This week the New Hyde Park Memorial High School varsity baseball team defeated Lawrence with a score of 11 to 9. Brenden Parnell pitched 2 1/3 innings to pick up the win. Fran Terrero was 3 for 5 with a home run. Andrew Pugliese, Joe Carbone and Michael Courtney had two hits each.
In the next game the Gladiators beat Hewlett 19 to 14. Paul Reo and Kevin Towey had three hits each. Fran Terrero, Diego Dilone and Paul Reo each hit a home run. Michael Courtney pitched 4 2/3 innings in relief to earn the win. The team is now 5 and 0. They have scored 75 runs in the past five games.
The last game of the week was against Levittown Division (last year’s Long Island champs). The boys came up a little short losing only be a score of 2 to 1. Junior southpaw Anthony Simone pitched a complete game and only gave up four hits. Senior Kevin Towey was 2 for 3 on the day.
