Titans baseball
Jake King Commits to Iona University
While 2024 was not a great season for Sachem East, they did have to be thrilled with the progress of sophomore RJP Jake King. The big righty had a very solid season for the Arrows, compiling a 3.20 ERA over 6 starts with 27 strikeouts. He formed a formidable rotation along with Jamie Apicella and Austin Barrett. Following the season, King took his game to the next level for the Body Armor Titans. He notched a 6-1record while firing 37 innings with a sparkling 1.10 ERA. He struck out 52 batters while yielding just 22 hits (.170 opponent AVG). His high school coach, Kevin Schnupp had the following to say: “Jake has become a team leader this year in our fall workouts. He’s looking to build off a successful sophomore campaign in a tough league. He was the type of pitcher with a bu...
GAME RECAP: B1 Seminoles Pascucci and Titans Greif Split Double Header
by Gabe Zoda The B1 Seminoles Pascucci and the Titans Greif split a double header on Saturday night in a 14u LI Boys of Summer fall ball matchup. It was the Seminoles who came out on top, 8-7, in the first game and then the Titans earned the split in the second with a final score of 6-2. T1: Titans get on the board 4 times in the first inning. 2 of those runs came in on this 2-run 2B by Chris Cuiffo. pic.twitter.com/aabIgzv2DR — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 16, 2023 Game 1 was full of fireworks from front to end and all the action started right off of the gate with a 4-run first inning from the Titans. Andrew Lamarca and PJ Tabianosa led off the game with a double and single respectively to put the Titans in scoring position early. This allowed Ryan Napolitano to come up...
Top Tier Aviators Cruise to a Run-Rule Victory
by John Sullivan Ben Voegel gets his sixth K and Aviators win 14-0 after 3 innings. pic.twitter.com/PVgmn6OBBI — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 13, 2023 It was a beautiful night in Stony Brook as Titans Baseball Brass and Top Tier Aviators Bruno were ready for battle in the 16u Boys of Summer matchup. Ben Voegel got the ball for Top Tier and he immediately set the tone for the game in the top of first. Ben went out there and struck out the side in order. He was blowing his fastball by hitters and freezing them with his curve. After Ben’s perfect first inning, the Aviators were ready to make some noise in the bottom of the first. Despite recording 0 hits in the inning, the Aviators were able to plate 6 runs to take a very commanding lead. The runs were scored thanks to 6 walks a...
Yeti and Titans Baseball Open Boys of Summer league Play With 1-1 tie
by Andrew Barbieri Postgame interview with Yeti Coach Glenn Roper. pic.twitter.com/ynxeqfdFTt — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 10, 2023 Great pitching from both sides were the main takeaway of the season opener in the Boys of Summer 14u American Division. Thanks to a late rally from Titans Baseball with great base running made the game result in a draw. Jack Doucet for Yeti and Jack Tallon for Titans Baseball got the start and were effective especially when there was traffic on the bases. In the 1st, Teague Nolan led the game off for Yeti and walked. He then stole 2nd and 3rd but while that occurred, Tallon focused on the batters at the plate and struck out 3 in a row after the walk to Teague. Doucet retired the side in order then Tallon followed in the top of the 2nd which wa...
Logan O’Hoppe to Receive 2018 Axcess Man of the Year Award
It’s been a year of accomplishments for St. John the Baptist grad Logan O’Hoppe. First, he led the Cougars to the CHSAA Championship, then he was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 23rd round of the MLB Draft and finally he was named 1st Team All-American Gold Glove Award winner by Rawlings. The latter of which was awarded to the top prep catcher in the country. Only three base runners attempted steals on him this season. He can add one more award to his mantle, as he was voted the 2018 Axcess Baseball Man of the Year by his peers, garnering 62 percent of the votes, edging out Anthony D’Onofrio and Matt Hogan. Since getting drafted, he has further raised his stock. He posted a slash line of .367/..411/.532, proving he is not simply a defensive-minded catcher. He...
