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MacArthur Generals Baseball
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GENERALS HEADED FOR COUNTY FINALS
May 29, 2008
Yesterday the MacArthur Generals Varsity Baseball team defeated East Meadow by a score of 4-2 in the third game of the semi-finals. With the win, the Generals will play in the County Championship against Massapequa for the third straight season. Senior Justin Moore was, once again, magnificent on the mound. Moore pitched a complete game, allowing only one earned run, striking out two and not issuing any walks, keeping his MacArthur record of 7 walks in a season in tact. At the plate, sophomore Mike Scro delivered the big hit with a two-RBI single in the fourth inning to put the Generals up by a score of 3-1. At the plate Joe Elio and Vin Sanquini continued to stay hot at the plate. Elio was 3-for-3 and Sanquini was 2-for-4. The County Championship is scheduled for Monday 6/2 @ 4:30, Tuesday @ 7:30 and Thursday @ 7:30 (If Necessary). All games will be played at Farmingdale State College.
Generals Set for Playoffs
The MacArthur Generals Varsity Baseball team will begin their post-season today as they square off against the Hawks from Plainview JFK in the first of a three-game series in the second round of the county championship playoffs. The Generals are labeled as the three seed after finishing the season with a league record of 11-7 in the top ability grouping league, and an overall record of 14-7. Plainview, the number 9 seed, defeated Farmingdale by a score of 6-4 in the first round on Saturday. The Generals will play home today at 4:30, travel to Plainview tomorrow for a 4:30 start and then, if necessary, return to MacArthur on Thursday at 4:30.
Generals Defeat Herricks in Non-League Game
April 26, 2008
The Generals defeated Herricks by a score of 21-9 in a non-league game.
Generals Lose Series to East Meadow
April 24, 2008
The Generals were defeated by East Meadow by a score of 7-5 giving the Jets the series win. The Generals jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the third inning. In the second, Mike Gattus lead off with a walk and Vin Sanquini followed with a single. After a balk and a stolen base by Sanquini, Nick McQuail hit a sac fly scoring Gattus. After a ground out, Chris Piperno walked and Joe Elio reached on a error, scoring Sanquini. In the third, Anthony Mazzella was hit by a pitch and Frankie Vanderka walked, Gattus laid down a sac bunt putting runners on second and third. Sanquini then hit a single to score pinch runner Jack Garren and Vanderka. McQuail drew a walk and Alex Angus singled. Sanquini then scored on a fielders choice by Piperno. The Jets exploded for 5 runs in the fifth and added another in the sixth to pick up the win.
Savin Leads Generals to Win Over Jets
April 22, 2008
The Generals evened the series with East Meadow by defeating the Jets by a score of 7-1. Tyler Savin was dominating on the mound. He pitched a complete game, striking out 11 Jets and not allowing any earned runs. East Meadow scored in the top of the first after a double and an error. The Generals bats were held down until the fifth inning. Bobby Rossi lead off with a walk. After a fielders choice, Mike Gattus drew a walk. Alex Angus then drove in the first run with a single to right field. Chris Piperno was then hit by a pitch to load the bases. Joe Elio drove a two run single to score Gattus and Angus. Justin Moore then followed with a two run double to left center. The Generals added another two runs in the sixth. With two outs, Gattus lined a single to right. Angus then followed with a single. Piperno drove in Gattus with a single to left. Angus then scored the seventh run on a double steal.
Chiefs Take Series From Generals
April 17, 2008
Massapequa defeated the Generals by a score of 5-4, giving them the series victory over the Generals. The Generals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. After a lead off walk to John Krause, Joe Elio sacrificed him to second. Anthony Mazzella was then hit by a pitch. After a strikeout, Bobby Rossi reached on an error, scoring Krause. Justin Moore then drew a walk. Nick McQuail then drove a line drive to left center scoring Mazzella and Rossi. Starting pitcher John Krause was masterful through the first three innings, retiring 9 Chiefs in a row. The Chiefs then scored 5 runs on 5 hits in the top of the fourth The Generals scored another run in the fifth after Chris Piperno lead off with a double and Elio drove him in on a ground ball to short. Frankie Vanderka pitched a flawless seventh but the Generals were unable to get anything going in the bottom of the seventh.
