how it went down: Game 1: Team Steel jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first off Matt Levine. Jake Woods got things going with a single to right field and a stolen base to get himself into scoring position. After two strikeouts, Matt Schmidt reached on a dropped fly ball by the left fielder to score Woods and get on the board. After a walk and a balk put two more runners in scoring position, Nick Doczy reached on an error by the second baseman to allow the second run of the inning to score. Levine settle down and induced an inning ...
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