Long Island Titans Host Media Day
Chandler Giovinco (Newfield 2019) discusses his experience with the college recruiting process and why he chose @HofstraBaseball pic.twitter.com/Vr0j7HoC0x — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) November 28, 2018 Tonight was the annual Media Day for the Long Island Titans at Prospect Sports in Farmingdale. Their 51 members of the 2019 graduating class came together for photos and interviews, discussing their experience with the college recruiting process. Among those 51 are 20 Division-I signees including schools such as Miami, St. John’s, Georgetown, Maryland, Kansas, Jacksonville, Northeastern, Hofstra, Stony Brook, Rhode Island and UNC-Wilmington. Smithtown East catcher Matty Tempone had the following to say about his experience: “The college recruiting process can be draini...
Lights-Out Pitching & Warantz HR Lead 17u LI Titans to Victory
Player of the game Spencer Warantz humbly gives credit to his teammates and discusses their solid 2-0 team victory. Warantz delivered the biggest hit of the game with a Solo HR to lead off the 4th inning. pic.twitter.com/eCuQXWa4og — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 25, 2018 The sky was dark and gloomy. It seemed inevitable that rain would take a day of baseball away from the 17u LI Titans-Gutes and LI Baseball. Both teams were determined, however, to get one by Mother Nature and play their Boys of Summer matchup. Despite the weather, the Titans and LI Baseball put together a picturesque 7-inning game that embodied the beauty of the sport. A performance highlighted by powerful pitching outings. A wet ball seemed to have absolutely no effect on this game. LI Baseball starting pitch...
LI Elite Edge Titans Molinaro at Stony Brook
The LI Elite 2020 South were set to face off against the LI Titans Molinaro in the 16U American division of the Boys of Summer on Thursday at 6 o’clock on Thursday evening. An hour prior to the planned start time, there was some doubt regarding whether or not the game would be played. From about 5:00 to 6:00, there was constant, heavy rainfall, with booming thunder as lightning constantly flashed across the sky. The sun soon emerged, and played its part in helping to dry up the field. At approximately 7 PM, the game finally started. Lorenzo Petraglia led off for the Elite, and he worked a lead off walk against Titans pitcher, Anthony Hernandez. Jason Labrador followed up with a single, putting Elite in a position to strike early. The following batter, Mike Sullivan, reached on a fielder’s ...
17 Miles, Two Counties Apart, One Passion: Baseball
by Matt Dzenawager The Carl Yastrzemski Award, given to the best player in Suffolk County, and the Diamond Award, given to the best positional player in Nassau County, are two of the most prestigious honors for Long Island High School baseball players. This year the Carl Yastrzemski Award was earned by Matt Hogan of Half Hollow Hills East High School and the Diamond Award was earned by Anthony D’Onofrio of Wantagh High School. Despite living in different counties, the game of baseball has brought Hogan and D’Onofrio together. The two have played travel ball together since they were 11 for the Long Island Titans organization and have forged a long-lasting, great friendship. “Everyday, every weekend we’ve had games and stuff,” Hogan said “baseball is more of a brotherhood bond.” Both D’Onofr...
Will Kennedy: Why I Committed to Hofstra
Editor’s Note: Will Kennedy is a 2019 LHP from Smithtown East. He plays his summer ball with the HDMH Titans. After a terrific summer season in which he went undefeated, he also dominated down in Fort Myers, FL where I watched him throw 4.2 shutout innings with six strikeouts in a victory. He committed to Hofstra University last Friday. The following words are his own.) The recruiting process started for me when Titans recruiting coordinator Tom Downey met with me and my family to go over what I needed to do to prepare for being recruited. He advised to me to figure out a major I was interested in, how far away I was willing to travel for college, and when I should be taking standardized tests. He also outlined how important my GPA would be in getting aid from schools. He was very in...
Jake Pierre Goes 5-for-5, Hits Walk-Off Single to win Northeast Elite
Jake Pierre walks it off with his fifth hit of the game ! Final: Titans 4, CT Bombers 3 pic.twitter.com/QmwZvDPBKR Axcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) September 18, 2017 Jake Pierre stepped up with the bases loaded, having already compiled four hits on the evening; but he was not content. “I just wanted to win the game for my teammates, trying to go 5-for-5 and do something special for once.” The Sachem North junior certainly did that, as he blooped a single over the third baseman’s head to send the winning run home and propel the LI Titans to a 4-3 win over the Connecticut Bombers to take first place in the 18U Northeast Elite tournament at Baseball Heaven. The sweet-swinging lefty had put the Titans up 1-0 in the first inning on an RBI double to score Phil K...
