Longwood Hungry to Take Next Step
It was another strong season for Longwood, who finished with an overall record of 19-7 and lost in the Suffolk semifinals to rival Commack in a hard-fought three-game series. The Lions forced a do-or-die Game 3 with a 4-3 win on the road but ultimately lost 9-4 in the deciding game.
From that team, Longwood sent an impressive 7 players onto play in college. That list includes Devin Montalvo (Colby-Sawyer), Ryan McCann (Manhattanville), Brendan Mair (Cazenovia), Liam Ryan (New Paltz), Jake Hall (Manhattanville), Rocco Hall (Manhattanville) and Mason Mehling (Muhlenberg). They had five All-League players; Devin Montalvo (All-County), Mikey Arbuiso, Louis Kaleb, Ryan McCann and Mason Mehling.
This year’s team will be led by Kaleb, the Albany-commit middle infielder who is a two-time All-League player and certainly one of the top players in the league. He batted .286 last season with 2 HRs, 15 RBIs, 19 runs scored and 14 stolen bases. They will rely on him this season for production at the plate, great defense up the middle and leadership.
In terms of the leadership on the team, coach McSherry said, “they have done a solid job. “The coaches believe they can continue to do an even better job and put the result of the team before their own individual success. We have this conversation every season in regards to how much of a factor team chemistry truly is. The best teams understand that concept of We before Me.”
They also return several talented players including OF Mikey Arbuiso who batted .354 las season with 12 RBIs, 12 runs scored and 14 stolen bases. 1B Brody Herbst batted .345 with 10 RBIs and 12 runs scored. Senior Ben Moscatiello is an outfielder and pitcher that is committed to St. Thomas Aquinas. Coach also mentioned Bobby Cilluffo and CJ Forman as potential impact players. Forman went 2-0 with a 2.62 ERA over 13 innings with 14 strikeouts last season as a sophomore. Junior Luciano Lorefice is a talented infielder and pitcher that recorded the final out in that playoff win over Commack.
They have two newcomers to varsity that could be impact guys and that’s OF Daniel Gagliano and catcher Steven Mahoney.
Longwood’s JV program was very strong last season (19-1), generally a great indicator for future success.
“We feel the depth of our program is at a really great point now. This is the reason why we continue to have great success program wide (Varsity, JV, JHS),” said McSherry.
Coach noted that the pitching depth in the program is very strong. That has been the case for several years now as they have a number of alum currently pitching in college and one – Tommy Ventimiglia – in the minors with Cleveland.
They have been knocking on the door to winning a County Championship for years, and they will be hoping that they can take the next step this year.
“I think in order to win a County Championship, we need to be open to the lessons of past years. We faced a good Commack team last year and we had the lead early, but they got the timely hits when they needed it in latter half of the game. This season we want to really focus on one game at a time, but also recognizing the big picture of earning a higher seed, so all games have to come through us in the playoffs. Every game matters so much in a 20 game season. We can never take a day off and we have to work on consistency. This is going to be a very exciting league this season. It’s good from top to bottom.”
They will open up on March 27 at William Floyd on Opening Day, they will host Patchogue-Medford the next day.
Longwood vs Floyd
Monday March 27, 2023 at Floyd
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 12 | ||
| Floyd | 4 |
Top performersWP – Forman.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 12, Floyd 4: CJ Forman pitched four innings to earn the win for Longwood (1-0) in Suffolk III. Mikey Arbuiso, Louie Kaleb, Brody Herbst and Ben Moscatiello all had multiple hits.
GAME STATS
Longwood
| BATTING | AB | H | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|
| PITCHING | IP | W | L | S | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Forman | 0 | ✓ | 0 |
Floyd
| BATTING | AB | H | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|
| PITCHING | IP | W | L | S | K |
|---|
Patchogue-Medford vs Longwood
Tuesday March 28, 2023 at Longwood
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patchogue-Medford | 4 | ||
| Longwood | 7 |
Top performersWP – Horn. LP – Costello.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 7, Patchogue-Medford 4: Cameron Horn came on in relief to earn his first varsity win for Longwood (2-0) in Suffolk III. Jaden Urso went 2-for-3, with two RBIs and a run scored. Danny Gagliano was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run. Timmy Kaleb was 2-for-3 with a run, and Mikey Arbuiso was 2-for-4 with a run.
