New Hyde Park
New Hyde Park, Coach Rotondaro have sights set on the postseason
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Joseph Rotondaro is entering his 8th season as the head coach of the New Hyde Park Gladiators. After finishing the 2025 season with a 11-12 record, including a playoff run which saw them beat MacArthur in the first round before being eliminated to the eventual county champions, Garden City. Going into another season in the tough AA-2 Conference, Rotondaro and his team are ready to go into battle in 2026. “I feel we had a strong year with a mixed group of seniors and underclassmen in 2025.” Rotondaro said. The 2025 Gladiators batted over .300 as a team and featured a pitching staff which struck out 170 batters in 138 innings pitched. As mentioned earlier, the Gladiators will have to take on...
New Hyde Park Hoping To Turn Things Around In 2019
After missing the postseason the last two seasons, New Hyde Park is ready to turn things around in 2019. After being the JV Head Coach for 16 years, Joe Rotondaro will be the man in charge. Rotondaro attended New Hyde Park high school, where he was named All-County and went onto play baseball at Adelphi. The experienced ballplayer will look to bring a new spark of energy towards the varsity team. In a conference that’s wide open, New Hyde Park expects to compete for a playoff spot. Their 2019 schedule consists of Carey, Garden City, Manhasset, Jericho and Bellmore JFK. “If we execute and don’t give up any extra outs, we’re going to be right there in the mix for playoffs,” said Coach Rotondaro. Offensively, the Gladiators return two seniors who will play baseba...
