Clarke vs Bellmore JFK
Saturday May 23, 2026 at Bellmore JFK
Overall 20 - 5 | Conference 13 - 2
Overall 19 - 3 | Conference 10 - 2
| Teams | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke | 8 | ||
| Bellmore JFK | 11 |
Top performers WP - Goodman. LP - Iadevaia. HR -- BJFK: Babek 1 Demas 1.
HIGHLIGHTS
Bellmore JFK 11, Clarke 8: Max Goodman struck out four over seven innings to send No. 3 Bellmore JFK past No. 2 Clarke in Game 2 of the Nassau Class AA semifinals, helping the Cougars reach their third consecutive county final. Clarke held a 6-0 lead after two innings before Dylan Babek's three-run homer and Alex Demas' solo home run in the sixth gave Bellmore JFK the lead. Babek and Demas both went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Derek Yormack went 2-for-3 with a double. Jake Burlock went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Ryan Yormack walked three times and was hit-by-pitch, and Frankie Stella had an RBI in the fourth inning. Clarke finishes its season with an 20-5 record. Bellmore JFK (19-4) will play the winner of No. 1 Garden City and No. 9 Mepham in a best-of-three series beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday at Farmingdale State.
GAME STATS
Clarke
| Batting | AB | H | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|
| Pitching | IP | W | L | S | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Iadevaia | 3 | ✓ | 0 | ||
| Richard Luke | 2 | 1 |
Bellmore JFK
| Batting | AB | H | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Babek | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Demas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Derek Yormack | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitching | IP | W | L | S | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Goodman | 7 | ✓ | 4 |