GAME STATS
Patchogue-Medford
| BATTING | AB | H | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|
| PITCHING | IP | W | L | S | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Costello | 0 | ✓ | 0 |
Longwood
| BATTING | AB | H | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|
| PITCHING | IP | W | L | S | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Horn | 0 | ✓ | 0 |
Longwood vs Riverhead
Thursday March 30, 2023 at Riverhead
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 17 | ||
| Riverhead | 7 |
Top performersWP – Munoz. LP – Levasseur.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 17, Riverhead 7: Brody Herbst went 2-for-3 with five RBIs to lead Longwood (3-0) in Suffolk III. Louis Kaleb, Ben Moscatiello and Danny Gagliano each recorded multiple RBIs. Eli Munoz pitched four innings in relief for the win.
Sachem East vs Longwood
Monday April 03, 2023 at Longwood
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachem East | 4 | ||
| Longwood | 8 |
Top performersWP – Forman. LP – Barrett.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 8, Sachem East 4: CJ Forman pitched five innings with eight strikeouts to lead Longwood ( 4-0) in Suffolk III. Louie Kaleb went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Longwood vs Sachem North
Tuesday April 04, 2023 at Sachem North
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 0 | ||
| Sachem North | 10 |
Top performersWP – O’Neill. LP – Ennis.
HIGHLIGHTS
Sachem North 10, Longwood 0: Brandon O’Neill earned the win pitching six shutout innings on three hits, two walks and four strikeouts for Sachem North (3-2) in Suffolk League III. Ryan Barlow was 2-for-5 with two doubles and five RBIs. James Horodyski was 2-for-2 with two walks, three runs scored and two RBIs.
Floyd vs Longwood
Monday April 10, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 2 – 4 | Conference 2 – 4
Overall 5 – 1 | Conference 5 – 1
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 1 | ||
| Longwood | 4 |
Top performersWP – Forman. LP – Zayas.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 4, Floyd 1: CJ Forman threw six innings with five strikeouts for Longwood ( 5-1) in Suffolk III. Mikey Arbuiso went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Louie Kaleb scored two runs and Brody Herbst went 1-for-2 with two RBIs.
Longwood vs Floyd
Photo from Jerry McSherry
Tuesday April 11, 2023 at Floyd
Overall 6 – 1 | Conference 6 – 1
Overall 2 – 5 | Conference 2 – 5
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 4 | ||
| Floyd | 3 |
Top performersWP – Ennis. LP – Sambriski.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 4, Floyd 3: Dean Ennis pitched five innings with 11 strikeouts to lead Longwood ( 6-1) in Suffolk III. Timmy Kaleb went 3-for-4 with a run and Brody Herbst went 1-for-4 with a home run, one RBI, and two runs.
Photo from Jerry McSherry
Longwood vs Sachem East
Monday April 17, 2023 at Sachem East
Overall 8 – 2 | Conference 8 – 2
Overall 7 – 3 | Conference 7 – 3
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 7 | ||
| Sachem East | 1 |
Top performersWP – Forman. LP – Barrett.
Photo from Jerry McSherry
GAME RECAP: CJ Forman’s Arm, Ben Moscatiello’s Bat Lead Longwood to Crucial Win over Sachem East
April 18, 2023
With one game separating them in the standings, today was a crucial game between Longwood and host Sachem East. The Longwood Lions sent junior CJ Forman to the mound against a formidable Sachem East team that entered with a record of 7-1.
Forman was outstanding, as he went the distance and struck out five batters in the victory for the Lions as they were able to create a tie atop the standings.
