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Lippo adds to his trophy case

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , on August 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo fires liquid heat in an All-Star game. (Photos property Tyler Turner)

Joey Lippo got some postseason love.

The Coupeville High School grad earned a Gold Glove Award as a catcher for his work in the Aroostook Men’s Baseball League this summer, while also notching an invite to the All-Star game.

Lippo, who was a standout diamond player at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, was in his second season of summer ball.

Postgame fist-bumps for everyone.

Skyy’s twin brother played multiple positions for the Mavericks, who finished the regular season in second place.

Lippo and Co. fell to the third-seeded Bad News Bears in the playoffs, with that team going on to notch its second-straight title.

Before his time in Maine, where he also golfed for UMPI, Lippo was a three-sport star in Coupeville, playing tennis, basketball, and baseball for the Wolves.

The best glove in the biz.

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Lippo goes full Iron Man

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , on June 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo (3), seen during his college baseball days. (Timothy Goupille photo)

It’s like someone built a time machine and took the game back to the old days, when you could pitch until your arm fell off.

Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, who is filling some of his summer days playing another season in the Aroostook Men’s Baseball League in Maine, had no use for the bullpen last week.

Instead, the former Wolf chucked 146 pitches, going all the way on the mound for the Mavericks as they pulled out a come-from-behind 8-7 win over the Bad News Bears.

Lippo, who recently graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, whiffed seven across seven innings of work.

He also delivered two hits, two runs, and a stolen base while taking his own swings at the plate.

The Mavericks got Lippo the win when they rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh, walking things off with a two-run single from Aroostook League rookie Ben Thomas.

The nail-biter came on the heels of a 12-8 win over the Maineiacs, an expansion squad in the five-team conference.

That leaves Lippo and company in a first-place tie at 2-0 a week into the season.

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Lippo a Maine masher

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Former Wolf Joey Lippo is playing college baseball in Maine. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

Joey Lippo had a strong Sunday, but it wasn’t quite enough to save his team.

The Coupeville High School grad racked up two hits, scored a run, and knocked in another, but the University of Maine at Presque Isle fell 6-4 to host Husson University.

The loss drops the Owls to 0-10 on the season, while the high-flying Eagles sit at 15-4.

Lippo lashed an RBI single to right in the top of the second Sunday, but UMPI couldn’t hold on to an early 2-1 lead.

Husson broke things open with a four-run surge in the bottom half of the inning, then held on when the Owls rallied late.

UMPI pushed two runs across in the top of the seventh, and final, inning to tighten things up, with Lippo singling and coming around to score.

On the season, the former Wolf is third on his team in hits (six) and RBI (two), while playing strong defense in the outfield.

Lippo has also appeared as a pitcher, throwing 1.1 innings for the Owls, who play at the NCAA D-III level.

UMPI has 10 games left on its schedule, with five games apiece against Northern Vermont University-Lyndon (April 30-May 2) and the University of Maine-Farmington (May 6-10).

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