Matt Rocchio
John Glenn Has 9 Returning Seniors, Hopeful to Make Postseason
by Andy Smith Updates numbers on John Glenn’s senior Michael Zeis after 2 homers today 18-for-24 (.750 AVG), 6 HRs, 17 runs scored, 9 stolen bases pic.twitter.com/7WnTHHYzmC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 12, 2022 John Glenn got off to a strong start in 2022. The Knights started off 5-1, but injuries began to creep in and they struggled in the final half of the season. Still, they remained in playoff contention until the final week. Entering his seventh season as head coach, Matt Rocchio explained his optimism going into 2023. “Already in the first few weeks of workouts you can see the difference in their body language and overall confidence. I think that will be vital to the upcoming year to start the year with confidence.” Rocchio also spotlighted the value of his ...
Two Years Later: Looking Back on March 2020 and the Impact of COVID on Baseball
So much has happened over the past 2 years, but at the same time March 2020 still feels like yesterday. That dreaded month that started a cavalcade of negative news and heartache. From strictly a baseball perspective, so many kids had their high school baseball careers end without much of a warning. So much unfinished business on the field. Those dreary days of March that seemingly never ended, followed by the beautiful spring weather of April and May that came and went without as much as a home run, no-hitter or walk-off win. I wanted to get the perspective of a high school and college coach, so I asked two trusted people – John Galanoudis of Molloy and Matt Rocchio of John Glenn to look back on what it was like during the time period and how they’ve turned the page. “Lo...
John Glenn Returns 3 Key Pieces from Playoff Team
By Michael Malaszczyk Cole Lindquist loaded the bases with nobody out and proceeded to struck out the next three batters to avoid any damage End of 1: Center Moriches 0, John Glenn 0 pic.twitter.com/CyC78ugrcy — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 11, 2021 Coach Matt Rocchio of John Glenn High School is looking forward to another year of baseball. John Glenn had a successful season in 2021 despite the loss of the 2020 season. They made it to the playoffs for the first time since 2015 before losing to Mattituck in the extra innings 2-1. Coach Rocchio gave a special shoutout to John Glenn’s class of 2021 in an interview with Axcess Baseball. “We had a good mix last year but our seniors really carried us,” said Rocchio. “Joe Patane batted over 500. Ryan Desmond pitched to under a 1.00 E...
John Glenn Returning Six Players With Varsity Experience, Led by 2 Preseason All-Long Island Players
by Chris Sacchi The COVID-19 canceled 2020 high school season was a huge loss for seniors across the country. Many players had their final organized baseball game taken away from them. While this is a sad reality for thousands of young men, John Glenn head coach Matt Rocchio is doing a great job of finding the positive. He tell his guys, “give everything you got like it’s your last game. Those seniors last year never got their last game. We had really great senior leadership last year,” coach Rocchio said. “Losing them for their senior year really hurt, but they left a lasting effect.” The 2020 senior class was led by current college ballplayers Dan Brown, at Pace, Aidan Desmond at Gettysburg and Matt Polestino at New Paltz. Coach says that group really got after it in the weight room hea...
PODCAST: Matt Rocchio
Here’s A Rundown of some of the topics we discussed: State of the Team: Really moving in the right direction Graduated only one impact senior from 2019 He’s very pleased with the leadership of the seniors so far. They’ve been working out for the past three months in the gym He cannot wait for the season to start Impact Players LHP Matt Polestino will anchor the rotation. He’s been on varsity since ninth grade. He is committed to SUNY New Paltz. His first varsity game was at Shoreham-Wading River in 2017 and he shut them down for five innings in relief. Dan Brown, a scholarship player that will be going to Pace. Beating Shoreham-WR in 2017 They had lost 4-1 the day before so he knew they could hang with them. Joe Muchnicki was coming off a no-hitter the week before. ...