Sachem East countered with Austin Barrett, and he was very effective in the early going as the pitchers traded zeros for the first two innings and Barrett had a shutout through three innings.
The Arrows got on the board first in the home half of the third when Nik Antinoro led off with a double and he was sacrificed to third on a perfect bunt by Joe Richetti. Sam Leonard came through with an RBI single to make it a 1-0 game in favor of Sachem East.
The lead would not last long, though, as the Lions were able to even the score in the top of the fourth. Ben Moscatiello led off with a single and stole second with the throw allowing him to advance to third. After a ground out for the first out, Jaden Urso sat back on a breaking ball and looped an RBI single to score Moscatiello to make it a 1-1 game. A 6-4-3 double play ended the inning.
After Forman worked around a two-out single for a scoreless inning in the fourth, the Lions bats would go to work and break the game open.
Photo from Jerry McSherry
It got started with a single and consecutive errors which allowed Louis Kaleb to come up with the bases loaded and drive a fly ball out to right field which was deep enough for a sacrifice fly to give Longwood the 2-1 lead. Brody Herbst followed with a single of his own which loaded the bases for Ben Moscatiello who came through with a line drive to center that took a fortuitous bounce and went over the CF head and cleared the bases. Moscatiello scampered to third and it created a 5-1 lead in favor of Longwood.
That was more than enough for Forman, but the Lions added on insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings to open up a 7-1 lead. He went back out and finished what he started with a 1-2-3 inning.
With the win, Longwood and Sachem East are both 7-2 on the season. Speaking after the game, Forman was succinct that the team’s goals is simply to win the league as they are not trying to get ahead of themselves.
These two teams will be back in action tomorrow at Longwood HS with first pitch coming at 4pm.
With one game separating them in the standings, today was a crucial game between Longwood and host Sachem East. The Longwood Lions sent junior CJ Forman to the mound against a formidable Sachem East team that entered with a record of 7-1.
Forman was outstanding, as he went the distance and struck out five batters in the victory for the Lions as they were able to create a tie atop the standings.
Sachem East countered with Austin Barrett, and he was very effective in the early going as the pitchers traded zeros for the first two innings and Barrett had a shutout through three innings.
The Arrows got on the board first in the home half of the third when Nik Antinoro led off with a double and he was sacrificed to third on a perfect bunt by Joe Richetti. Sam Leonard came through with an RBI single to make it a 1-0 game in favor of Sachem East.
The lead would not last long, though, as the Lions were able to even the score in the top of the fourth. Ben Moscatiello led off with a single and stole second with the throw allowing him to advance to third. After a ground out for the first out, Jaden Urso sat back on a breaking ball and looped an RBI single to score Moscatiello to make it a 1-1 game. A 6-4-3 double play ended the inning.
After Forman worked around a two-out single for a scoreless inning in the fourth, the Lions bats would go to work and break the game open.
It got started with a single and consecutive errors which allowed Louis Kaleb to come up with the bases loaded and drive a fly ball out to right field which was deep enough for a sacrifice fly to give Longwood the 2-1 lead. Brody Herbst followed with a single of his own which loaded the bases for Ben Moscatiello who came through with a line drive to center that took a fortuitous bounce and went over the CF head and cleared the bases. Moscatiello scampered to third and it created a 5-1 lead in favor of Longwood.
That was more than enough for Forman, but the Lions added on insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings to open up a 7-1 lead. He went back out and finished what he started with a 1-2-3 inning.
With the win, Longwood and Sachem East are both 7-2 on the season. Speaking after the game, Forman was succinct that the team’s goals is simply to win the league as they are not trying to get ahead of themselves.
These two teams will be back in action tomorrow at Longwood HS with first pitch coming at 4pm.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 7, Sachem East 1: CJ Forman pitched a complete game with five strikeouts for Longwood (7-2) in Suffolk III. Ben Moscatiello went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Mikey Arbuiso and Louie Kaleb each had two hits in the win.
