The nucleus of team first took the field together in August 2004 for the National American Tournament of Champions at Cooperstown Dreams Park. Kyle Ambury, Chris Bifulco, Joe Clines, Joe Florio, Kevin McCarthy, Sean McCartney, Nick McQuail, Chris Patti, Tom Tolan and Michael Trabulsi went 4 – 6 against some of the best 12 year old teams in the country. Chris Patti was the star of the week hitting 9 homeruns while setting a record with 7 homeruns in a single day. Charlie Steinman joined the team for the fall season and the team finished in first place in the NCYAA and was runner-up at the IBC Winter Nationals.
Matt Benedetto, Mike Addeo, Billy Kavanagh and Patrick O'Brien joined in the spring of 2005 as the team played against strong competition traveling to New Jersey in the ECTB AAU spring league. The team captured its first tournament championship at the Triple Crown Memorial Day Classic. The summer schedule included the Koufax Division of LI Connie Mack and 3rd place finishes at Baseball Heaven July 4th weekend and Sports at the Beach in Rehoboth, Delaware. The team then added a second consecutive NCYAA fall championship.
The 2006 season started with a 5th place finish in Bethlehem, PA at the USSSA Super NIT which was followed by a 3rd place finish at the Cerbo Skylands Park Invitational played in New Jersey at the St. Louis Cardinals minor league stadium. A championship at Baseball Heaven's Memorial Day Weekend was followed by a second consecutive tournament win at the Greater NY Sandlot Alliance played at St John's University. A trip to the ECTB South Jersey Classic resulted in a runner up finish and was followed by a 3rd place finish at Sports at the Beach in Rehoboth, Delaware. The team finished second in the Koufax Division of Connie Mack during the summer and capped off a successful tournament season with a 1st place finish at the East Coast Nationals held at Baseball heaven in Yaphank, NY. The team played up during the fall in a wood bat division at Baseball Heaven and participated in the Blue Chip Prospect 16 yr old Tournament.
During 2007 Richard Doyle joined the team and a sponsorship with Wilson meant the team would play as the Demarini Hawks. The season began with a second place finish Memorial Day Weekend at BBH and continued with a sucessful trip to the Perfect Game MidAtlantic Regional Tournament in Philadephia and a first place finish in pool play before an elimination round loss to the eventual champion New Jersey Jaguars. Boys of Summer league games were followed by a Greater NY Blue Chip 16u tournament appearance in Staten Island. The Hawks then hosted the first annual Bear Invitational at NY Institute of Technology won by the Ontario Blue Jays. July 4th at BBH was the first age group tournament where the team failed to advance to the elimination round since inception. A weekend trip to play in the South Shore SeaDog Invitaional in Massachusetts where the team lost a semi-final heart breaker to the champion Riptide Development Club of Cape Cod was followed by BoS playoff elimination to end the season.
During the 3 1/2 years together the team compiled a record of 140 - 69 while winning 6 championships to go along with 5 runner up finishes. Most importantly the players accomplished the original goal set by the Hawks organization - they were prepared for high school baseball. Members of the team will pursue different paths in 2008 with fond memories of their days on the field representing the Hawks. Good luck to all.
