The Connetquot football program will retire Rob Grable’s jersey at a ceremony on Friday, September 27.

Grable, who played at Connetquot and went on to have a successful professional baseball career, died recently.

His baseball jersey will be retired at another ceremony in the spring.

The successful baseball run continues to Patchogue-Medford alumnus Marcus Stroman.

The ace for the Toronto Blue Jays, Stroman was named an American League All-Star. He will pitch on July 9 in Cleveland.

“It’s amazing,” Stroman told MLB.com. “Definitely one of the bright spots of my career. Just to come from where I came from last year, having probably the worst year I’ve had, battling injuries, I made it such a premium in the offseason to do everything I could to get back. It’s just a testament to everybody around me, my family, my friends, we all operate as one unit. It’s an awesome time for all of us, the staff here. I can’t thank enough people.”

He has turned in a 3.18 ERA over 18 starts and 104 2/3 innings, with 32 walks and 81 strikeouts.

Max Nielson put the icing on his senior season by winning the Carl Yastrzemski Award as the top baseball player in Suffolk County.

The UConn-bound pitcher was lights out this season in 49 2/3 innings. He struck out a school record 103 batters and compiled a record of 5-1 with a 1.44 ERA.

During his career he struck out a school record 293 and finished with 19 wins, which is one behind Anthony Kay, a pitcher in the Mets farm system now who also played at UConn.

Congratulations @MaxNielsenn for winning the Yastrzemski Award and topping off an outstanding season and an amazing 5 year career @wardmellvile @UConnBSB is getting one heck of a ballplayer! #greenandgold #PatriotPride pic.twitter.com/fOeSEZVB6g

— WM PATRIOTS BASEBALL (@WMPATSBaseball) June 18, 2019

Congratulations to Center Moriches on finishing the season 26-0 and winning a Class B New York State title for the second straight year.

The Red Devils  beat Schuylerville, 11-1, in front of 1,400 fans at Binghamton University on Saturday afternoon.

According to Newsday, Center Moriches became the fifth team in Long Island history, regardless of classification, to win every game in a season and only the third to win back-to-back state championships since 1983.