Another exciting game for the Hillside Beverage team. They beat Port Washington by the score of 15-14. Our hitting stars were Danielle Fazio (4 for 4) and Jennifer Fazzolari (2 for 2). Lauren Ernst stopped a smash down the third base line and stepped on third for the force out. Kati Palmer, Caitlin Petruccio, Victoria Pisciotta made excellent plays in the field. Simone Morrow and Amelia DiCicco were outstanding behind the plate. Best game played all year and all members of Hillside Beverage should be proud. Twelve out of 18 outs recorded by great team effort.What a great game for Dr. Barbaro's Bears. Erin Campbell was fabulous in the field catching a hard hit line drive, then throwing the ball to first to get the double play. Karina Tamara, Aileen McGonigle, Erin McGillicuddy and Julia Diolallevi had a terrific game offensively. Annmarie McHale and Kimberly O'Neill looked great in their softball debut. Faith Shea and Valerie Fiore were all over the field. Maggie Morissey kept it close with some heads up defense, getting the force out at home three times. Way to go girls! The New Hyde Park/GCP Teachers Association "Orange Crush" came back from an 8-0 margin with a big five run inning capped by a long bases loaded clearing triple by Jennifer Fabian. Kimberly Kolansky, Megan Thewes, Danielle Losonci and Monica Soluri all had timely hits. Julianne Shaefer stole two bases and made great fielding plays along with Alicia Demarco who made a fantastic running catch in the outfield. Diana Amoroso pitched two solid innings until her injury and was relieved by Jennifer Fabian and Megan Thewes. Hats off to our girls for a valiant comeback effort.New Hyde Park Funeral Home out hit Mineola 22-10 in a cold game under the lights at the Mineola field. Thanks to the parents who watched the entire game in the cold. The star of the game was Stephanie Ligouri who caught a long high fly in left field to end an inning with runners on second and third. Other great fielding plays were made by Kaitlyn Kerrane who caught two flies at third base running into foul territory. Christine Deluca made a great catch on a line drive back to the mound that hit off her glove and she caught it on the rebound. Kathryn Leotta made a great play in left field, picking up a hard line drive on one hop and making a perfect throw to third, just missing a runner. Cassandra Malizia made a great catch of a one hopper and made a perfect throw to second to get an important force. Cassandra also caught a fly at second base. The pitching stars were Meghan Pate, Christine Deluca and Stefanie Weitzel. The catching stars were Meaghan Dunn, Karen Ernst and Jessica Schacor. Jessica Schacor made rocket throws from her shortstop position stunning the hitter who thought they got hits. Christina Lipinski had a great day at bat hitting three line drives over second base each time. Maria Concilio had two hits and two walks. Karen Ernst had one hit and two walks. Stefanie Weitzel had four hits. Jessica Schacor had three hits and one walk. Chrissy Colon had two hits and a beautiful slide into home creating a run. Cassandra Malizia had two hits and a walk. Kathryn Leotta had one walk and hit the ball hard in her other at bats. Christine Deluca had two hits and two walks and then hit a long fly into center only to be caught. Stephanie Ligouri had two hits and one walk. Meghan Pate had two hits and one walk. Meaghan Dunn had one hit and two walks. Kaitlyn Miller had a walk and a hit. Kaitlyn Kerrane had a hit. What an exciting game between the Lazio Pizza Bears and Nuzzi Fuel. Great play by both teams in a low scoring game. The Bears' superb defense kept it close with great plays by Eric Knudsen, Ed Daly, Michael Pucci, Paul Cunningham and Brandon Loizzo. The Lazio Pizza Bears bats were flat for the first five innings. They then put together a sixth inning rally. Paul Conte started the rally with a single, followed by singles by James Clark and Neil Bisciello which loaded the bases. Michael Santalesa then stepped up and hit a double knocking in two runs to tie the score. With two outs and runners on second and third, Anthony Zammit stepped up and delivered a single up the middle to knock in the winning run. Congratulations Bears!With the rain holding up, the Cellini Lodge Yanks brought great excitement to Merillon Field. With great players like John Ferlazzo, Richard Caruso, AJ Morena, Matt Russo, Kris Kapela, Robbie Ferlazzo, Eddie Kalinowski, Anthony Prisco and Matthew Nathan they made a great effort both offensively and defensively against New Hyde Park Stationery.F & F Roofing jumped out of the gate early as Alan Joseph, Ethan Loosen, Sean Carton set the table with 11 hits for switch hitting Chris Murphy (four hits) and John Paul DiMarco. Nicholas Cusumano and Michael Guglielmi who picked up from there combining for 11 RBI's. F & F Roofing sparkled on the field as well as Anthony Perrone continues to impress as catcher. Chris Murphy added three putouts and two assists. Mike Dunn continues to be a versatile player. Excellent first base play by Ethan Loosen and Alan Joseph. Good all around play from Joshua Duggan, and the game ending play from Frankie Bayerbach. Little Shop of Flowers played catch up from the very beginning. Girish Thadhani and Sean McGonigle each scored three times, giving 100 percent all game long. When we needed a big play, Chris Kassoff made it. Chris got the team's first unassisted double play of the year. Frankie Miranda saved the day with a couple of hits and pitching sensationally. Jonathan Nizzo recorded two RBI's and was a demon on the base path. Chris Lodise pitched flawlessly, shutting down a very tough Meldon Silverman team, giving Little Shop of Flowers the chance to tie up the game, in the last inning.An exciting game that included solid hitting from Andrew Richardson and Matt Loosen. Robert Pergament pitched three solid innings. Frankie Tloczkowaski was strong at catcher. Andrew Bauer and Chris Pucci played strong defense in the field. A fun game for both teams.

