Girls Farms

Girls Farms Do It With Defense!

Gino's and Margaret Zadnick teams enjoyed a superbly played defensive game as girls on both teams continue to make plays. Caitlin O'Connor showed All-Star ability at 3B making 3 plays in one inning! Melissa Ward caught everything that was hit her way and had 3 hits offensively. Ward, a talented lefty with a picture perfect swing will be a force on this team for years to come.

Kayla Fitzpatrick is also opening eyes with her sterling catching ability and you would be hard pressed to find a harder worker. Fitzpatrick will block anything thrown her way and receives the ball with ease as she has now patented her famous "flip" of the ball over the shoulder. Jamie Mooney has displayed a rifle of an arm and has also made numerous putouts at 1B. Mooney, another power hitting lefty also had 4 hits in the contest. Felisa Bronzino is a talented second baseman who may well be the fastest player on the squad. Jenny Hickey had 4 hits, 2 coming from the left side of the plate as she continues to work on switch hitting. Hickey possesses the soft hands and nice arm needed to play the middle infield. Sophia Jacoby had 3 hits for the day, one being a line drive single to left as she is fast establishing herself as an RBI machine. Ciarra Lennon, Domenica Gentile, Justina Grosso, and Larissa Scandura have each showed flashes of brilliance in the field. Each girl has taken advantage of every opportunity and made their presence known. Olivia Lugo also had 3 hits for Gino's to go along with 2RBI.

The girls are well aware of game situations, are starting to understand defensive concepts, and have even started sliding into the bases, but it is the spirit with which they help one another which flows out of the dugout on a daily basis that is most impressive. Great work ladies!

Boys Farms

Maspeth Tops Ridgewood In Battle of The Banks!

It was another tough loss for Ridgewood savings bank on Monday May 5th as they were shut down by a very good pitching effort on the part of the "Big Green Machine.", The hard hitters could only eek out three runs by Thomas Salzarulo, Adrian Puran and Kyle NG. Kyle went two for two. Robert Pomara reached base three times , but was stranded each time. On defense Sage Varma continues to improve his fielding with a nice unassisted play at first. Finally, congratulations to Greg Burger for a great first effort as a pitcher.

The Battle of the Banks Continues...

The battle of the Savings Banks, Ridgewood vs. Maspeth was a thriller this evening, and when it was all over, both sides had to be satisfied with the tie in the end. There were some terrific plays in the field for each team. Ridgewood's shortstop, Robert Pomara caught a ball behind second base to end a late threat by Maspeth. He was also on the front end of a force play at third, that Joseph Jonas jumped way up to get and came down on the bag for the out. Joseph was also perfect at the plate going three for three and scoring two runs. Rory Greene also got a base hit and scored. The game ball though, went to Sage Varma, for his first career Homer, a two run dinger in the second inning.

Roslyn Upbeat Despite Loss!

Monday May 5, 2008

Boys Farms

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It was another tough game as we lost 17-3. Aidan McManaman and Patrick McGoldrick teamed up again for a very nice forceout at second. Aidan fielded a hard hit grounder flawlessly and made a perfect throw to Patrick for the out.

We also had a nice play by Jack McShane throwing from third to get the runner at first. Christopher Gharagozlo came off the bag but tagged the runner. Other highlights include Matthew Sheen also catching the ball on a nice play from Christoper Gharagozlo who was pitching.

Roslyn Savings Team Is for Real!

Thursday May 8,2008

Boys Farms

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Roslyn Savings Bank 4

This was an incredible game played by all on the Roslyn team. Out of all 6 innings played, the Roslyn batters only struck out a total of 7 times. Patrick McGoldrick had our first RBI by hitting a triple to right field. Roslyn was determined to stay in the game by holding the other team scoreless in the 3rd and 4th innings with the help of our pitchers, Patrick McGoldrick, Aidan McManaman and Jack McShane. Jack McShane made a couple of spectacular fly ball catches and also hit a double scoring one of our 3 runs in the 5th inning during our 2 out rally. Dylan Ng and Dylan Patel also hit a double to score a couple of runs in the 5th. Roslyn Savings Bank kept hitting the ball but just couldn't get enough balls past the other team for the win. Roslyn looked and played like a team that wants to win.

Palazzolo Defense Leads the Way!

Team Palazzolo &S on won their 5th straight game defeating a very tough Roslyn Savigs Bank by the score of 9-4. The Roslyn team had some great defensive plays in the infield along with very timely hitting . On team Palazzolo, there were great plays at 2nd by Daniel Hansen ,3 strikeouts by our star pitcher, Brian Hoerter, and clutch hitting by the whole team. Christopher Capodanno (2-3 with 1RBI), Kevin Rothe (2-3), Brian Hoerter (2-3 with 2RBI), Anthony Decola (3-3with 4RBI), Daniel Hansen (2-2) with 1RBI, Micael Munoz (1-2) ,Alex Ivolella (1-3with 1RBI), Patrick Farrell (1-2), and Aditya Arora who was (1-2) each made contributions. Jake Gallagher is getting better every week as he recorded another base hit during this game. Jack Nichols made some outstanding plays in the outfield one of which saved a homerun.