Sachem East vs Longwood
Tuesday April 18, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 7 – 3 | Conference 7 – 3
Overall 8 – 2 | Conference 8 – 2
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachem East | 1 | ||
| Longwood | 5 |
Top performersWP – Ennis. LP – Krempaski.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 5, Sachem East 1: Dean Ennis pitched 4 2/3 innings with four strikeout’s to lead Longwood ( 4-1). Mikey Arbuiso went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Louie Kaleb went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Brody Herbst went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Longwood: 7, Sachem East: 6 (8 innings).
WP: Horn
Louis Kaleb: RBI single scored Mikey Arbuiso to give Longwood the lead.
Longwood clinches a playoff spot with the win.
Photo from Jerry McSherry.
Riverhead vs Longwood
Photo from Jerry McSherry
Monday April 24, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 1 – 13 | Conference 1 – 13
Overall 11 – 3 | Conference 11 – 3
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead | 1 | ||
| Longwood | 7 |
Top performersWP – Forman. LP – Miller.
Longwood defeats Riverhead 7-1 – Photo from Jerry McSherry
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 7, Riverhead 1: CJ Forman pitched four innings with three strikeouts for Longwood ( 9-2) in Suffolk III. Mikey Arbuiso went 2-for-3 with a run and Ben Moscatiello went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run. Danny Gagliano scored two runs.
Longwood vs Riverhead
Tuesday April 25, 2023 at Riverhead
Overall 11 – 3 | Conference 11 – 3
Overall 1 – 13 | Conference 1 – 13
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 12 | ||
| Riverhead | 1 |
Top performersWP – Ennis. LP – Wallace.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 12, Riverhead 1: Dean Ennis pitched five innings with five strikeouts for Longwood ( 2-6) in Suffolk III. Brody Herbst went 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs. Ben Moscatiello had four RBIs and Danny Gagliano went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
Riverhead vs Longwood
Thursday April 27, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 1 – 13 | Conference 1 – 13
Overall 11 – 3 | Conference 11 – 3
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead | 2 | ||
| Longwood | 1 |
Top performersWP – Gajowowski. LP – Munoz.
HIGHLIGHTS
Riverhead 2 Longwood 1: Mark Gajowski threw a complete game two hitter to lead Riverhead (1-13) over Longwood (10-3) in Suffolk League III. Gajowski struck out six, walked two and allowed zero earned runs. Riverhead scored took a 2-0 lead at the end of the fourth and held on to its lead. Luke Pilon went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI, and Aaron Miller went 1-for-3 with a run.
Longwood vs Riverhead, photo from Jerry McSherry
Longwood vs Riverhead, photo from Jerry McSherry
Sachem North vs Longwood
Photo from Jerry McSherry
Monday May 01, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 7 – 8 | Conference 7 – 8
Overall 12 – 3 | Conference 12 – 3
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachem North | 5 | ||
| Longwood | 6 |
Top performersWP – Lorefice. LP – O’Neill.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 6, Sachem North 5: Luciano Lorefice bunted in Steven Mahoney to lead Longwood (12-3) to victory over Sachem North (7-8) in the bottom of the ninth in Suffolk III. Lorefice also pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief to earn the win.
Photo from Jerry McSherry
Sachem North vs Longwood
Photo by Jerry McSherry
May 04, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 8 – 9 | Conference 8 – 9
Overall 13 – 4 | Conference 13 – 4
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachem North | 9 | ||
| Longwood | 4 |
Top performersWP – O’Neill. LP – Munoz.
HIGHLIGHTS
Sachem North 9, Longwood 4: Brandon O’Neill went 3-for-3 with two runs and struck out seven in a complete game to lead Sachem North (8-9) over Longwood (13-4) in Suffolk III. John Ferrante added three hits.
