Poly Prep’s quest for three
Bay Ridge's Blue Devils Pitching Their Way Toward Third Straight State Crown
It was exactly one year ago that the Poly Prep Blue Devils’ varsity baseball team was shaking out of a middling start to what would ultimately become its second straight New York State Independent Schools Championship season.
And just as it did last spring, the Bay Ridge powerhouse, bolstered by the best pitching staff in the city, if not the entire state, is beginning to put its season-opening 3-3 slate in the rear-view mirror.
Blue Devils hurlers Morgan Gray and Andrew Zapata made history over the weekend, pitching back-to-back no-hitters against Ivy League rival Horace Mann and defending Public School Athletic League champion Grand Street, respectively.
The double no-nos boosted Poly’s record to 6-3 and put coach Matt Roventini’s dynastic unit back on track for an unprecendented third consecutive NYSAISS title later this spring.