The catcher for Islip, Stephen Provenzano made a diving catch of a bunt attempt popup foul to kill a possible rally in the 6th inning

LIVE ISLIP vs. PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND STATE SEMIFINAL
BY ADAM RONIS

Islip is going for its second consecutive Class A state title and has a 20-game winning streak. The semifinal opponent is Pittsford Sutherland (Section V). I'm here at NYSEG Stadium. Laura Albanese is covering Massapequa against Hilton in a Class AA semifinal. She's at Union-Endicott HS with no wireless connection, so she'll send me some updates.

FINAL SCORE: MASSAPEQUA 4, HILTON 0
Massapequa will play in the state championship game at 4 p.m.

ISLIP WINS 5-4 and will play in the state championship game scheduled for 4 p.m., but it will likely start later since Islip's game went 2:45 pushing back the other semifinal. Also, some rain is heading here, so there might be a delay. Check back for more coverage.

Bottom 7: Burke faces the top of the order. Brill flies to center for the first out.
Topf gets caught looking for out No. 2. Coleman singles to center on an 0-and-2 pitch. Osterman hits a grounder to shortstop Rogers, who commits an error. Might not have got an out if he fielded it cleanly anyway. Menard with a full count swings and misses.

Top 7: Brian Papszycki grounds out to third for the first out. Going dunks a single into centerfield and Tom Cronau is the pinch runner. Provenzano hits an infield single to put runners at first and second one out. Once again, Islip threatens. Swisher is being taken out of the game. Craig Cymerman, a lefthander, is into pitch. Espinal is up to bat. He walks on four pitches and in a the blink of an eye, coach Jim Capellupo snatches the ball and sends Cymerman to the dugout. Never seen anything like that. I'd love to see that happen to Elijah Dukes. At least his pitch count (4) was low. Ryan Fennell comes in with the bases loaded and based on warmups, he throws very hard. Tom Kriss is up and he is 2-for-2 with a walk. Kriss was behind 0-and-2 and the count is now full. Kriss walks to score the go-ahead run. Very impressive at-bat and I've seen that from Islip all season. They all work deep counts and that was a typical Islip at-bat. Islip leads 5-4. Matt Kriss strikes out on three pitches. Rogers is up. He flys to center on the first pitch to end the inning. Islip 5, PS 4

Bottom 6: Burke gets a strikeout and fly ball to leftfield for the first two outs. Brad Kaczka hits a pinch-hit double to left-center. Githens grounds out to second for the final out. Still tied heading to the seventh. Islip 4, PS 4

Top 6: Tom Kriss leads off with a single to leftfield. Matt Kriss gets hit by a pitch. Rogers and Burke are up. This is the time for Islip. Rogers tries to bunt twice and then hits a line drive to left field on a 1-and-2 pitch. Burke is up. Burke fouls out to first for the second out. Schlittenhardt is now up. He hits a slow roller to the first baseman, who beats Schlittenhardt to the bag for the final out. A huge missed opportunity for Islip. Islip 4, PS 4

Bottom 5: Johnny Brill walks to start the inning. Topf tries to bunt him over and pops it up behind home plate. Provenzano makes a nice diving catch for the out. Patrick Coleman flied out to center for the second out. Brill steals second base with Osterman at the plate, who had an RBI double his last at-bat. Burke walks him, althought the 2-and-2 pitch looked like a strike to everyone in the press box. Burke strikes out Menard to end the inning. Islip 4, PS 4

Top 5: With two outs, Stephen Provenzano singled to leftfield. Espinal strikes out to end the inning. Islip 4, PS 4

Bottom 4:Excellent leaping grab by third baseman Matt Kriss on a grounder and he makes a strong throw to first to retire the leadoff hitter. Dillon Lowe reached on an infield single and Burke tries to pick him off and the throw goes into rightfield sending Lowe to second. Nick Flemister gets caught looking for the second out. Tom Githerns also strikes out looking for the final out. Burke has five strikeouts. Islip 4, PS 4

Top 4: Rogers led off with a single and got caught stealing. Burke then hit a blast to deep centerfield, but it's 400 feet away and it was caught on the warning track. Schlittenhardt grounded out to second to end the inning. Islip 4, PS 4

Bottom 3: Islip commits an error to start the inning. With one out, Sean Osterman hits a drive to deep centerfield for an RBI double to tie the score at 4. He gets picked off second base and Menard grounds out to short to end the inning. Islip 4, PS 4

Top 3:Islip takes advantage of a PS error. Second baseman Brian Topf dropped an easy pop-up about 30 feet behind second base to allow Going to reach second base. With two outs, Matt Espinal singled to score Going and give the Bucs a 4-3 lead. Tom Kriss singled and after a wild pitch advanced the runners to second and third, PS takes out Menard. Ryan Swisher is the new pitcher. Matt Kriss strikes out to end the inning. Islip 4, PS 3.

An update from Laura Albanese, Massapequa leads Hilton, 4-0, in a Class AA semifinal in the top of the fifth inning. Mike Mandarino has allowed four hits in four innings.

Bottom 2: Great job by Burke after a tough first inning. A quick 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout and two grounders. Just what he needed after exerting a lot of energy in the first inning.

Top 2: Kyle Menard continues to struggle with his control and Islip couldn't take advantage. He walked the first two batters in the inning, but a sac bunt attempt didn't work as Menard got the out at third. Rogers was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out and Burke hit a sac fly to tie the score at 3. Jason Schlittenhardt grounded out to second to end the inning. Menard has thrown a ton of pitches. It has taken 54 minutes to play one and a half innings.