R. Stutzman Edges Out NHP Funeral Home!

NHP Funeral fell to Stutzman Funeral last night by a score of 7 to 4. It was a close game throughout with the lead changing hands on multiple occasions. The NHP side put forth a good effort but came up a little short. After going ahead 2 - 0 in the first on the power of Kevin Gorman, Ronan Murphy and Mike McLoughlin, Stutzman later came back to go up by 1. Although the NHP pitchers did an excellent job, a 2 out 3 run rally did them in. Although a losing effort, NHP continues to improve with Xander Burawa and Anthony Fulgieri getting their first hits of the year.

Boys Majors

Sportloft Flips VAR Home Improvement!

For the second time in as many games Sportsloft trailed their openent 3 zip after one inning and came back in stingy fashion the rest of the way, with great clutch pitching by Reed Schweitzer and the always solid Eric Priest and big hits by Tom Mancini, Eric Priest, Reed Schweitzer plus good all around play by Jay Shah, Ali, Tom, Ryan, Robert, Christian, Andy, Kyle overcame some strong early pitching by VAR to cruise to an impressive 7 to 3 victory.

V.A.R. Home Improvement Breaks Out!

VAR Home Improvement topped Sakowich Plumbing and Heating with a ferocious hitting attack winning by a score of 12-3. Leading the charge were Luke Georges and James McCullough who banged out 4 hits each on the night! The VAR boys who are balanced up and down the line up also had big contributions from Shawn O'Donnell, Chris Innvar, and Mark Fuller. Anthony Miraglia and the speedy Brandon Brooker played top notch baseball and continue to create havoc on both sides of the ball. On the mound, Innvar, Georges, and Qusai Thanawala combined to keep the fellas from Sakowich at bay and were very impressive in their efforts. Later in the week, VAR lost a tough one to Sportloft but all was not lost for VAR as Anthony Vaglica, James McCullagh, and Shawn ODonnell each pitched well while Chris Innvar led the charge on offense going 2-3.

Nuzzi Bats Stay Hot!

On Saturday afternoon Nuzzi Brothers Collision took on Mikes Convenience, and the boys from Nuzzi were firing on all cylinders. Once again they used great pitching and hot bats to notch another win. The offensive star of the game was Mike Greene. Mike went 5 for 5 with 2 home runs, 7 rbi's and 3 runs scored. His supporting cast included, Mark Chambers 4 for 5 with 5 runs scored and 3 stolen bases. Kevin Keenan went 3 for 4 with 2 runs and 1 rbi. James Brooks went 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored, 2 rbi's, and 5 stolen bases. Kevin Rice went 2 for 4 wih an rbi, stolen base and a run scored. Zak Fazekas was on base twice with a run scored. Robby Mirabile who was called up from the Farms was on base 3 times and had a stolen base. He also made great plays on defense. James Brooks, Kevin Keenan and Mike Greene teamed up for a tremendous pitching effort holding Mike's Convenience to 1 run on 2 hits. Matt Fogarty received the game ball today. He went 1 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 stolen bases. Matt showed that all his hard work in practice is paying off when he snared two fly balls in the outfield making it look easy. Great job Matt and the entire Nuzzi Team. Keep up the good work!!!

Keller Williams Excels Despite Loss!

A talented and well-coached Nuzzi Fuel team beat Keller Williams 7-2. Michael Mosie, Michael Crescenzo and Michael DeMaria pitched gallantly against the high-powered offense of Nuzzi Fuel. Solid defense behind the plate was provided by Anthony Leon and Danny Chiofalo. Also contributing with the gloves were Julian Patane, Jonathan Chambers, Akhil Arora, Justin Rezin and Mark Maino. The offense was aided by Chris Bongiorno and Joseph Kotarski. The game ball was awarded to Nicholas Inglima for his fantastic catch on defense and a scorching double to the wall in left!! Keep your chins up and go get them next game, guys!!!!

Lynch, McGreevy, Davang, Campson Lead Nuzzi!

For Nuzzi, Kyle Lynch blasted 2 homers and had 5 RBI as he continues his emergence at the plate. Matt Devang and Sean McGreevy were the stars on the mound going the distance. Devang used a sneaky fastball and a knee buckling change to keep the Keller hitters off balance. This was two disciplined teams going at each other and for the average fan, the result was a thoroughly enjoyable evening at the ball park. Later in the week, Nuzzi went on to beat a talented Rayo squad 5-1 as lefty fireballer Cody Campson and the fundamentally sound Lynch combined for 14K's to lead the charge. If you haven't seen the NHPLL Boys Majors, you are certainly missing something!