Generals Rebound With Win Against Chiefs
April 15, 2008
After a tough loss on Monday, the Generals came back on Tuesday and defeated Massapequa by a score of 5-1. After Nick McQuail led off the game with a triple that sailed over the centerfielders head, Chris Piperno drove him in with a single. The Chiefs responded by scoring a run in the bottom of the inning to tie the score at 1. In the second, Anthony Mazzella led off with a single. After a fielders choice, Frank Vanderka hit a laser to center that could not be handled and gave the Generals runners on first and third. Justin Moore then drove in the Generals' second run with a single. In the fourth, Moore came up to the plate with runners on second and third after two walks and a wild pitch. Moore then drove the ball over the leftfielders head for a three-run homerun, bringing the score to 5-1. The Chiefs were baffled by starting pitcher Tyler Savin. Savin pitched a complete game, allowing only fours hits and striking out 8.
Generals Lose Opener Against Massapequa
April 14, 2008
Two of Nassau County's best squarred off today in the first of a three-game series. A rematch of the two powerhouses that have played each other in the county finals in both 2006 and 2007 started by Massapequa defeating the Generals by a score of 4-2. Massapequa opened the scoring in the top of the first going up 1-0. The Chiefs scored another 2 runs in the third to go up by 3. The Generals' bats were cold but they heated up in the 5th. After Anthony Mazzella was hit by a pitch, Joe Eliofollowed with an infield single. With runners on first and second Mike Gattusdrove a single to rightcenter scoring pinch runner Jack Garren. Nick McQuail then laced a ground-rule double down the third base line scoring Elio. Massapequa was able to get a strikout to end the inning with the score 3-2. The Chiefs came right back and added a run in the sixth. After a lead-off single in the seventh, the Generals were not able to add on and took the loss. Justin Moore had another strong outing, pitching a complete game in the loss.
Generals Sweep Syosset!
April 10, 2008
The Generals Varsity Baseball defeated Syosset by a score of 6-2. The victory completed a three-game sweep over the Braves. The Generals offense jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the second highlighted by a two-run double to left-center by Anthony Mazzella. The Generals scored another run in the third when Bobby Rossi drove a line drive to rightfield scoring John Krause. In the fourth inning, Krause then drove in Joe Elio for the Generals sixth run. Krause pitched a complete game only allowing run one and striking out 3. Krause also ended up 2-for-4 at the plate with and RBI.
MacArthur Takes Second Game Over Syosset
April 8, 2008
Today the Generals defeated Syosset by a score of 6-5 in the second game of the three-game series. Syosset jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the third. In the bottom half of the inning, with one out, centerfielder Mike Gattus drove a double to the wall in right field. After a hit-by-pitch and a walk, Chris D'Arpa hit a groundball up the middle and beat the throw to first, scoring Gattus. Bobby Rossi then drew a walk to plate the second run. After holding the Braves to no runs in the top of the fourth, the Generals plated eight players and scored three more runs. Anthony Mazzella reached on error to lead off the inning. After pinch-runner Joe Johnson advanced to second on a fielders choice, Nick McQuail hit a ground ball to first base that could not be handled, scoring Johnson. Alex Angus then walked and John Krause amd D'Arpa followed with RBI singles bringing the score to 5-3. The Generals added another run in the top of the seventh. McQuail led off with a single and then stole second. After two strikeouts, D'Arpa hit another RBI single to bring the score to 6-3. The Braves added two runs in the bottom of the seventh but starting pitcher Tyler Savin got a strikeout to end the game. On the day D'Arpa was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI's.
Moore Leads Generals Over Syosset
April 7, 2008
The Generals opened their league season with a victory over Syosset by a score of 3-2. The Generals opened the scoring in the top of the first when Nick McQuail, who led of the game with a single, scored on a single by John Krause. Syosset then answered by scoring a run in the bottom of the first. The scored stayed tied till the bottom of the fourth when Syosset scored a run. The Generals came right back, scoring a run in the top of the fifth. Anthony Mazzella drew a walk to lead off the inning and after Joe Elio layed down a sac bunt, pinch runner Joe Johnson scored on a two-out single by McQuail. In the top of the seventh Chris Piperno lead off with a single to right. Anthony Mazzella then put down a sac bunt to advance Piperno to second. Joe Elio then drove a shot to left field that one-hopped the fence and scored Piperno to give the Generals the lead. Justin Moore, who was tough all game, got one out in the bottom of the seventh and gave way to John Krause. Krause picked up the save and locked up the win for the Generals.
