William Floyd is attempting to buck a recent trend of missing the Suffolk County baseball playoffs in an odd-numbered year and took a must-needed step with a sweep of struggling Brentwood to get back into contention in League I.

Coach Keith Kobasiuk, a 2004 Floyd graduate, believes the Colonials (6-8) can take each of their last four games to qualify for the double-elimination postseason bracket. Last spring, they split four playoff games.

“We struggled with the sticks for a few weeks against some high-end pitchers, but we’ve given ourselves a chance to get in,” Kobasiuk said. “We haven’t gotten many breaks, but that’s high school baseball. There’s a few games we’d love to have back, but a lot of teams can say the same thing. We have to focus on what’s still in front of us.”

One-run losses to Whitman—when Floyd had runners on first and second with no outs in the bottom of the seventh but failed to score April 11—and Longwood, 11 days later, on a solo homer by the Lions’ Luke Rizzi in the top of the seventh—could keep Kobasiuk’s team out of the playoffs. In between, it fell to Patchogue-Medford and phenom pitcher Jayden Stroman, 7-1, April 19, with no hits and 12 strikeouts through four innings.

“When you’re facing a talent of that magnitude and he’s throwing 95 miles per hour, it’s tough,” Kobasiuk said. “Stroman is a phenomenal athlete and I look forward to seeing what’s next for him.”

Floyd’s ace on the mound, senior Jack Molini, has faced the best the competition has offered. Molini was the League I MVP in 2024 and an all-county selection after striking out 66 with a 2.06 ERA and a .452 batting average. He plays first base on non-throwing days. “He’s 6-foot-4 and can do it all,” Kobasiuk said. “It’s his third year on varsity and he’s progressively gotten better.”

Junior Jacob Cooke has dazzled as the No. 2 starter with three wins and 28 strikeouts in 29 innings, and also at the dish with a pair of homers. “Few hitters can get a hold of him,” said Kobasiuk, who’s used a committee in the third starter spot and relies heavily on junior CJ Burkhardt to put out fires in relief.

Senior Caden Hetman was an all-league second baseman last season, and now the lefty hitting infielder anchors the infield at shortstop, with freshman Kiermyn Mehmel filling those cleats at second.

Junior Andrew Marino is on pace to start 75 percent of games behind the plate for a second straight year and is like having a coach on the field, Kobasiuk noted. “He has a great sense of the game,” the coach said.

In the outfield, the Colonials feature senior Jonathan Bowden, an all-league honoree, in right and the leadoff spot; sophomore Aidan Dobrie, another all-league choice, in left; and senior AJ Cannet, the starting football quarterback, in center. Dobrie and Cannet are both batting around .350.