Photo by Jerry McSherry
Longwood vs Patchogue-Medford
Monday May 08, 2023 at Patchogue-Medford
Overall 16 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
Overall 15 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 0 | ||
| Patchogue-Medford | 4 |
Top performersWP – Knoth. LP – Luizzi. HR — PM: Kentoffio 1.
HIGHLIGHTS
Patchogue-Medford 4, Longwood 0: Bryan Frascogna hit a two-run single in the third inning to break the scoreless tie and Frank Kentoffi hit a two-run home run in Suffolk III. Josh Knoth struck out 12 batters in 5.1 innings for Patchogue-Medford (13-5).
Patchogue-Medford vs Longwood
Tuesday May 09, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 15 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
Overall 16 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patchogue-Medford | 2 | ||
| Longwood | 5 |
Top performersWP – Ennis. LP – Melo.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 5, Patchogue – Medford 2: Luciano Lorefice’s two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning lifted Longwood (14-5) in Suffolk III. Danny Gagliano went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Danny Moccio went 1-for-3 with a run. Dean Ennis pitched four innings and earned the win. Patchogue – Medford is 13-6.
Longwood vs Patchogue-Medford
Thursday May 11, 2023 at Patchogue-MedfordSHARE
Overall 16 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
Overall 15 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 2 | ||
| Patchogue-Medford | 3 |
Top performersWP – Costello. LP – Forman.
HIGHLIGHTS
Patchogue-Medford 3, Longwood 2: Michael Lazaridis went 2-for-3 for Patchogue-Medford ( 14-6) in Suffolk III. Bryan Frascogna’s caught stealing ended the game.
Bellport vs Longwood
Tuesday May 16, 2023 at Longwood
Overall 10 – 11 | Conference 10 – 10
Overall 16 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellport | 0 | ||
| Longwood | 8 |
Top performersWP – Lorefice. LP – L. Russo.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 8, Bellport 0: Luciano Lorefice pitched five scoreless innings and Danny Gagliano went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a run to lead No. 3 Longwood over No. 6 Bellport (10-11) in the opening round of the Suffolk Class AA playoffs. Louie Kaleb went 2-for-3 with a run and Danny Moccio went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run. Longwood (15-6) will travel to No. 2 Ward Melville on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Longwood vs Ward Melville
Wednesday May 17, 2023 at Ward Melville
Overall 16 – 6 | Conference 14 – 6
Overall 15 – 5 | Conference 15 – 4
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 7 | ||
| Ward Melville | 3 |
Top performersWP – Luizzi. LP – West.
HIGHLIGHTS
Longwood 7, Ward Melville 3: Tyler Luizzi allowed no hits and no runs in five innings pitched in relief to lead No.3 Longwood over No.2 Ward Melville in Suffolk Conference II second round. Brayden Plugues led off the third inning with a single to spark the rally. Louie Kaleb went 1-for-3 with three RBIs, Danny Gagliano went 1-for-4 with two runs and Danny Moccio went 1-for-2 with two runs for Longwood. Longwood (15-6) will face No.4 Patchogue-Medford 12:00pm Saturday at Longwood in the next round. Ward Melville (16-5) will face No.5 Sachem East 4:00pm Thursday at Ward Melville.
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Longwood vs Ward Melville
Monday May 22, 2023 at Ward Melville
Overall 16 – 7 | Conference 14 – 7
Overall 16 – 6 | Conference 16 – 5
| TEAMS | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 2 | ||
| Ward Melville | 3 |
Top performersWP – Wiskoff. LP – Caleb.
HIGHLIGHTS
Ward Melville 3, Longwood 2: Derek Savicki hit a sacrifice fly with one run in the bottom of the ninth to score Nick Carnovale and lead No. 2 Ward Melville over No. 3 Longwood in the Suffolk AA elimination pool. Charlie West pitched eight innings and struck out 10 batters and Carnovale had a lead off triple in the bottom of the ninth. Ward Melville ( 19-5) will travel to play No. 4 Patchogue Medford 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the final.