Generals Get Win Against Calhoun
April 3, 2008
The Generals rebounded on Thursday and picked up a win against the Colts of Calhoun in a crossover game. Starting pitcher John Krause was excellent on the mound. John pitched a complete-game, which included bringing a no-hitter into the fifth inning, and struck out 8 Colts. The Generals jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. After Alex Angus singled, he then stole second base and advanced to third on a single by Krause. Angus then scored on a laser hit by Chris D'Arpa that the second baseman could not handle. In the second, the Generals put up three more runs, keyed by a 2 run double by shortstop Nick McQuail. The Generals then added two more runs in the third led by a double to left-center by Anthony Mazzella. Alex Angus was the offensive star going 3-for-3 with 2 RBI's.
Generals Win 2008 Opener!
March 22, 2008
The MacArthur Varsity Baseball team came from behind to beat the Baldwin Bruins by a score of 3-2 in a non-league game. The Generals traveled to Baldwin High School for the 2008 opener. Tyler Savin was brilliant, pitching a complete game, four-hitter, while not walking a single batter. Both runs were unearned, as the Bruins scored two runs in the second inning. That would be all for the offense for awhile until the 5th inning. Justin Moore led of the inning with a walk and after the pitcher threw the ball away on a pick-off attempt wound up on third base. Moore then scored on a Bobby Rossi single to right field. In the 6th, Mike Gattus led off with a walk, Anthony Mazella then hit a rocket ground ball that the shortstop could not handle. After Chris D'Arpa sacrificed the runners to second and third Justin Moore hit a single to score Gattus. With first and third, the Generals pulled off a double steal with pinch-runner Alex Angus making an unbelievable slide into home to score the winning run. Rossi was the offensive star, going 2-for-2 with an RBI.
2008 Season Preview
The Generals Baseball team enters the 2008 pre-season preparing for what may be one of the toughest regular season schedules in school history. Not only did the Generals graduate an incredible 16 players from last year's county finalist team, but with the new ability grouping that has been put into place in Nassau County, the Generals are set to face Nassau's best teams during the regular season. In their league, AA-I, the Generals are matched up with Massapequa, East Meadow, Syosset, and Mepham. Many of the juniors return this season to provide leadership to this year's squad.
Leading the offense this year will be the only returning offensive starter from last season, 2007 All-League selection and Captain, Senior Mike Gattus. Gattus will look to anchor an outfield that has many players fighting for starting spots including Seniors Joe Elio, Joe Johnson, Vin Sanquini and Junior Nick Sabatino.
In the infield, the Generals look to replace all 5 starters. Junior Chris Piperno will look to be the man behind the dish this year. Around the horn it could be anyone's spot. Seniors Chris D'Arpa and Bobby Rossi, as well as Junior Anthony Mazzella will work to win the job at the hot corner. Sophomore Nick McQuail, looks to step in at shortstop while, Seniors Justin Moore and Tyler Savin look to fight for time at short and second base along with Junior Alex Angus. First Base has a slew of candidates including Juniors John Krause, Kris Walters, and Sophomore Frankie Vanderka.
On the mound, the Generals will be lead by Senior Tyler Savin. Savin provided some valuable innings for Mac Arthur last year, winning 2 games and saving 2 games. The rest of the staff will be made up of Seniors Justin Moore, and Vin Sanquini, Juniors John Krause, and Kris Walters, and Sophomore Frankie Vanderka.
The coaching staff of Head Coach Steve Costello and Assistant Coach Vin Causeman are very excited about this season and look forward to seeing you at the Generals games during the year.
2008 Schedule Now Available!
February 1, 2008
Click below or on the left menu to check out the 2008 schedule for the Generals.
2008 Schedule
Coach Costello Featured in Newsday Discussion
Newsday Writer Greg Sarra wrote a feature article on a current controversial issue that is consuming the Nassau County Baseball world, ability grouping. Some of the most respected coaches in Nassau County were invited to join him during a round-table discussion about the topic. Click here to read the article and also check out the video of the meeting on the N-Zone.
Baseball coaches not in favor of ability leagues
Generals Awarded at County Dinner.
At this years Nassau County Baseball Awards Dinner, 5 players on this years MacArthur baseball team were awarded for their outstanding performances. Steve McQuail was chosen as League MVP by the coaches of AA-III. He was also an All-County selection. Dan McDermott was also chosen as an All-County selection. This was the second time Dan achieved this honor, making him the 14th MacArthur player to win All-County more than once in their high school career. Chris McCabe achieved All-Conference honors and J.J. Devitt and Mike Gattus were chosen as All-League selections. Head Coach Steve Costello was also recognized by the Nassau County Coaches Association for his historic achievement of 300 wins. The coaching staff would like to congratulate these award receipients for their well deserved honors.
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