First inning: Islip took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI double by Robert Rogers and RJ Going had an RBI single. Chris Burke had a rough first inning for Islip. He allowed a three-run double and walked two in the inning. Islip trails 3-2 after one inning.

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Islip loses, Massapequa loses

Here is the game run down from Newsday.com

Bottom 7: Matt Kriss leads off with a walk on five pitches. Rogers strikes out swinging. Burke walks on five pitches. Schlittenhardt grounds out to first. Papszycki grounds out to third to end the game. Islip loses, 7-4.

Top 7: Pat Barrett leads off with a triple, Nate Reynolds walks, steals second and both score on a single by Justin Capp. Maine-Endwell leads 7-4. Rogers gets a strikeout for the first out and picks Capp off first for the second out. Barbarino walks and after stealing second, the runners was called out for batter's interferance. Maine-Endwell 7, Islip 4

Bottom 6: Brian Ruby, who pitched three innings in relief to get the win in the semifinal earlier today, is now in the game. He allows a two-out walk, but retires the final hitter.

Top 6: Rogers gets a strikeout to start the inning. Rogers slips trying to field a slow roller by the first base side and Barbarino reaches on an infield single and steals second. Rogers induces a fly out to shallow right. Ruby gets an intentional walk. Tallon gets hit by a pitch to load the bases. HUGE strikeout to end the inning. Rogers throws three strikes and gets Jones looking. Maine-Endwell 5, Islip 4

Bottom 5: Matt Kriss leads off with a fly out to right. Rogers ropes a double to the rightfield corner and Burke reaches on an infield single. On the errant throw by the second baseman, Rogers scores to bring Islip within 5-4. Burke steals second and goes to third on qa grounder to third by Schlittenhardt. Papszycki hits a hard grounder but the third baseman makes a nice play for the out. Maine-Endwell 5, Islip 4

Top 5: Tyler Yesensky gets hit by a pitch to lead off. Brian Ruby hits a line drive to leftfield putting runners at first and second with none out. On a bunt attempt, Rogers gets the force at third for the first out. Ryan Jones follows with an RBI single to left and runners advance to second and third on a wild pitch. Second baseman Tim McCormack makes an error allowing another run to score and runners are at first and third. Maine-Endwell leads 5-3. Rogers gets a strikeout for the second out. A grounder to third ends the inning. Maine-Endwell 5, Islip 3
Bottom 4: A quick 1-2-3 inning as Islip goes quietly. It's the first inning the Bucs haven't had a base runner. Islip 3, Maine-Endwell 3

Top 4: Nate Reynolds strikes out and reaches first on an error by catcher Stephen Provenzano, who dropped the strike three and made an errant throw to first. Justin Capp fails to sacrifice and with two strikes, gets caught looking for the first out. It is now raining. With the runner in motion a slow bouncer to third, Matt Kriss gets the out at first, but Reynolds advances all the way to third. A grounder to second base ends the inning. Islip 3, Maine-Endwell 3

Bottom 3:Burke leads off with a single, but Schlittenhardt grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Papszycki follows with a walk. R.J. Going hit a shot to leftfield, but Andrew Barbarino makes a nice catch on the run. Islip 3, Maine-Endwell 0

Top 3: Rogers got two quick outs before a walk, a solid line drive up the middle and ME's best hitter Brian Ruby smoked a liner that one-hopped the leftfield wall for an RBI double. Runners are at second and third. Mitch Tallon hits a two-run single and advances to second on an errant throw. A grounder to third ends the inning. Rogers threw just three pitches to get two outs and it looked like it would be an easy inning. Islip 3, Maine-Endwell 3

Bottom 2: Matt Espinal leads off with a walk. He is erased as Tom Kriss hits into a double play. Matt Kriss walks and has reached base twice in the first two innings. Rogers, who will play at Binghamton next season, hits a hard grounder to second for the final out. Islip 3, Maine-Endwell 0

Top 2: Rogers allows a leadoff single and then induces a 4-6-3 double play. A grounder to Burke ends the inning. Great inning by Rogers to keep the pitch count low. Islip 3, Maine-Endwell 0

Bottom 1: Matt Kriss leads off with an infield single and Rogers drive him in with a double down the rightfield line. Islip leads 1-0. Chris Burke grounds out to third for the first out. Jason Schlittenhardt reaches on an error by the first baseman and runners advance to second and third. Brian Papszycki hit a sac fly to center to score Rogers. Islip leads 2-0. R.J. Going with a single to rightfield scoring Schlittenhardt to make it 3-0. Maine-Endwell has already used its two best pitchers today and might be available for limited action, but the dropoff to the No. 3 is apparent early. Islip 3, Maine-Endwell 0

Top 1: Andrew Barbarino gets caught looking for the first out and Tyler Yesensky walks on a full count. Brian Ruby flies out to rightfield. Mitch Tallon hits a grounder to Chris Burke at shortstop, who made a nice play on a high hop and gunned downed the runner at first. Islip 0, Maine-Endwell 0

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Islip's state final opponent
BY ADAM RONIS

Maine-Endwell defeats Franklin Academy, 5-4, in the other Class A state semifinal. Islip will meet Maine-Endwell (22-2) in the championship game in about 45 minutes at about 5:40 p.m.

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Please! Just take a look at some of the all league selections. If you watched the 3 game series carefully you can tell that these picks were skewed. Especially in Suffolks league 4. You had freshman getting the selection who did a whole lot of nothing for their program receiving the picks. If the fix is in...well figure it out yourself

islips baseball team who made all-league

matt kriss
jason schlittenhardt
eddie macaluso
rob rogers
chris burke

is there a page i can print out of the all-league team and what site it is on