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Barnegat senior pitcher Mark McCoy, a Wake Forest recruit, has been selected to play for the New York Yankees’ team featuring some of the top talent in the Northeast at the upcoming Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif., from Aug. 5-10. The eight-team event features some of the top talent in the nation and has produced more than 500 major league players in its history. Click here for more.
It should be a whirlwind month for McCoy, who also will replace Tulane recruit Nick SanGiacomo as Barnegat’s new starting quarterback, so he will roll right from California into Barnegat’s preseason camp.
Also, while Brick Memorial lost twice in last week’s American Legion state playoffs to end its postseason hopes, but not after having a historic regular season for its program. Here is a report from information provided by head coach Evan Rizzitello.
Brick Memorial Baseball completed the regular season of the American Legion Summer League undefeated (9-0) and it is the first time in program history that they are Ocean County American Legion champs. It marked the third time that Brick Memorial has advanced to the American Legion State playoffs.
“I am very proud of our boys and their accomplishments so far this summer,” Rizzitello said. “The way they have all stepped up and contributed when needed shows a lot of character. I would like to thank the Brick Post 348 for giving us the opportunity to play summer legion ball.”
On July 11th, the Mustangs defeated second-place Manchester 6-3 to clinch the the Ocean County title. In that game Brian Cottrell threw 6 innings, scattering 6 hits with 6K and 2BB and 1HBP to earn the win as well as picking up three hits. Kyle Skoog pitched the 7th getting 2K to record the save. Ryan Melia had 2 hits and 4 RBI, including a big 2 run double in the first inning. Zach Santos was 2 for 4 with 2RS and an RBI while Mike O’Neill was 1 for 2 with an RBI and BB.
We had four upcoming seniors participate in the 2011 Ocean County American Legion All-Star game at First Energy Park: Mike O’Neill, Zach Santos, Kevin Corris, and Spencer Cohen, who earned National League MVP honors by going 2-3 3B 2RBI SB. Rizzitello was the head coach for the National League team that was defeated, 7-6, by the American League team coached by Rich Zingaro of Manchester. Brick Memorial assistant coaches Ryan Graham and Tim Brennan were also apart of the coaching staff in the All-Star game.
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