The Mariners held on as long as they could, but a last inning rally by Williston Park gave them their second loss of the season (both from the same team).

Stephen Rampulla started the Mariners off with a lead off single to straight away center field. He would later score on a Chris Raulli single. But the bats got quiet after that until the fourth inning when Jason Fishman scored, after drawing a walk, off a Chris Jaroncyzk double. Kyle Reich then drove in Chris with a single.

John Beisner playing both second and third base, did an excellent job, working hard at keeping the ball in the infield. Joey Cantor, catching and playing the outfield, contributed to a terrific defensive effort.

Todd Mandl, the Mariners opener today, led the pitching staff with two scoreless innings and two K's. Joey Connelly pitched one inning and struck out the side in a controlled effort. Kyle Reich closed with a 4K performance. Good job all around.

The Mariners came out to a quick start with everybody hitting the ball solidly. Chris Raulli (3 for 3) and Kyle Reich (2 for 3/HR) led the way for the Mariners at the plate. Chris Fabrizzi, drawing two key walks, contributed to a five run second and fifth inning.

On the defensive side of the picture, Todd Mandl, (1 for 2) and Kyle Sherder (1 for 2) each made heads up plays in the field to squelch a late inning run at the lead.

The Mariners got great performances out of three of their pitchers this afternoon. Opener, Joey Birdsall (three K's), Joey Connelly filling in the middle innings with a five K performance and closer, Chris Raulli (three K's) all made it possible for the Mariners to be victorious. Great team effort fellas!!!

In an exciting first game of the season for the Williston Orthodontics Devil Rays, the boys put on a late rally and almost beat a determined Cantor Contracting team. The hitting was led by Mark Rossi (single, double, three RBI's), Tony Forde (single, walk, two RBI's), John Cardyes (single, walk, two RBI's) and RBI's for Craig Losi, Ryan Schoendorf, Gregory Tloczkowski, Chris Fiorenti and Michael Morrisey.

Excellent work at the catcher's position by Chris Fiorenti and Greg Tloczkowski (two innings each). Chris Grammaticos had a walk and a run scored while Donnie Yaganeh and John Tedesco showed good hustle in the field. Courageous pitching debuts by Mark Rossi and John Cardyes. Manager Phil and coaches Steve and Ron especially want to compliment the boys on showing good maturity and concentration on the field and in the dugout during the game. This is the way to learn how to play the great game of baseball.